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Old 23rd August 2007, 01:10 AM   #75 (permalink)
Lenny
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Re: What Are You Currently Playing? (May 2007)

Just been playing two demo's I've downloaded from PSN - DiRT and Folklore.

DiRT is a racing game... prettyish, but not a touch on Motorstorm, I have to say. The physics aren't the best, and (unlike Motorstorm) tracks aren't left in the dirt, which you'd think would be in, especially with the games title being what it is.

Folklore is, well, a typical JRPG. Very pretty, and a bit strange. I've only played five minutes, and will play some more tomorrow, but I'm already liking it. The whole battle system involves you using "Folks" you are given at the start, to fight other folks, and kind of steal their soul (a shadow of the Folk pops up above them, in red, when the Folk is down). Now this makes very nice, and clever, use of Sixaxis - you latch on with R1 to create some sort of light connection with the shadows, and then jerk the controller up. This is followed by an animation of the character whipping the connection up and ripping the shadow from the Folk. The bigger the creatures, the more times you have to do it, as if it's harder to do. I think it's rather clever, to be honest.
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