You start with a voice over introducing the storyline, which includes quite large previous events. Such as the rising of the undead. You then take control of your first character, the thief, in a LittleBigPlanet-esque world. You can't change depth unlike Little Big Planet, but the world is much more detailed.

You are introduced to the controls in the first three levels. The thief's initial story is followed by the wizard, and finally the Warrior. All three start in the Wizard's tower, and are soon joined by an ancient treasure, the Trine. And, when I say joined, I really mean it. They are all pulled together into one body, and the player can easily switch between characters. This plays to the gamer's advantage, as it means they can swap bodies to traverse different areas.

The thief carries a bow and grapple which you can use to cross spike pits and scale walls. The Wizard can create boxes to push buttons and levitate certain objects. The Warrior can of course, kill the undead and smash through walls to open new areas. Each canyon you reach, each spiky death pit you see, can be crossed in a variety of different ways. This is really interesting as it means you aren't restricted to just using an certain character to complete certain tasks.

With this split person disorder comes a perfect opportunity to bring co-op gaming to the game's audience. Having already been confirmed by Frozenbyte, it sounds like a really good co-op idea, as you're able to invent even more ways to cross an obstacle. In an interview with Playstation, Lauri Hyvärinen gave an example of this ability.

'The co-op mode allows players to invent super hilarious and inventive solutions to puzzles," said Hyvärinen. "For example, the Knight can throw a box into the air while other players stand on it, allowing them to reach high ledges easily.'

However, there's suddenly a huge come-down upon finishing the demo. You are taken straight to the Steam pre order page, which is where the bombshell hits - £19.99! Surely not? No, really, it's £19.99 for the pre order. This is a let down to what had, up to that moment, been a really interesting demo - I really do hope they lower the price slightly at release otherwise I'll be keeping my money.

Jacques