Sega has a Crush on the PSP ;-)

25 January 2007

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Posted by:Ferry

Did you notice that big fat wink up there? Yeh it’s SEGA announcing a new PSP exclusive puzzle/platformer called Crush, for summer 2007 release. Developed by the UK based Kuju Brighton, it’s reminiscent of Exit, Crush is a thinking man’s game, allowing you to transform a 3D world into 2D in order to overcome obstacles and move on in the game.

If you look at the trailer below, you can see how unique it is. Crush introduces a new gaming experience that fits well on PSP. Set within a complex, hypnotic 3D world, players will use the game’s unique crush mechanic to “crush” the environment and transform it into a more simplified 2D platformer. Once flattened, players will utilize the 2D space to move to new areas to solve otherwise impossible challenges, and unlock secret items that were previously unobtainable in the 3D environment. Players will then “uncrush” the 2D environment and return to the 3D world.

Designed for a wide and varied audience, Crush tells the story of Dan, a man with a lifetime of unresolved issues and bottled up emotions that have turned him into a nervous insomniac who is too tired to turn his life around. Desperate for a cure, he turns to hypnosis. It is during this state that he is given one last chance to sort through the wreckage of his past, before he loses the last thing he has – his sanity.