Folklore Developers Developing a Game Based on a 'popular Hollywood film'

Game Republic, creators of the PlayStation 3 exclusive titles, Folklore, Toy Home, and Dark Mist, have signed a deal with Brash Entertainment today.

The deal entitles them to produce a game on a "popular Hollywood film", and should be released in 2010 on unannounced platforms. Brash has put out games like Jumper & Alvin & the Chipmunks, but now with Game Republic developing, I think we can expect something good.

[Game Republic developing a game based on a 'popular Hollywood film']

SCEJ's First "PLAYSTATION 3 the Best" Line-Up

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is finall opening up their "PLAYSTATION 3 the Best" lineup. That means great titles at a budget.

According to the retailer, Japan goers will soon be able to pick up games like Resistance, Folksoul, and more for only 3,800 yen each. That amounts to around $35 in USD. The list of the first games to go to this collection include:

- Resistance: Fall of Man
- Folklore
- Ninja Gaiden Sigma
- Gundam: Target in Sight
- Ridge Racer 7

Stay tuned till we hear an official announcement that will hopefully include some new boxart as well.

[PS3 Games For Cheap in Japan]

Update 2/5/08: The official best of covers are now viewable as the image on the left. [PS3 the Best]

Folklore: Final DLC Coming Tomorrow

The final add-on packs for Game Republic's Folklore are arriving on the PLAYSTATION Store tomorrow (most likely). Without further adu, here they are.

Folklore Add-on #5 “Nightmares”

Add to the original storyline as you discover what is causing O’Connell’s nightmares. Wake Charlotte from a deep sleep, undertake the mysterious quest to find out why Livane attacked a tree and complete the Faery Photo mission started in The Origin of Belgae Pack.

This pack also includes a suave top hat and tux for Keats and provides the opportunity to encounter Automata, a Large, robotic Fire Folk that fires a beam of hot magma.

Folklore Add-on #6 “Visions of the Tower”

Continue the awe-inspiring adventures of Ellen and Keats with this Add-On. Learn the reason behind the puzzling sightings of the tower, find out why so many faeries are becoming lost, receive a surprise letter and begin to understand the motives of the Faery Lord.

Also included are an additional Folk, and a new outfit for Ellen, fashioned in the Hell Realm.

It is sad to see the Folklore downloadable content come to an end. Look on the bright side, it just makes room for all the great things to come.

[Final Folklore Add-On Packs Coming Soon]

More Folklore Tales Arriving Soon

Coming soon (probably this Thursday), Sony will be unleashing two more Folklore tale packs onto the PLAYSTATION Store. Details on each pack are below.

Folklore Add-on #3

“The Alchemist Pack”

In this pack, Ellen heads for Undersea City in search of her mother, while other quests will find you collecting stones for a mysterious alchemy experiment and clearing away the Folks who are blocking the Elevator in Hell Realm.

Discover Scarab, a new Folk that will make sure you get the “point”, as well as a special Faery-inspired costume for Ellen.

Folklore Add-on #4

“The Origin of Belgae”

The doorway to the Netherworld remains open… enjoy four more trips into the unknown set during the original adventure.

The pack challenges you to undertake the ‘rites of the ancient messenger’, discover what’s responsible for making a terrible noise and use a photo of a faery to solve a mystery…

Ellen will be gifted with the “Cloak of the Deep” and collect an additional Folk called Radian, that spins to hit enemies multiple times with outreached arms.

These new tales packs will be priced at $3.99 a piece, or bundled together for $5.99. Expect to see it in the PLAYSTATION Store this Thursday.

[Via PlayStation.Blog]

It's A Folklore Christmas: Screenshots

While Japan may have received it earlier, that doesn't mean we still don't get it. A free Christmas themed Folklore pack will arrive on the PLAYSTATION Store tomorrow as a part of it's weekly update.

The pack will come with 2 new winter outfits for our heroes Ellen and Keats, a new quest to play with Keats called “Holy Night Visitor”, and a brand new Folk for your collection called “Grab Bag” who you have got to play to believe.

Ellen's new costume is a red snow-bunny outfit complete with the earmuffs, while Keats will sport a slick white trench, festive beanie, and a holiday sweater. This will be sure to make your Christmas a little jollyer.

[Via PlayStation.Blog]

Folklore Jingles It's Bells

While we received the "The Kidnapped Folk" and the "Bottom of the Sea" Folklore add-on packs today, Japan received a new Folklore goodie.

Until December 27, 2007, the Japan PLAYSTATION Store is offering a Folklore Christmas Pack. The pack includes new Christmas costumes for Ellen & Keats and a Rare Monster is also included. I guess they are new monsters.

Since we are expected to receive Folklore content throughout this month, we might see this Christmas pack next week.

[Via Dengeki]

New Folklore Tales On Their Way

Eric Fong, producer of the PLAYSTATION 3 exclusive title, Folklore, made a post today on the official PLAYSTATION blog.

He knows the Folklore community wants more, so he tells us that downloadable add-on packs are coming for the game on the PLAYSTATION Network starting this month.

The add-ons will include a new costume for either Ellen or Keats, a completely new Folk, and 4 additional quests that extend the Folklore story.

Stay tuned and hopefully it will start arriving this week.

[Via PS.Blog]

European Create-a-Folk Contest Winner Revealed

Even though the contest for the US's Create-a-Folk contest was over in October, Europe's contest just ended. The new creature that will most likely be coming as downloadable contest is going to be the Malion.

The Malion (Spore Lion) runs circles around the enemy whilst creating an intoxicating spore cloud from its tail and thorny mane. When the prey is dazed The Malion jumps in for the kill. The tail and claws are primary attacks, but this Folk is highly poisonous... wear protective gloves! The Malion fears fire.

The creator of this fine creature is Jeff Read from the United Kingdom. Many other entries were submitted, but only won was able to win. Congratulations Jeff!

EGM Reviews Folklore a 5.5/10, Eye of Judgment an 8.0/10

Removed

It seems the editors of Electronic Gaming Monthly were not so keen of Game Republic's recently released RPG, Folklore. Although, they took a rather liking into the Eye of Judgment, giving it an 8 out of 10. Folklore sadly received a 5.5 out of 10.

The scans are above.

EBGames: Weird Folklore Description

Over at the official EBGames website, under the PLAYSTATION 3 section, you'll see an image of Keats that says Folklore, they describe it as:

"Two heroes, seeking Lucky Charms ™ and answers to a mystery, journey from a small Irish village to the netherworld. They must suck up the magically delicious souls of the residents to succeed."

Is somebody at the official EBGames website hating?

[Via EBGames]

GVR Reviews: Folklore

GVR reviews Game Republic & Sony's Folklore in this new review from their site. They stat that Folklore offers a beautifully surreal world and some innovative combat ideas, managing to rise above a few clear flaws. They do not assign the game a score though.

[Via GVR]

Folklore: Play Demo, Win Artbook

Sony wants you to play Folklore. They want you to know, it's good game. It didn't gather the same hype as Lair and Heavenly Sword, but it easily pars up.

They want you to try out Folklore so much, that they are willing to give you a free Artbook for the game. All you need to do is download the Folklore "PLAYSTATION Underground" Demo from the PLAYSTATION Store, and answer these questions based on your findings in the game.

Truth is, you don't even have to play the demo, they provide you with an answer key. Just copy the answers, send them to Sony via their provided e-mail on the page, and if your 100% correct, your entered in a drawing for 10 people to win the artbook.

Enter today!

[Enter: Folklore Artbook Contest]

PSM: December Review Scores: Ratchet, Folklore, & More

BigMac573 from the GameTrailers PLAYSTATION 3 forums has posted the latest review scores from PSM. Among these reviews, we have Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. The scores are below.

Conan - 7.5

DiRT - 8.5

Folklore - 8.0

Guitar Hero III - 9.0

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - 6.0

NBA 08 - 8.0 (PSP - 8.5)

NBA Live 08 - 8.5

NHL 08 - 8.5

NHL 2k8 - 8.0

Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - 9.5 "PS3's Best Game Yet"

Sega Rally Revo - 7.5

Silent Hill Origins - 8.0

Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow - 9.0

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 - 9.0

A 9.5 for Ratchet and an 8.0 for Folklore, pretty good scores, don't you say?

[Via GT Forums]

Folklore: Launch Trailer HD

The launch trailer of Folklore that was just released on the PLAYSTATION Store is now available on GameTrailers for your viewing pleasure. Follow the story of Ellen and Keats, two complete strangers traversing seven mysterious and dangerous worlds.

[Via GameTrailers]

GameSpot Reviews Folklore a 7 out of 10

GameSpot's review for Folklore is in, and it has another 7.0 out of 10. The reviews for this game are very odd, because we got a 9 out of 10 from IGN and two 7 out of 10's so far. Here are the good and bads.

The Good

• Intriguing, complex murder mystery
• It's fun to suck the souls out of your enemies
• Varied enemy design requires use of all the different folk attacks at your disposal
• Good use of Sixaxis functionality.

The Bad

• Linear, confined areas are separated by frequent loading screens
• Comic-inspired cutscenes are lifeless
• Playing the same areas as two different characters gets repetitive.

Read the full review at the link below.

[Read: Folklore Review]

Games Radar Scores Folklore an 8/10

Games Radar's review for Folklore is in, and they gave it an 8/10. Being the second site to compare it to Pokemon makes you not want to take it seriously, but give it a read. Here are their final thoughts.

You'll Love

• Many, many ways to kill
• Stunning visuals
• Keats' rage attack

You'll Hate

• Gameplay is very linear
• Camera and targeting co-exist poorly
• Too much text-based dialogue

[Read: Folklore Review]

GameTrailers: Folklore Scores a 7.2 out of 10?

The second review for Folklore is in, and it's from GameTrailers, giving it an alright score of 7.2, which is odd compared to the 9 that it received on IGN. View the review above.

[Via GameTrailers]

IGN: Folklore Scores a 9/10

IGN reviews Folklore today in what seems to be an outstanding score, they give the game a 9.0 out of 10. After a whopping four pages of reviewing, they sum it up with their scores:

Presentation - 9.5
Incredible. Everything from the cutscenes to the falling leaves in the menus work together to create a very enthralling experience.

Graphics - 9.0
While not superb in a technical sense, the artistic direction and execution of what's there are top notch.

Sound - 8.5
Solid voice acting and a vividly atmospheric score demand you to turn the volume up.

Gameplay - 8.5
Very fun combat with great motion controls, but a few key issues end up doing a bit of damage to the experience.

Lasting Appeal - 9.0
A haunting adventure (that will take fifteen hours at least) worth coming back to.

OVERALL - 9.0 Outstanding [EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD]
(out of 10 / not an average)

Read the full review at the link below.

[Read: Folklore Review]

Folklore: First Scores 9, 8, 6.9, 5

If you've been on Metacritic lately, you'll notice scores for Folklore have been posted. Here is what we got:

Play Magazine - 90
Evoking a sense of otherworldliness is, I am assuming, the reason Folklore exists, and it succeeds at this in an almost heartbreakingly beautiful way no other game ever has. [Oct 2007, p.70]

Computer & Video Games - 80
Any tedium is overcome by the beauty of the game. It seems like PlayStation 3 has its first gem.

PSM3 Magazine UK - 69
Unique combat, but lacks depth for an RPG and would benefit from bolder set pieces. [Nov 2007, p.80]

EuroGamer - 50
Folklore turns out to be one part boring adventure game, one part underdeveloped collect-em up, and one part standard dungeon crawl. The only aspect of the game that rises above the mundane is its technical polish and the vibrant creativity with which its imaginary worlds have been created - the vivid luminescence of the Fairy World, or the scratchy, Ian Miller-esque authenticity of the War World for example. [JPN Import]

Two of the scores good, two of the scores bad. Lets see what happens when more reviews roll in, eh?

[Via Metacritic]

Folklore: New Folk Ouasarilli

Contests, not behind video games at all. But there is a contest involved in this one. Sony recently held a contest about a month back, the design a Folk for Folklore contest.

Today, we have a winner. It is Lisa K. and her Folk named Ouasarilli. This folk will be featured in the game and will have the abilities listed in the image.

Congratulations Lisa K, for winning the Create-a-Folk contest from Sony.

[Via PlayStation US]