You watch the intro, get your axe and guitar, create your car, drive for a while and then defeat the big snake thing. So most of you all know what this ís about already so i´ll explain how it actually plays for those of you that have to wait another week for the public demo.
The Hack n slash gameplay is standard Devil May Cry but a bit slower and more "tanky". Its not always appearent when the best time to strike is and there isnt alot of combos as far as the actual axe goes. So this part felt very simpe. But hey, its the very beginning of the game so I´m not going to linger on that at all.
The guitar can be mixed in very smoothly with the axe to create lightning and fireworks and both of the weapons work in a very Fable 2 like way. Hold and release for heavy blows and quickly tap for light, fast attacks. Combine both the Axe button and the Guitar button without going into any menues and reap the rewards the more you string them together. Its pretty much all Fable 2.The car handling dosent offer any surprises.And you really wouldnt want it to. It moves in a predictable arcade way with a boost and a handbrake button and I did not have any problems defeating the worm with it. None of these mechanics feels very spectacular on their own but in a wrapped up package combined with all the stuff that comes later I have no doubt that it will all be very enjoyable.
Camera control felt a bit slow on default settings so I had to crank em up a bit and your movement felt a tad unresponsive. But thats really only nitpicking. I didnt really
think about any of it at all past the first 5 minutes of gameplay. I didnt notice any HUD display at all. When you´ve used your guitar for a while it just
stops working. Theres no energy meter for it that drains and fills up. You just wait a while and start using it again wich is kinda wierd.
The same goes for health. Maybe I´m just blind but as I took a beating I didnt notice anything representing my health at all. It kinda felt like I was in god mode, tho maybe I was for the sake of the tutorial area or the demo.
The thing I need to stress the most tho is how well the graphics actually work on an HDTV. I feel like the videos havent really done it justice. The artstyle is superb and the characters animate and emote in a way that really makes you feel for them. It also enhances the humor a great bit. The facial explressions of the characters adds
so much to the lines that they deliver.
And even tho I´ve seen it in videos before, the "walk the 4 legged thing off the bone pile by praying to the evil gods" sequence is still one of the funniest gaming
moments in a while.
And oh, yea the intro is an overload of awesome ! If you havent already, check it out!
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