| badgenome said: Any impressions on the Book of Memories demo? Those of us living under the tyrannical rule of Grace Chen didn't get it this week. Tell me what it's like, and I will send warm feelings your way! |
I put a bit of time into the Book of Memories Demo. The graphics engine is very nice and there's a pretty solid feeling of Silent Hill to the audio and ambiance.
It plays a bit like a dungeon crawler/twin stick hack and slash, have encountered some bigger enemies now, the set up seems to be you are re-writing your memories? And the levels seem to focus on a specifc character from your past for each level. The demo is for a co-worker, though there seem to be several Zones for each level. Combat is square for left hand and triangle for right hand. You can have different weaponsin each hand unless it's a double handed weapon and your weapons deteriorate as you use them meaning they either need repairing or replacing.
There seems to be an entrance, exit, shop, special area and challenge orbs on each zone, and to exit the zone you need to complete all challenges to collect all the puzzle pieces to be able to solve the puzzle to open the exit and move to the next area.
If I'm honest, the premise has promise and the visuals are surprisingly nice, but from what I played on the demo, I don't see myself running out to buy the game upon release. But certainly can't justify the RRP unless there's a lot more to the game than the demo shows. I guess it depends how fun the co-op gameplay ends up being.
RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.
