A tale of a lone man trying to solve a mysterious terror attack in a land of absolute paradise. Sumio Mondo is stuck in this perpetual timeloop, but inches ever so closer to answers as these days go by. Figure out what the heck is going on (and probably still not understand) in Flower, Sun, and Rain!
Directed and mainly written by Suda51, the narrative and how it's presented is extremely alluring, and just about all of the characters have this oddball charm and quirkiness to them, and in a way that doesn't feel out-of-place at all. If any game of Suda's is inspired by David Lynch's work, it's this one. I also can't help but adore the setting itself, I love how obsessed game devs were with shores and beaches in the early 2000s, it can't get more cozy than games like this! Much of the dialogue is as hilarious as it is unique, I adore all the characters involved.
The gameplay itself is extremely minimal, as it mainly revolves around solving "puzzles" which are all numeric, and the answers are laid in a digital guide you have. If it's not stated where the answer can be found, it's up to you to solve it through context clues.
The graphical fidelity is dwarfed through this DS demake, but it still presents itself very well, and the interpreters--thankfully--did not mess with the script too much, despite how much it harks back to Suda's previous game that was only released in Japan at the time.
I expect a proper remaster of the PS2 title soon, it's something Suda51 has been very vocal about for the past few years.
Directed and mainly written by Suda51, the narrative and how it's presented is extremely alluring, and just about all of the characters have this oddball charm and quirkiness to them, and in a way that doesn't feel out-of-place at all. If any game of Suda's is inspired by David Lynch's work, it's this one. I also can't help but adore the setting itself, I love how obsessed game devs were with shores and beaches in the early 2000s, it can't get more cozy than games like this! Much of the dialogue is as hilarious as it is unique, I adore all the characters involved.
The gameplay itself is extremely minimal, as it mainly revolves around solving "puzzles" which are all numeric, and the answers are laid in a digital guide you have. If it's not stated where the answer can be found, it's up to you to solve it through context clues.
The graphical fidelity is dwarfed through this DS demake, but it still presents itself very well, and the interpreters--thankfully--did not mess with the script too much, despite how much it harks back to Suda's previous game that was only released in Japan at the time.
I expect a proper remaster of the PS2 title soon, it's something Suda51 has been very vocal about for the past few years.