Played this last night and it was brilliant.
Choice of 3 characters in the demo, my favourite being the main little guy you start as named Hiro. The animation of every character is brilliant, especially when you get in water and can use your hat as a boat.
The level's environment is gorgeous, with lots of trees and grass that you can hide in to avoid enemy patrols, or stealthily attack them from behind. When you kill the enemies little clouds of smoke appear (wind waker style) and an animal is set free (sonic the hedgehog style). You can also use a magic ability that lets you control animals and use them against your enemies like a boar. The size of the animals correspond to the size of the evil spirit. For example a frog or fox are the normal sized enemies which is the same as Hiro, and the bears and pandas being the bigger, more tough enemies; which you have to switch characters (can be done instantly in game) in order to defeat. On the subject of environments, the game's trailer at the end shows more lovely levels, with heavy snow, heavy rain and a sunken village all rendered in the stylish cel-shaded art that gives the game a lot of its charisma.
The game has a lot of charm, and their seems to be other small parts to the game rather than just a hack and slash. For instance, if you swim out in the river and use your hat as a boat, you can then fish with Hiro to get sushi for regaining health. You can also pick flowers, mushrooms, berries, fruit etc. which I think can be used to create certain potions once you've learned the recipe.
The game wont be breaking boundaries, but it has a ton of charm to it that it made the Lost Planet 2 demo that I played afterwards seem incredibly dull and generic.
Anyway, download the demo on XBL now and try it for yourself.
Choice of 3 characters in the demo, my favourite being the main little guy you start as named Hiro. The animation of every character is brilliant, especially when you get in water and can use your hat as a boat.
The level's environment is gorgeous, with lots of trees and grass that you can hide in to avoid enemy patrols, or stealthily attack them from behind. When you kill the enemies little clouds of smoke appear (wind waker style) and an animal is set free (sonic the hedgehog style). You can also use a magic ability that lets you control animals and use them against your enemies like a boar. The size of the animals correspond to the size of the evil spirit. For example a frog or fox are the normal sized enemies which is the same as Hiro, and the bears and pandas being the bigger, more tough enemies; which you have to switch characters (can be done instantly in game) in order to defeat. On the subject of environments, the game's trailer at the end shows more lovely levels, with heavy snow, heavy rain and a sunken village all rendered in the stylish cel-shaded art that gives the game a lot of its charisma.
The game has a lot of charm, and their seems to be other small parts to the game rather than just a hack and slash. For instance, if you swim out in the river and use your hat as a boat, you can then fish with Hiro to get sushi for regaining health. You can also pick flowers, mushrooms, berries, fruit etc. which I think can be used to create certain potions once you've learned the recipe.
The game wont be breaking boundaries, but it has a ton of charm to it that it made the Lost Planet 2 demo that I played afterwards seem incredibly dull and generic.
Anyway, download the demo on XBL now and try it for yourself.
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