PixelJunk Eden
- Stunning Visuals – Stylish graphics brought to life in gorgeous 1080p HD.
- Multiplayer Co-op – Local co-op play to for up to three players.
- Trophy and Online Support – Unlock Trophies and track high scores via online leaderboards.
- Video Recording – Record gameplay videos to the hard guide or upload directly to YouTube.
- Remote Play – Supports Remote Play for PSP system.
Product Description
Utterly unique and spell-bindingly gorgeous, PixelJunk Eden welcomes you to a psychedelic world unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before. As a tiny, silk-spinning ‘grimp’, it is up to you to collect the lost “Spectra” that have been scattered across all the gardens of Eden. Swing and jump between plants and rock formations, collect pollen to seed new plants, and explore the incredible gardens to locate the precious ‘Spectra’. Lush visuals, polished controls and incredible music make it an incredibly atmospheric and addictive experience. Download the full game today and prepare to penetrate Eden!
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Unlike most game developers where they tend to have their bread-and-butter (Bungie and FPS, Bethesda with open-world sports meeting), the guys at Q Sports meeting can be surprising yet potentially frustrating in that they never seem to stick in one place for too long and once you find the game and genre you like, they go off and do something else. Initially they started with Racers, a top-down racer that reminded me of a lot of ancient-school racing sports meeting yet wasn’t well-received. Monsters on the other hand, a cute tower defense game, was praised for addicting gameplay yet offering a significant challenge. So what’s Eden about? Essentially it’s a 2D pseudo-platformer involving a garden. Yeah it’s hard to describe but if tower defense isn’t your thing than this and the recently released Shooter will be more up your alley but be warned there is a slight learning curve with Eden and at times it can get slightly frustrating but it’s still quite fun to go owing to.
Tale: You play as a “grimp”, a cute small bug-like thing that tries to find “Spectras” in the level. Since these are waaaaaay up high in a stage, you have to grab pollen and activate seeds which sprout more vines, flowers and twirly shape to glue yourself to so you can get higher. There isn’t much of a tale since essentially it’s just find all the spectras but it’s got a charming difficulty curve that at a snail’s pace introduces more gameplay aspects to keep things fascinating.
Graphics: The Pixeljunk sports meeting post-Racers can always be described as “cute” with an undeniable charm. While Eden doesn’t have the affect palette of Monsters or the cool physics of Shooter, Eden is absolutely unique in look to the point where it’s nearly hard to describe. It’s not really a HD showcase in the way Wipeout HD, Flower or even something like Trine are but Eden certainly has a splendid art stylishness.
Sound/Music: The pre-loading screen for Eden on your XMB pretty much sums up the music of the game: electronica, trance with a bit of eerieness involving synths and organs. It’s got a nice bouncy soundtrack though nowhere near Shatter levels but it’s got a nice vibe going on. Sound effects are generally low-key though it’s not a huge deal.
Gameplay: You don’t control your grimp so much as fling him at stuff. See all the flowers, leaves and vines act as surfaces the grimp attaches itself to in order to get higher but only way to do that is by using the analog stick, you “jump” in that specific management while holding down the jump button attaches you to the surface Spider-Man stylishness in which you can spin in a circle and grabbing nearby pollen and other goodies. It’s also a excellent way to get a bit of a boost for higher areas. The trickier thing is when you’re falling since you can control slightly the management so if you’re high in the air and you miss, that can be a long fall which can be frustrating when your grimp fails to grab anything. Online leaderboards are available so for competitive types this one can keep you busy; not to mention the trophies lean more towards the skill side which makes them slightly harder to get.
In a way it’s hard to completely recommend Pixeljunk Eden in that it’s kind of like Flower: you’ll either dig this kind of game and get into it while others might find it a bit too laid back and not as “exciting” as something like Shatter or Super Stardust HD. Check gameplay videos online but if you happen to find it cool than definately check it out.
Rating: 4 / 5
This game is part of the well loved PixelJunk series, in which you must control a “grimp” who can jump from and glue to plants and other objects on your screen. The thought is to penetrate a level from the “main screen”, and collect “spectra” by catching pollen from “prowlers”, to grow “seeds” which allow you to get to all the places in a level. Your grimp can either jump or swing from branches (for a limited amount of time) to break open prowlers and capture the pollen that comes out. Finding a spectra completes 1/5 of the level and takes you back to the “main screen”. You then reenter the level and re-clear it by finding 2 spectra, then 3 spectra,…, until you find all 5 spectra in the level. Finding spectra in the levels causes plants to grow in the “main screen”, which lets you reach harder levels, 10 in all. Additionally, you have a timer in the form of “oscillator crystals”, so you must collect crystals to keep the meter from emptying or risk game over (you may continue from the last spectra reached, as of the latest PSN update).
There is also an expansion pack, PixelJunk Eden Encore, which adds another 5 levels to this game, though I believe you must complete the 10 levels in Eden before you can access those 5 levels.
The art in this game is very abstract and distinguishes it from any other game, and having an HDTV is very helpful when playing this game, which looks sharpest in 1080p. I have spent at least 30 hours in this game over a six-month timeframe, collecting all of the spectra and beating the game. Up to 3 players can play, though it is frustrating to play if all players are not at the same skill level. There is an online leaderboard for level scores and by and large scores.
By and large, this game is better suited for an average gamer with a lot of patience (mainly because the grimp requires precise aiming before you jump, and you’ll often miss your target or fall small, causing you to fall long distances, and backtrack many times), although it can be loved by playing for shorter intervals. It is a very unique game that is only available for PlayStation 3.
Rating: 4 / 5