PixelJunk 4am PlayStation 3
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: May 15, 2012
PixelJunk 4am Image
See the trailer
Metascore
63 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

Your Score
0 out of 10
Rate this:
  • Summary: Spiral into the crazy, ambient, mellow world of PixelJunk 4am. Create your own music using 4ams unique Virtual Audio Canvas to mix tracks, experiment with audio effects and control your composition using the PlayStation Move controllers full range of motion. 4am gives you the power to make breathtaking music and visuals and perform live to the world through streaming on PSN.

    Consumption of hallucinogens not compulsory prior to play.    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Games Master UK
    Jun 25, 2012
    88
    It may not be for music-making purists, but the matching visuals add to a unique experience, the fruits of which can be broadcast live across PSN. [Aug 2012, p.79]
    All this publication's reviews
  2. GamingXP
    Jun 4, 2012
    72
    PixelJunk 4am isn't a game, it's more like a social network experiment. That's a gift and a curse at the same time: All depends on the music you're playing or listening to. If you like it, everything's great, but if you can't stand the beats, you'll go offline in a jiffy. It's so creative and there sure are a lot of options, however, your mileage may vary so much that it isn't possible to predict if players will actually love the game.
  3. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jul 17, 2012
    70
    4am's unique interaction style and possibilities deserve that extra bit of polish to match their innovation. [Aug 2012, p.105]
    All this publication's reviews
  4. Play UK
    May 24, 2012
    40
    It's a brief distraction and sometimes interesting, if you get to watch some kid in Moscow making the most beautiful sounds you've ever heard, but that doesn't exactly happen all the time.

See all 18 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. spawnpointblog
    9
    Over the years Iâ
  2. Tony_342
    8
    PixelJunk 4am isn't a game. It is an instrument; a music tool; your own personal night club in your living room where you are the DJ. For those who actually have a deeper appreciation than most for music, this is for you. If you're like me, and you walk around all day tapping your fingers on things, humming your own made up little beats and tunes, 4am gives you a creative outlet the likes of which you've never seen (or heard) before. It's simple enough (with a great tutorial) to easily get into, but complex enough that you may be amazed at what some people are already doing with it. It really is amazing how I'll think to myself, "It's midnight. I think I'll play 4am for 30 minutes or so," and the next thing I know, I'm actually playing PixelJunk 4am at...4am.… Expand
  3. darkwraith
    8
    Pixel junk 4am, a virtual sound canvas, music visualiser and viewer. The viewer or 4am listening channel is free on psn with the option too upgrade too the playable version if you like what you see and hear. This is one of the few times the move has been used to try something experimental with the 1.1 ratio 3d control capabilities of the move. And suceeds in providing a new interactive music media. Tumble used the moves 3d controls quite well but 4am raises the bar on what can be achieved with the move if you put your mind too it. Overall 4am does what it promises and delivers on its sound canvas premise were you can alter pitch and reverb by either a left or right swipe of the move. push the move towards the screen alters reverb, grab a sound from the four corners top centre and so on and drop them into the mix add a grabbed beat and loop it too repeat at will. And you begin too get the idea for the price the content of 6songs with different sets is enough for now hope too see some extra trx as dlc.
    The original songs Baiyou has made are multi-layered so become almost anything you want slow deep sounds or fast and high pitched its youre choice although some samples can be difficult too mix at first. A better tutorial or online manual would also be an improvement. Overall very good as they say weve give you the tools now show us what you can do. pixel junks best so far.    … Expand

Trailers

Current PS3 Games

Full List »
  1. BioShock Infinite
    Metascore: 95
  2. Far Cry 3
    Metascore: 90
  3. Tomb Raider
    Metascore: 87
  4. MLB 13: The Show
    Metascore: 87
  5. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
    Metascore: 85
  6. Guacamelee!
    Metascore: 84
  7. Metro: Last Light
    Metascore: 82
  8. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
    Metascore: 81
  9. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
    Metascore: 80
  10. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
    Metascore: 80
  11. Resident Evil: Revelations
    Metascore: 80
  12. God of War: Ascension
    Metascore: 80
  13. Injustice: Gods Among Us
    Metascore: 78
  14. Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut
    Metascore: 71
  15. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
    Metascore: 66
  16. Dead Island: Riptide
    Metascore: 62
  17. Defiance
    Metascore: 61
  18. Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel
    Metascore: 59
  19. Star Trek The Video Game
    Metascore: 46
  20. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct
    Metascore: 35
All Current Games »