Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Brothers is presented from a third-person view overlooking the two brothers. The brothers are moved individually by two thumbsticks on the controller. The controller triggers also cause the respective brother…
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an adventure developed by Starbreeze Studios, released 7 August 2013 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 3.2 hrs to finish.
What Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is an adventure game developed by Starbreeze Studios and released in 2013. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone. It runs on Unreal Engine 3. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A man, clinging to life. His two sons, desperate to cure their ailing father, are left with but one option. They must set out upon a journey to find and bring back the "Water of Life" as they come to rely on one another to survive. One must be strong where the other is weak, brave where the other is fearful, they must be... Brothers.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, fantasy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 807 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3.2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 5.6 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor, 2 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 /ATI Radeon HD 2600. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons launched on 7 August 2013, within three weeks of Papers, Please, Saints Row IV, Europa Universalis IV and FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Papers, Please, Saints Row IV, Europa Universalis IV, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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