"The actors swap characters quite a lot and they are constantly complaining about particular forms of appropriation," Pearson explains.
The complex, restless narrative unfolds in a series of brief, fragmented scenes, performed with lightning-fast reflexes by the superb cast of four, who are required to swap characters (and accents) with split-second accuracy.
(I do this probably a bit more regularly than is healthy – swap characters in film or television shows for people I know, or myself) and think, would I say that?
They swap characters in the middle of scenes, introduce and abandon startling new plot developments, and create an atmosphere where it's impossible to predict what will happen next.
Later games added other ninjas based on the same model, as well as several female ninja color swap characters initially also using just one base model (beginning with Kitana in Mortal Kombat II).
In 2010, Game Informer included her among the palette swap characters not wanted by them in the future Mortal Kombat games, later describing her in the 2011 game as being "as creepy as ever".
Mileena was the first evil female character to appear in the series, created by John Tobias just to accommodate another palette swapped character.
The plot is predictably confusing – an hour deep and I'm not all that clear on who I'm actually playing as, though swapping between characters in battle to deploy different abilities – protective walls of energy, fireballs and bolts of lightning – is pretty cool.
Basic gameplay changed little for Drakengard 2, but there are some differences and additions, such as weapon types being tied to the character they are associated with, with changing them also swapping the character.
It demonstrates the shooting and driving mechanics and the player's ability to instantaneously swap between characters.
