Grow Home
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Grow Home is a cartoon platformer from one of the subdivisions of the French publisher Ubisoft. The game tells the story of a robot named B.U.D., whose purpose is to grow a plant that can restore the atmosphere of the planet. Players along with the robot explore the open world driving B.U.D. in a whole or just parts of his body to overcome obstacles in his way.
The game was never meant to leave the Ubisoft, it is an internal development for the company's employees. But the game was so popular that it was decided to release it publicly.
The robot is controlled from a third-person perspective. Players can freely move around in the game world. The game allows to grow Star Shoots from the Star plant and use it as a platform to reach new areas and gain access to new locations and missions. Also, players can scan objects of flora and fauna, add, the received data are saved in the diary, stash found items in the backpack and use them if necessary.
System requirements for PlayStation 4
System requirements for Linux
- OS: SteamOS / Ubuntu 14.04
- Processor: Intel Core2Duo E7300 @ 2.5 GHz or AMD Athlon II X2 240 @ 2.8 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD5670 (1024MB VRAM)
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Best played with a gamepad
- OS: SteamOS / Ubuntu 14.04 or later
- Processor: Intel Core i3 550 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX560Ti or AMD Radeon HD6870 (1024MB VRAM)
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Best played with a gamepad
System requirements for PC
- OS: Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8/8.1 (both 32 and 64bit versions)
- Processor: Intel Core2Duo E7300 @ 2.5 GHz or AMD Athlon II X2 240 @ 2.8 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD5670 (1024MB VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
- Additional Notes: Best played with a gamepad
- OS: Windows 7 SP1 or Windows 8/8.1 (both 32 and 64bit versions)
- Processor: Intel Core i3 550 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX560Ti or AMD Radeon HD6870 (1024MB VRAM)
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
- Additional Notes: Best played with a gamepad
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Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
Microsoft from Deutsch
WALL·E part: You play as a robot—the name's BUD—on a planet without humans. And you are strangely obsessed with a particular plant. You look like a pile of old rubbish, but also strangely cute.
Assassin's Creed part: you can easily climb up almost on any surface. You just have to hold some buttons and constantly push your character to a certain direction. If you remember some of the first parts of AC you may recall how terrible the controls were—you spent 90% of the game ‘locked up’, so to speak, meaning you had to hold down some buttons to climb/run and since you climbed and ran 90% of the game, you easily ended up with numb fingers. While the idea that you use left and right ‘hands’ separetly of the robot is okay, constant climbing makes the gameplay very tiring.
All in all, this might be a good game for some, if you don't mind the awkward controls and love the visual style. I, for one, didn't enjoy the overal looks of Grow Home. It looked cute and entertaining for me in trailers, so I instantly bought the original game and the sequel, but spending some time with BUD made me see the difference between the creative minimalism and the lazy-ass half-hearted yet bright-colored 3D-low-polly visuals. Unfortunately, I think that Grow Home falls in the second category.