Let's Play: New Legends, #1 - Some Kind of Kingdom
117New Legends is a beat-em-up that came out in the first years of the original Xbox, and it's likely you've never seen it before. This game was not well-received! The graphics are lackluster even for the time, and so is the sound design. Even so, I still enjoy running through it. The combat is simple fun and the AI and gameplay itself can be wonky as hell, much to my enjoyment.
As is the genre standard, we will be fighting leagues of enemies at any given time. Plotwise, there is a revenge story as well as a bizarre attempt to meld science and fantasy together. Modern technology is blended into ancient warfare in a very jarring way that makes it hard to figure out what's happening. Sometimes we'll be fighting guys with swords in an environment that says 15th century China, and then tanks just come rolling up. Demon children with super powers and magical swords exist, but so do rocket launchers.
Controls: They work well enough, and the combos are varied and weapon-specific (though I usually opt for ones that let me loop attacks indefinitely). There's a fair amount of variety in the weaponry too, but ultimately the combat is not very complex. As long as you are not on the floor, you can instantly parry and disrupt most enemies. If they start blocking, you stop hitting them or use power attacks, lest you get parried back. The camera is controlled by the 2nd analog stick but it goes crazy sometimes, especially indoors.
Madithen and TieTuesday join me for this LP! Neither of them have seen any of this.
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