Lovely.Īll of which is tied in to the Tekken series thanks to a fleshed out back-story that sees Nina imprisoned on a cruise ship and tasked with breaking out, rescuing a fellow agent of the law, and investigating the militant Kometa organisation's involvement with the Iron Fist Tournament, and their plans for the mysterious Salacia weapon. Nina can also make use of other weapons like guns and swords in dealing with foes, and in certain situations the camera will switch to an X-ray view, allowing the player to target an enemy's bones and internal organs. Nina's hand-to-hand combat skills will be instantly recognisable to fans of the Tekken series, with a number of signature moves (including Evil Mist) coming into play, and as she fights she'll also gain experience, which goes towards unlocking new moves and techniques.
Unlike Rise To Honour though, DBD has familiarity and an evolving combat system on its side. Death By Degrees seems to be shaping up with a similar control scheme, using the left analogue stick to move Tekken's Nina Williams around while the right stick is waggled in a number of ways to pull off various hand-to-hand and projectile weapon attacks.
The latter saw Jet Li darting around effortlessly clobbering things and behaving acrobatically, while the player did little more than waggle analogue sticks and jab the L and R trigger buttons now and then. Namco's Tekken some liberties.ĭeath By Degrees, which joins Ace Combat 5 on the roster of Namco games that Sony plans to publish in Europe around this time next year, is an action-adventure title seemingly cast from the same mould that brought us Rise To Honour. Believe it or not, the girl in the shots is Nina Williams. It's based on a well-known franchise, which ought to appease the bean-counting publishers, and yet it's been spun so far off its original axis that it's relying on cameos and adventurous cut sequences to keep the connection alive. Given that we all bitch and moan about the number of unimaginative sequels and me-too titles filling up the shelves these days, a game like Death By Degrees seems like a healthy alternative.
0 kommentar(er)
