Flower

Well I finished Flower the other night, I bought it off of the current promotion that Sony is doing with it's fall game sale on the PSN network. I have been curious about this game since it launched this past spring. But I have not had a chance to play it until now.

The basic thing about this game is on each level you start off as one Pedal. As you go threw the Level you fly by flowers that bloom as you go by giving you more pedals. After a while you will have a bunch of pedals following you around making a pretty cool effect. There are no deaths in this game. But you can get hurt but that mainly just pops you up in the air and makes you try again.

Controls: This game is all about the motion control of the Sixxaxis controller. Holding the controller face up you can tilt if forward and back and tilt it left and right. You do not turn the controller. All you have to do to make it go it hit one of the buttons. I used the X button as it was the most convenient. You then Fly around. Going threw grass and other things.

Story: This game does not have a story per say. But it does have a basic story of cleaning up the environment. You turn countrysides green and lush and you clean up broken down city streets and make them beautiful again. I kept joking to myself that this is how I go green.

Graphics: The Graphics are not a system showcase. That is more in the hands of the game play and controls. But the graphics do not take away from this game. They are very artsy in form. Never a glitch or skip during the game. The visuals in this game were very soothing at times. I am sure that is what the developers intended.

Conclusion. This game is very much worth playing or at least giving a try. The programmers over at "That game company" Did a quality job. This might not be a AAA title or a game that everyone loves and wants to play over and over again. But at the current price of $5 this is one of the PSN exclusive games that is worth playing.

Garphics = 8.5

Gameplay = 8.5

Story = 9

Presentation =9

Overall score = 8.75

Trine Demo

Trine is a basic platformer game similar to that of Super Mario Brothers or the Original Sonic the hedgehog games. But as most games recently it is built in a 3D world. It is very much Story based and has a narrator threw most of the demo. This is what made the game interesting for me. It told the story in a fun story book way. The basics is you switch between 3 different characters on command during the game. The demo I actually felt like I could get threw the whole game with just one character if I wanted to. But some characters allow for faster access or just a way to take a different rout.

The game is based around 3 characters. The Thief, The Wizard, and the Warrior. All of them have a back story of why they are there. all of them wanting something different. But all of them now wanting the same thing, to be set free of one another.

The game play was interesting. But nothing really new. The controls did feel solid and easy to use. although I found myself switching from character to character on accident allot because of using magic or other abilities being up with the switch character buttons in the trigger button area. Not really a complaint. But personally gave me issues while playing.

Graphics were nice and smooth. I was not expecting anything spectacular, but they gave me what I was looking for.

This game looks interesting to me. But I do not see myself playing it multiple times. I do not think this game is really got the staying capacity for me to justify buying it. The Demo was fun and interesting. But from what I saw in the Demo. I do not see myself playing this more than one time threw. For some that is just fine. For the budget minded this does not seem like a great investment. I would say this would be a great rental. But it is a PSN title only. So no way you can rent it. I would like to see it do well and the developers maybe bring out some more games like this but with maybe more depth.

Garphics = 9

Gameplay = 8

Story = 9

Presentation =9

Overall score = 8.75