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Legendary (video game)
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Legendary 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
.
The game takes place in New York City
and London
. 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 known as the Council of 98 to set things right, while the Black Order seeks to acquire the box and control the creatures to conquer the world.
The game features both single-player and multiplayer modes.
The game opens with Deckard sneaking into the museum, easily bypassing all the security and opening the box. When he does, he has a Signet branded onto his left hand, and the box suddenly releases a huge energy surge that shoots toward the sky. Deckard gains the ability to absorb Animus Energy, which he can use to heal himself. He escapes the museum to discover that griffins have materialized, and are flying through the city attacking people. As Deckard continues to walk through the city, trying to escape the creatures, a golem forms from the building debris and cars. The golem then crashes through several buildings and disappears. Deckard continues to run to shelter, and eventually finds a door leading to the subways. When he tries to go there, a griffin attacks him, but he is able to repel the attack with a burst of energy from his Signet, called the Animus Pulse.
From the building, Deckard makes his way to the subway, where he encounters firedrakes, fire breathing lizards made from living rock, rampaging through the sewers. He fights through them in the subway, and makes his way to the surface. On the surface, he finds out that LeFey has sent his private army, known as the Black Order, against him, as well as Vivian Kane. He fights his way through those soldiers, and he makes his way into a building. There, a police officer greets him, but he is killed by a werewolf. Deckard kills the werewolf, and makes his way into the building, where he is greeted by even more werewolves. He fights his way through them, as well as more firedrakes. Finally, he meets up with Vivian Kane. Both are contacted by LeFey, who explains to them why he wants them killed. While he is talking, an onslaught of Black Order soldiers attack. Deckard holds them off while Kane calls for help. Eventually, the Council of 98 arrive, and kill the remaining Black Order soldiers. They are distrusting at first, especially their commander, Lexington White Deer, but eventually agree to help upon seeing the Signet on Deckard's arm. A deal is struck; in exchange for Kane's information on the Black Order's plans, the Council will help them.
Deckard, Kane, and the Council all make it to the surface. There, the golem returns, and sucks up Pandora's Box. Needing Pandora's Box, the Council explains that the golem is held together by a special energy that can be disrupted with an EMP burst. There are three EMP devices. Each has to be powered up by Deckard feeding Animus Energy into it. However, there are enough werewolves attacking, so Deckard has more than enough Animus Energy. When the first one is powered up, he tries to get to the second one. However, the golem causes the ground around him to fall, and he falls into the subway along with some Council soldiers. In the subway, he encounters the Echidna tentacles, and Nari, ghostlike creatures that can become solid to attack. Deckard pushes forward and finds his way into a subway, where it turns out that the EMP device was broken into three pieces. He finds the three pieces, and has a Council member put it back together. He then powers up the EMP device. Later, he makes his way back to the surface, and gets into a building, where the last EMP device was. He fights through several Nari and manages to power up the machine. The three EMP devices release a beam of energy that takes out the golem. The Black Order comes and tries to take the artifact, but Deckard manages to take it first. The Council then takes Deckard, Kane, and the artifact to where the headquarters of the Council is stationed: beneath the Houses of Parliament in London.
While the Council is unraveling the mysteries behind Pandora's Box, Vivian tells the Council of the locations of LeFey's secret labs in an abandoned cathedral. Deckard, Vivian, and the Council decide to go to the cathedral. The whole town is werewolf infested. The helicopter that carries Charles Deckard, Vivian Kane, and Lexington White Deer is knocked down by a flock of griffins. The crash leaves most of the crew dead, and Lexington wounded. Vivian stays behind to look after Lexington, while Charles Deckard is sent to the cathedral. On the way to the cathedral, he meets two new creatures: blood spiders and the alpha werewolf. As he continues to move toward the cathedral, he finds out that the Black Order was capturing werewolves, although some members question why. Deckard meets up with a team of Council members, and it turns out that the werewolf infested town is preventing them from getting to the cathedral. After holding off waves after waves of werewolves, Deckard and the surviving Council soldiers decide to wait for reinforcements that will arrive tomorrow. They find a building where they can safely sleep for the night. The next day, Deckard and the newly arrived reinforcements fight the Black Order soldiers protecting the cathedral. Deckard goes on ahead, and he encounters a minotaur. He kills the minotaur, several werewolves, and a griffin, and finally makes it into the cathedral. From there, he and other Council soldiers hold off werewolf attacks and Black Order soldiers, and eventually make their way into a secret room. There, they find a hard drive that contains all of LeFey's plans. They take the hard drive and bring it to the Council headquarters.
At the headquarters Deckard finds out that LeFey has built a machine that could harness Animus Energy and control the creatures. He aims to use it to take over the world. The surge of energy could also find its way to Deckard's Signet, and the energy surge could kill him. Suddenly, the power goes out. It turns out that the hard drive also contained a Trojan Horse, which powered off all the power in the facility. All the creatures that they were keeping are released. The hard drive also gave the location of the headquarters away, and Black Order soldiers land and attack. Deckard and all the Council soldiers get up onto the roof, where they wait for reinforcements from other parts of the world. Suddenly, a Kraken surfaces in the Thames and attacks. Deckard runs away, and ends up inside the library of the Houses of Parliament. He kills two minotaurs that attack him, as well as several squads of Black Order soldiers, and gets back out. There, he finds a rocket launcher just as the Kraken resurfaces. Firing several rockets down the Kraken's mouth, Deckard succeeds in killing the Kraken. While the Council was distracted, however, the Black Order manages to steal Pandora's Box, and kidnap Vivian Kane. Deckard and the Council chase after them back to New York City.
In New York City, Deckard and the Council launch a full scale attack on the Black Order headquarters. Deckard kills a griffin, two minotaurs, several werewolves, and an entire army of Black Order soldiers on his way to the roof. Inside the building, he manages to free Vivian, and she goes up the command post to help Deckard. On the roof, Deckard finds the machine. It turns out that Deckard can overload the machine, and destroy it by putting a lot of Animus Energy inside of it. Fighting waves after waves of monsters, Deckard absorbs Animus Energy and promptly transfers it to the machine. In the end, the machine overloads, and then explodes. LeFey is hurled out of his control booth by a werewolf, grabbed in midair by a griffin and impaled on the machine, killing him. After the explosion, Vivian is nowhere to be seen. The Council arrives, and assumes that she was vaporized. The Council immediately turns on Deckard, locking him up, stating that Deckard's Signet contains information that could create a new Pandora's Box, the first one being destroyed when the machine exploded. Later, it turns out that Vivian survived, and Deckard, being a thief, easily escapes. Deckard goes out to set things right, but not in the way everyone expected. A final picture shows Deckard sticking his Signet branded hand out to a griffin, taming it, and is presumably successful in brokering peace between the humans and the creatures.
Legendary has received mixed reviews with an average critic score of 51% for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions and 49% for the PC at Game Rankings
, and Metascores of 50 for PS3 and PC and 47 for Xbox at Metacritic
. Reviews by gamers have generally been much higher than commercial review sites, with a Metacritic gamer review score near 7. X360Magazine faulted the game for unskippable cutscenes. The US version of the Official Xbox Magazine
gave the game a score of 7.5/10, as did the New Zealand based Gameplanet review.
Spark Unlimited
Spark Unlimited, based in Sherman Oaks, California, is a video game developer founded by former developers from the Medal of Honor PC and console franchise. They are most known for the Call of Duty: Finest Hour console game....
and published in the United States
United States
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by Gamecock Media Group
Gamecock Media Group
Gamecock Media Group was a video game publisher based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2007 by video game industry veterans Mike Wilson, Harry Miller, and Rick Stults, original founders of Gathering of Developers. They used a more hands-off approach and allowed developers creative freedom with...
and in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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by Atari
Atari
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.
The game takes place in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and London
London
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. 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
Pandora's box
Pandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation around line 60 of Hesiod's Works and Days. The "box" was actually a large jar given to Pandora , which contained all the evils of the world. When Pandora opened the jar, all its contents except for one item...
. 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 known as the Council of 98 to set things right, while the Black Order seeks to acquire the box and control the creatures to conquer the world.
The game features both single-player and multiplayer modes.
Gameplay
Gameplay is similar to many other titles in the genre of first-person shooters, with a strong focus on immersion and penetrating atmosphere, creating a first person movie-like experience. Several different weapons can be found and equipped, generally being taken from dead humans. The only melee weapon available in the game is a fire axe, which cannot be removed from the player character's inventory. In addition to the axe, two other weapons can be carried, as well as grenades. Two types of grenades are available to the player, explosive grenades, which can be remote detonated, and Molotov cocktails, which spread flames in and around the area in which they combust. Throughout the game, both human and monster enemies are frequently encountered, the latter often involving specific strategies to defeat. An occasional boss monster is encountered. Boss monsters usually require a more complicated strategy to kill. The player also has access to a PDA- style journal, which updates with messages as data is found and whenever Deckard is given orders or instructions. It also includes detailed information on the monsters and weapons encountered. Throughout the gameworld, numerous objects must be interacted with to proceed, including switches. wheels and lockboxes. The player's health is monitored by a bar in the corner of the screen, while Animus energy is represented by a spherical gauge. Animus energy can be collected by killing monsters, which leave behind bluish gaseous residue. The player can then absorb the residue, replenishing the Animus gauge. This energy can then be used to heal the player, or to send destructive pulses towards monsters (human enemies are not affected by this), stunning them. Additionally, certain objects must be fed Animus energy in order to function properly.Multiplayer
There is one mode in multiplayer, which can be played with up to 8 people. Multiplayer pits the Council of 98 and the Black Order against each other. The multiplayer portion's objective is not to kill as many opposing team members as possible. The objective is to collect Animus Energy and put it into a machine. The team that fills up the machine first wins. There are creatures on the field, and the player has to kill them in order to harvest Animus Energy. The creatures automatically attack team members with the lower amount of Animus Energy in their machine.Characters
- Charles Deckard: The protagonist of the game. He is a professional thief who sells his skills to the highest bidder. He is hired by LeFey, and asked to open Pandora's Box and steal the contents inside. When he opens the box, he releases all the creatures inside, and has the Signet branded on his arm. The Signet endows him with various abilities to be used against the creatures. He sets out to correct his mistake and stop LeFey.
- Vivian Kane (Fay MastersonFay MastersonFay Masterson is an English film, television and video-game actress. She is also a voice actor.-Career:Masterson's performance career began as a dancer which she gave up at age 11 to attend the Brite Lites Academy in Eltham, Southeast London...
): LeFey's British secretary. She works with Deckard for the majority of the game. She was the one who dropped off Deckard to open Pandora's Box, and when LeFey attempted to kill her, she vowed revenge, and contacted the Council of 98 for help.
- Ormond LeFey (Enn ReitelEnn ReitelEnn Reitel is a Scottish actor and impressionist who specialises in voice work.- Early life :Reitel's family arrived in Scotland as refugees from Estonia, German Empire...
): The millionaire leader of the Black Order. He is the primary antagonist of the game. He hires Deckard to open Pandora's Box (assuming that whoever opened it would've been killed on the spot). Toward the end of the game, it turns out that he built a machine capable of harnessing Animus Energy to control all the creatures and rule the world. He is later killed by a pair of rampaging monsters after Charles Deckard overloaded his machine.
- Lexington White Deer (Lloyd SherrLloyd SherrLloyd Sherr , also known by his stage name Max Raphael, is an American voice actor. Sherr has been credited in many forms of media, most notably as narrator of the History Channel show Modern Marvels, for which his voice has become a trademark of the History Channel.Sherr has also narrated other...
): A Native American and very "by-the-books" commander in the Council of 98. He gives out orders in most of the missions Deckard takes part in.
- The Council of 98: An organization that considers itself the "guardian of humanity" and tasked themselves with protecting Pandora's Box from falling into the wrong hands. Originally formed in ancient times, the Council eventually expanded their protection to other technologies that they deem the world is not ready to use.
- The Black Order: An organization that is opposite to the Council of 98. The organization is led by LeFey. The Order split from the Council in ancient times due to a disagreement about how best to use Pandora's Box. They believed that the mere possession of the artifact gave them the divine right to use it as they see fit: however, what started as a minor schism soon erupted into all-out war between the two groups. They manage to build a doomsday weapon that can harness Animus Energy to control all the loose creatures and take over the world.
Creatures
- Alpha Wolf: A fearsome creature with both ape and canine characteristics, the alpha werewolf has superhuman strength, opposable thumbs, and razor-sharp claws, giving it the ability to tear through doors and hurl large objects at its prey - namely, humans. Stronger than the Limos werewolf, the alpha werewolf achieves maximum speed while running on all fours, though it usually walks erect. The alpha werewolf must be decapitated to truly be killed; otherwise, it will regenerate and attack again.
Plot
The game's prologue slide show shows the original myth of Pandora's Box, which was a gift from a devious Zeus as a wedding present, with a warning that it should never be opened. Pandora's curiosity got the better of her, and she peeked inside, releasing all the misfortunes of mankind. That was the myth. In reality, Pandora's Box was a device of incredible power. After countless wars were waged over it, a secret society called the Council of 98 hid the artifact away. In the early 21st century, archaeologists found the artifact in a ruin at the bottom of the ocean. Unable to pinpoint its origins, they place the artifact in a New York City museum for safe keeping. A wealthy millionaire named Ormond LeFey, knowing the true nature of the box, hires a professional thief named Charles Deckard. Charles Deckard is tasked with opening the box, and stealing the contents inside (with, of course, a substantial payment). He has his assistant, Vivian Kane, to drop him off at the museum.The game opens with Deckard sneaking into the museum, easily bypassing all the security and opening the box. When he does, he has a Signet branded onto his left hand, and the box suddenly releases a huge energy surge that shoots toward the sky. Deckard gains the ability to absorb Animus Energy, which he can use to heal himself. He escapes the museum to discover that griffins have materialized, and are flying through the city attacking people. As Deckard continues to walk through the city, trying to escape the creatures, a golem forms from the building debris and cars. The golem then crashes through several buildings and disappears. Deckard continues to run to shelter, and eventually finds a door leading to the subways. When he tries to go there, a griffin attacks him, but he is able to repel the attack with a burst of energy from his Signet, called the Animus Pulse.
From the building, Deckard makes his way to the subway, where he encounters firedrakes, fire breathing lizards made from living rock, rampaging through the sewers. He fights through them in the subway, and makes his way to the surface. On the surface, he finds out that LeFey has sent his private army, known as the Black Order, against him, as well as Vivian Kane. He fights his way through those soldiers, and he makes his way into a building. There, a police officer greets him, but he is killed by a werewolf. Deckard kills the werewolf, and makes his way into the building, where he is greeted by even more werewolves. He fights his way through them, as well as more firedrakes. Finally, he meets up with Vivian Kane. Both are contacted by LeFey, who explains to them why he wants them killed. While he is talking, an onslaught of Black Order soldiers attack. Deckard holds them off while Kane calls for help. Eventually, the Council of 98 arrive, and kill the remaining Black Order soldiers. They are distrusting at first, especially their commander, Lexington White Deer, but eventually agree to help upon seeing the Signet on Deckard's arm. A deal is struck; in exchange for Kane's information on the Black Order's plans, the Council will help them.
Deckard, Kane, and the Council all make it to the surface. There, the golem returns, and sucks up Pandora's Box. Needing Pandora's Box, the Council explains that the golem is held together by a special energy that can be disrupted with an EMP burst. There are three EMP devices. Each has to be powered up by Deckard feeding Animus Energy into it. However, there are enough werewolves attacking, so Deckard has more than enough Animus Energy. When the first one is powered up, he tries to get to the second one. However, the golem causes the ground around him to fall, and he falls into the subway along with some Council soldiers. In the subway, he encounters the Echidna tentacles, and Nari, ghostlike creatures that can become solid to attack. Deckard pushes forward and finds his way into a subway, where it turns out that the EMP device was broken into three pieces. He finds the three pieces, and has a Council member put it back together. He then powers up the EMP device. Later, he makes his way back to the surface, and gets into a building, where the last EMP device was. He fights through several Nari and manages to power up the machine. The three EMP devices release a beam of energy that takes out the golem. The Black Order comes and tries to take the artifact, but Deckard manages to take it first. The Council then takes Deckard, Kane, and the artifact to where the headquarters of the Council is stationed: beneath the Houses of Parliament in London.
While the Council is unraveling the mysteries behind Pandora's Box, Vivian tells the Council of the locations of LeFey's secret labs in an abandoned cathedral. Deckard, Vivian, and the Council decide to go to the cathedral. The whole town is werewolf infested. The helicopter that carries Charles Deckard, Vivian Kane, and Lexington White Deer is knocked down by a flock of griffins. The crash leaves most of the crew dead, and Lexington wounded. Vivian stays behind to look after Lexington, while Charles Deckard is sent to the cathedral. On the way to the cathedral, he meets two new creatures: blood spiders and the alpha werewolf. As he continues to move toward the cathedral, he finds out that the Black Order was capturing werewolves, although some members question why. Deckard meets up with a team of Council members, and it turns out that the werewolf infested town is preventing them from getting to the cathedral. After holding off waves after waves of werewolves, Deckard and the surviving Council soldiers decide to wait for reinforcements that will arrive tomorrow. They find a building where they can safely sleep for the night. The next day, Deckard and the newly arrived reinforcements fight the Black Order soldiers protecting the cathedral. Deckard goes on ahead, and he encounters a minotaur. He kills the minotaur, several werewolves, and a griffin, and finally makes it into the cathedral. From there, he and other Council soldiers hold off werewolf attacks and Black Order soldiers, and eventually make their way into a secret room. There, they find a hard drive that contains all of LeFey's plans. They take the hard drive and bring it to the Council headquarters.
At the headquarters Deckard finds out that LeFey has built a machine that could harness Animus Energy and control the creatures. He aims to use it to take over the world. The surge of energy could also find its way to Deckard's Signet, and the energy surge could kill him. Suddenly, the power goes out. It turns out that the hard drive also contained a Trojan Horse, which powered off all the power in the facility. All the creatures that they were keeping are released. The hard drive also gave the location of the headquarters away, and Black Order soldiers land and attack. Deckard and all the Council soldiers get up onto the roof, where they wait for reinforcements from other parts of the world. Suddenly, a Kraken surfaces in the Thames and attacks. Deckard runs away, and ends up inside the library of the Houses of Parliament. He kills two minotaurs that attack him, as well as several squads of Black Order soldiers, and gets back out. There, he finds a rocket launcher just as the Kraken resurfaces. Firing several rockets down the Kraken's mouth, Deckard succeeds in killing the Kraken. While the Council was distracted, however, the Black Order manages to steal Pandora's Box, and kidnap Vivian Kane. Deckard and the Council chase after them back to New York City.
In New York City, Deckard and the Council launch a full scale attack on the Black Order headquarters. Deckard kills a griffin, two minotaurs, several werewolves, and an entire army of Black Order soldiers on his way to the roof. Inside the building, he manages to free Vivian, and she goes up the command post to help Deckard. On the roof, Deckard finds the machine. It turns out that Deckard can overload the machine, and destroy it by putting a lot of Animus Energy inside of it. Fighting waves after waves of monsters, Deckard absorbs Animus Energy and promptly transfers it to the machine. In the end, the machine overloads, and then explodes. LeFey is hurled out of his control booth by a werewolf, grabbed in midair by a griffin and impaled on the machine, killing him. After the explosion, Vivian is nowhere to be seen. The Council arrives, and assumes that she was vaporized. The Council immediately turns on Deckard, locking him up, stating that Deckard's Signet contains information that could create a new Pandora's Box, the first one being destroyed when the machine exploded. Later, it turns out that Vivian survived, and Deckard, being a thief, easily escapes. Deckard goes out to set things right, but not in the way everyone expected. A final picture shows Deckard sticking his Signet branded hand out to a griffin, taming it, and is presumably successful in brokering peace between the humans and the creatures.
Reception
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| 1UP 1UP.com 1UP.com is a video game website owned by IGN Entertainment, a division of News Corporation. Previously, the site was owned by Ziff Davis before being sold to UGO Entertainment in 2009.... |
C+ |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly Electronic Gaming Monthly Electronic Gaming Monthly is a bimonthly American video game magazine. It has been published by EGM Media, LLC. since relaunching in April of 2010. Its previous run, which ended in January 2009, was published by Ziff Davis... |
D |
| Eurogamer Eurogamer Eurogamer is a Brighton-based website focused on video games news, reviews, previews and interviews. It is operated by Eurogamer Network Ltd., which was formed in 1999 by brothers Rupert and Nick Loman. Eurogamer has grown to become one of the most important European-based websites focused on... |
2/10 |
| GameSpot GameSpot GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. The site was launched in May 1, 1996 by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. It was purchased by ZDNet, a brand which was later purchased by CNET Networks. CBS Interactive, which... |
3.5/10 |
| Game Informer Game Informer Game Informer is an American-based monthly magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of popular video games and associated consoles. It was formed in August 1991, when FuncoLand started publishing a six-page magazine, free in all its retail locations... |
6.5/10 |
| IGN IGN IGN is an entertainment website that focuses on video games, films, music and other media. IGN's main website comprises several specialty sites or "channels", each occupying a subdomain and covering a specific area of entertainment... |
2.5/10 |
| Official PlayStation Magazine Official PlayStation Magazine Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine is a now-defunct monthly video game magazine, published by Ziff Davis Media. It was a sister publication of Electronic Gaming Monthly. The magazine focused exclusively on PlayStation hardware, software, and culture, covering the original PlayStation, PlayStation... |
6/10 |
| Official Xbox Magazine Official Xbox Magazine Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch of the original Xbox. A preview issue was released for E3 2001, with another preview issue for November 2001. The magazine is bundled with a disc that includes game demos, preview videos and... |
7.5/10 |
Legendary has received mixed reviews with an average critic score of 51% for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions and 49% for the PC at Game Rankings
Game Rankings
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, and Metascores of 50 for PS3 and PC and 47 for Xbox at Metacritic
Metacritic
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. Reviews by gamers have generally been much higher than commercial review sites, with a Metacritic gamer review score near 7. X360Magazine faulted the game for unskippable cutscenes. The US version of the Official Xbox Magazine
Official Xbox Magazine
Official Xbox Magazine is a monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch of the original Xbox. A preview issue was released for E3 2001, with another preview issue for November 2001. The magazine is bundled with a disc that includes game demos, preview videos and...
gave the game a score of 7.5/10, as did the New Zealand based Gameplanet review.