Given the success of PixelJunk Racers and PixelJunk Monsters on the PlayStation Network, another game in the series was pretty much inevitable. PixelJunk Eden certainly isn't your garden-variety platformer, with a unique setting, gorgeous visuals, and quirky story that sets it apart from other games in the genre.
After seeing Eden at E3 2008, GameSpot got a chance to sit down with the game in the comfort of the GameSpot UK offices to play through its first three gardens. Eden is deceptively simple yet challenging at the same time, and while it eases you in gently, things get tougher once you've passed the first couple of levels.
Posted by Dylan Cuthbert on Aug 31, 2015 // President and Executive Producer, Q-Games Ltd.:
If you know anything about Q-Games, you know that we made a name for ourselves during the PlayStation 3 era with our acclaimed PixelJunk series. Debuting way back in 2007, we were one of the first indies to cut our teeth on the newly released console. Our idea for the series was simple: rework old school gaming concepts in beautiful high-definition visuals, while keeping the easy to learn, difficult to master gameplay that made us fall in love with games in the first place.
indiePub has published its weekly update of new and notable indie games on the Playstation Store Indie Games Channel.
Best bets this week include: Pixel Junk Eden, where you explore a gorgeous world; Do Not Fall, an intense action/platformer; Farming Simulator, where you must grow and maintain crops; Total Recoil, a fun, explosive arcade shooter; Kung Fu Rabbit, where you must save your disciples with your combat prowess, and Men’s Room Mayhem, where you become the janitor of a men’s room.
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I want it bad too. I played the ps3 version first then the psp 2nd. The psp version is better with with more content. I love that game.
Pixle Junk Racers, was average on all scales and at times complete trash.
Pixle Junk Monsters, was an incredible experience and still is to this day. I think, in all honesty, it is 1 of the best next gen games out. EVER! Period. These guys learned their lesson from the last game and have really stepped it up.
Pixle junk Eden, this is complete $#*t! The controls, the tedious nature of it, the gameplay, the vague objectives for trophies. It's like they learned from their mistakes and then threw all they learned out the window and said, let's be Junk again. Literally. This game is a waste of 10 bucks, the trophy support, while plenty, ask too much of your time to obtain just 1.
I mean, you have to open 41 seeds in the 2nd garden just to get a bronze trophy and that equates to literally 1 hour of play. That's for 1 trophy.
This game is being deleted from my HDD today. A waste of 10 bucks.