Quench
Kameo
By John Lott
The first thing that hits you when you start playing Kameo is just how good it looks. The character detail is rich and lifelike and the game bombards you with swarms of hundreds of flying dragons or battling trolls providing a spectacle never before seen in a game. Kameo has taken the graphics potential of the 360 further than any other game I have seen.
The second most noticeable thing about Kameo is just how fun it is to play. You move through various dream-like landscapes, morphing into a gradually expanding set of fantastical characters in a quest to free your family and rid the fairy world of trolls or something (I never pay attention to the plot). As you complete tasks and find hidden power-ups you unlock an array of bizarre and hilarious abilities for your characters that makes slaying those pesky trolls all the more entertaining.
Kameo is enthralling (if admittedly childlike in places); I wish there had been more of it. It features a superb blend of platform action and simple lateral thinking. As it is, short but perfectly formed, it is still a unique gem.
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