I got the demo, so without revealing too much, its less like a game, and more like a feast for your eyes and ears.
The music and looks are just absolutely hauntingly beautiful. There are tons of things everywhere, and at times, your not entirely sure what wants to eat you, and whats just interested in you. For the first good portion of the demo, your swimming about (using the left mouse button to swim about), no seemingly gravity
is applied. After a bit, you get your spell that allows you to move objects around
You cast all your spells with the right mouse button and holding it near your character. Finally, during the last third of the demo, you get your energy form, which is the first one that allows you to actively attack back those enemies. Its alot of fun and the rest of the demo becomes alot more challenging afterwords.
I wouldn't say its anything like a platformer, its more of a freeroam(ish), go-at-a-slow-pace -and- enjoy-everything-your-senses-are-feeding-you game, versus one where you just run through trying to beat.
Thats my two pennies.
Melody.
Edit: At least for the parts I played, gravity still isn't applied to you, in any of the forms. But it is to objects you move around, so if you stop moving them around they will drop. This is how I killed some fishies without having my energy form first. Hope that cleared up any questions before they get asked, but feel free to ask them anyways!
[ December 08, 2007: Message edited by: Kayla ]