Lionheart Reviews

Two new reviews of Black Isle and Reflexive’s recently released Lionheart have shown up on the ‘net. The first is at DailyGame, where they gave it an overall score of 6.5/10:

Lionheart has all the makings of a good idea, but not a good game. Borrowing the specials system from Fallout is a great way to boost the whole character creation experience, but the rest of the game is just a rehash of things we’ve seen a dozen times before. If you couple the generic gameplay with the so-so graphics and the “blah” music, you’ve got a game whose only saving grace is a great storyline. But a great story does not a great game make, and so I’d say this game should only be picked up by the most hardcore hack and slash gamer.

The second is at UGO, with an overall score of “B”:

After watching Lionheart receive what has to be a disappointing reception for Black Isle from early previews and reviews, I really can not agree with the majority of complaints and statements that suggest this game is a failure. Sure, it has been done plenty of times before, and in some regards, it has been done better, but Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader is still a solid RPG experience. I personally do not play a huge amount of RPGs, so maybe my perception of Lionheart is influenced by the fact my opinion is not that of an expert’s, but regardless of how I judge it, the fact remains most of the strong elements that make an RPG great are found here in Lionheart, it just doesn’t stray much further beyond those. This is certainly not an ideal opening to what is a probable series with future additions to come, but it is certainly not a failure by any means. It is my opinion that most RPG fans will at least get their money’s worth with Lionheart.