Part 12

Follow this walkthrough for Part 12 of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, guiding you through the tower climb, freeing the bird, and navigating the land of the dead giants.

Soon, you will reach some funny-looking statues. If you look closely, you will see metal handles on each of the arms of the statues. For this part, you must swing across each statue, grabbing onto each metal arm handle and swinging the other brother across. Do not worry when something crumbles; as long as the further brother is grabbing onto something, you won't fall.

When you reach the end of the statues, drop down to the ground again. From here, walk over to the huge door of the tower. Of course, Big Brother and Little Brother can't possibly open it, and so you will need to get past it somehow.

See the little bronze knobs on the door? Yes, it's the same as before; grab onto the bronze knobs with both brothers and jump upward. When you reach only one horizontal knob, have one brother "swing" to a higher knob. Repeat this process until you are on the two highest knobs -- the ones closest to the ledge -- and then simply jump up and grab onto this ledge to reach solid ground again.

Go to the right, cross the wood plank, and you will find yet more bronze knobs, this time on the wall. By this point in your adventure, you'll know exactly what to do -- climb up and "swing" each brother higher. At one point, you will need *both* brothers holding on the knobs, while the one of the right simply jumps up to a higher knob. This is because one of the brother's can't possible jump up while supporting the weight of the other brother!

At the top, walk across the wood beams. Don't worry about the stuff crumbling behind you, because the crumbling won't "catch up" to you. Just walk across the beams, all the while enjoying the fact that both brothers are tied together.

Soon, you'll reach wood steps. Jump up each one; as you know, this tower is intended for a giant, and not two little brothers! At the top of the stairs, head out of the window ledge to reach the outside. Yes, there are more bronze knobs. Get to work!

For this part, simply jump up each bronze knob, side-by-side, with both brothers. At the highest knobs, jump up to the wood ledge, and then sidle to the left. You will reach yet more bronze knobs -- swing so both brothers are holding onto a knob, and then jump up to the bridge.

Head inside the tower in front of you. The door is barely cracked open, but you will be able to get inside. From here, climb up the books next to the bed to reach the nightstand. Walk across the bed and jump onto the wood beam that runs parallel with the wall. Soon, you will reach the caged bird.

It's Little Brother's time to shine! Have him climb the books and squeeze through the cage next to the bird pictures. Grab onto the bronze knob on the wall, and jump up to the wood beam. Sidle across the wood beam as you make your way left. Grab onto the bronze knob in the center post, and "drop down" a knob. Finally, jump over to the hanging handle for the cage.

Little Brother's weight can't open the cage on its own, so have Big Brother grab onto Little Brother's legs to pull up the bird cage. The bird is finally free, although it still looks pretty wounded. As Big Brother, interact with the bird and you will hitch a ride!

At the end of the flight, watch the sad scene, then head across the wood bridge to reach the land of the dead giants, which is the setting for the fifth chapter of the game.

Chapter 5

Follow the dirt pathway until you reach a cutscene. Now you know why I call it "land of the dead giants," right? At any rate, head down the linear path as it wraps around through the small canyon. Soon, you will find that a giant's dead arm is blocking your path. Thankfully, you can grab onto that arrow that's in his elbow. Have both bothers interact with the white parts of the arrow, and push the arm out of the pathway.

Continue down the path, past the lone sword, and tread into the river that is full of blood. Slide down the waterfall part of the river and you will reach a small pool of water. Just as before, you need to have Little Brother grab ahold of Big Brother, because Little Brother can't swim.

With the twosome together, swim north to the shore. You will see another one of those broken rope ladders on the elevated area next to you. Like before, you need to have Big Brother hoist Little Brother up to the upper area. With Little Brother up, walk over to the dead tree with the long branch sticking out.

Before you start, position Big Brother so that he is directly under the tree branch. Now, grab on the tree as Little Brother and slide over toward Big Brother. As you will see, the tree branch gets lowered because of Little Brother's weight. When you reach the very end of the branch, you will then be able to grab ahold of it with Big Brother. Don't worry about the collective weight, as there is no way to make the branch snap. Slide back over to the stump of the branch with both brothers. In the end, you will now both be on the elevated hilltop.

Ahead of you is yet another dead giant. This time, his whole body is blocking the path! He has a mace in his hand, with an arrow pivoting it upward. Your goal here is grab onto the arrow as both brothers. This will move the mace, which in turn moves the giant.

To do this, get up on the rocks to the left of the arrow and leap over to the arrow. When both brothers grab onto it, the mace will fall, and then the giant will go plop! into the canyon. Follow the now-open dirt path, and slide down the small stream to reach yet another blood river, this time a river with a big sword in it.