The puppeteer Review - If in retrospect looks again to the ongoing generation

When in retrospect looks again to the ongoing generation, it is noticeable that there Shooter, Sport and Action Adventures were particularly that have marked the last few years. the-puppeteer-600x337Für other games had very little space between Call of Duty, Battlefield, FIFA or Grand Theft Auto to catch treasury shares and not to drown. However, there was now and then games that stand out and can inspire numerous players. Now, just before the new generation is released, Sony has "once again brought a game in the trade that tries to go a different way. Whether it works and The Puppeteer" with The Puppeteer one of the last highlights for the Playstation 3, we clarify the test.

Phones out, the curtain!

The venue of the game is one theater stage on which his puppets told us the puppeteers, the story of the little boy Kutaro. Here, the stage of scene changes to scene and brings with it a very large variety to the game. Whether Dungeon, Space, Deep Sea or kitchens, everything is displayed on stage. But why do we control curators actually through the theater? The reason is the Moon Bear King, who kidnapped the souls of little children and banished to puppets. This should then protect his castle. A similar fate actually blooms also the boy Kutaro, but before it ever comes to that, the bear strikes off his head and throws it in the Kerker.der_puppenspieler

Just do not lose your head

And that's an important part of the game. Because after Kutaro has lost his head, we need to organize any other things that we can use instead of our actual head. Which can be found throughout the game and there is in any form. But even during the game can get lost our head, because if we too afflict opponents, then our main falls easily off. Although we still have a few seconds to collect it again, we do not create it is lost forever. A maximum of three of these heads can carry around and also serve simultaneously as life. If all three heads lost, we find ourselves at the last checkpoint again.

Each head has different skills that will help us to get through the game or us to move into special areas where we sparkle with moon, in a sense, can insure the currency of the game, us.

As a first companion we have the flying cat Ying Yang who stands in our tutorial with advice and practical help. They once belonged to the goddess of the moon and after the bear had unceremoniously claimed the throne for himself, themselves Ying Yang Witch Ezma Potts joined.

SchnippSchnapp - A pair of scissors as a powerful weapon

And it is this witch sends us on the journey the scissors Calibrus feared. Without further ado, we'll grab us the scissors and can cut us from then on by the theater. With the scissors, we therefore make us get back on the way to the Moon Bear King to rule over our souls. We receive this support, at least in part by witch Ezma who wants to claim the throne of the bear itself.

As for the gameplay works The Puppeteer "as a classic jump'n'run. The controls are simple and easy to understand after a few minutes. With simple but equally suitable control we control Kutaro by the spectacle.

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Locales mass - From deep sea to outer space

In terms of variety plays The Puppeteer "at a very high level. Within a few seconds changes the whole stage and you can see a completely different place. Here each venue radiates with high attention to detail and you never feel like a stage set only a means to an end serves. Each venue has its own task. Even if it is in the end only to puppets and the sets can not decorate with bombastic visual elements, affects the puppeteer "visually at all times appropriately. Visually, the game is on very high level and you can always discover small details in the level. For example, you can see the growth rings of the wood in the carved figures.

The narrator contributes his way, and there, once you start a scene in pleasant tone the current state of the play again. Class solved!

The puppeteer - A surprise at the end

In the weeks before release flew The Puppeteer "under the radar of other great games that have been waiting for many. But what Sony is once again cast on the Playstation 3 something very special. A game idea that still there was so in almost any game, creates a very special experience. You just want to travel further and take on the Moon Bear King. So is The Puppeteer "at the end of a game that should allow each to rotate again in its Playstation 3. For the adventure to Kotaru can the current generation finish again on the way, as is appropriate.
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