Elven Legacy Reviews

The Internet is now home to a trio of new reviews for Paradox and 1C Company’s Fantasy Wars sequel, Elven Legacy.

The first is at Thunderbolt with a score of 4/10:

This, of course, will have no bearing on what most players will make of the game. The truth is, Elven Legacy has a ready-made audience that will absolutely lap up its particular brand of turn-based, RPG-tinged strategy. For those interested – and they as much as the developers know who they are – it’s nicely constructed, deep and offers almost perverse challenge. The whole notion of a scored review seems a little arbitrary in the face of the niche and dedicated fanbase this game will attract, and its attempts at populist window-dressing are virtually pointless because for the rest of us, the whole entity is at its most lenient completely mystifying, and at its most uncompromising utterly impenetrable.

The second is at VGTribune with a score of 8.5/10:

EL is a game that will delight old school strategy fans and may well convince some younger RTS fans that Total War is not the only game in town (if you’ll pardon the pun). It’s graphics are pleasing on the eye, while the game mechanics lead to a balanced affair with real depth and great multiplayer potential.

And the third is at VGBlogger with a score of “Try It”:

Unless you are a hardcore fan of turn-based strategy games, there is a good chance you’ll find Elven Legacy very frustrating. And the reasons for that are actually something I hold in high regard – it is a game that knows what it wants to be and pursues that aim throughout with consistency. The game is turn-based, slow-paced, yet with an implied time-limit that rewards you for fast and efficient action. It isn’t the best turn-based strategy game in recent memory – but then most games in any genre pale when compared to the excellent King’s Bounty. But it is a solid game that I thoroughly enjoyed. Fortunately there is a demo available, and I strongly suggest you download the demo if you are even mildly interested and give it a try. By the end of the demo you will have a clear indication of whether or not you’ll like the full game. For me, I enjoyed it enough to launch into its’ predecessor Fantasy Wars right after finishing the main quest.