Undead Knights: Tactical Action That Craves Brains
By Spencer . June 10, 2009 . 10:52amEven though Tecmo announced Undead Knights before their merger with Koei, the PSP game feels like the unholy zombie child Dynasty Warriors of Pikmin.
| E3 2009 |
Even though Tecmo announced Undead Knights before their merger with Koei, the PSP game feels like the unholy zombie child Dynasty Warriors of Pikmin.
Naruto Shippuden Legends: Akatsuki Rising takes players through the Rescue Gaara arc of the anime, but not through a line up of one on one matches. This Naruto game is a 3D brawler.
One of the more unusual offerings at E3 was Project Cube, an Xbox Live Arcade title developed by Square Enix. It’s not a puzzle game, based on an existing franchise, or a RPG. Project Cube shares more in common with dual analog stick shooters like Robotron and Geometry Wars than it does with Dragon [...]
Unlike all the dozens of Warriors games Warriors: Legends of Troy is not being handled by Omega Force. Koei’s Canada studio is developing the title, which is a blend of Dynasty Warriors and Greek mythology.
Koei repackaged the two Warriors Orochi games and added a few characters like Sanzang Fashi to make Musou Orochi Z for the PlayStation 3. The game came out in Japan in March, but it won’t cross the Pacific.
Bayonetta is one smooth stylish action game. It’s not going to revolutionize the genre, but the over the top torture attacks will spark plenty of “whoa” moments.
Capcom’s super secret E3 game was Resident Evil Portable, which was shown for a split second during Sony’s press conference. Other than hearing it exists we don’t know much about it.
The PSP has a solid line up this year, but how many upcoming games will be available as digital downloads. The PSP Go doesn’t have a UMD drive and Sony has yet to announce a solution for physical UMD games.
Sitting in the Atlus booth, next to the appointment desk, was a demo of Trine. Atlus picked up the worldwide rights to publish the FrozenByte’s fantasy platformer on Xbox Live Arcade.
Sony gave their perspective bending game a time twisting spinoff. Echochrono is closer to Cursor*10 than Echochrome. You still control a cast, but cast clones replace platform meshing.
When I played Line Attack Heroes I jumped straight into a boss fight. The fifteen minion line wormed around the Kabuki inspired boss’ geta. Whacking the boss with a giant hammer didn’t phase it. What should a line do?
I don’t know how people can do multiple days of convention. One day of E3 was enough for me. It must take a lot of stamina to work the booths for so many days straight.
Before Guitar Hero was a hit and Rock Band was a billion dollar franchise Working Designs attempted to bring Konami’s Bemani music game Guitar Freaks overseas.
Nintendo had two Wii Motion Plus games on display at E3. I’m sure you heard of a little game called Wii Sports Resort. Span Smasher, a quirky title from Artoon the makers of the Yoshi’s Island games, also supports the accessory.