Flower's power exclusive to PS3: 200k grass blades and counting

i bought this game last week, and i loved it, even though i beat the game in like 2 hours, it still didn't disappoint

best $10 I've spent on any game.I wish this game had some DLC or a sequel.

Had a few bucks to waste and I just bought an HDTV so I thought I'd download it. Gotta say, visually impressed very much.

Correction:
thatgamecompany
(not ThatGameCompany)

Anyways, it is a truly amazing game!

I still don't get why a studio that makes exclusive PS3 games gets an opinion on what's possible on other systems...

...and the gamecube can make 128 Marios running around on the screen.

Looks nice but the game is all grass, a moving camara, not to much textures ( just solid colors), low polygonal objects ( or whatever the word is).

try making 200k+ grass blades in a game like uncharted and i will WOW at it.

I dont think its the power or the ps3, i think the xbox could have handle it too. (but the xbox marketplace doesnt allow games 500mb+)

ya, i would say it is possible but honestly it would be only possible on the wii due to the sixaxis gameplay and the visuals would have been cut down for the wii....so really she is telling the truth. Imagine playing flower on the d-pad O_o

Heck if anyone disses Flower for any reason I'll tie them down on a chair, glue a SIXAXIS to their hands and force them to play the game.
It's THAT good IMO.

I'd love 200,000 pieces of grass, dispensed from a black box in my living room.

Sony should change their jingle from "ONLY ON PLAYSTATION"

into "ONLY POSSIBLE ON PLAYSTATION"

haha im not sure the grass graphics make a game hardcore.

dont get me wrong im picking flower up eventually

damn skippy. I was thinking about the grass while playing it, comparing it in my head to something like Oblivion's visuals. OK, not a fair comparison by any means, but the way that grass moves when I fly my flower-petals was one of the first things I noticed about the game - and it feels so... free. Also, it's not heavily reliant on textures (I'd assume), and it's simple but in large quantities (all grasss behaves the same) - that's perfect for the cell. I can see why the ps3 would be the most capable of the systems.

Oh, forgot in my previous comment - it's not "only possible on ps3". I say that because you can port things to inferior systems jsut fine. I mean, they put a GoW game on the psp, they put MGS and spore games on mobile phones, and they final fantasy 7 on the NES - you just loose features, graphics, and playability.

Impressive.
I was impressed with the thousands of zombies on screen on Dead Rising..
maybe now someone will take a hint to get decent grass in 'normal' games.

As it says in the post, it's down to the SPU's, being there's 7 of them - though I have no idea how many are in use here, but they help control more objects simultaniously..

Arrgh! I can't believe the developers used the word "leverages" in cold blood like that. It is a crime against the English language, nay, against humanity!

Let's keep the office speak to the office, guys. Don't let it poison the minds of our youth, with its grandiose presumptions and over verbalifications.

p.s Flower is awesome!

I call BS. I played Flower with my daughter, and although its not a traditional game per se, it is well worth the $10 entry fee. However, it was not so stunning because of the visuals, nor do I think that they couldn't be done at a level indistinguishable on the 360. Making it feel the same would be tough due to the sixaxis - maybe the first game I've seen where the controller is actually better than the 360 - but due to the nature of the experience and the motion sensing being the dominant theme with 'any button' being the only other control. In every other game where so many buttons and controls are used the 360 controller is a generation ahead of the PS3 due it being mired in previous gen style (dpad aside - man that is bad on the 360).

Funny how "exclusive" developers say each others game is only possible on said respective system. Flower can't be done on the 360 because it has 200k pieces of grass, and Splinter Cell conviction can't be done on the PS3 because it can't handle the numerous of AI physics on the screen at once.

Typical marketing BS.