SabreWulf

Rare and THQ bring you a very British game about a wolf, an old hunter, and an ancient rivalry.

Oh, come on, not another game about the legendary rivalry between a British safari guy and an immortal, lupine kleptomaniac. Sabrewulf is an update of one of Rare?s earliest games; it?s been in development since long before they made the leap to Microsoft?and now it?s finally coming to the states in May thanks to THQ. We had a chance to play around with a preview build and found a charming little game with a Donkey Kong Country sort of look and a uniquely Rare feel.

The gameplay is pretty strange: You wander about an overhead map, searching for various wolf lairs (holes in the ground) where the Sabrewulf sleeps with his stolen goodies?art, treasures, even hapless mayors. Once inside, the gameplay switches to a side-scrolling perspective as you try to make your way to the end of a platform-jumping ?course,? strategically placing animals you?ve collected to get past obstacles?a sleeping bear works as a trampoline, a flying dragon works as a floating platform, etc. Once you reach the end of a course, you reclaim the treasure (or person) and wake up the Sabrewulf, at which point you have to run as quickly as possible back to the beginning to safety. It?s a fairly novel concept with an undeniably quirky presentation?watch for it to dig a little cult lair of its own.

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