Is Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom a Last Guardian-alike?

By Mikel Reparaz
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New ruin-filled screens look like a more colorful version of Sony's boy-and-monster adventure

So far, we don't know a great deal about Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, other than that it's being developed byGame Republic - the same studio that gave us the Genji games and Folklore, amongothers- and that it appears to be headed for a nebulous summer release. So it might not be fair, at this point, to say that it's aping the style of developer Team Ico's games, and of the upcomingLast Guardian in particular. But ifprevious screens andthe trailerare anything to go by,it sure looks like it.

Anew batch of screens for Majin hit the internets today, and while they're a damn sight more colorful than what we've seen of Last Guardian, it's impossible to look at the starkly pretty ruins and monster/boy co-op dynamic without drawing a few parallels. If you'd like to decide for yourself, you can jump to the screens - all 40 of 'em - by clicking the thumbnails below.

Mar 29, 2010

Mikel Reparaz
Mikel Reparaz
After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.