Namely, weapons scale with four different stats - Strength, Endurance, Precision and Wrath and depending on which stat the weapon favours, you may want to invest more of it to deal more damage. On that note, much like Diablo, Achilles: Legends Untold has exciting looter mechanics, although it manages to shoot itself in the foot. This simplifies combat encounters and takes the soul of Soulslikes away, which is why it ends up feeling like Diablo for the most part. This led to the attempted plot twists becoming exposition snoozefest, obviously detracting from the experience.ĭuring the prologue, combat is highly similar to Souslikes but as soon as you get to Greece, you can easily outscale your enemies and just grind hordes in a single swipe, a la Diablo. While a predictable plot is not necessarily bad, it is actually terrible when the story relies on multiple twists, of which the game has plenty. If some VO quality had to be lost in order to get the territory-appropriate accent, I would say it is worth it.Īs for the writing itself, it begins strong with a good twist to introduce us to the Legends Untold but then falls off quickly as the plot becomes predictable. It wasn't that long ago that I was reviewing Expeditions: Rome where, for some reason, the Romans sounded so British that I expected my Primus Pilus to ask me for a second monocle at any moment. On the other hand, I do have to point out one fantastic detail Dark Point went for as the voice actor actually sounds like someone with Greek accent, which is a detail often overlooked in modern games. The voice of the protagonist, Achilles, is a mixed bag - sometimes he starts mumbling the words which is hardly what you would imagine for a hero of old. However, the positives quickly begin to dissipate as more voiceovers appear, with many not having all that much quality. Achilles: Legends Untold's story kicks off strong with obvious inspirations from the movie and the presentation is done extremely well as it is evident the game was on a budget.
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