Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic, family-friendly fairy-tale adventure, where "Scandinavian storytelling meets colorful 2.5D platformer". The game is a classic run and jump style title, with some puzzling and exploring thrown in for good measure. The story revolves around Max, who arrives home from school one day and finds his younger brother Felix smashing all his toys, little brother style. Max decides searches online for a way to get rid of Felix, and stumbles across a spell that will make his troublesome young brother disappear. He reads the spell out loud, immediately opening a portal to another dimension, and a giant claw snags his brother and drags him away. Immediately realizing he is a total dick, he dives into the portal before it can close, and enters a magical and hostile world controlled by the evil lord Mustacho and his henchmen.
You spend your time in-game steering Max through challenging puzzles and frantic platforming, as you traverse the strange world with alien deserts, gloomy bogs and lush forests. Besides platforming, Max has a magic marker which throws some creative ways to approach puzzles and traverse the environment. The magic marker will gain different powers as you move through the game, offering up even more possibilities in your quest to save your bratty younger brother.
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood got pretty good reviews when it was initially released, and you can own it now for Switch, Xbox One and PS4.
