"Linger In Shadows is a piece of digital video artwork. This is not a game in the traditional sense, rather an abstract, interactive experience designed to challenge and captivate your inquisitive mind."
Those are the exact words of the XMB Trophy Details for Linger In Shadows, and it could not be more true. When the title was first announced it was thought to purely be a tech demo of what the PS3 was capable of, but since then we had learned it was a game Interactive Art, and quite a beautiful piece of Interactive Art at that.
There are 16 Trophies for the title broken down into two groups; 'Sigil Of …' and 'Greeting To …' Trophies. Each Trophy group have their own way of being earned. The 'Sigil Of …' Trophies are earned in 'Linger' mode where the 'Thanks To …' Trophies can be earned in 'Linger' or 'Watch' mode. All Trophies can easily be earned within just a few minutes and on a single play, however you'll miss out on the true beauty of Linger In Shadows if you choose to do so quickly. This is one title I would highly recommend you playing through normally and resorting to this guide in the case you get stuck… which shouldn't be too likely.
BeefJack: "Personally, I think taking the game out of games has limited long-term appeal within our medium, although some are certainly immersive. As we explore more ways to interact with our games, we’re also finding more ways we can tell stories through game systems, and that can only be a good thing.
But gamers aren’t the only group of people to exist, and virtual worlds you can explore, infused with story and meaning, could still have a very important purpose. Art games are not the future of videogames. But they might just be the future of art."
Linger in shadows was really interesting, not sure what to call it, but I certainly enjoyed it.
As a game and an artist, it makes me very excited to see independent developers to gain success through an artistically beautiful game with innovative elements of gameplay. Linger in Shadows and Flower are great examples. In all honesty, I never particularly enjoyed "playing" either of those two games but I LOVED watching them. They truly are Art.
The Dutch website PSFocus.nl has written an article about Sony and there interactive videos: Linger in Shadows and Behind the Bullet. Besides from describing these interactive videos, PSFocus also brings up the point if this is the future or not.
I enjoyed both interactive videos. Sony is the only console that brings these pieces of interactive art on the marktet. The small price I had to pay for Linger in Shadows was well worth it and Behind the Bullet is for free.
Thanks for the article! I enjoyed it.
The PSN-exclusives Flower and Noby Noby Boy both take the top spots in February. These innovative games take gaming in new directions, and we're glad to see gamers have embraced them.
1. Flower
2. Noby Noby Boy
3. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
4. 3 on 3 NHL Arcade
5. Savage Moon
6. Mortal Kombat II
7. Bejeweled 2
8. Burnout Paradise
9. Linger in Shadows
10. Magic Ball
i've only played flower and it was awesome especially after an intense session of Killzone2. will definately give some other PSN games a go.
hmmm surprised MK2 is still going. I wish they could have made the game playable on psp
but on topic good to see burnout paradise still on the list and mk 2 still getting love
nobody has heard of it in the UK though and they seemed to have stopped showing it(used to be on the lesser watched channels). Shame because I love the program.
I wonder what the numbers are actually like; is it in the thousands (very likily), tens of thousands, or is spot number ten in the hundreds.
With sharing up to 5 different PS3s, how did that affect the sales, so on so forth
Beware, using a Trophy Guide kinda spoils the fun of the game - but Trophy Whores will be Trophy Whores. ;)
so does it look good???
well it wont break the bank, only being 2.99, so ill probably get it tomorrow, should be fun.
the most random "game" ever!
Just finished getting all trophies and i must say it is definitely worth the $2.99 (and yes I did use the guide after a couple times through for the few remaining trophies)
Easyest trophies ever. It takes me about an hour to find everything and the first half i was sruggling with the sixasis to pass the levels.. DO NOT USE THE GUIDE!!! its a waste