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Crush - Sony PSP

by Sega
Sony PSP
Everyone 10+
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews) 83 / 100

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  • Unique "Crush" mechanic allows players to change between 2D and 3D environments.
  • Story driven puzzler featuring a unique main character with a lifetime of unresolved issues for you to unravel.
  • Mind bending puzzles will provide hours of entertainment for gamers of all levels.
  • Surreal environments and engaging storyline provide a unique gaming experience that blurs the line between puzzle and platform play.
  • 1 player.

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  • ASIN: B000NRUV4U
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
  • Media: Video Game
  • Release Date: May 29, 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,500 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
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Coming exclusively to the PSP system, Crush features an all new concept in multi-dimensional puzzle gameplay. A uniquely styled puzzle game that blends 2D and 3D graphics in an enticingly surreal environment, Crush is sure to present an addicting challenge! Puzzle your way across 40 brain-twisting levels switching perspectives from 3D to 2D to conquer your challenges. Changing your perspective on things will do more than alter your view; shift platforms and objects, activate machinery, cause immense chain reactions in the environment and overcome your enemies it's all in the power of perspective.

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Sleeper Hit June 10, 2007
Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
This is a game you're unfortunately unlikely to buy. Since you're here, though, let me tell you why you should.

It's reviewed pretty well, and has a really great central concept - smashing a 3-D world into 2-D to solve some puzzles. I remember back when I heard the concept, my first reaction was, "WHOA! That's AWESOME!" and my second was, "Man... it's gonna be really hard to actually make compelling puzzles based on that premise."

I'm actually really happy to say that it's much more the former than the latter. Basically, you're an insomniac who's gone to a doctor who has this machine, called "CRUSH" for whatever reason, which he's using to explore your psyche. Think a dash of Psychonauts. Well, turns out you've lost your marbles, and now have to find them. To do so, you've got to run around these little 3-D worlds, gathering up enough marbles to trigger the exit.

Essentially, you control the camera with the D-Pad - you can rotate it 90 degrees with a tap to the left or the right, and up gives you a top down view. L "crushes" the environment into 2-D.

The game's puzzles rely on the fact that certain blocks are passable in 2-D, but not in 3-D, and that distances in the third dimension "crush" to zero in 2-D. Zoe Mode has built a lot of puzzles out of a relatively small number of basic building blocks. Rolling balls, cylinders, and such behave like you do in the 2-D/3-D squish, and so rolling balls into certain obstacles, or rolling them on one axis, rotating the world and re-crushing now puts the ball in a totally different place.

It's really interesting, surprisingly well-written, and fun. The art style's not for everyone, and the gameplay can be surprisingly cerebral while never feeling tiresome.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Game of the Year Candidate December 2, 2007
Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
A puzzle game for Game of the Year? on the PSP? You're right; it's not a concept that I would have bought before I played Crush.

Portable games have a difficult road to walk. Most people play them in short bursts, and they also have to work on limited hardware and smaller screens. Hence, they run the danger of either A) providing only repetitive/simplistic gameplay or B) getting too complicated to best accomodate limited play time and screen size. There's a narrow zone between the two, and Crush straddles it flawlessly.

The star of Crush is the level design. Mario doesn't have anything on Crush. Each level provides a very carefully constructed puzzle around the central concept of "crushing". The player can manipulate the camera and then crush the level to 2D from that vantage point. Add on top of that a number of interactive items like switches, balls, and collectible items and *voila*- you have a puzzle game.

As hard as it is to solve some puzzles, the tougher job is creating them. You'll feel genuinely accomplished when you finish the level (especially if you go for the extras), but you have to wonder just how brilliant the developers are to create such tight, intriguing puzzles. It might seem that the crush concept would get old over the span of 40 levels, but it always seems like there's some new application of the ideas at work.

Buttressing the solid gameplay is a fun soundtrack, polished presentation, and a quirky story featuring full voiceovers.

Finally, there's a challenging "trophy mode" to try for those ambitious enough to go after the extra items.

Crush doesn't have the bombast of a Heavenly Sword or the legion of drooling fans that a Zelda title commands. But for what it sets out to do- provide innovative and compelling puzzle designs surrounded by pleasing aesthetics- it's nearly perfect.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect game for handheld play! June 20, 2007
Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
Let me start this by saying I'm not real big on puzzle-type games. But I have to say this game is just amazing. I don't even like to call this game a puzzle game but I guess in reality it is. The images/graphics are very strange and dream like (very much to my liking). The main character is suffering from insomnia and the premise being that the puzzles (the source of which are a wacky helmet device called crush) are going to cure him given enough time.

The story line is interesting, the voices are done well and the game itself is very different. The puzzles are solved by crushing the 3D world into 2D via different camera angles. So in order to move from one ledge to a distant ledge, you could switch the camera into the forward looking view and then crush into 2D - the ledge would then be accessible. While this starts off very easy it scales up to more difficult "puzzles" which require thought and creativity.

This game is an absolute MUST own for anyone who has a PSP. It is just about guaranteed to pass hours away like minutes! It's perfect for handheld play in that its an easy game to pick up and run with (while the puzzles/boards will scale up and become much more difficult, the game mechanics on their own are easy to learn and a ton of fun to play).
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best puzzle game of 2007 June 9, 2007
Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
This is a highly addictive puzzler for the PSP. It looks really fantastic and has a good sense of humor as well. It will definitely be on my top 10 list this year!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars a thinking person's puzzle game! January 14, 2008
Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
Truly one of the best and most innovative and fun games I have ever played. I haven't been excited about a game in years, but this was truly refreshing and I savor the gameplay. Hopefully there will be more games with this sort of thinking involved. Wish there were more!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A very unique puzzle game
The Good: Innovative gameplay, great graphics and audio, 50 puzzles, interesting story, good voice work, ways to solve puzzles are constantly being added

The Bad: Some... Read more
Published on March 29, 2012 by Richard Baker
5.0 out of 5 stars Among the very best games in my extensive library.
This is a surprisingly overlooked game.

It is a puzzle game/platformer combo of types only now being emulated by Nintendo with the Paper Mario series. Read more
Published on July 17, 2011 by David Monroe
5.0 out of 5 stars Great 3D puzzler
This is a great 3D puzzler for the PSP. The story is interesting, the graphics are solid, but what's really well done is the scaffolding of the puzzle difficulty. Read more
Published on September 29, 2010 by xrayhearing
5.0 out of 5 stars a GREAT puzzle-platform game
If you want to take a break from mindless shooting and action games, this is the game for you. Sure, you have to think, but the sense of accomplishment will have you craving for... Read more
Published on June 19, 2009 by arisrocks
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice brain game
A Nice little game that created lots of fun ..

You have to take all the diamond and get the puzzle and the crown. Read more
Published on June 8, 2009 by Lin Yu Tung
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Game
This is a great game. It is challenging and can keep you busy for hours. It's not just solving puzzle after puzzle either, there are additional challenges like getting trophies... Read more
Published on January 26, 2009 by Chris S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic must buy
I am not too much into puzzle games but this is awesome it even has a nice story to tie everything together. Read more
Published on January 10, 2009 by gagm
5.0 out of 5 stars Delightfully challenging
Crush is a fabulous game that creates puzzles that require both 2D and 3D space to solve. Why? Crush puzzles, live in 3-D. Read more
Published on August 4, 2008 by M. Dillon
5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Puzzle Game!!
This is the greatest game that I own for the psp, I always passed by it and paid no attention to it but I now regret not buying it sooner. Read more
Published on July 15, 2008 by Leonor Ramos
5.0 out of 5 stars original and uniquely challenging
This game is as original as they get; combine that with it being fun to play and incredibly challenging to beat (90% problem solving, 10% platformer skills), and you have a... Read more
Published on December 14, 2007 by Christopher A. Meli
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