Sir Francis Drake had a wealth of titles to his name by the time he died at sea in the winter of 1596. To his English Countrymen, he was a hero...an explorer who circumnavigated the globe, a sea captain who sunk dozens of ships in the Spanish Armada, and a knight by Queen Elizabeth's own hand. To his enemies, he was the worst sort of villain...a marauder that heartlessly destroyed their ports and colonies, a pirate that ceaselessly stole their chests of gold, spices and jewels. Whatever people called him, his infamous adventuring career came to an end when his body was tipped over the side of his ship off the coast of Panama some 400 years ago. But what if that lead coffin held no body? What if there was instead a mysterious book that hinted at his last great adventure? What if you found that book?

• There's fifty minutes of cinematics.
• The animation scheme allows for over 1,200 different ways of doings things like taking cover. (An example would be taking cover as they have nine screens with Drake taking cover behind a pillar, the final game would have around 3000.)
• The SIXAXIS controller allows for some tilting sequences (such as balancing your character as he walks on a narrow log).
• Dynamic shadowing and high-dynamic range lighting will be implemented for the jungle.
• The soundtrack is dynamic.