[Hilo Oficial] KNIGHT´S CONTRACT

NOMBRE : Knight´s Contract
GÉNERO : Acción / Aventura
DESARROLLADORA : Namco-Bandai
DISTRIBUIDORA : Namco-Bandai
LANZAMIENTO : 2011 (Por concretar)

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Primera info (aportada en el hilo de rumores)

Namco Bandai has an all new multiplatform PS3 and Xbox 360 action title in the works. Knights Contract will hit the two systems some time in 2011.

This original title focuses on Heinrich, a man who was cursed with immortality, and Gretchen, the witch who placed that curse on him. Heinrich forms a "Knight Contract" with Gretchen and the two end up working together to solve a task of some form. It seems that Gretchen has traveled from a different time in order to do battle with Faust (from the German legend).

You take control of Heinrich, who wields swords of greater height than himself. Gretchen helps you out using support magic.

The game promises strange beasts and flashy brutal action that will make players throughout the world take note. This seems to imply a worldwide release.

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This week's Famitsu has a huge spread on Knights Contract, an all new Namco Bandai multiplatform action title that has a sexy heroine and promises lots of blood and violence.

Set in the surroundings of Germany in the 1700s, the game deals with two historical elements: witch hunts and the legend of Faust. In the Knights Contract storyline, Faust is an evil alchemist who lead a series of witch hunts that resulted in the deaths of many. The person tasked with performing the execution of these witches was an executioner named Heinrich.

One witch, Gretchen, was scheduled to be executed last amongst a group of 7. Just before her death, she placed a curse of immortality on Heinrich. Because of this, Heinrich became suspected of being a party to the witches, and was chased throughout Europe for a century's time.

Now in the present, Gretchen has been revived and wants to defeat Faust. Heinrich agrees to serve as her protector in exchange for having his mortality eventually returned to him.

In Knights Contract, you take control of Heinrich and face off against Faust's army of Homunculus creatures. The game features grotesque creature designs and over-the-top violence, with blood spraying as you slash away at your foes, seas of blood forming as you advance through the stages, and flashy quick timer-style "Execution Attacks" for finishing moves.

Heinrich makes use of swords and weapons that are larger than his whole body. However, he can also make use of his bare hands to pull enemies in and toss them away. As you advance in the game, you'll gain access to "combo actions," where Heinrich pulls in an enemy with his bare hands, then turns to his weapon for the kill.

The best part about playing as Heinrich is that he's immortal, and thus can't die, even when attacked by enemies. You die in Knights Contract when Gretchen, who accompanies Heinrich (or maybe it's the other way around), incurs damage and loses all her HP.

You'll have to keep Gretchen safe. But she's not ***** weight. She supports Heinrich with her special witch craft magic. Using this, Gretchen can do such things as freeze enemies, by, for example, trapping them in a guillotine that she makes appear on the battle field. She can also strengthen Heinrich's weapons, even changing their form.

You only have direct control over Heinrich. Gretchen moves according to AI routines. However, you can simple issue commands to her.

Look for Knights Contract on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2011. The first glimpse at the game for those without access to Famitsu will presumably come some time later this week.

onyvla escribió: KNIGHTS CONTRACT’ TO BRING ITS BRUTAL AND SPECTACULAR FANTASY HORROR TO EUROPE

- Cruel Violence and Savage Sorcery in NAMCO BANDAI Games’ Brand New Action Adventure, Coming to PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360® in 2011 –

NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe S.A.S. today lifted the lid on fantasy horror title Knights Contract, its newest 3rd person action adventure title scheduled for European launch in 2011 for PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360®.

A period action adventure set in the days when a healthy paranoia about witches was considered de rigeur, Knights Contract follows the tale of Heinrich, a cursed executioner of witches, and young girl Gretchen, a reincarnation of a witch whom Heinrich previously had the job of be-heading and who returned the favour by cursing him eternally.

When a stupendously evil and deadly threat descends on the earth, Gretchen, having had her young life curtailed once already, decides she is less than enthusiastic about seeing it ended again so soon. She decides to tackle the threat head-on by putting her curse on Heinrich to good use, enlisting his business-like and highly effective executing abilities to help curb the supernatural blood lust of their foes.

Nothing is so easy of course, and a lot of blood and its supernatural equivalent needs to be spilled before order can once again be restored to the land. Razor sharp scythes and explosive sorcery are your spectacularly effective weapons in a twilight world where you’re never more than a stone’s throw from someone, supernatural or otherwise, who would rather see you six feet under. It’s time to let the combos fly and lay waste to the hordes of darkness with a liberal dose of medieval panache.

La Historia de Knight´s Contract nos situa en la Europa del siglo XVII, mas concretamente en Alemania. Alli llevan sucediendose durante años crueles asesinatos de brujas a manos de un ejercito dirigido por Fausto. Heinrich, un portentoso caballero perteneciente a ese ejercito, ha sido maldecido con la inmortalidad a manos de Gletchen, una de las brujas asesinada por el mismo. Años mas tarde, Gletchen vuelve a la vida con la intención de vengar su pueblo; matará a Fausto. Para tan ardua tarea, necesitará algo de ayuda... Ayuda que le ofrece Heinrich, si una vez culminada su venganza, le libra de la maldición. Asi nace una amistad interesada entre Heinrich y Gletchen, que parten en busca de Fausto...

HEINRICH :



GRETCHEN :

Famitsu 19.05.2010

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