Before talking about the shifting play styles of The Unfinished Swan at Gamescom, developer Giant Sparrow showed us this poignant little video.

Before talking about the shifting play styles of The Unfinished Swan at Gamescom, developer Giant Sparrow showed us this poignant little video.

While the point is to highlight some of those new ways of playing, like by watering a vine to use it as a organic ladder throughout one level, the look of these new levels and the sad little backstory take a front seat in the trailer released today.

No date has been set for The Unfinished Swan which is coming to the PS3's Playstation Network exclusively.