Weird

It's what entomologists dream about

HIGH One of the few titles that explores the untapped insect kingdom.

LOW Not enough time spent terrorizing households.

WTF No multiplayer fight mode? The game screams for it.

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This has been an eventful week for downloads on the PlayStation 3. Flower and Noby Noby Boy are now both available through the Store, and although I think it's correct to put them both in the same general category, my reactions to both couldn't be more different.

Flower is fantastic. I don't necessarily think it's the second coming as some seem to report it, but it is most definitely the kind of thing that makes a player step back and re-examine their entire conception of video games.

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Flying through the air with the greatest of satisfaction

HIGH Superb clarity of design and shockingly good production values.

LOW The extra S-levels at the end of the game can be hair-pullingly difficult.

WTF And this isn't a full-fledged Arcade game... why?

I feel pretty... oh, so pretty...

HIGH There is no other game quite like it.

LOW How long it takes to unlock new songs and dances.

WTF One of the first choices in the game is to change clothes or… transform?!?