The best aspect of Pixels to my mind is not loud or flashy. It is the manner in which the game allows me to relax into it without stress. I did not enter into it with high hopes. It was another silent moment, I opened the game, ran around and began to move at my own speed. I remained in that placid mood. It was not like a game that was hesitant to grab me. It seemed to me a place I could go to any time I wanted, and that made a greater difference than I thought.
The fact that everything flows naturally is even better. You farm a bit, you go out, you invent and then you continue moving without a sense of hurry. Every action in the game is not heavy. It provides you with time to comprehend things gradually, and that is worth admiring. I have realized that when a game allows me to move at my own pace, I begin to trust it. I no longer feel like I am struggling to keep up and begin to feel like I am in the experience itself.
I even like the Ronin part of it, as it promotes the game without putting itself in the limelight. The technology exists yet does not overload the sense of playing. This is one of the reasons why Pixels is unique. It does not attempt to make itself heard by noise. It simply works, it continues to develop and allows experience to speak itself.
In my case it is the true attraction. Pixels is solid, considerate and comfortable to remain with. It provides me with the type of experience in which I can relax, listen, and savor the process rather than make it happen. So in a game where everything seems hurried or overworked, that simplicity is unusual.
