You unlock more features for your creatures by tracking down blue pages from AshвЂ™s art book, some you have to chase as they float on the wind, and some are stuck in something like a bin or a vent, trying to get out.

This does of course take some getting used to, but itвЂ™s not long before your swishing your controller as comfortably and spontaneously as you would a paintbrush. These genies can be created wherever you see a chalk drawing of one on the ground from AshвЂ™s childhood, and it is incredibly fun to give them bushy tails and antlers using the dual-shockвЂ™s motion controls. There are three types: Fire, Electric and Wind Genies, of which are gradually introduced for the duration of the game. These Genies run around the levels along the walls of buildings and infrastructure, to aid you in puzzles throughout the game. These are complemented by the titular вЂњGeniesвЂќ that your character, Ash, paints based on the pages in his artbook. The characterвЂ™s faces almost remind me of paper-mache, and although the environment itself looks normal: the paintings you create on them become their own living neon billboards. From the characters, to the world to even the trophy icons: It has such a varied colour palette, and it carries out itвЂ™s goal of having an arts-and-crafts feel without looking washed out. To begin with the obvious: the game is stunning and striking in itвЂ™s visual style. After completing it IвЂ™m happy to say I was not disappointed, and loved the way the developers had delicately explored the themes of childhood bullying and nostalgia. Concrete Genie had been on my radar for awhile: It had an intriguing trailer that really struck a cord with me, and the gameplay idea behind it was creating a bit of a buzz.

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