A different take on the SoulCalibur series. Legends makes a good attempt, but doesn't deliver like I had hoped.
Good:
- Sticks to tradition in some aspects like weapons, classes, and characters.
- If you like constant killing, you can't go wrong with this.
- Graphics are acceptable for the Wii.
- Controls are easy enough to pick up and quite simple.
- Boss battles are interesting.
- The tag-team aspect is neat.
- The attempt at puzzles was a nice touch
- Ivy and Taki's boobs are as big as ever.
- The use of the motion controls makes performing combos a challenge, but sometimes too much of a challenge.
Bad:
- For a hack and slash game, the use of the Wii motion controls is a burden. After 2 or more hours of play my wrist felt like it was about to explode.
- Enemies get repetitive. You fight the same kind of minions forever.
- Iska (the guy who guides you through your quest), will never shut up about his stupid sister. He just doesn't stop talking! His constant chatter made me want to snap the disc in two.
- The dialog. I don't mind reading in a video game, but this game makes you do too much of it. You sit there thinking, "Enough with this I want to kill stuff!" The amount of reading you are forced to do makes you not want to pay attention to the story.
- The map is way to small for some of the bigger levels.
- The puzzles are simple but also frustrating... you get too much of the same thing.
- You unlock weapons, but at the character selection it doesn't tell you what they do!
- Multiplayer. The setup is 3rd person, and the game runs twice as slow. Don't even bother.
- Repetitive to anguishing measures.
Neutral Points:
- At first I thought that only having a few number of characters was a cruel joke, but then I realized that this was a SoulCalibur story from the beginning and not all of the characters have appeared yet (chronologically).
- Each character's opening/closing statements are as cheesy and memorable as ever.
All in all, it was an "experiment" as I would call it. If you are a fan of the series, this might be an enjoyable change of pace for you. But if not, then I suggest playing Dynasty Warriors instead.