Release Date: 2005-11-07
Developer/Publisher: Rare Ltd. / MS Game Studios
Genres: Adventure
Platforms: XBOX 360
As blood ties are betrayed and ancient rituals shattered,
the Troll King Thorn is unleashed into Kameo's world once more, fully
intent on completing the destruction of the Elfin empire with his barbarous
Troll army. The only hope for salvation lies with young Elf Kameo and
her gifts of control over the legendary Elemental Warriors, though her
own family's involvement in Thorn's captivity (and, she will come to discover,
his release) also marks her out as one of the Troll King's critical targets...
If the colossal war which rages in her kingdom is to end
before the Trolls leave nothing but ash and bones in their wake, Kameo
knows that she must journey towards a decisive confrontation with Thorn
at the very heart of his own territory. But her enemy is not only the
most ruthless warleader in history, he is also sly, experienced, utterly
single-minded and capable of any cruelty or deceit if it will serve his
ends. In short, the scales are tipped heavily in Thorn's favour.
This is the core of Kameo's power, and her greatest
weapon in this struggle. From her mother she has inherited the Element
of Power, and with it the ability to actually morph into the Warriors'
physical forms. By doing so she integrates their full range of attacks
and defences into her own arsenal. From Chilla the ice-cold yeti to Ash
the blistering dragon, Pummel Weed the pugilistic plant to Major Ruin
the giant armadillo, each of these followers must be found and their powers
used to boost Kameo's own.
However, simply acquiring a Warrior is not enough.
An intimate familiarity with their combat potential, environmental advantages,
elemental properties and even their best position in a devastating multi-phase
combo will be required if Kameo is to have even the slimmest chance of
success. Her enemy is well-prepared, the road to his castle strewn with
dark beasts and lethal hazards, and there is far more at stake here than
Kameo's own life.
Its ascension to the Xbox 360 platform has seen Kameo:
Elements of Power gain many new features, not least the astonishing
high-definition visuals, co-operative play, and a generous helping of
brand new content added to Kameo's main quest. Arguably the most striking
example of this new content is the large-scale conflict out on the Badlands.
If Kameo is to lessen the odds against her by liberating the Ancestors
and filling out her private legion of Warriors, then this heartland of
her country - now a chaotic warzone overrun with thousands of individual
Elves and Trolls locked in battle - must be traversed. Whether Kameo attempts
this on horseback or on foot, using stealth and speed or sheer unrestrained
force, is entirely up to you. Of course, you haven't lived until you've
sent Major Ruin accelerating downhill to play a bone-breaking round of
ten-pin bowling with a full regiment of Trolls...
As blood ties are betrayed and ancient rituals shattered,
the Troll King Thorn is unleashed into Kameo's world once more, fully
intent on completing the destruction of the Elfin empire with his barbarous
Troll army. The only hope for salvation lies with young Elf Kameo and
her gifts of control over the legendary Elemental Warriors, though her
own family's involvement in Thorn's captivity (and, she will come to discover,
his release) also marks her out as one of the Troll King's critical targets...
