Welcome to Eden -- PixelJunk style

The worst thing about getting excited over games with no release date is you have to watch video after video come out with no clue as to when the torture is going to end. Right now, PixelJunk Eden (the newest game from the PJ team) has got my brain so warped around its little ‘grimp’ finger that it hurts…hurts so good, that is.

Sure, PixelJunk Eden is a strange game. In fact, I feel the same pang of self-doubt in referring to it as a game as I did upon playing ‘Flow’ or ‘Everyday Shooter’. It is a game, in the classic sense, as there are goals to achieve in order to progress through it. Even ‘Flow’ had those. But the look, the style, the aesthetic if you will, still makes me stop and stare. Eventually the guy behind me taps me on the shoulder and I’m forced to pick my jaw up off the floor.

At the end of the day, a good game that doesn’t need MGS IV level graphics is a good thing. It means there is still innovation in the games industry even as every company is gobbling up every other company. It means PixelJunk Eden may not be the exception…it may prove to be the rule. You’ve got my attention PixelJunk, now just make sure you deliver on the goods (and please, pretty please give us a release date).

(title image: IGN.com / Videos: gamevideos.com)