It is difficult to believe that there may still be a PS3 owner, or a gamer out there who hasn’t yet heard of thatgamecompany’s Flower . The game was showered with awards and recognition since its rele… Read more
Today I noticed that I had $10 left on my PSN account. So I decided to pick up the indie hit from Thatgamecompany, Flower. Since it won many casual & downloadable game of the year awards back in 2… Read more
The game is laughing at you for sitting in your house instead of being outside While playing Flower, I frequently found myself wondering what I wanted to get out of playing a game. Was it frequently b… Read more
Flower is what happens when a bunch of no-good hippies learn how to utilize the Playstation 3's power. ☆ (out of five) For years, indie developers have tried to convince themselves -- and, by extensio… Read more
Braid was a 2008 release starring a self-loathing British stalker capable of using the powers of Shame and Regret to manipulate time in unsavory fashions. All of this may or may not have been a metaph… Read more
The modern gaming landscape is littered with countless sequels and me-too copycats lacking any form of originality. Even those few games that attempt to do something fresh usually fall into the traps… Read more
So i am taking Journalism next year so you better listen to what i have to say in this review. This is probably the least fun game i have ever played. All you do is control a flower and fly around wit… Read more
Lots of people will try to tell you that Flower is not a videogame, and that it is actually some sort of interactive art. Don't listen to these people, as they are wrong. As beautiful and awe-inspirin… Read more
Let's get one thing perfectly clear, and don't take this the wrong way but: Flower is not a game -- it's a relaxation tool. It's goal is not to challenge you, but to calm you. Relax you. Put your mind… Read more
Just grit my teeth throughout, and i haven't swore as much at a game in a long long time, at least not for these reasons. To me, Flower is an awkwardly motion controlled conflict-free Pacman with gene… Read more
Much has been said of thatgamecompany’s Flower over the last few weeks since it was first released on the Playstation Network for download. Whether or not Flower is a game, a visual poem capable of el… Read more
Flower is simply one of the most beautiful awe inspiring games I have ever played, the review can end there, Go download Flower. A strange title to say the least, flower is about as unique as they com… Read more
Even though people often use video games for entertainment or to escape the world around them, it's rare that a video game puts one in a state of complete relaxation. Have you ever listened to a relax… Read more
This game must have had a great design, as even my Wife liked to play this. It is one game that actually has a relaxing way of playing. The emmersion in the game is awesomely tied in with the motion c… Read more
Flower is unique, at least in my experience. Many games have blurred the boundaries between an innovative piece of art and a fantastic gaming experience. Okami, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and many o… Read more
Flower opens up to a vast concrete jungle; giant, steel skyscrapers tower overhead, while massive cranes continue to build upon this ever expanding man-made metropolis. At ground level cars bustle by… Read more
Flower is from the people that brought you flOw, and even though I have yet to play flOw I can tell you that Flower is an experience that you won't want to miss. In Flower you will be taking on the ro… Read more
The PlayStation Network is quickly becoming one of my favorite things about owning a PS3. No, it's not because you can play multiplayer titles for free across it, but instead there's this little outle… Read more
I feel that a person's opinion of flower probably depends pretty heavily on their reason for playing games in the first place. If you're a person who plays games for a challenge, if you want to get th… Read more
How would one define a video game? Is it simply an interactive experience using images on a screen? Or is something not considered a video game unless it contains an element of skill or progression? W… Read more
Flower really is an experience, and is proof that life is the journey not the destination and really you have to play flower to understand what it really is. Flower is about how the drudgery of city l… Read more
Many debate whether video games can be art, and every once in a while a game comes along that says "yes, they can." Flower is one of those such games, as its one of the most artistic, and unique gamin… Read more
All games, to some degree, are designed to tease emotions out of you -- excitement, fear, joy, intrigue. What's so incredible about Flower is the emotions it brings out in such a compact, beautiful an… Read more
Firstly, I just want to mention that you wan watch my video review at www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOPLrGEJT80 Secondly, make sure to visit www.freezecracker.com , as that's where I post more of my reviews… Read more
Flower is an experience first, a game second. I'm glad to have played it, but not to have paid for it. There is very little replay value in it for me, and for a game that took only an hour and a half… Read more
I would like to think that I am not a sucker. I have never responded to emails from a Zimbabwe based legal firm asking me to send them money so they can transfer a long lost inheritance to my bank acc… Read more
If you think Flower is not a game, or is just a pretty "tech demo" you'd be missing the point. Flower is another game on Sony's Playstation Network to appear that seems to set its self apart from what… Read more
I am always keen to try out new idea in gaming and so was keen to get my hands on Flower as soon as it was released and I am happy to report Flower did not dissapoint. Flower really is a thing of beau… Read more
Personally, writing a game review is a daunting experience in this generation of gaming. Games have followed the path of technology and have become incredibly complex and fascinating in their design.… Read more
Interactive entertainment (read:gaming) has been struggling to be accepted into mainstream culture for years. With the help of the Wii and Hollywood-style blockbuster titles such as Bioshock, Grand Th… Read more
http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/the-haiku-review-flower/230947 -- So I have a new idea for something fun to read: The Haiku Review is where I take an experience from a game and s… Read more
With consolidation of publishers and developers, increasing development costs, and changes in consumer spending, creativity has slowly diminished from the videogame industry. For every Braid, Pixeljun… Read more
It really is startling to see how closely video games and simulated killing have become interwoven. Even child-friendly characters such as Mario are little more than pastel colored turtle squashers de… Read more
There was a time when I first heard about Flower and it's whole abstract game design that I simply pushed it out of my mind as being a good idea. Now here I am, months later, giving this game 5 stars!… Read more
The whole debate whether or not video games can be considered as art is still a mixed bag. While most games out today feel just like pure entertainment, a handful of others actually feel like a rare a… Read more
Flower is yet another download-only game that shows that some of the most innovative and unique work this generation isn't to be found in the latest big-budget blockbuster. It's the next project from… Read more
Looking at Flower from a reviewing stand point is quite difficult. On one hand Flower is an amazing experience that can only be explained by playing it. But from a gaming side there is only so much Fl… Read more
In a review about flower it's easy to go off on some pretentious tangent about how elegantly it evokes a sensation of happiness and relaxation in your soul with its soothing, mesmerizing presentation… Read more
It's a relatively short game that will probably take most players 1-2 hours to beat depending on how much you want to explore the world. It's by the same developers of flOw so the same simple design a… Read more
Flower is the latest release from the makers of the game-slash-screen saver flOw, thatgamecompany, released exclusively for download through the PlayStation Store at a $9.99 price point. Flower is a g… Read more
WHO SAID VIDEOGAMES COULDN'T BE REPRESENTATIONS OF ART? Flower is one of those odd games where a review can never really describe it best, it's simply one of those games where you need to experience i… Read more
This game is the reason that PSN is still light years ahead of Xbox Live in terms of content. This game is a visual stunner, no shortage of amazing things to look at. The amount of time that must have… Read more
FlOwer deserves all the honour it can get. The developers have managed to dig deep into a small concept, and bring out something big. After being introdused properly to the controlls, flOwer takes you… Read more
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