Four innovative new games revealed at Gamescom 2012

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Here are a few titles revealed at Gamescom 2012 that are poised to change the way games are played

In rain, the main character's presence will mostly be shown as a silhouette in the rain, splashes in puddles, wet footsteps, and so on

Tearaway tells the story of an envelope-headed messenger traveling through a papercraft world to battle enemies and help the origami inhabitants

Tearaway is built around the idea that the player is literally holding the game world in their hands and can use the Vita's features to interact with it

Media Molecule looks ready to bring the same level of quirkiness and charm to Tearaway that it brought to LittleBigPlanet

In Tearaway, using the touch screen on the back of the Vita will let you poke your fingers through the paper background of the game to knock around objects

In Puppeteer, players will take control of a young boy who is kidnapped by the evil Moon Bear King, who then transforms him into a puppet and bites off his head

What makes Puppeteer stand out from other adventure platformers is that the entire game plays out as if it were being recreated on a real stage

The main character of Puppeteer doesn't move through the world so much as the world moves around him with enemies and sets emerging to follow

In Remember Me, the protagonist's main tool is her ability to steal and change people's memories without their knowledge

Set in a futuristic Paris, Remember Me revolves around Nilin, a young woman who has lost her memory

Remember Me might seem conventional with it's amnesiac protagonist and acrobatics pulled straight out of Assassin's Creed, but it doesn't shy away from some intriguing new gameplay

Remember Me's Nilin also has the ability to scale neon-covered buildings or take out enemies in hand to hand combat

In Remember Me, the protagonist's main tool is her ability to steal and change people's memories without their knowledge

Remember Me's Nilin also has the ability to scale neon-covered buildings or take out enemies in hand to hand combat

Article Summary

The largest annual video game trade show in Germany, Gamescom 2012, kicked off recently with dozens of publishers and developers presenting what they have in store for the coming year. Sadly, since it's only been two scant months since E3, most game companies in attendance don't have many surprises to reveal aside from additional features for some already-known titles. Luckily, that just gives some developers a chance to show off their projects that don't fit into the usual shooter, RPG, racing and dance categories. Here are a few titles revealed at Gamescom 2012 that are poised to change the way games are played.

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