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Trapt
Remember
Tecmo’s PlayStation strategy game series, Deception? For those who do, good for you, pat yourself on the back and
enjoy a brownie. For those
who don’t, or just plain haven’t heard of it, Deception was a
strategy game where players had to defend their castle, which was being
invaded by various teams of bad guys.
This defense wasn’t put on by going head-to-head with the
enemy, and cutting them down with swords, axes, and the like, but
instead by setting traps. The
trick was that there were only so many traps one could set in order to
deplete the invaders’ hit points.
Sometimes it could be a real challenge to figure out what would
be the perfect way to setup the traps so to funnel the enemy where you
wanted them, taunting them with your character when necessary, while also trying to take advantage of whatever obstacles
were already in the room, but damn was it fun.
Now the series is making somewhat of a comeback, if not in name
then at least in the form of a spiritual successor, with Trapt for the
PlayStation 2.
With the game taking place in Europe during times of yore, players will take control of the corset-sporting Queen Allura, who is in a dilly of a pickle, as she has been framed for the murder of her father, and has been forced to flee to the Black Forest, with her maid, Rachel in tow. While wandering the forest, Allura comes across a demon that transforms her into a |
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trap
master. Now, pumped up, and
thirsty for revenge, Allura is returning to the castle from which she
was ousted so to lay down some pain on those who framed her with a
variety of traps.
At
its heart, there doesn’t appear to be much that differs in Trapt when
compared with the Deception series.
The goal of the game is still to goad enemies into walking into
traps, then chaining the traps together for the best possible results.
There are hints of various game modes for players to fiddle
around with, but by and large Trapt is looking very much like a pure
continuation of Deception. |
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That’s
not to say this is a bad thing.
With all the pontificating that the industry is stagnating, and
that the last thing we need is sequels, seeing a new Deception-esque
game would be most welcome. It
was very unique in the 32-bit era, and we haven’t really seen anything
quite like it since. If Trapt can help rekindle the good times had with the
Deception series, gamers will be quite well-served by this title.
Mr.
Nash (June 14, 2004)
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