Síce staršia ale veľmi dobrá skákačko behačka kde treba nielen rýchle prsty ale aj nutnú dávku premýšľania.

Príbeh:
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Max sa vracia zo školy a keď vidí ako jeho brat Felix rozbíja jeho hračky tak si cez notebook vygoogli ako sa brata zbaviť.Nuž splní sa a Felixa odnesie príšera z iného sveta čo teda Max nenechá len tak a vrhá sa do portálu za ním.

Gameplay:
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Celkovo je 7 kapitol,ktoré majú od 2 po 5 levelov.V nich Max dostane čarovnú ceruzku a ňou si vypomáha pred nebezpečenstvami tohoto sveta.
Možete teda nakresliť stlpy kde treba ísť do výšky neskor kresliť liany pri skákaní,vodné prúdy alebo hádzať ohnivé strely.Na to sú vyznačené miesta kde sa ceruzka dá použiť a vy už musíte len zapojiť rozum ako to nakresliť aby sa Max pohol ďalej.

Ak hľadáte tajné miesta s časťami amuletu alebo oči úhlavného nepriateľa fungujúce ako kamery tak sa vám hra dosť časovo predlži pretože je dosť krátka.

Grafika a soundtrack:
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Kreslené je to ala pixar taká roztomilá grafika pre deti,hudba je tiež solídna.Vyzerá,že je podporovaný dotykový displey ale neskúšal som to.

Achievementy:
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Hra nie je nejak extra ťažká,obtiažnosti nemá takže okrem asi troch levelov,ktoré treba prejsť bez smrti,získate všetky achie vcelku ľahko.

Celkový dojem:
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Aj keď už staršia tak sa rozhodne v súčasnosti nestratí,dnes už má aj amatérsku češtinu,doba hrania je tak medzi 12 až 16 hodín pokiaľ chcete komplet achie...pokiaľ nie tak sa pripravte že ju dohráte raz dva.V zľave určite doporučujem.

Max. You little pleasing title you. Sometimes, during a steam sale, I grab something that looks interesting and just hope it pans out. This game looked nice. Puzzley platformifisizing and all that. Figured, why not it's only $3.75. What a fantastic surprise.

If you are like me and tend to gravitate to action platforming a la Prince of Persia and Tomb Raider as well some some puzzling going on then this very well might fit in your library quite snuggly.

Max's brother is abducted by an evil villain named Mustachio - WARNING: This title is very anti-mustache and any facial hair aficionados might be offended. His lil bro is then sucked into a netherworld from which only Max can save him. I don't know why. If it was *my* little brother I would be turning his room into a new play room and stealing all his legos. But I suppose brotherly love must overcome and all that.

Off the bat you'll encounter some tutorials on drawing with your mouse or controller. Yep, I know it sounds bad, right? But it's actually pretty easy. I even did it entirely with my controller. You solve puzzles by drawing vines, branches, water spouts, exploding fire, earth columns, and probably some other stuff I have totally forgotten by now. These things you draw not only to solve puzzles but also to make up the framework for the platforming. The puzzles are good, some even causing me to say "what the..". While being somewhat casual a few will actually stump you for awhile. Now, the platforming is on the medium level until level 6 where is bumps up to a bit-more-than-medium, the majority of the tougher bits towards levels 5 and 6. And it's done well, usually with a giant monster chasing you. Very action oriented and guess what?...you have to solve puzzles on the fly while being chased by an evil monster and timing the platforming. YES. It's that type of game.

Is it hard? Before level 5 it is fairly casual gamer friendly. Level 5 requires more brain activity and Level 6 requires some quick maneuvering. The final boss is hardish, but once you figure out what to do it's a piece of cake. Hardness...7/10. For an extra challenge there are some artifacts and eyeball spy camera plants to uproot. I got some of those, but frankly my steam library is too damn big to try to 100% a lot of games. Time management yo.

Graphics are sorta kinda Pixar looking. They look great and run well. I would not say it was stunning, but definitely pretty. Had zero crashes using a few PC's and ran pretty well overall at 60 FPS with a mediorce system. Sounds are well done and the menus are easy to navigate. Save spots are set in good places, and I have to say it was a wonderful produced game all in all.

If you like action puzzle platformers, then give this a go. Wonderful title and quite enjoyable.

Jako starší bratr se vydáte zachránit Felixe, po cestě jsou však různé puzzly, které budete muset vyřešit.
Hra je místy trošku těžší, ale v klidu jí dohrajete za 6 hodin.

Velice pěkně zpracovaná plošinovka s několika zajímavými nápady.

its was fun to play, but maybe a little bit hard for kids :D

Parádní puzzle plošinovka, ve které hráče čekají různorodé úchvatné lokace. V každé nové lokaci získá váš magický fix (Max a jeho bratr se nechtěně dostanou do pohádkového světa) jednu magickou vlastnost. V poušti budete zvedat plošinky, v džungli kreslit větve (libovolného tvaru - závisí na tom i hádanky) nebo liána, později si hrát s vodními víry. Později se při hádankách klasicky kombinuje vše naráz. Na hráči není na to přijít kde kreslit, dokonce ani co, protože barevná místa interakce jsou jasně vyznačena. Jde jen o to přijít na řešení. Jindy před něčím utíkáte a pomocí interakce si děláte cestu přes překážky, čili střídají se logické pasáže s těmi akčními.
I přes pomyšlení, že by se kreslení dělalo lépe na dotykovém displeji je hraní s myší snadné a přesné.
Max vypadá velice pěkně, zní pěkně a co víc, mluví pěkně. Dabing Maxe který výstižně a vtipně komentuje kdejaké dění.
Taková ta stará dobrá Pixarovka.

Je to úplně úžasná hra velmi ale fakticky velmi ji doporučuju je to velká zábava a nikdy neomrzí ani když ji dohrajete

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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood kombinuje príbehové dobrodružstvo a akciou nabitú platformovku s chytrými hádankami. Hrdina Max, vyzbrojený iba čarovnou fixkou, musí čeliť zlu na každom kroku fantastického sveta, aby zachránil mladšieho brata Felixa.
Toto dobrodružstvo je určené pre každého hráča bez rozdielu veku, obsahuje päť magických síl a dvadsiatku levelov zasadených do siedmich unikátnych svetov.

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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood combines generations of adventure and action-packed platforming game with clever puzzles. Max hero, armed only with a magic marker must face the evil at every step of the fantastic world to save the younger brother Felix.
This adventure is designed for every player regardless of age, contains five magical powers and planted twenty levels in seven unique worlds.

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Having grown up with two younger brothers, I can empathize to Max’s annoyance at his younger brother Felix fiddling with his stuff, making a mess of his room, and seeming to exist only to get on his nerves. I might not have gone so far as to enact an occult rite and banish my brothers to an unknown fantasy world (though I might have wanted to at times), but at least Max realizes the gravity of what he unintentionally did pretty fast and sets off to save his brother from a creepy old man who intends to steal his youth, Gruntilda the Witch style.

A sequel mostly in name and lead character only to Max and the Magic Marker, The Curse of Brotherhood almost entirely ditches the free form drawing that made up the core of its predecessor, opting instead to streamline its mechanics and add a significant amount of cinematic flair, coming together in a far more focused, inspired, and varied experience.

Though it is still referred to as a marker, Max’s tool of choice has been reworked into a powerful instrument with which you can now control various elements in order to help Max traverse through levels. The implementation of this still bares a resemblance to Max’s marker of old, allowing you a small amount of freedom to direct elements into specific shapes and paths, but it’s far more natural and embedded in the experience than before and works well within the constraints of a controllers precision, rarely requiring a great deal of precision and only occasionally imposing any sort of time limit.

The Curse of Brotherhood has rather obviously been designed so as to rarely frustrate the player, or tax them with tricky platforming segments or puzzles, and this simplicity and hand holding is in some ways a bit tedious when the answer is almost always immediately apparent, but overall I actually found the breezy pace rather refreshing. It allowed me to appreciate the gorgeous environments and enjoyably cliched story without many threats or pauses as I got stuck. It provides just enough stimulation to remain engaging, but is accessible enough that it’s a game I could feel confident recommending to a younger player or a parent wanting to play with their child (which is a disappointingly low number of games).

At around 4-5 hours it’s a fairly brisk adventure, but I never felt as if something was cut or missing, nor did any moment feel like needless filler. Every segment is interesting and important to the game, and this consistency and constant variety makes it easy to wind up playing through the entire thing in but a few sittings. That’s not a slight against the game by any means, but a complement to its excellent pacing and inspired level design.

The handful of moments that stand out as poor in my mind are actually those near the end which begin to ask more of the player than before, and the slightly awkward controls have a bit of trouble keeping up. The end boss fight also proved the most disappointing part of the game, with an uninspired encounter that ups the difficulty just enough to be frustrating and would have ended the game on a rather lackluster note had it not been for the charming cutscene immediately following.

It’s probably an understatement to say I was rather taken aback by how much I ended up enjoying The Curse of Brotherhood. Its beautiful scenery pulled me in, and the leisurely platforming and puzzle solving kept me there throughout an experience that continued to surprise me the further I got in. Some may scoff at the low difficulty, but in terms of simple fun and creativity I haven’t played something quite as nice for too long.

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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood (Platformer-Puzzle)

We have some basic options: Vibration (if you're using a controller), Sound Effects, Music, Subtitles (NOT on unless you turn them on), and Use Arrow keys (if you prefer not to use or don't have a controller), and then there are settings for the grapics, low, medium, and high. There are also six languages to choose from. The game automatically adjusted for my widescreen, but it can be played Windowed by hitting Alt-Enter, if you wish.

The game begins in a very Labyrinth[www.imdb.com]-esque way, and it's up to you to save your brother from the trouble you caused for him. ;p Gameplay starts out as a very basic platformer, but it's not long until you start gaining some powers, and that's where the true charm of the game starts shining through. The puzzle mechanics are brilliantly realized, ranging anywhere from easy to perplexing, but not to the point of frustration.

I was enjoying the puzzle aspect of the game so much that I was actually a bit disappointed when, in latter levels, we started needing to depend on quick decision-making, and at times, good reflexes! It wasn't until the final sequence of the game that I remembered -- Oh yeah, this is what platformers used to be all about! (ie. Donkey Kong Country, etc.) The beauty of these sections is that, while they may be difficult, they are still doable! It may take a dozen tries, but it CAN be done, AND you don't have to keep starting the level over again to achieve it, as the automatic save-points are well-spaced.

Something I truly love about the game is the graphics. Sure, they're pretty, but the devs did an amazing job making a side-scrolling platformer *feel* like a 3D game by periodically changing up the perspective. Beautifully done, devs, I'm very impressed! :D

The music was nicely-chosen, and I enjoyed the voices, as well -- especially some of Max's "YEEES!" moments. lol~

Points to remember:
- You can attach vines to a myraid of objects, ranging from branches to boulders and more.
- Items can be cut at the base OR the tip!
- Be creative and don't give up! The devs give us a lot of freedom with our powers, and sometimes it's going to be trial-and-error figuring things out.

There are a couple of things to be on the lookout for whilst you're running around. They are beholders (plants with eyeballs at the end of a stalk that allow the user to spy on the world) and pieces of an amulet. These collectibles are not *needed* to complete the game, but they sure do add an extra bit of fun. XD You can replay a chapter at any time (even after you've completed the game) from via the menu, and looking at the menu during gameplay will show you how many you have left to find on your current level. In addition, there are 27 Achievements for you to earn, another plus in my books.

Overall, I found Max: The Curse of Brotherhood to be a delightful game, full of beauty, danger, excitement... and tempered with just a splash of good old fashioned platformer-frustration. I would say that it's OK to play with older kids, but perhaps not little ones. There's a big scary monster in there -- whom I find to be absolutely fabulous! -- but it might upset younger children.

Highly recommended!