Frustratingly OK

User Rating: 6 | PixelJunk Eden PS3
I must start off that I love the concept of this game.
It's a very relaxed game with cool visuals and an extremely chilled out soundtrack..
But sadly this is all ripped apart but the frustratingly short timer bar.
Admittedly if you are going for two or 3 seeds you probably won't have a problem at all, any more than this and you are, well, stuffed.
This is increased still by in the upper levels if you fall you have so little control over the 'grimp', that you will plummet right to the bottom.
If the clock was a little more relaxed this would be a great game as it is these flaws make for a game that you will pull you hair out again and again.
Additionally it is hard to see the point of kicking you out after each goal is collected...The first one you will need to collect 5 times, in 5 different plays arrghh.
The visuals are very nice although sometimes the colour contrasts are bad. i.e. brown & blue don't go together and are at times hard to see.
I so want to love this game but unfortunately it could have been so much better.
Maybe an expansion or a patch may help, let's hope.