Eden Obscura

I fell in love with the original PixelJunk Eden on our PlayStation 3 years ago. I could easily spend hours playing it. I was delighted when it came to iPhone/iPad. Much of the game play is the same, with some good adaptations to the touch-screen format. Great replayability. Addicting. Enjoy!

Unfortunately, I played and loved the console version of this game. I feel this game retains all the great things about the original while injecting the primary play of the game with a new element - stress. Being able to fail gardens ruins the chill atmosphere created by the brilliant art, sound design, and gameplay. On the console, I didn’t mind the timer because I could always come back and find the spectra, whereas in this game you have 5 tries and that’s all you get. You can continue playing in a different mode, but playing through levels I have failed is completely unsatisfying. The play mechanics are awesome, the sound is awesome, the visuals are awesome, the structure of the game ruins the mood so excellently established by everything else.

I’m not usually into app gaming too much, but I was curious ever since I heard PixelJunk was bringing Eden to mobile. I’d never played the original Eden, but I didn’t have to to completely love and learn this game. Super addicting, AMAZING soundtrack, and the visuals and physics are stellar. Even the boot-up screen makes the app feel more refined and professional than most other apps I’ve played, and that refinement never ends. Great job, and can’t wait for Monsters on mobile ;)