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Platform:
PC, XB Genre:
Action Publisher:
Majesco Developer:
Idol FX ETA: November 2003
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Drake
One
of the few games I actually played at E3, Drake is a mix of Max Payne
and BloodRayne’s mechanics and the visual style of Batman Vengeance
and Sly Cooper, with a dead guy as the main character.
Here are the facts as they stand: Storyline: The 99 Dragons Clan has been murdered. Even worse, the ancient artifact they guard, stolen. With its power, one can trap the souls of the living and resurrect those who have crossed over. As Drake, a member of the 99 Dragons, you have been mysteriously brought back from the dead to right these wrongs. Using supernatural weapons, martial arts and firearms galore, you will exact furious, brutal revenge and reclaim the artifact before it becomes the ultimate weapon of evil. Game Play
Overview:
Intense
3D Action Comic Book style. Drake is a 3rd person, adrenaline-pumping
game of brutal revenge and supernatural Hong Kong action. Players are
thrown head first into a story-driven action shooter visualized in a
vibrant
Features:
3D
action-shooter visualized in an animated Batman style environment. Five
seamless game stages with 25 intense missions intertwined with 30
characters in an in-depth storyline. Discover
the secrets of the “Undying Dragon” and the 3000-year old conflict
of rival supernatural forces. Choose
from an array of firearms, short and long blade close combat weapons and
thrown melee weapons. Go
into slow motion or Freeze Motion mode. Utilize
ancestral powers to summon a large ethereal dragon to fight at your
side. Run
up walls and back flip off them while firing your guns in any direction. Feed
on the souls of the dead to replenish your health.
Even
though there’s still months of development ahead, Drake’s graphics
come across as polished – and they’d better be with the amount of
action, which seems to be non-stop.
And although Drake borrows many ideas from other sources, the one
I have the most apprehension about it the ability to “feed on the
souls of the dead to replenish your health.”
Other games, notably Blood Omen 2 and BloodRayne featured lots of
time-consuming and repetitive bloodsucking.
It broke up the action not so subtly.
If Idol FX can address this issue they’ll be able to cram more
action into the game. In
regard to “in-depth storyline,” I have nothing to say.
Maybe there is a an in-depth story, who knows, but Drake seems
more about action than complex character and story development. (Call me
a cynic.) Look
for Drake this November (2003). -
Omni (June 29, 2003) |
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