Edge Preview: PixelJunk Eden

Edge writes: "Watch Eden in action and you’ll think it’s pretty. Play it before anyone explains what’s going on and you’ll retreat, entranced by its florescent panache but bewildered by its lack of recognizable gaming vocabulary. There’s an insect-thing you maneuver through an environment filled with growing plant-like tendrils and floating shapes, but such is the abstract design that attempting to decipher what’s going on unaided is like learning German by watching Downfall without subtitles.

You have little direct control over your bug-like character. Instead you move by rotating an arrow to select a trajectory, firing you through the air and gently influencing its arcing flight with a subtle aftertouch. So far, so whatever – is this an interactive screensaver or an actual game? Is the man with the funny moustache angry or just easily excited?"