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Folklore
Folklore is the latest adventure game epic
from Sony that has the gamer venturing into the netherworld as Elle, a
17-year olf girl who is attempting to find information about her
deceased mother and is joined by Keats, a reporter for a bizarre occult
magazine. Based in Ireland, Folklore will challenge the player with a
variety of real-world Irish myths as you come across a variety of
strange monsters who will use whatever means possible to prevent you
from reaching your goal. Fortunately for Ellen, she has the ability to
harvest spirits (ids) from the folk of fairy tales which can then be
unleased upon your opponents in this next generation adventure game.
The developers of Folklore have done an
amazing job at the in-depth story of the title whom have created a
loveable heroine. When Ellen receives a letter from a mother she thought
was dead telling her to come to the town of Doolin, she is joined by
Keats, a writer for an occult magazine who receives a call from a
stranger informing her that faerys are attacking her in the town. From
there, Keats and Ellen arrive in Doolin, find themselves thrust right
into a murder mystery and very quickly realize there's more to this
mystery than meets the eye as the two are placed into one supernatural
event after another in order to piece together the pieces of the past.
Although the story is linear, the two characters that you control will
give you a varied enough experience to last you through the title and
each of these characters has a different perspective on what is
occurring in their own realms.
Although the game takes place in the town
of Doolin Ireland, you also get to explore the Netherworld that is
composed of a variety of different realms as you are forced to fight
against the "folk", the strange creatures from folklore. Fortunately the
battles are easy but the puzzles and mysteries in the game are a little
more challenging. As you fight folks, you can capture their Ids by
locking onto them once they're weakened you move the Sixaxis controller
up in order to harnest this power. When you capture an Id for the first
time, you can place the ability gained from that folk on one of the face
buttons and use it in battle. As you progress through the various realms
of Folklore, you soon discover more of Ellen's past which really draws
you into this beautifully crafted tale.
Apart from the storyline, the other star of the title are the gorgeously
choreographed cinematics that go hand in hand with the gameplay. The
graphics have a "comic" style to them with their simplistic yet detailed
artwork that are nicely compliments with both in game and pre-rendered
CGI. All the characters have been professionally designed and add in a
plethora of special effects and you have a really impressive looking
title. The voice acting of the title is also professionally implemented
as is the musical score that sounds majestic and mysterious that changes
throughout the title.
In conclusion, Folklore is a very much
needed action adventure game on the PlayStation 3 that is quite short on
this high end console. Masterfully crafted, amazing gaming environment
and easy to master gameplay, Folklore is definitely a title for the
thinking gamer as you travel through a variety of different realms from
various aspects of Western folklore. An enjoying title from start to
finish, even if some of the puzzles were a little frustrating but this
is what good gaming is about, finding a balance that will not make the
game too difficult but thoroughly enjoyable. |
