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Legendary
Developer(s)Spark Unlimited
Publisher(s)Gamecock Media Group
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
ReleasePlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Legendary (previously known as Legendary: The Box[2]) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Spark Unlimited and published in the United States by Gamecock Media Group and in the United Kingdom by Atari.[3]

The game takes place in New York City and London[4]. The protagonist is a professional thief named Charles Deckard, who is hired by a mysterious organization known as the Black Order to steal an artifact from a New York museum which turns out to be the fabled Pandora's Box. Unaware of the Box's nature, Deckard opens it, unleashing all kinds of mythological creatures rampaging throughout the world, as well as granting him a strange power (the Signet) which could be the key to resolving this crisis. It's up to Deckard and a secret paramilitary force to set things right, while the Black Order seeks to acquire the Signet and control the creatures to conquer the world.

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Reception

Legendary has received poor to mixed reviews. Eurogamer noted that the game was "hilariously bad" citing unresponsive movement and twitchy crosshairs as well as Spark Unlimited managing "to take Unreal engine 3 and make it look like a 1997 Half-Life mod".[7] X360Magazine faulted the game for unskippable cutscenes and "Action sections that feel like a movie you just happen to be walking through, and not interacting with". [8] IGN gave the Xbox 360 version 2.5/10 stating that "the gameplay comes across as messy and incomplete, the arrangement of hazards and threats from monsters is ineffective at best and boring at worst"[9]. It went on to score the PS3 version 2.3/10 noting long load times, frame drops and a lack of trophy support [10].The US version of the Official Xbox Magazine gave the game a positive review of 7.5/10 [11], as did the New Zealand based Gameplanet review [12].

References

  1. ^ a b Sinclair, Brendan (October 30, 2008). "Legendary gets dates with destiny". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  2. ^ Boyes, Emma (July 9, 2007). "E3 '07: Gamedick gets in The Box". GameSpot. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  3. ^ "Legendary (Xbox 360)". IGN. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  4. ^ "Legendary Updated Hands-On(Xbox 360)". Shaun McInnis. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  5. ^ Shea, Cam (2008-07-16). "E3 2008: Legendary Impressions". IGN. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  6. ^ http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/legendarythebox/video.html?sid=6200584
  7. ^ http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=274364
  8. ^ http://x360magazine.com/games/legendary/legendary.html
  9. ^ http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/927/927847p1.html
  10. ^ http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/927/927804p1.html
  11. ^ http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/941873.asp?q=legendary
  12. ^ http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/xbox-360/reviews/132522.Legendary/
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