Flower, Sun, and Rain (2001)
- Developer
- Grasshopper Manufacture
- Publisher
- Victor Interactive Software
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Genres
- Puzzle, Adventure
- Rating
- 3.8 of 5, 15 player ratings
- Where to get it
- Website
How it feels
A strange, hypnotic loop of mundane island errands and number-crunching puzzles that grows increasingly surreal as the same doomed day resets over and over.
surrealrepetitivemethodicalquirkycontemplativeslow-pacedoffbeatdreamlike
About
Flower, Sun, and Rain is set on the Micronesian island resort of Lospass, and is loosely connected to the events of The Silver Case. The story follows Sumio Mondo, a "searcher" who makes a living looking for things people have lost. Mondo is initially contracted to defuse a bomb planted on a plane, but is so distracted with helping the islanders that the bomb goes off. He ends up caught in a timeloop, where he relives the same day running up to the explosion. Gameplay focuses on Mondo exploring the island, solving numerical puzzles with the help of his computer "Catherine" to solve people's problems on Lospass.
What players say
A surreal, hypnotic Suda51 adventure that captures a dreamlike near-death haze through deliberately janky movement and bizarre satire on tourism. Deeply polarizing: much of it is walking and solving math puzzles, so players either adore its weird magic or find it tedious.
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