Haven: Call of the King

How many platforms must a boy jump upon before he can be called a man? These and many more deep thoughts are answered in Traveller?s Tales? latest.

The year 2002 may be forever remembered as the year of the platformer?it started with Sonic, peaked with Mario, and will end with approximately four quadrillion releases this holiday season. Haven: Call of the King, the latest from Traveller's Tales (of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex fame), will try to differentiate itself from the pack with some lovely graphics and a warehouse full of vehicles and mini-games.

Haven borrows the core of its inspiration from Jak and Daxter and other next-gen platformers. Haven, the guy you?ll play in the game, will be among the most versatile platform heroes in the universe?he?ll be able to pilot spaceships, airplanes, and motorboats; he?ll use gun turrets with ease; and he'll have a yo-yo-like weapon that can be powered up to unleash sundry special attacks.

The early preview version, while still unpolished, showed off the game's versatility as the main character effortlessly moved from one action sequence to the next. The other facets looked all right?it will be interesting to see how Traveller?s will put them all together later this winter.

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