Folklore (PlayStation 3)

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Description

Folklore is an action game with some RPG-style customizability. There are two main characters. One is a girl named Ellen who is seeking the truth about her past. The other is a man named Keats, a journalist for an occult magazine who is investigating a possible murder. The story is set in the present-day.

Ellen (led by a message from her dead mother) and Keats (after receiving a distressed phone call) are lured to an Irish village called Doolin, where it is rumoured that the living can meet the dead. In the course of the game, they travel to the netherworld and encounter faeries and monsters, or "Folk."

In battle, Ellen and Keats can absorb Folks' ids and gain new abilities for use in battle. This is usually done by timed movements of the motion-sensing controller.

Four folks can be mapped to controller buttons, making the play fast-paced like an action game, with a degree of customization. The player can choose to play either Keats' or Ellen's storyline. There are seven realms, all based on different notions of what the afterlife might be like.

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Alternate Titles

• "Unknown Realms" -- Working title
• "Monster Kingdom" -- Working title
• "FolksSoul: Ushinawareta Denshou" -- Japanese title
• "Folks Soul: The Lost Folklore" -- English working title

Part of the Following Group

• Physics Engine: Havok

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Critic Reviews

IGN	Oct 03, 2007	9 out of 10	90
Gamers.at	Nov 05, 2007	85 out of 100	85
GameSpy	Oct 08, 2007		80
GamePro (US)	Oct 09, 2007	4 out of 5	80
Lawrence	Oct 29, 2007	7.9 out of 10	79
Game Informer Magazine	Dec, 2007	7.25 out of 10	72
UOL Jogos	Nov 07, 2007		70
Jeuxvideo.com	Oct 15, 2007	14 out of 20	70
Game Shark	Nov 05, 2007	B-	67
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Jul 27, 2007	5 out of 10	50

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Related Web Sites

• Folklore (Official US website)
• FolksSoul (Official Japanese website)
• Wikipedia: Folklore (Article in the open encyclopedia)