Sound Shapes review - Telegraph Formats PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita Developer Queasy Games Publisher Sony Released Out now (£9.99) Sound Shapes is a compelling game that defies easy explanation. Guiding your beady-eyed character across an abstract landscape formed of coloured shapes and platforms, you must collect musical notes on your way to the end of each level, building a backing track that blends with the musical cues peppered throughout your journey. Threatening red missiles dance across the screen in time with a thrumming bassline, platforms formed of words morph and disappear as the vocalists sings them, while your chracter's movements need to be in harmony with the beat to avoid obstacles. The result is a beguiling soundscape, layered over artwork that varies from thick comic-book strokes to sheer psychedelia. Musicians such as Beck and deadMau5 provide original tracks, and the game's structure allows each song to have its own narrative, building bridges, crescendos and dropping into judged silence without ever limiting your own interaction. The platforming itself is simplistic enough for anyone to have a go, but it's flexible in a way that allows invention and variation in the level design. If there's a complaint, it's that there aren't enough tracks included with the game. A neat level-editor makes up the shortfall, however, allowing you to build your own tracks and download new levels from the PlayStation Network. Though you may have to dig around for the best examples, it adds longevity and creativity to a terrific sensory treat.