Crimson Sea
- December 09, 2002 00:00 AM PST
You can harness the powers of sound and take on hundreds of enemies at a time in Koei�s Dynasty Warriors�style science-fiction action game.
Arrrrrrrrr, avast, ye mateys, and prepare to set sail on oceans of blood in Koei�s Crimson S�oh, wait, it�s not a game about pirates? Well then, steel thy inner honor and prepare to relive the history of ancient China as a�wait, it�s not an Asian history game either?! No, indeed, Koei�s latest will take you into the surreal depths of space as hero-for-hire Sho and his band of merry misfits take on the Muton Void with the powers of sound, Neo-Psionics, and an arsenal of laser swords.Crimson Sea is a third-person, Dynasty Warriors�style action game with an utterly bizarre Final Fantasy�esque story and presentation. Enemies from the Void will include animated globs of sentient liquid and biblical swarms of insectoid adversaries that bear down on you hundreds at a time. While the preview build was a winner in both concept and presentation, there were still a few control kinks (stiff character movement, an ineffective lock-on system, and a disorienting camera prone to sharp angle changes) keeping it grounded. Koei hopes to iron those problems out in the final stages of development.
