Flower is out on Vita

s'ok bro you can keep your lame sixaxis motion tripe, i will gladly take the one that controls like a dream :)
You know, I actually do wonder if this will play nicer on Vita and PS4.

I'll try it, but I think I'll make my first time actually clearing the game on PS4.
 
Played the PS3 version but I think I'm going to wait for the PS4 version instead of downloading this.
 
thatgamecompany's first masterpiece, available on the Vita for me to play at no additional cost.

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Definitely not native. It has a high res than most non-native games though. For example I'm pretty sure it's higher than Uncharted or Gravity Rush. Looks to have the same resolution that LBP had, just barely below native.They added touch screen controls though. Why not sticks.
Flower is never 'native' resolution on anything though.

PS3 version used I think something like 1300x800 backbuffer, and rendered that into 1080p front buffer through that lens distortion shader. At maximum distortion, center of the picture would be at about 512p resolution, while the edges would be higher than 1080p.

I'm guessing Vita version is doing the same thing, because UI and title screen look to be native res? Basically, look at the edges of the screen. If stuff there looks native res, then it's running at native res front buffer.
 
I had to do a "search" to find it. Was this normal for everyone or did it just not populate my list yet?
Either way, definitely a nice and relaxing game. Perfect addition to my "Proteus" purchase.
Cross-buy all the way! It's the gift that keeps on giving. -Adam
 
At the risk of getting killed in here am I the only one that thought flower... Well... Kinda sucked?

I bought it on ps3 and while visually appealing I found it to be repetitive and boring.
 
Cross buy you say?

Get!

*edit* Argh, not in Europe -.-

Hmm EU update is tomorrow?

Is it not crossbuy in EU? Actually, I'm not even sure when flower for Vita is coming for EU :/ I'd assume tomorrow...maybe they'll save it for new year. Better idea imo, although might be talking out of behind as have not played it.
 
At the risk of getting killed in here am I the only one that thought flower... Well... Kinda sucked?

I bought it on ps3 and while visually appealing I found it to be repetitive and boring.

Nope, alot of people do...I loved it but its very divisive



anyway...yep its Flower on Vita...very minor differences such as rock geometry and maybe a smidge less grass, but looks great and plays the same
 
Yup. Really enjoyed Flower. Downloading it on my Vita, but I might just wait until I can go through it all again on the PS4 this weekend.
 
Ugh. I bought the PS3 physical edition of Flower (on the Journey Collection), and it seems like the Vita version isn’t free for me. Any chance this will be updated?
 
has anyone been successful in syncing in the trohpies?

i keep getting errors.

is it conflicting with the PS3 flower trophies I have?
 
I'm kicking myself for letting my GF buy Journey on her account rather than mine.

This is definitely going to hit that next gen cross-play/buy barrier.
 
Hmm EU update is tomorrow?

Is it not crossbuy in EU? Actually, I'm not even sure when flower for Vita is coming for EU :/ I'd assume tomorrow...maybe they'll save it for new year. Better idea imo, although might be talking out of behind as have not played it.

EU probably has to wait for the PS4 release here. I hope it is already coming tomorrow.
 
EU probably has to wait for the PS4 release here. I hope it is already coming tomorrow.

Sometimes I saw surprise releases on EU PSN store, don't remember the last one but it was announced for US well beforehand and it just showed up with the corresponding EU update...hopefully, I watched BlueMaxima's video on it and it looks great (at least, BM reassures us with his excitement for the visuals, which may not come across on youtube). Hopefully it lets me explore a little as well, looking forward to it!
 
has anyone been successful in syncing in the trohpies?

i keep getting errors.

is it conflicting with the PS3 flower trophies I have?

The trophies aren't syncing for me, also.

I've seen this problem with a couple of other games in the past. On rare occasions, they'll have a newly released game that doesn't sync trophies because the trophy list hasn't been updated on PSN from the developer side of things. Issues like this usually get resolved after a day or two.

The game is really beautiful on Vita. It's nice to have for free, and I'll happily play through it again.
 
Wow, not only did I not know about this release, I had to manually search for it on the store to even find it. I would imagine this would be front page material.
 
Ugh. I bought the PS3 physical edition of Flower (on the Journey Collection), and it seems like the Vita version isn’t free for me. Any chance this will be updated?

They mentioned that they cannot do cross-buy for the physical copy because they have no way to tie your account to the physical disc to verify the purchase.
 
Wow, downloading now. This seems like the perfect game for Vita, absolutely love Vita games with good gyro controls like U:GA and Gravity Daze.
 
Ugh, motion controls are completely backwards, and while I could adapt on a controller that DOESN'T house the display it's completely unacceptable when the controller is the display, and I hate the touch controls. I was going to redo the first stage to get a feel for it, but definitely just ignoring it until PS4 now.
 
Ugh, motion controls are completely backwards, and while I could adapt on a controller that DOESN'T house the display it's completely unacceptable when the controller is the display, and I hate the touch controls. I was going to redo the first stage to get a feel for it, but definitely just ignoring it until PS4 now.
gonna have to agree. gyro controls work great for controlling the camera (FPS or gravity rush), but not this where you're just changing the direction of the flowers, not the camera.
 
They mentioned that they cannot do cross-buy for the physical copy because they have no way to tie your account to the physical disc to verify the purchase.

Hmm, that sucks. I assumed they could do something similar to the PS3 crossbuy games (PSABR, Sly, etc.) where you register the disc and get the Vita download.
 
Flower is never 'native' resolution on anything though.

PS3 version used I think something like 1300x800 backbuffer, and rendered that into 1080p front buffer through that lens distortion shader. At maximum distortion, center of the picture would be at about 512p resolution, while the edges would be higher than 1080p.

I'm guessing Vita version is doing the same thing, because UI and title screen look to be native res? Basically, look at the edges of the screen. If stuff there looks native res, then it's running at native res front buffer.

Ya, after playing it myself it definitely looks like the Vita version is doing this too. It has a weird look to it, where sometimes things look like jagged messes while other things look crisp as can be. Ultimately I think the port looks amazing, and I don't have any major complaints.
 
Not native res? Common.


If I can play Mercenaries at Native Res, I should be able to play friggin Flower.
 
Very happy to see that it's cross-buy. Flower is definitely the kind of game I'd like to keep with me.
 
One of my favourite games this gen, but I can't imagine it on a small screen. Sitting 3 metres away from a big screen TV with good sound is where it's at. Will download as fast as I can on PS4.
 
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