Today's most flowery video: 'fl0wer' trailer
by Scott Jon Siegel 
{ Sep 21st 2007 at 12:01AM }
We don't know much (okay, anything) about fl0wer -- only that it's being developed for PS3, and that it's not yet playable. Based on the name, we expect that it will at least be a spiritual successor to fl0w, which started as game designer Jenova Chen's graduate thesis. View the serene teaser after the break, and let the speculation begin.
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blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Sep 21st 2007 12:06AM
oh please don't fucking call it flower with a capital O, it's all lowercase on the title screen
Scott Jon Siegel @ Sep 21st 2007 1:26AM
I'm going off of the way it's written by GameTrailers, whose video we're embedding. Also, the lowercase 'o' in that cursive logo is actually a small zero, in the same typeface as seen in the "fl0w" title screen. I don't like it any more than you do, but it's there regardless.
sheppy2.0 @ Sep 21st 2007 12:07AM
It's totally an H-game. They just haven't shown off the shy bookish girl who gets freaknasty with the tire iron in the trailer.
Bidoof Protection Military @ Sep 21st 2007 2:59AM
PS3 needs more eroge.
Hell, I'm sure that if either PS3 or 360 had even ONE eroge published on the system, it would rocket past Wii in total sales.
Nam @ Sep 21st 2007 12:10AM
Looks like "Flouer." Bad cursive right there
ThornedVenom @ Sep 21st 2007 1:32AM
Actually, it'd be awesome if the title were "flour". xD
Dark-Pen @ Sep 21st 2007 7:40AM
XD haha
Einhanderkiller @ Sep 21st 2007 12:16AM
Reminds me of the PlayStation 3 tech demo of a field of flowers.
ThornedVenom @ Sep 21st 2007 1:33AM
Wasn't it the Blu-Ray ad showing a bunch of flowers for HD DVD and a field of them for Blu-Ray, implying storage space?
Einhanderkiller @ Sep 21st 2007 2:24AM
Hmm... actually, it was a field of leaves, and it's not really anything like the fl0wer trailer. Guess I just remembered incorrectly.
http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/615/615000/vids_1.html
Garold @ Sep 21st 2007 12:18AM
Am I the only one who thought flow was pretty dull?
Hashbrown_Hunter @ Sep 21st 2007 12:27AM
Look up some reviews.
NorCal05 @ Sep 21st 2007 12:38AM
Agreed! I played for a few minutes and got bored. After all the hubub, I gave it the benefit of the doubt and assumed I didn't play it long enough. Very good for a thesis, but for a full console title?
Maurice M @ Sep 21st 2007 1:20AM
Well it wasn't really a full console title. It was just a cheap downloadable game which is just casual fun time wasters. I think it was worth the $8 I spent on it recently. Worth way more than this new LocoRoco game anyway.
ruben magana @ Sep 21st 2007 12:22AM
nope it was basiclly a kickass screensaver but a boring game.
Hashbrown_Hunter @ Sep 21st 2007 12:29AM
Looks interesting. I bet its a game/music screensaver. The scenery changes based on what type of music you play and the rate of the wind increases or decreases depending on how fast the song is.
Or it could be a really kickass Miracle-Gro flower growing sim.
ThornedVenom @ Sep 21st 2007 1:34AM
Bigger flowers? MOAR MANURE!
phattie @ Sep 21st 2007 12:30AM
flOw wasnt intended for the ADHD generation...
Bidoof Protection Military @ Sep 21st 2007 2:53AM
Given your childish insults in nearly every post you make, I'd assume you are also part of this ADHD generation you speak of, yes?
shivr @ Sep 21st 2007 12:32AM
i gotta give fl0w credit for be vaguely fun at work... only as a last resort though.
Also... is this game a screensaver? It is even a game? There was like, nothing happening in that trailer.
Might make a cool gardening sim?
NorCal05 @ Sep 21st 2007 12:39AM
Your first idea is genius...
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NorCal05 @ Sep 21st 2007 12:41AM
hashbrown. < had to add that due to the reply system.
Alistair loveless @ Sep 21st 2007 12:42AM
I swear this was originally an ad for "feminine products" and they just removed all the voice acting.
Their tag line was something like "Don't just Flow... Flower"
GrossGreg @ Sep 21st 2007 2:35AM
You beat me to it; I was thinking the exact same thing!
Cue slo-mo middle-aged woman in white flowing garments skipping through the field and/or riding horses. "It expands to fit my lifestyle! Use Fl0w to keep you Fl0wer fresh!"
Holy $hit, I just realized I've seen waayyy too many feminine product commercials during my short time here on Earth.
Sean @ Sep 21st 2007 12:45AM
My head is a giant egg!
Sean @ Sep 21st 2007 11:31AM
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! *stabs you*
Sean @ Sep 21st 2007 1:03PM
Me: Member Since Dec 21st, 2005
You: Member Since May 23rd, 2007
I win.
Negativecool @ Sep 21st 2007 12:51AM
I don't get it...Will we get to shoot hippies in this game? I just don't follow.
Negativecool @ Sep 21st 2007 12:54AM
OH! I get it. There will be realtime blooming with stamens and pistols hitting eachother for MASSIVE damage.
Ikthog @ Sep 21st 2007 1:21AM
Really? Still?
ThornedVenom @ Sep 21st 2007 1:36AM
You just HAD to make that unforgettable reference. xD
It's historically accurate with epic giant flower battles!
Ryan de michigan @ Sep 21st 2007 2:29AM
My guess, from the preview and artwork, is that you control some combination of the wind and the camera, and pass pollen along an infinite landscape.
and that that makes one hell of a screensaver.
Xeno Mezphy @ Sep 21st 2007 1:34AM
Mmmm... I'm going to germinate the HELL out of those flowers...
Steve @ Sep 21st 2007 2:24AM
Boy, the hits just keep a comin'.
Bidoof Protection Military @ Sep 21st 2007 2:57AM
Hmm... Interesting. Would like to know me.
I played the free Flash version of flOw. It was fun. I heard the PS3 version was expanded upon. I guess I'll look forward to flOw and flOwer if/when I eventually get a PS3.
GoonieGooGoo @ Sep 21st 2007 5:11AM
On one hand....its a game ...an actual game I think...for PS3.
On the other hand....it could be a friggin' flower sim. Will it have Full Stamen and Pistil exposure??
Because that would be SWEET!!!
You know what would be hilarious..... if someone took this trailer....and at the end had MASTER CHIEF stomp on the FLOWER. Then cut to the typical 360 commercial ending Logo.
Burnt Meatloaf @ Sep 21st 2007 5:43AM
Here's a flower in a field. Are you ready to buy, yet?!
Words cannot describe how much I hate this kind of promotion.
root @ Sep 21st 2007 6:14AM
wtf?
Cosinus @ Sep 21st 2007 9:13AM
Hmmm, am I the only one here getting a Pollen Sonata vibe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psB0wu9-n38
Seems like those craaazy kids out of Universities just can't get enough of the flowers and the bees
upz @ Sep 21st 2007 10:26AM
I guess I'll be the first to say that it looks good and they have my money. It's gorgeous in its simplicity, just like flOw.
Bidoof Protection Military @ Sep 21st 2007 2:40PM
Not to say anything bad about flOwer... But we haven't seen any gameplay yet. So, how do you if it looks good or not?
WiNG @ Sep 21st 2007 10:29AM
Cell processor ftw!
James @ Sep 21st 2007 11:08AM
My guess is that it makes a game out of pollination.
Sean @ Sep 21st 2007 11:32AM
fl0wer: fl0w 2: more fl0w.
Sean @ Sep 21st 2007 11:50AM
"more fl0w" could also be substituted for "heavier fl0w" or "the fl0wening."
Aldyn @ Sep 21st 2007 1:03PM
i can't help it if i have a heavy fl0w and a wide-set vagina!
Sean @ Sep 21st 2007 2:30PM
Lindsay Lohan was so hot in that movie.
NYM @ Sep 21st 2007 3:14PM
It seems to me that this game is following right in the vein of fl0w. fl0w was a sandbox game, with such an amount of freedom, the player gets to choose how hard or easy the game play is. fl0w was based on the flow theory of games based on the research of psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Basically, it says that for the player to feel the most satisfaction in a game, the abilities of the player and the challenge of the game need to correspond. I think these games are so innovative because they allow the player to determine the challenge of the game as their abilities grow or not.
Personally, I’m very excited to see where they go with this. Jenova Chen and his team are incredibly innovative in my mind and their games are so beautiful. It might not be very action oriented, but I’m content to play a game and sit in wonder of the beautiful visuals and simplistic gameplay they make. I thought that the first game was quite a success in what it was trying to do, but I can definitely see how it might have gotten boring if the players didn’t challenge themselves enough or their skills exceeded the maximum challenge the game had. Either way I’m sure this game will be a fuller and more developed game with the same core and feeling as the first. As I said before, I’m very excited to see how this turns out.
NYM @ Sep 21st 2007 3:18PM
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