Zatun Announces The Legend of Vraz , may be coming to the XBLA
Zatun, an independent videogame developer from India, has announced they are currently developing a 2D Platform game, The Legend of Vraz, for Windows. The Legend of Vraz features exciting gameplay of a suggested six to nine hours amidst fantasy worlds created with stunning hand painted 2D art and inhabited by mesmerizing characters.
Vraz the Prince is in love with Princess Avi and to marry her has to complete the five tasks set by Avi’s father while battling with the evil lovelorn Vizier and his shrewd accomplices in exotic worlds filled with dangerous obstacles. The player controls Vraz as he jumps runs, ropewalks and fires arrows. Vraz can either jump on enemies or use the arrows to neutralize them and has to collect keys to open locked doors and use levers to operate platforms or start/stop objects.
The gameplay is forgiving and game has no blood or violence. There is no concept of lives in the game and Vraz does not die; if his health is low he faints and restarts at the previous check point or starting point. For Health, the player can use mangoes, milk cans or go near the cow which recharges the health when the player is near it.
The legend of Vraz will be releasing soon and will be available for download on Windows. In addition, Electronic Theatre can reveal, thanks to an active participant on the Electronic Theatre Forum, that The Legend of Vraz is also expected to be made available on Xbox 360 via the Xbox LIVE Arcade service. Further information and screenshots from The Legend of Vraz can be found on the official website, http://www.zatungames.com, and Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with all the latest details on this and future projects from the upcoming developer Zatun.
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