(To the point where, yes, I even stopped noticing the headset.) Both VR modes are well designed, not allowing you to access every tool in your arsenal at once, but opening things up gradually and with a sense of progression that feels rewarding, even for an experience that's non-competitive to the point of being almost meditative. But Concrete Genie is so relaxing and pleasant, it's awfully easy to get lost in. Jeff Brown Creative Director at San Mateo Studio Hi everyone, I’m Jeff Brown, a Creative Director at San Mateo Studio. I spent what some may consider an excessive amount of time with the VR Experience mode at Sony's recent press event, presumably to the annoyance of other journalists waiting to get a turn. Concrete Genie’s Two PlayStation VR Modes Detailed 5 0 29 In addition to a full campaign playable on your television, Pixelopus' second game includes a pair of whimsical PS VR modes. As you go, the environment around you will change from night to day, opening up new brushes and allowing you to manipulate and decorate new facets of your surroundings. Concrete Genie is a game about Ash, a young boy who is bullied but discovers a magical paint that might save his home town. Often, he's hungry or cold, so you'll need to spangle a nearby tree with apples or stud the grass with a few miniature volcanoes to keep him cozy. You'll find yourself in a green landscape with a little red Genie, who will periodically make some requests from you in the form of a dialogue bubble that corresponds to one of the Living Paint brushes. The first VR mode is plainly called ‘VR Experience’ and you will follow a Genie named Splodge around Denska. There's a bit more narrative structure in the VR Experience mode, but it still leaves plenty of opportunities for freeform exploration. Eventually, you'll get to dapple the sky with stars and wavy borealis beams. At first, you'll be able to manipulate three of four walls surrounding you (not directly behind you, probably a good idea given the likelhood of getting tangled up in cords). At first things were dim and drab, but soon I was spangling the walls with radiant suns and candy-colored flowers with the aid of a PlayStation Move controller in each hand, to the delight of my new red monster friend. My demo allowed me to let loose in a harborside town environment, reminiscent of the section of the base PS4 game playable at E3. Playing through the main game will allow you to open up new Living Paint brushes and Genie forms in Free Paint mode. From there, you can embellish your magical pal with horns and limbs of your choosing-four legs or two, it's up to you. Your first task is to design a Genie, picking a body template that can be stretched or stunted as you see fit. It allows players to use Living Paint and Genie creation brushes acquired during the main game to paint with. In Free Paint mode, you'll be able to choose one of four unique environments inspired by the game. The second mode is VR Free Paint Mode, and it’s exactly what the name indicates. Or practice your new skills in Free Paint, where you’ll manipulate your paintbrush with two PlayStation Move to create beautiful, living landscapes.Playing through the main story in "Concrete Genie" will allow you to open up new Living Paint brushes and Genie forms in Free Paint mode. In Experience, you’ll help a Genie discover a mysterious power through painting and see your art come to life from a new perspective. Concrete Genie follows the heartwarming journey of a bullied teen named Ash, who escapes his troubles by bringing his colorful imagination to life in his sketchbook, while exploring his hometown of Denska – a once bright and bustling seaside town now polluted by Darkness.Īsh discovers a mysterious lighthouse, where he finds a magical energy that charges his paintbrush with ‘Living Paint’ capable of creating magnificent masterpieces that can purify Denska’s polluted walls.Īsh must harness the magical properties of his powerful paintbrush to eliminate the Darkness polluting Denska with the help of the mischievous Genies he creates along the way.Ĭan Ash overcome his personal struggles and paint his hometown back to life?Ĭoncrete Genie includes two PlayStation VR modes* – VR Experience and VR Free Paint.
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