Underplayed Gems

Wordimagesoundplay (2004)

Wordimagesoundplay cover
Developer
Tomato
Publisher
Sony Music Entertainment
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Genres
Music
The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

a strange, loosely structured collage of sound, language, and imagery that feels more like wandering through a half-remembered dream than playing a traditional game.

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About

wordimagesoundplay is a collection of experiences for the PS2 console. Human and strange. Animal and familiar. Happy and sad. Music made from people. Stories crossing each other. Japanese and English. Language and translation. Sound and shapes. Seeing stories and hearing tales. Films and pictures. Music and sound. There is gameplay on WISP, but there are no games. There is no story that holds the whole thing together, but there are stories. wordimagesoundplay isn't a music title but it's filled with music.

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.