flOw
The game flOw for the PC, PS3 & the PSP console has got to be one of the most simple and yet complex and entertaining games to come out in years.
Ratings: Graphics & Audio: 18/25, Gameplay: 18/25, Creativity 24/25, Fun 18/25
Total: 78/100
The game flOw for the PC, the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable is not your everyday run of the mill game; after all it started as a thesis project. The game is very simple in concept and quite enjoyable in its simplicity and with the soothing music playing in the background can be a relaxing adventure.
The concept is simple and starts at the lowest levels of life; you’re a small microorganism and have to eat your way to the top of the food chain in tiny little gulps. Although that is the basis and basically the entire game it is not that simple and involves not only evolving but not being eaten at the same time.
You must rush around and eat smaller things or even parts of larger ones and not get eaten by more aggressive organisms in the big drop of water you swim around in. Each system differs slightly in the size of your world, the colors and controls but the game is the same with you working your way to a better and more evolved being.
Whether on the PSP with its tiny thumb stick or using your mouse on the PC or the much more intuitive six axis controller for the PS3 the game is easy to control and play as well as quite relaxing. flOw has that almost hypnotic quality of being a non rushing game that you simply swim around munching what you can as you go and slowly evolving into a bigger critter.
There are very few “rules” to the game like some of the bugs you need to eat the parts of before totally destroying them or the red and blue dots are your ticket to the higher and lower levels of water. The game is very easy to play and you simply find it is one that is a relaxing and enjoyable way to while away some time.