Murderous Minotaurs and Lethal Lycanthropes: Legendary Reviewed
One has to appreciate the bravado of developer Spark Unlimited in naming their latest game, Legendary. While the title brings together an assortment of antagonists culled from literary and oral tradition, one expects the gameplay to be illustrious in nature. Although it is unlikely critics will be discussing Legendary's merits in years to come, the title still offers a decent, yet blemished journey for first person shooter fans.
The game opens as main character Charles Deckard attempts to pilfer Pandora's Box, which is on display at a prominent New York museum. While Deckard may be a master crook; he's no authority of mythology; he unknowingly opens the artifact and releases havoc upon our world. While the narrative may lack sophistication, the game's blending of mythological creatures in urban settings is a wonderful intermingling that is reminiscent of critical darling The Darkness. Like Spark Unlimited's, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, that saw an alternative universe where the Nazis were victorious during WWII, gameplay doesn't quite measure up to the title's narrative possibilities.
In this special 'Sadistic Santa' edition of the Black Panel Podcast, the team discusses the horrid presents they have received for Xmas, including Farming Simulator, Duke Nukem Forever and Legendary.
Looking for great games for the holidays?
In honor of Thanksgiving and real turkeys everywhere that have laid down their lives in the service of your belly, here is a small collection of PC gaming 'turkeys' we've reviewed over the last year to avoid this holiday season.
Blair Herter announces the winner of G-Phoria '09 Game Most Deserving of a Uwe Boll Movie. Nominees include 'Golden Axe: Beast Rider', 'Castlevania Judgment', 'Legendary', 'Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayer' and 'X-Blades'.
NOTHING deserves a Uwe Boll movie. That guy is simply atrocious at everything he does. I can't believe how he can make a move so stupid, I'm not kidding I got sick after watching House of the Dead. It's like he actually wants to fail. A monkey with a camera and 10 bucks can make a better movie than this guy.
"Until the law was changed in 2005, Boll was able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allowed investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allowed them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor was then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor got a tax writeoff."
And in his own words, "Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the Government."
He basically makes money even if its crap, which all of them have been.
I've already seen an Onechanbara movie. Made in Japan and campy as hell but I enjoyed it thou :)
