Satoshi Kanematsu may be fondly remembered by E3 2002 visitors as "the man who communicated solely via guitar," but—lucky for us—he's also quite a good game designer. His team at Tecmo has been working on Rygar for the PlayStation 2 lo these past few months, and we recently borrowed a playable version from the company to explore.
The game (which is about this close to completion) plays more or less like your typical 3D action romp at first glance. The main innovation is the Diskarmor weapon Rygar owns, a sort of spinning blade attached to a long chain. Imagine if the N64 Castlevanias actually controlled well, and you're close to the basic idea—you can throw this Diskarmor willy-nilly and perform all kinds of amazing moves with nothing but the regular action button, bringing up memories of Devil May Cry and other recent action fests.
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