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This was originally given away 1st June 2007 where it received a positive 82% from 289 votes with 130 comments. I was away on an early vacation at the time so didn't post my usual review. The developer took on board many suggestions from the giveaway community and ended up releasing twenty or so upgraded versions, which he gave away via his web site so long as you had the original version from the game giveawayoftheday. This is the only developer I know of who did this. You can see the original giveaway HERE and the sequel Flowers Story: Fairy Quest which was given away 29th Dec 2007, HERE

One of the regular reviewers at the time called Merril posted the following:

Oh this is SO gorgeous!! Flower's Story downloaded and installed perfectly and I have had no technical troubles playing the game at all. From the very first screen that creates a cursor trail of magic (that, er, I spent a bit too long sprinkling around into my name and the shape of butterflies......) I knew that this was going to be just lovely - and I was so not wrong!

The game tells the story of a little girl called Flower and a magical birthday she has. I won't say anything else as learning the story is part of the fun and pleasure of playing the game and each game can be saved so you know where you are up to in the abundant 90 levels. The graphics are just enchanting, simply enchanting and the game itself, much, much more than a "match 3" game as you have to make up "bouquets" of flowers in different formations is intriguing, not easy as the levels progress and relaxing to play.

Attention to detail is extreme in this game and from the stream of magic and fireworks as you finish a level to the expressions on character's faces, the artists who have worked on this have obviously put in so much thought and hard work. Even the default High Score names are set into magical type names such as "Moon", which may be confusing as I want to call myself that!!

The game is controlled by the mouse which is great as recently I have been sad to read that some people were missing out due to not being able to play the keyboard-only games. The game welcomes you by your name which gives a real personal feel to play and throughout you are told what to do and different features are pointed out - ideal and ingenious, saving you from trying to memorise commands beforehand and teaching you as you go along.

The game is somewhat slow, not in a bad way, you just have to create formations which collectively can take a fair amount of time per level and I can't really see this appealing to most teenaged boys but to all those who love magic and, like me, believe in fairies, you will be truly enthralled!

We also had another reviewer called Swan (she went on to create her own review site and stopped posting here) who posted the following:

Well what a great game GotD has for us today! This is a match 3 game like no others - so definitely not a clone of any other game. Thank goodness! The developer has gone to great lengths to take an ordinary concept and dressed it up, to present a new and challenging game.

While the game itself may look 'girly,' the game is definitely a challenge - I can't see very young children playing this without a great deal of frustration. I would put this game in the 10+ through to adult age group.

The graphics are just gorgeous, clear and crisp, with bright inviting colours for much appreciated 'eye candy,' right down to the graphical font and the cursor, which emits a trail of sparkles as you move the mouse.

The music is sweet, light and pleasant to listen to. This is one of the few games where I haven't immediately turned the music off.

The opening screen lets you enter your name, followed by a screen that gives you the choice of; Play; Survival; High-scores; Options and Exit.

The options screen, has separate sliders for music and volume; toggle options for full screen; 3D Accelerator and custom cursor.

For those that might be concerned; you can definitely save your game. Something that a few other games from the past have lacked, much to everyone's chagrin.

I chose 'Play' first, which appears to be like 'Quest' in other games. There is an underlying story line, which isn't annoying to read as some are, because of the length of reading in between levels.

3 flowers attached together in the game play are known as 'cells.' Each 'cell' can be rotated either way using your left or right mouse buttons, until you manage to join 3 in a row of the same flowers. And that is the only similarity in this game to other match 3 games.

I think it's a shame that with such a great game, that the developer didn't include support for both keyboard controls and joystick/game pad, to cater to those who prefer these methods. Many new games are now including this in their options screens.

Scoring: out of 10, for the person who complained about my scoring, clearly because he just didn't 'get it.'

One other suggestion that I have is to not make it look so 'girly,' since it is off-putting for most males, regardless of how good the game play might be. I think the developer is selling themselves short, as I feel that they are cutting their customer base in half at the moment. Sales could be improved dramatically, if it could be made more visually generic.

5 for originality and great game play;
5 for beautiful graphics;
-2 for not including support for alternate controls;
TOTAL: 8 OUT OF 10