I bought this game on the day it came out. When I saw the trailer I just knew I had to have it.
Made by Ubisoft Montreal for the PS3/4 and Xbox one using the UbiArt Framework, Child of Light is a short fairytale digital game with a mix of 3D and 2D. It's a playable poem in which you will embody Aurora in her Quest to save the world of Lemuria of the evil Dark Queen and recover the Sun, the Moon and the starts. The story is complemented by a crafted in verse and rhyme, the entire world if absolutely breathtaking full of detail in every corner of the scenery.
The whole game is using plain images moving around from pivots (similar to what Unity does for 2D games) and uses different planes and parallax to give the effect of depth. The main character at least, is in full 3D with gorgeous textures and incredible dynamics for the hair. The animation it features is pretty neat and the whole feeling of the game is just unbelievable.
The main character, Aurora, grows as the story goes by, giving it a great sense of time lapse for the story.
Because of the narration and the dialogue is done in rime, the fairy tail immersion is just incredible.
They certainly dedicated themselves to work on as much detail for the world, and the characters are well planned and beautiful in their own way.
The gameplay itself it's a turn base similar to RPGs, yet it has a time base action line that give a unique twist to the whole experience.
At this point I havent finished it (stupid deadlines) but apparently it's meant to be a short game. Because it can only be found as a digital copy, it's quite cheap, therefore I highly recommend for people to play it if they get a chance. Again, is a game so iconic and there aren't many games like this with such a unique style. The closest game I can think that resembles in grandness is Journey for PS3 (different style and story, but similar user impact).
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