Legendary PC Review

Legendary has agile werewolves that can jump from wall to wall as they move toward you and giant griffons that swoop down on you screaming their desire to taste your blood. At one point you're challenged by a giant boss golem constructed from concrete, wood, and cars: anything that's lying around. In another part you fight a Kraken with flailing tentacles and mean disposition. These scenes and boss creatures are the high point of the game, after this everything becomes confusing and fails to entertain. Read on to find out where else the game falls short in this Legendary review.

 The environments in Legendary are generic looking, with basic textures and details in the buildings, and dull and lackluster colors that kind of put your eyes to sleep. It's very similar to the dozen-and-one other shooters out there like Soldier Front or Sudden Attack. Lines appeared occasionally on the screen when moving from one area to another and the sides of some screens were jagged.

Legendary has level designs that use a host of generic themes and objects that have been done before. The layout of the levels is cluttered with objects that, while destructible, just get in the way. The cluttered nature of the environments makes shooting and moving a problem in areas filled with objects.

The scripted scenes included with Legendary are annoying rather than entertaining and most of the battles have design flaws and technical problems that affect the entertainment level of the game play. Quite a few of the included scenes are heavily pixilated, pre-rendered cinematics, and the real time scenes are no better.

 The overall graphical presentation of Legendary is poor, there are a few nice scenes that will get your attention, but other than this Legendary has dull, colorless, and lackluster looking visuals. The good scenes were all set pieces that involved boss fights and major events in the story line, like the fight with the giant golem.

The human character models used in Legendary are lifeless looking; their expressionless faces stare blankly ahead like porcelain dolls. The art design lacks detail and has poor visual texture with muddy looking backgrounds. The environments are all bland, nothing looks crisp and detailed, and the lighting is too bright at times.