PARANORMASIGHT vs Braid Anniversary Edition
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PARANORMASIGHT
Embark on a supernatural mystery adventure set in Ise-Shima, Japan, exploring mermaid legends and unraveling curses. Guide a cast of characters through a bittersweet story of youth, investigating clues in stunning 360-degree backgrounds.
- Supernatural mystery adventure
- Mermaid legends theme
- New characters and locations
- 360-degree background investigation
- Diving mini-game
- Multiple character perspectives
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Will you survive the curse together this summer? A new supernatural mystery adventure begins, telling a bittersweet story of the passions of youth featuring new locations, new legends and a new cast of characters. A brand new PARANORMASIGHT tale begins in Ise-Shima, Japan - a region rich in mermaid legends. Join a cast of fascinating characters investigating the mysteries of the Mermaids of Ise. Unravel their different perspectives on the case and guide the story to its thrilling conclusion. Story: The remote island of Kameshima sits nestled in Ise bay. Yuza Minakuchi is a young pearl diver who lives on the island and spends his days underwater gathering, together with his best friend Azami Kumoi. After he has a bewildering supernatural experience encountering another version of himself on the ocean floor, a series of curses start to befall the island... A girl of unknown origins, a treasure hunter from a foreign land and a mysterious housewife investigating a drowning. Paths cross and destinies collide as they come closer to the secret of the Mermaids of Ise, a legend that has been obscured by the fog of history for so long. Features: - A brand-new story that starts with a new location, new supernatural legends and a new cast of characters. - Faithful reproductions of real locations and vistas in collaboration with Mie prefecture. Investigate stunning 360 degree backgrounds for clues. - Numerous new gameplay systems and mechanics, including a new Diving mini game. - Multiple characters, each dealing with their own mysteries to unravel. - Unearth the truth by your own hand! *Once you have downloaded the game, no further monetary transactions are required and the whole story can be enjoyed to the ending.
Braid Anniversary Edition
Manipulate time to solve intricate platform puzzles in this remastered indie classic. Explore beautifully painted worlds, uncover memories, and enjoy extensive creator commentary. Assemble jigsaw pieces and overcome challenges with unique time-bending mechanics.
- Time manipulation mechanics
- Subtle platform puzzles
- Refreshed high-resolution graphics
- Extensive creator commentary
- Jigsaw puzzle collection
- Haunting, evocative score
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Control the flow of time to solve subtle platform puzzles in this update of the indie classic "Braid," featuring refreshed artwork and seriously in-depth creator commentary. Travel from a city house through a series of interconnected worlds where time behaves strangely, searching for an elusive Princess. Along the way you'll explore memories and regrets that still haunt you. This Anniversary Edition remaster of the award-winning platformer contains fully repainted high-resolution graphics, new sound effects and extensive audio commentary. Rewind, pause and use the strange properties of time in each world to run and jump through beautifully painted environments. Avoid hazards, unlock doors and collect jigsaw puzzle pieces to assemble. If you get hung up on a particular puzzle, feel free to move on and return later. This is the game you remember, with all the original challenges and the same haunting, evocative score — but repainted pixel by pixel so that each carefully rendered world comes to life in high resolution. New visual details, animated brushstroke effects and revamped sounds add to the immersive experience. Explore the most extensive developer commentary ever put into a game, with over 15 hours of recorded insight and conversation from developer Jonathan Blow, artist David Hellman and more members of the "Braid" creative team. Navigate it by visiting a new in-game world, which also contains new puzzles and redesigns of classic puzzles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Braid Anniversary Edition at $4.99 against PARANORMASIGHT's $17.49. Braid Anniversary Edition also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). PARANORMASIGHT's advantage is chart position (#116 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
PARANORMASIGHT costs $17.49 and Braid Anniversary Edition $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for PARANORMASIGHT against 4.4 for Braid Anniversary Edition. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of PARANORMASIGHT's written reviews are positive against 100% of Braid Anniversary Edition's.
| Parameter | PARANORMASIGHT | Braid Anniversary Edition |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.49 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (13 ratings) | 4.4 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #116 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 752 MB | 2.1 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SQUARE ENIX | Thekla, inc. |
Customer experience
PARANORMASIGHT
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In-app purchases
PARANORMASIGHT
No in-app purchases
Braid Anniversary Edition
No in-app purchases
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