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Folklore

by Game Republic Inc.·published by Sony Computer Entertainment

21 June 2007T20
PlayStationPS3

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Folklore is an action game with some RPG-style customizability. There are two main characters. One is a girl named Ellen who is seeking the truth about her past. The other is a man named Keats, a journalist for an occult magazine who is investigating a possible murder. The story is set in the present-day.

Ellen (led by a message from her dead mother) and Keats (after receiving a distressed phone call) are lured to an Irish village called Doolin, where it is rumoured that the living can meet the dead. In the course of the game, they travel to the netherworld and encounter faeries and monsters, or "Folk."

In battle, Ellen and Keats can absorb Folks' ids and gain new abilities for use in battle. This is usually done by timed movements of the motion-sensing controller.

Four folks can be mapped to controller buttons, making the play fast-paced like an action game, with a degree of customization. The player can choose to play either Keats' or Ellen's storyline. There are seven realms, all based on different notions of what the afterlife might be like.

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Single player

Perspective

Third person

Also known as

Folks Soul: The Lost Folklore — English working title

FolksSoul: Ushinawareta Denshou — Japanese title

Monster Kingdom — Working title

Unknown Realms — Working title

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Also worked on it

SCE Japan Studio, Gaia

Released

21 June 2007

Platforms

PlayStationPS3

Age ratings

CLASS_IND14ESRBTPEGI12

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Top 12% by visits

Tags

Behind viewRPG elementsDirect controlDetective / mystery