I’ve been struggling with just how to write this review to convey all the emotion you’ll feel while playing Flower. Thatgamecompany’s second PSN game is an utterly beautiful experience that’s certainly worth every penny of the $9.99 asking price. As you control the wind, the game takes you through an environmentalist narrative that you won’t want to put down.

The controls of the game could not be more simple. You take control of the wind, not the flower petal, as you might expect. Pressing any button increases the wind speed and makes you go faster through the world collecting more and more flower petals as you fly by. As your petal trail gets longer, your speed increases. Your motion is entirely controlled by Sixaxis movements and Flower is the most fluid implementation of those controls I’ve encountered. At no point was I frustrated by the game’s control scheme.

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