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Dom Robinson reviews
Midway Games
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- RRP: £39.99
Legion: The Legend of Excalibur is a role-playing game that features you as King Arthur, with the option to play as his subordinates as well as you embark on 14 missions, training them up along the way, to attain the goal of defeating the evil forces of Morgan Le Fay with your swordsmen, archers and mages.
The first thing you do is obtain Excalibur, the famed sword, although you won’t get it until you’ve had a chat with the other guys about the baddie and need to kill a few of his henchmen.
Graphically, it is worth a look. While I’m not a big fan of these type of games, I prefer to wander about and cut enemies up with a sword, rather than take it in turns to take swipes at them, a la Final Fantasy X. However, as you go from place to place, the movement of your character just seems too slow and I found myself starting to lose interest.
The sound is reasonable with a pseudo-epic score playing in the background, the rain pouring down at the start and a feeble swipe as you swashbuckle your way around.
For those who do enjoy RPGs, it’s an easy game to get into if you can stand playing at a slow pace, but whereas it promises some action, there’s far from enough for my tastes and overall I found the game a bit tiresome.
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Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.