Fairytale Fights

Fee-fi-fo-fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman and with it we venture into the altered world of Fairytale Fights from Playlogic and take on the role of our favourite fairytale characters. Its a hack ‘n’ slash affair and there’s blood spilled at a constant rate and enough to have you wondering how such small bodies could contain so much of the red stuff. Taking on the role of your favourite character and hacking your way through a fairytale environment with a rather witty take on old classic tales sounds fun and for around the first 30 minutes it certainly is. However after you have gone through the tutorial which serves as the beginning of the first level and cutting the throats of everything that moves you’ll soon realise that not everything is right in a fairytale world in fact it’s far from it.

The game itself allows you to play one of four fairytale characters, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, the Naked Emperor or Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk and each level is basically of a sideways scrolling platform style affair with small puzzles and careful timing to cross obstacles along the way. The way in which the fairytales are graphically recreated is good and certainly colourful and whilst blood is spilled and its all quite gruesome the game manages to keep a cartoon art style that reminds you its only make believe. The scenes are all well played out and as you progress you can open the various chests to find varying rewards but its mainly a case of weapons and coins. You will also have unlimited lives to help you fend of your foe and the constant reincarnation from your gravestone continues as long as you keep well stocked up with coins which in a Mario-esque style fall all over the floor when you health is depleted.

As a hack ‘n’ slash game Fairytale Fights does what it set out to do, allow you to rewrite the history books of a fairytale world with the cold blooded murder of the characters and bad guys you grew up with as a child. Whilst the game is a repetitive wave after wave of enemies all vying to kill you and the fairytale landscape is littered with treasure chests and goodies to pick up it the you are hindered by some really bad camera angles and some times infuriating situations that won’t allow you the chance to seek revenge on your killer. I can recall many situations were having advanced to the right of the screen to kill a gun wielding enemy I have attempted to return to the left but the game simply wouldn’t scroll to allow me the chance to kill the second gunman who by now had all but killed me.

Another annoyance is the constant mini cut scene that seems like it has to appear on screen to let you know you sliced the head of your latest victim and having seen it 10 times you would think there would be an option to turn it off and get on with your killing spree but alas your stuck with it and it just doesn’t need to be there. The control method also had me baffled as I failed to see why we needed to use a two analogue stick approach when one stick to run and a button to slash would have worked perfectly. Most of the weapons in Fairytale Fights are melee weapons and so there is no need to control the character like a twin stick shooter and for those weapons requiring a shoot facility I’m sure a button could be allocated for that purpose. Its the lack of thought or the trying to do something clever with the control system that proves to be the biggest let down and with every other beat ‘em up using the button mashing technique it bemuses me why Playlogic decided to try something different.

Beat’em ups or hack ‘n’ slash genre games have to be able to offer gamers something which makes them come back for more time and time again and Fairytale Fights doesn’t have anything to offer in that department. There isn’t really any reason to collect the treasure and coins that you find other than collect them for a high score and I am sure that with a bit of thought we could have seen some quite inventive weaponry or add on features that these could be traded for at the end of levels. Fairytale Fights is a fun game in short bursts and could certainly be used to relieve the stress and strain of the days real world events, however in the cut throat business on today’s game industry it clearly fails short of the mark in so many areas.

Lost Gamer Verdict: 6/10

Title	Fairytale Fights
Developer	Playlogic
Publisher	Playlogic
Release Date	Out Now
Platform Reviewed	Xbox 360
Version Availability	Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

Fairytales are made of this…..

Fairytale Fights from Playlogic releases next week and the hack ‘n’ slash game has certainly raised a few eyebrows with the series of trailers that have shown your favourite characters killing, maiming and generally causing mayhem. The game uses the Unreal engine in a way we haven’t really seen before and certainly looks like a game for a mature audience when it releases on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 27th in Europe.

In this the last trailer before release we take a slightly different look at Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood who seem to be getting very well acquainted with each other courtesy of Ron Jeremy.

Fairytale Fights – Jacks gone mad and where’s the beanstalk

Fairytale Fights is the upcoming game from Playlogic, and using the Unreal engine it’s set to take all those fairy stories you knew as a child and put a different spin on the once tranquil world you believed they were set in.

Due for release on October 23rd in Europe and October 27th in the USA on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Fairytale Fights will change the way we look at those loveable characters forever with some serious hack and slash fun.

In this the latest trailer for the game Jack has sadly had a bad day, and not only has he lost the beanstalk but he’s lost the plot as well. Time for a chill pill Jack!

Take a look……..

Four player online and voice chat confirmed for Fairytale Fights

Fairytale Fights is fast becoming a rather intriguing title. Taking the concept of a usual hack and slash style title and adding in a few much loved and well known Fairtytale characters whose glory days are long forgotten – the end result is definately worth checking out! Following the release of a new trailer today (which we’ve included below in case you missed it) Playlogic Entertainment have also announced that the anticipated title, will also include support for up to 4 players both online and offline within both Story Mode and Versus modes on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network!

Included as well is the usual support for voice chat, as well as simplistic access to your friends list – allowing you to invite friends at the “flick of a button” apparently! On top of this, the game will also feature a Matchmaking system for online – providing you with the ability to search for any available games with ease.

Further to this, Rogier Smit, Executive Vice President of Playlogic also adds that due to player feedback at the recent Gamescom event: “We’ve now finalized friendly fire to be optional based on all the feedback we were getting from consumers at Gamescom. We’re dedicated to providing a game that we know consumers want and hope that these changes are just the first of many in the development cycle, reacting to our communities’ wishes. We’re planning multiple DLC updates and are always looking for feedback and interaction from those playing the game.”

Smit continues in saying that “Fairytale Fights is the creative brainchild of our talented development team at Playlogic Game Factory and that’s why we wanted it to be the first next-gen title that Playlogic builds in-house from the ground up. The game combines a truly unique storyline and fantasy environment with simple intuitive controls to offer players a whole new level of bloody slice-and-dice gaming.”

So, it seems to be shaping up to be a game worth keeping an eye on, and is due to launch on both the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 27th.

Fairytale Fights – new comical trailer released!

Recently released was this new trailer for Playlogic’s upcoming Fairytale Fights game, which is releasing across Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC platforms later this year.

Now I don’t know about you, but I always thought that Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White seemed rather innocent – but it seems that most of us only know half the tale. Who would know that Little Red Riding Hood could make such a mess when handed a chainsaw, and that Snow White had such ridiculous skills with an axe – of course, maybe she learnt them off the Dwarfs… we’re eyeing Grumpy as the key culprit!

We thought this trailer was so fantastic, we’ve included it below for you to check out – enjoy!