Tucked into two consoles on the second level of the recent Le What?s Next De Focus event put on by publisher Focus Home Interactive, a game known as Masters of Anima by Passtech Games was available to play. PlayStation LifeStyle managed to sit down for a quick half-hour demo of this upcoming action game, and have a preview ready for your perusal below.
Meet Our Lazy Hero
The world of Spark is filed with a magical energy. Masters of this Anima are able to will beings called Guardians into existence, which can do their bidding. Naturally, there is a balance to this energy, both a light and a dark side. Protagonist Otto is kind of a lazy-ass, who is only going through a training program to learn the ways of the Anima in order to secure his marriage to his betrothed, Ana. In a twist of fate, the evil Zahr has kidnapped Ana, and threatened the world with his dark sorcery. It is up to Otto to save his woman ? and then maybe ask her to save the world" The story is rather traditional for an adventure game, but Otto?s general behavior is a funny take on a usually willing hero. He?s not even a reluctant hero, but rather a greedy doofus who just so happens to have latent talent, which he doesn?t even seem to care about in the first place. This will probably change over the course of the adventure, as Otto learns that the world needs help and that he is able to do something about it, but his character as shown during our demo was a likable lazy hero.
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