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Review Lionheart unimpresses GameAxis

Saint_Proverbius

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Tags: Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader

There's a <A href="http://www.gameaxis.com/articles/view.gax?id=165">review</a> of <a href="http://www.blackisle.com">Black Isle</a> and <A href="http://www.reflexive.net">Reflexive</a>'s smash hit, <a href="http://lionheart.blackisle.com">Lionheart</a>. The reviewer gives the game a <b>7.3</b>, rating it in four categories - gameplay being the lowest score with a <b>6</b>. Here's a funny paragraph though:
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<blockquote>This game bears all the hallmarks of a Black Isle Studio game and draws direct inspiration from King Richard the "Lionheart" and his crusades. Starting with an impressive opening, the hauntingly familiar game mechanism and user interface will evoke images of another post-apocalyptic game by Blizzard - Diablo. No one can argue that this game lacks a speck of originality. </blockquote>
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<A href="http://www.blizzard.com/diablo/">Diablo</a> was a <i>post apocalyptic</i> game?
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Spotted this at <A href="http://www.bluesnews.com">Blue's News</a>.
 

Vault Dweller

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user interface will evoke images of another post-apocalyptic game by Blizzard - Diablo
I guess this guy thinks that all games other then sims are post-apocalyptic, or may be he just likes the word, thinks that using it makes him smart.

The post-apocalyptic guy said:
From the first tentative steps out of the slaver camp to the final conflict, you will be ceaselessly challenged with side quests
Another lazy-ass reviewer joins the "I never left Barcelona" club

There is, however, an unorthodox way of fighting. By hitting the space-bar (which is the pause button by the way), you can shift the game into a Pseudo-turn based mode where you can select your weapons and magic spells at your leisure
Huh? What? Pseudo-turn based mode? I'm certain now that this guy likes big words but has no clue what they mean. Pseudo TB!!! :shock:
 

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apocalypse = evil unleashed upon the world,so he's meaning it otherwise,only putting it wrong..at least that's what i think,he can't be that stupid :s
 

EEVIAC

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snoek said:
apocalypse = evil unleashed upon the world,so he's meaning it otherwise,only putting it wrong..at least that's what i think,he can't be that stupid :s

In that case it would more of a pre-apocalyptic game, seeing that Diablo's plans to create Hell on Earth never actually eventuate.
 

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