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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

In its core Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a physics-based puzzle/platformer and set in a 2.5D environment with a free and cinematic camera. The game has 7 chapters and 20 levels in total All levels are…

74 20 December 2013

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is an adventure developed by Flashbulb Games, released 20 December 2013 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360.

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What Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is an adventure game developed by Flashbulb Games and released in 2013. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Max, the main protagonist of Max & the Magic Marker arrives home from school one day and finds his younger brother Felix playing in his room and smashing his beloved toys. Being annoyed by his little brother Max searches online on the search engine website “Giggle” for a way to get rid of Felix. He immediately stumbles upon a spell which promises to make his brother disappear. Reading the spell out loud opens up a mysterious portal from which a giant claw emerges and kidnaps his little brother Felix. Realizing the consequences of his actions, Max jumps without hesitation into the portal to rescue Felix and enters a magical and hostile world controlled by the evil lord Mustacho and his…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 27 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 64 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual-Core 1.6 ghz / AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.0ghz, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD 4000 or better. 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. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood launched on 20 December 2013, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy X HD Remaster. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 2, The Walking Dead: Season Two, FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster, Final Fantasy X HD Remaster.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Characters

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Quick answers

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood — frequently asked questions

When did Max: The Curse of Brotherhood come out?
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood was released on 20 December 2013 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Max: The Curse of Brotherhood?
At minimum, Max: The Curse of Brotherhood needs Dual-Core 1.6 ghz / AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.0ghz, 2 GB RAM, Intel HD 4000 or better graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Max: The Curse of Brotherhood?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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