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One of the more defining moments of Sony's E3 press conference was, for me, the unveiling of a new and interesting PlayStation Network title called Echochrome. Its pure minimal style and emphasis on simple but clever gameplay seemed to go dramatically against Sony's current business model of shoving graphics and Blu-ray down our throats. In case you happened to miss one of the few surprises of this year's E3, here's the trailer that was shown after a boast that it contained the "least graphics, but the most gameplay."
 
The design is humble and clean, with the gameplay following suite. While it looks rather straightforward at first, one can imagine the fiendish liberties that the game's designers are sure to take with this level-manipulating puzzle game as it progresses -- just take a look at some of the intimidatingly complex levels shown later on. The emphasis on creating optical illusions of sorts to forge paths for your walking mannequin puts me in the mind of a very artistic, abstract Lemmings, which is not a bad thing at all. While also available for the PSP, this will hopefully be the first game to truly give Sony's PlayStation Network a legitimate kick up the backside.  I can't wait to see how this one shapes up.

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uptonogood's Avatar
uptonogood at 07/16/2007 09:10
alright ...i'm sold.

though this game will probably be most fun for those of us who can think in 3-D space (no easy feat if you ever tried drafting or mechanical design).
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Toneman at 07/16/2007 09:12
Do want! This game really surprised me. It just looks awesome.
Brandon Undead's Avatar
Brandon Undead at 07/16/2007 09:33
This game would make me it's bitch if I tried to play it.
topgeargorilla's Avatar
topgeargorilla at 07/16/2007 09:38
intense and frustrationg
Altair78's Avatar
Altair78 at 07/16/2007 09:41
Looks pretty sweet... I would love to get my hands on it and try. I'd probably suck at it, but hell why not.
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Corncobtacular at 07/16/2007 09:43
I imagine this being more difficult than looking away from Altair78's avatar....
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psybunny at 07/16/2007 09:53
WTF please sony redeem yourself now .....the most anticipated titles are fluffed up mini games.i never thought it would come to this:flow,echochrome,big poop lil pooper........games i could play on a ds rilly
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Justin Villasenor at 07/16/2007 10:07
I was digging this game when they showed it at their conference. I normally don't care overly much for puzzle games but something about it looked pretty fun and different.
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topgeargorilla at 07/16/2007 10:08
psybunny!



NOOOOOOOooOOOOOOOOOOOO DON"T STEAL THE BUNNY LORD PWWRZ FROM ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111
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RoyRP216 at 07/16/2007 10:21
M.C. Escher: The Game
Magesx's Avatar
Magesx at 07/16/2007 10:33
Dammit, someone made an MC Escher comment before I could.
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Rockvillian at 07/16/2007 10:44
The only other game I can think of that does the same thing to my brain, is Portal.

It's splitting in haaaaaaaalf...
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TheBrain at 07/16/2007 11:22
Awesome.
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 07/16/2007 11:53
it's some nintendo like awesomeness that we have here.
SONY you are going the right way.
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psybunny at 07/16/2007 12:02
@ topgeargorilla we may coexist my friend
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Rosseh at 07/16/2007 12:45
Looks interesting. Although I fear my feeble mind could not cope for long without madness setting in.
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John Martone at 07/16/2007 12:56
while my mind just exploded with possibility, I'm of the impression more thumbs are necessary to play this. Hell, I'm not sure even the wiimote could intuitively control this. We need a wiisphere.
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topgeargorilla at 07/16/2007 14:52
psybunny

soundz kewl 2 me
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 07/16/2007 16:09
Looks awesome. Reminds me of the classic EA game Realm of Impossibility.

I will buy this for the PSP.
Trevor McGee's Avatar
Trevor McGee at 07/16/2007 16:45
This looks like something that would be on the DS, looks like a cheap flash game.
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Husky Hog at 07/16/2007 16:54
THE REASON I MIGHT RE PURCHASE A PSP
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xrayne446 at 07/16/2007 17:06
ouch, my brain hurts. lemmings was a bitch enough to play in 2D, this will just keep me up late nights when i sould be writing papers.......aka, i can't wait
Tron Knotts's Avatar
Tron Knotts at 07/16/2007 17:22
Trevor, can you name one cheap flash game on the DS?
Fullgore's Avatar
Fullgore at 07/16/2007 18:35
My brain just got screwed.
Trevor McGee's Avatar
Trevor McGee at 07/16/2007 22:29
@ Tron Knotts

You got it all wrong. I said the game itself looks like a cheap flash game, but said it looks like something that should be on the DS because it could really use the stylus control scheme. I think the analog will probably suck for it.

But, the game, itself looks like a cheap flash game. First of all, where is the color or backgrounds? It just looks like one of those cheap stick figure flash games people make. Some one could easily make this game with flash.
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PoeticJustice at 07/17/2007 00:21
I can, Elf Bowling.

This game looks artistically beautiful to me.
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brainderailment at 07/17/2007 07:15
Who says you can't have fun with games that don't have good graphics on systems that do have good graphics?

Think about it.
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