THE POWER OF FLOWER

Sometimes as a gamer, I get tired of the same old shooters and action games. For some reason, developers think the only type of video game that sells has violence, blood/gore, drugs, sex or rock ‘n roll in it. While that does indeed sell and probably always will, it’s about damn time that other developers go against what “sells” and creates something so entirely different than what we’re used to that it sets itself apart and is defined in a brand new genre all its own. Introducing: Flower.

Yeap, that’s it. Just Flower. But what beautiful flowers they are. Flower is being developed by the same creators of flOw, thatgamecompany, and is scheduled to be released as a downloadable game on the Playstation Network on February 12. Being in a league all of it’s own is something new to the game industry. A game that can be thrown into a new genre of “healing” or “relaxing” is just not something the average gamer is used to. Sony may win me over someday as their game library slowly but surely is starting to increase in quantity and quality. With creative games like flower and LittleBigPlanet awaiting my potential PS3 purchase sometime in the future, it makes me feel like it would be well worth it now to spend the unreasonable price Sony is asking for their top of the line game console.

Ah hell, who am I kidding? I’m not going to buy a PS3 until the price comes down to something I can afford, but damnit! Flower is making it harder for me to keep making the price argument. Either way, this game should have what it takes to help sell the PS3 to hardcore and casual gamers alike. After viewing these videos, it may make gamers out of non-gamers. Who knows?

The power of Flower is strong and I’m picking up the scent of success. For the sake of creative out of the box ideas and the determination to prove critics wrong, I hope I am correct.

Check out the PS3blog’s interview with Creative Director, Jenova Chen.

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