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12:22 pm
August 23, 2011
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Raen
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Time to get in your mini reviews for Flower. Remember, if you want them included in the WeView Verdict article they need to be in by Sunday, and if it's too long I can only use an extract if I select your review.
Also please remember to include your rating of Buy It, Bargain Bin, Rent It, Avoid It at the end of the post; if you put it in bold it's easier for me to find.
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12:32 pm
August 23, 2011
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Flower is simply a unique PS3 experience. Relaxing, beautiful, technically brilliant, this is one game I always show to any non-gamer as an example of what can be done on a PS3. Yes, its short, yes theres no guns, leaderboards or killstreaks, but for those looking for something to break up the normal core gaming experience with a breath of fresh air this is the title to go for. It is probably the most accessible game there is, with easy, if slightly floaty, controls perfectly suited to the sixth axis. My biggest gripe is there has been no patch for Move support.
Buy It
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12:57 pm
August 23, 2011
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Daywalker
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This is by far the most beautiful game ever created. The contrasting colours of the petals and the swaying green grass is sublime. The levels vary from collecting all the coloured flowers to lighting up the gothic style metal structures. The game builds up to an epic finale with some utterly fantastic visuals, and leaves you in a euphoric state really feeling happy for the game, and yourself. It's still my personal favorite PSN game (And soundtrack), which deserves not to be missed by anyone.
BUY IT. BUY IT NOW.
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1:08 pm
August 23, 2011
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First and foremost – If you're like me, this game is NOT relaxing; I'm the sort of person that got annoyed when they missed a flower and got frustrated at the controls not being responsive enough to turn around. I had to play it a couple of times to overcome this, so be aware if you're that sort of a gamer.
That said, it is beautiful. The atmosphere, the looks and especially the music; the score is perhaps on a par with Silent Hill 2 for how well it fits with the game, i.e. perfectly and is really worth appreciating.
And that last level: goosebumps, that's all I can say.
Despite it not being relaxing, it is brilliant, so well worth a buy it. I keep going back to it to calm down (now I don't care about collecting everything, anyway)
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1:50 pm
August 23, 2011
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three_leg_jake
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Buy it. Sorry if that ruined the surprise ending of my review. 
A great game, a welcome breath of fresh air in the gaming world of death and destruction. A welcome change of pace, great use of the six axis controller, and graphically and sonically beautiful. Only niggle is the electricity levels which I found grated against the overall feel of the game.
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1:51 pm
August 23, 2011
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Flower is a true piece of videogaming art.
I got it when it was about £1.29 or something in a PSN sale. I would happily have paid a lot more for it.
It truly is a beautiful and elegant, dancing on the wind and seeing the impact of humans on the natural world is a breathtaking experience. Like asparagushunter, I too had goosebumps towards the end.
Buy it.
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1:52 pm
August 23, 2011
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mrfodder
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Can be fustrating and relaxing depending on how your playing it. First time through the completionism kicks in and collecting all the flowers can be a challanging experience. Once complete the game has a high replayability, when you are no longer chasing a score you can relax and go with the wind. It is a great game to wind down after a heavy shooter session and I used to use Flower to relax after an evening of Battlefield before heading to bed. Definitely a BUY IT.
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3:31 pm
August 23, 2011
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bunimomike
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Post edited 3:32 pm – August 23, 2011 by bunimomike
An unbelievable experience in video-gaming. To know that this game was built around an emotion (just like Journey) shows how profound such a title can be. The emphasis is on the word "experience" as there's barely much "game" in there but what it does, it does like never before. Loading it up now, shows you how the game hasn't aged a day. The graphics are simple, delicate, devastating but always beautiful. The sound is top-drawer in quality with the interactive soundtrack harmoniously constructed with you collecting petals that are gently plucked from their soil-based abodes. There are very few games I feel a desire to thank a developer for but Flower is one of them. Thank you 'thatgamecompany'. Thank you so much.
Most emphatically – Buy it
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3:36 pm
August 23, 2011
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mcphatty
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Flower was a fantastic experience and a real joy to play. The earlier levels were especially pleasing with supremely rich colours and sound effects along with music that really saturates your living room and helps to set the tone of the game.
The major downside to the style adopted by this game is knowing how to approach it. I reckon Flower owes a lot of its success to those previews and reviews that pretty much spelled out the frame of mind we need to adopt before playing the game. I really think I wouldn't have got it on my own if I hadn't followed the build up or, as TSA hate us doing, if I had just scrolled down to the score and thought 'sold'!
My advice is Buy It and then, while its downloading and updating, read the TSA previews and review. Then open the curtains, turn the volume up and get comfy for at least two hours because this one is best enjoyed in one nice, long, chilled out sitting.
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5:30 pm
August 23, 2011
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Pritchie101
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I got Flower in the PSN sale and it was the best £1.30 I've ever spent. Flower is a truly unique gaming experience. A different and fresh idea. Different from mowing down bad guys with AK-47's. In Flower you play as. . . well. What am I?! You play as the wind. . .sort of! It's difficult to explain, but with trophy support, beautiful graphics and some unique gameplay, all I can say is BUY IT. You will not regret it, even if you are a fan of mowing bad guys down with AK-47's like I am!
Thanks,
- Pritchie101 
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8:34 pm
August 23, 2011
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Dexter17
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However much you enjoy Flower is entirely dependent on to what degree you welcome innovation. If recent first person shooters are leaving you cold and you are willing to dive into a relaxing but potentially unfulfilling world, then I would wholeheartedly tell you to buy it.
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9:25 pm
August 23, 2011
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bacon_nuts
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What Half Life is to shooters, what Gran Turismo is to driving, what L.A. Noire is to lip readers, Flower is to petal based flight simulators. Best in Class. It's really what sixasis was made for.
Buy it.
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6:24 pm
August 24, 2011
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Kennykazey
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What makes a good game? Is cutting-edge graphics with more pixels than you can shake a fanboy at? Is it an amazing score that gives you an eargasm every time? Or is it genre-defining gameplay and revolutionizing features? I'd say, it's none of these things. It's how well the game connects to the player.
Flower is a game unlike any other. It has sweet graphics, beautiful music and sound-effects as well as the best use of six-axis motion control so far. And although all this helps set the mood and feel of the game, what really makes Flower is the way it engulfs the player in the experience and makes him or her feel like a part of the game. Flower sets your mind to a blissfull state and touches you in a way that no other game does (!). I understand that not everyone will be able to see the beauty of this Flower, but those that do are in for a treat. No thorns, I promise.
Buy it.
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1:02 pm
August 25, 2011
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Lymmusic
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Flower is the very definition of contradiction in videogames. It is as divisive as it is artistic. As frustrating as it is relaxing. As haunting as it is moving.
The sixasis controls work well, but do sometimes detract from the experience, particularly I found with non-gamers. I experienced audio glitches on release, but after a patch and a reinstall all is well.
If it seems like the kind of game that appeals to you then BUY IT.
If it doesn't appeal, but you are sick of annual "point floaty gun in middle of screen at terrorist and make bang bang game volume 5" then BUY IT anyway to support small developers and creative expression in a somewhat tired landscape.
In short, BUY IT.
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