A Stab At It: The First Templar
Wandering the streets of San Francisco the other week I happened to stumble on a hotel where Kalypso Media were showing off The First Templar. Lucky for me, I thought, because I'd actually been meaning to find out a bit about the game. Turns out it's a ferocious co-op melee game, with elements of Tomb Raider. As Kalypso themselves admitted, they aren't really taking on the Assassin's Creeds of this world in terms of visuals or feature set, but the game nevertheless has some appealling elements: customisation of your character's combat skills, some co-op puzzles (which you solve by swapping between the characters in single-player) and some large scale brawls across medieval environs. The game is looking suitably violent, and I think it could do well if it comes out at a lower price point. It's coming out on May 10th, and I've posted the trailer which accompanies that announcement below.
