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IGN Preview of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
It's out soon, but we got yet another chance to look at Konami's Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia at Tokyo Game Show 2008. It's a 2D action-adventure-platformer in the same vein as the PSX classic Symphony of the Night. That means it's got level-ups, the ability to equip your character with different types of equipment and spells like in an RPG, and lots and lots of monster slaying.
The demo started off with a simple controls tutorial. By holding down the R button it was possible to absorb glyphs from the environment, the first of which were two swords that could be swung with X and Y buttons. The L button flips your character backwards and you're also able to slide along the ground. It seems the game's attack system is governed by some kind of stamina meter which decreases as you swing and rapidly decreases if you stay put.
After completing the training we moved out into a stone tower, and after some platform hopping and door opening, wound up on a world map. We chose another location from the map, a forest, and once there found a new structure that, for better or worse, was full of monsters. We fought franchise mainstays like bone-tossing skeletons and floating heads, and also a variety of ghouls and banshee-type enemies that periodically emitted screech novas as they wafted through the air.
Another glyph we came across allowed us to attach ourselves to special nodes built into the environment. By pressing on the directional pad it was possible to stretch out from the node while the attach power was still active and slingshot further up to the sides to reach previously inaccessible areas or another node.
And that's where our demo ended, unfortunately. We can't really say much after only a brief look, so be sure to look for our review of the full product in the near future.
©2008-10-10, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The demo started off with a simple controls tutorial. By holding down the R button it was possible to absorb glyphs from the environment, the first of which were two swords that could be swung with X and Y buttons. The L button flips your character backwards and you're also able to slide along the ground. It seems the game's attack system is governed by some kind of stamina meter which decreases as you swing and rapidly decreases if you stay put.
After completing the training we moved out into a stone tower, and after some platform hopping and door opening, wound up on a world map. We chose another location from the map, a forest, and once there found a new structure that, for better or worse, was full of monsters. We fought franchise mainstays like bone-tossing skeletons and floating heads, and also a variety of ghouls and banshee-type enemies that periodically emitted screech novas as they wafted through the air.
Another glyph we came across allowed us to attach ourselves to special nodes built into the environment. By pressing on the directional pad it was possible to stretch out from the node while the attach power was still active and slingshot further up to the sides to reach previously inaccessible areas or another node.
And that's where our demo ended, unfortunately. We can't really say much after only a brief look, so be sure to look for our review of the full product in the near future.
©2008-10-10, IGN Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved