Flower
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:31 am
Reposting from my LJ:
The game called "Flower" has been recently released on PlayStation Network (exclusively). It's a small and pretty simple game, but "Flower" enchants, mesmerizes, takes away your breath as you see, hear and play it.
The story of "Flower" is simple, but very touching. A lonely flower is sitting in a flower pot at the shop window in a colourless, rainy city. And starts dreaming... Dreaming about boundless grass fields, nature and sunshine...
That's when the gameplay starts. You control a flower petal flying in the wind by tilting your gamepad in the needed direction, gathering petals from other flowers in your wind stream, reviving the nature around you. By the end you try to revive the gloomy city, adding a touch of nature to its grey surroundings. It looks simply breathtaking. Nice, soothing music adds to the unexplainable experience, and you're not playing anymore, you're meditating... It's hard to describe in words, videos show it better (be sure to click "watch in HD"):
If there is art in videogames, "Flower" is definitely one of the best examples.
The game called "Flower" has been recently released on PlayStation Network (exclusively). It's a small and pretty simple game, but "Flower" enchants, mesmerizes, takes away your breath as you see, hear and play it.
The story of "Flower" is simple, but very touching. A lonely flower is sitting in a flower pot at the shop window in a colourless, rainy city. And starts dreaming... Dreaming about boundless grass fields, nature and sunshine...
That's when the gameplay starts. You control a flower petal flying in the wind by tilting your gamepad in the needed direction, gathering petals from other flowers in your wind stream, reviving the nature around you. By the end you try to revive the gloomy city, adding a touch of nature to its grey surroundings. It looks simply breathtaking. Nice, soothing music adds to the unexplainable experience, and you're not playing anymore, you're meditating... It's hard to describe in words, videos show it better (be sure to click "watch in HD"):
If there is art in videogames, "Flower" is definitely one of the best examples.