Elven Legacy: Ranger

[h1]Rating: mediocre (5/10)[/h1] [b] Introduction [/b] Elven Legacy: Ranger is a story-driven strategy RPG where by leading a small army of human with heroes in turn-based combat you have to fulfill smaler missions to save the kingdom from a self-proclaimed tyranny king. [b] Gameplay & Story: 5/10 [/b] Since you get thrown into combat from the very first mission of the campaign, you get to know that the gameplay consists purely of fighting on a small scaled map, upgrading and recruiting your troops between the missions and spending some time listening to dialogs or watching cut scenes. The gameplay does not differ at all from the main game Elven Legacy. The story is written slightly better than the main game, however is still as simple you are being the good guy chasing some bad guys. [b] Combat & Challenge : 6/10 [/b] The combat does have some aspects of tactical troop management and each unit does have some upgrades, where you can specialise it in a certain way. The units including melee, ranged, air troops and heroes fulfill different roles and you have to be aware of their strengths and counters on higher difficulties. Hard was actually hard even to me since the mission had a time limit and at a certain point you had to charge heads on into the enemy troops, so the preset had to be perfect not to lose too many units. [b] Graphic & Interface : 3/10 [/b] The design of this game is not only old, but also quite cheap looking to be honest. Only the heroes (especially your main one) has some fancy looking gear and the UI is your basic old looking tons of buttons one. The maps do not have many details either, the special spots containing artefacts are barely distinguishable and only later in the game the units receive some better looking equipment. [b] Progress & Mini-Games : 5/10 [/b] The progress is determined by the difficulty you pick before starting a mission, since hard takes much longer to finish. There are no mini games so the only progress is finishing the current mission, determing the difficulty of the next, picking your troops and jumping into the next one. [b] Audio & Immersion : 5/10 [/b] To be honest I cannot say much about the music, since I turned it off after the first mission and played with my own. The sounds used for the troops, fighting and voice overs are mediocre and get their job done. However, do not expect any serious immersion in this game since the combination of bad graphic, non-immersive audio and typical storyline will not really let you dive any deep into this game. [b] Side-Notes [/b] [list] [*]This game offers a single player campaign of about 8 hours. [*]This game contains no steam achievements and no trading cards. [*]This game offers minimal replayibility, since it is story heavy. [/list] [b] Summary [/b] Elven Legacy: Ranger is an oldschool tactical turn-based RPG and strategy hybrid, that offers a story of elven warriors traveling through the world fighting humans, dwarves and orcs while chasing some anti-heroes. Some missions will offer a tactical challenge at higher difficulties, however neither the battles nor the story feel any strong in this game. The immersion just did not happen with the game of this quality, so I can only recommend it to fans of tactical turn-based combat and fans of oldschool strategic RPGs. If you enjoyed the main game, you should also get the Ranger addon, besides you can save your money. I hope this review helps you making the decision if its worth buying and installing this game. Rate and leave a comment if you enjoyed reading it. ~ForestWolf

Новый контент для Elven Legacy. Описание сводится к перечислению цифр, а, значит, не имеет никакого смысла.

More of Elven Legacy, easier with the help of a broken hero at your disposal and nicely developed maps for your pleasure. If you enjoyed the main and want more here it is.

Довольно неплохо

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It's definitely worth more than what I paid for. I bought it on a sale with no great expectations and to be honest it blew my mind. If offers solid gameplay for Strategy and RPG lovers. The story is somewhat acceptable nothing great but good enough to keep you hooked. It has role playing elements in it, which you learn while progressing the story. It's hard but not as hard the Base Game Elven Legacy. So, if you like turn based Strategy Games then I say go ahead and get the complete collection. Note: There is no voice acting in this expansion.

its pretty good. being able to able to play as human and their unit really spice things a bit. but nobody playtested hard difficulty again, its impossible to finish who thing in hard just like in original.