Legendary (PC) review

December 8, 2:04 PMPC Game ExaminerBryan Edge-Salois

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Actually, if you want to finish off a werewolf, you have
to shoot them in the other head...until it comes off.

Legendary is an A-grade game idea that is, unfortunately, mostly ruined by C-grade execution.

Many of its flaws would be forgivable if the gameplay held its own -- but it didn't. The action just never felt tense or thrilling enough to elicit much more than yawn --  whereas triple-A shooters like FEAR, Crysis, Left 4 Dead, and others will have you raving about your experience to fellow gamers over the water cooler at work.

Here's the break down:

The Good

• It's a cool idea, as are a lot of the monsters such as the Minotaur and Gryphon.

The Bad

• The story, writing, and voice acting are all poor to mediocre at best
• The guns sound like toys.
• The AI isn't particularly bright.
• The animation, graphics, and visuals in general aren't even up to par with the four-year-old Half-Life 2, and certainly nowhere near the likes of Crysis and other modern FPS games.
• Silly clipping problems; monsters die and fall through walls, for example.
• Movement is clunky.
• The game forces you along severely linear, scripted path. You can't jump where you aren't supposed to, or even open doors (unless you're supposed to)
• Many uninspired locate-the-switch type missions.

The Ugly

• Console-based checkpoint save game system.

Overall

• A great idea that suffers from poor execution. If you're out of games and wait for this one to hit bargain bin prices ($10), it might be worth picking up. That's about the best I could say for it.

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