A couple of nights ago I decided to buy Flower on PSN. For those of you who have never heard of it, Flower is a... well, rather different type of game, actually. Its designers have described it as somewhat of a visual poem.
In each of the game's levels, you are a gust of wind that has to go around and blow past the various flowers scattered in a desolate grassland. As you blow past a flower, it will open up and you will catch one of its petals. If you open certain groups of flowers, you will bring to life a section of the level and the grass will liven up, truning from brown to green (or in one level, one of several colours). The controls are dead simple too - you use the SixAxis motion sensor to turn around, and any of the buttons to move forward.
Aside from looking very pretty, it's also very relaxing. The flowers play a note when you open them, and opening a row of flowers will play a nice little melody. There's no real urgency to anything, and if you want you can just fly around and look at the scenery.
I really was of two minds about buying this game, as the reviews I'd read of it were really quite vague. The game has no demo either, and I'm always quite sceptical about buying a game without being able to play it first. But now I have it, it was defintely worth the small amount of money (NZ $15.50).
If you've looked at the game and weren't sure if it was worth getting, I say give it a shot and see what you think. You might be pleasantly surprised.