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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 - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 09:10
uptonogood
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).
Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 09:12
Toneman
Do want! This game really surprised me. It just looks awesome.
Brandon Undead's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 09:33
Brandon Undead
This game would make me it's bitch if I tried to play it.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 09:38
topgeargorilla
intense and frustrationg
Altair78's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 09:41
Altair78
Looks pretty sweet... I would love to get my hands on it and try. I'd probably suck at it, but hell why not.
Corncobtacular's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 09:43
Corncobtacular
I imagine this being more difficult than looking away from Altair78's avatar....
psybunny's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 09:53
psybunny
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
Justin Villasenor's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 10:07
Justin Villasenor
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.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 10:08
topgeargorilla
psybunny!



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

It's splitting in haaaaaaaalf...
TheBrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 11:22
TheBrain
Awesome.
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 11:53
linuxguy
it's some nintendo like awesomeness that we have here.
SONY you are going the right way.
psybunny's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 12:02
psybunny
@ topgeargorilla we may coexist my friend
Rosseh's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 12:45
Rosseh
Looks interesting. Although I fear my feeble mind could not cope for long without madness setting in.
John Martone's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 12:56
John Martone
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.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 14:52
topgeargorilla
psybunny

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

I will buy this for the PSP.
Trevor McGee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 16:45
Trevor McGee
This looks like something that would be on the DS, looks like a cheap flash game.
Husky Hog's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 16:54
Husky Hog
THE REASON I MIGHT RE PURCHASE A PSP
xrayne446's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 17:06
xrayne446
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 - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 17:22
Tron Knotts
Trevor, can you name one cheap flash game on the DS?
Fullgore's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 18:35
Fullgore
My brain just got screwed.
Trevor McGee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2007 22:29
Trevor McGee
@ 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.
PoeticJustice's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 00:21
PoeticJustice
I can, Elf Bowling.

This game looks artistically beautiful to me.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2007 07:15
brainderailment
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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