The Legendary Assassin KAL is yet another of literally thousands of retro platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere. This shovelware platformer is remarkable in two ways, it's very badly made (I guess this is true for most platformers on Steam, so perhaps not so remarkable), and it's rendered with 3D low poly "art" graphics instead of the usual 2D retro pixel "art". Inching closer to basic minimum requirements for a PC game in 2022 (but not close enough) doesn't mean there's any value in this for gamers.
Gameplay consists of traversing humdrum, badly made platformer levels to "assassinate" your target.
From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
The game features lazy low-polygon "retro" assets, making this look like a barely functional 3D game from the 1990s. It's unclear why the developers weren't able to arrange high quality, high polygon count contemporary assets for the game, and also irrelevant... what matters is that this looks bad as a result of their decisions, a compromise PC gamers shouldn't have to put up with.
The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers. The controls and game handling are notably very clunky and unsmooth here. It's janky and unsatisfying to play... and any experienced gamer will tell you, the handling, responsiveness and general gameplay feel of the control scheme must be well polished for this kind of game to succeed. Unfortunately, this is something the developer seems to have phoned in, with little to no apparent gameplay testing. They dropped the ball on this one.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
The Legendary Assassin KAL is relatively cheap at $2 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend.
