Aramation Games

It is really tough to call flOw a puzzle game as there are no set challenges, objectives or game mechanic. Think of it as a more tranquil version of snake, as you "play" as a sea organism bent on gobbling up everything in its path. Each stage has a set number of smaller geometric organisms that you eat to increase your size. You can also go above one level, or below one level for other organisms to eat. As you go deeper, organisms bigger than you will try to eat you. Not that it matters as the game doesn’t track any score whatsoever so there is no penalty for, well, anything.

As a game, flOw fails miserably. As an interactive screensaver, it is gorgeous to look at as the animation is very fluid. Compared the PS3 version, this PSP port suffers from a little slowdown (especially in multiplayer). If you’ve never experienced flOw, you can do no wrong with PSP version… however I strongly recommend you skip this little overglorified piece of screensaver and opt for something meatier. After all, you will get bored of looking at blue sea populated by white geometric shapes really fast.

Rating: 10%

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