G3 Magazine Edition 3 | Page 47

G3 Magazine/previews/Child of light P ISSUE 3 Child of Light layers play as Aurora, a child stolen from her home who needs to bring back the sun, moon and stars held captive by the mysterious Queen of the night, during her quest to return home. This modern take of a coming of age story centres around Aurora, a Dukes daughter from 1895 Austria. Aurora contracts a physical ailment that causes her to fall asleep. She wakes up in the mythical world of Lemuria which has its son, moon and stars stolen. She is helped by her playable companion Igniculus, he firefly and several unlikely allies. Child of Light is powered by Ubisoft Framework previously used by Rayman Origins and its sequel Rayman Legends. The game has attributes of side-scroller with RPG elements such as levelling up. Battles with enemies utilize a system found in games like Grandia and Final Fantasy. This game is highly favoured and has a truly inspiring storyline, I rate this game a 9 out of 10. -Zante’ Fouche’ G3 Magazine 47