14 DAY TRIAL // Game Republic's original PS3 title was entitled Monster Kingdom. They had to work a little more on the game and they changed the game's title while they were at it. The game is now referred to as Folks Soul: The Lost Folklore, as Famitsu informs. How the heck did they come from Monster Kingdom to Folks Soul anyway? Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft uses his familiar way of dealing with a title that blows and pins it to the wall saying that the game looks pretty damn awful even in print. Not to mention that even a wild boar would find the title a little bad.
IGN characterizes Game Republic's title as an action/adventure game that takes players through seven mysterious but Earth-like worlds. It features two main characters: Ellen, a shy college student who's studying comparative civilizations, and receives a letter from her mom, who died when she was a child. The letter says "I want to meet you," and suggests Ellen to go to the town of Remrick. Getting there, she meets Keats, the second important character of the game. He is a journalist in charge of the occult part of a magazine. He receives a phone call from an unknown girl asking for help. He also reaches Remrick, where he finds that the girl has already been killed. At this point, Keats starts an investigation to find out what happened in that town.
Now, I must confess, I haven't played the game yet, so I'm not entitled to make any assumptions based on gameplay or story. But the name, Folks Soul: The Lost Folklore, come on man! Couldn't they have made it sound more terrifying? After all, the game is supposed to be all scary and stuff. I don't know, "Lost Souls in Remrick," or something like that. Hey... that actually sounds great!
Anyway, while Sony should really bring out the best in their newly launched PS3 (in Europe and Australia that is), all they come up with is titles like Folks Soul: The Lost Folklore."