Collectable keys in three different tiers - iron, bronze and gold - can be used to unlock the various chests scattered around the kingdom, with better chests housing better loot. En route, brief platforming and puzzle-solving sections break things up, seeing you hop over a series of rocks to cross a river, or move a giant stone block into place to give you a leg up to a higher cliff top. Seeing you journey through forests, cliff-top caves and icy plains, you'll make your way across the kingdom in search of the four legendary beasts - Fero the Fire Dragon, Arcta the Mountain Giant, Nanook the Snow Monster and Epos the Flame Bird. Though it may be an adventure, Beast Quest isn't a free roaming game - and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Now running amok and causing chaos and destruction across the land, the fate of the kingdom rests on an unlikely lad's shoulders, who must muster the courage and heart to defeat Malvel, free the beasts and save the land.įamiliar faces, such as Elenna and her wolf Silver, make appearances too. All is not well in the kingdom of Aventia, with a dark wizard going by the name of Malvel having cursed the four legendary beasts that have protected the land for centuries.

The game here tells the tale of series protagonist Tom, a boy about to embark on the titular beast quest of yore, in a story that's straight out of the books. However, no amount of good intentions can save what feels like a rather flat rendition of the Beast Quest world and lore.

Mixing together combat, puzzle-solving and exploration, Beast Quest tries to come up with something more child-friendly, inspired by the medieval fantasy world of the aforementioned kids books, full of witchcraft and wizardry, dragons and curses. An adventure game created with youngsters in mind, Beast Quest is an attempt at bundling all the excitement and action of a blockbuster game, into a package the whole family can enjoy - unlike the other big action adventures like Uncharted, Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed. And actually, this is a really nice idea.

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