Untold Legends - Brotherhood of the Blade

 

After finishing Wiz1, I wanted a break and to play something a little more action orientated.  This game seemed to fit the bill.

 

Keeping with my 'action' theme, I selected a beserker.

The game is an action-rpg similar to Diablo (I will probably be making quite a few references to Diablo in this mini-review).

 

Unlike Diablo, you have direct control over your character, with the X button used for attack, and O and Triangle used for special abilities. 

  

Took me a few weeks to complete, playing an hour or so a day, not very challenging.

Pros:  Nice graphics, plenty of locations

Cons: Boring quests, samey items

I think the poor item design was the main problem for me, for example in Diablo2, you are constantly finding new items with interesting special abilities which make you pick and choose.  In this one however, you are choosing based solely on how much damage the item does/prevents.  All the other abilities (cold etc) can be added to the items with use of gems which are widely available at the shop, hence no real excitement for finding loot.  Also, you seem to end up very quickly with more money than it is possible to spend.

Overall, a nice diversion, but back to a real RPG next.

Well, still progressing through the desert of death, keep getting lost and running out of water.  At least the experience is good, with all characters leveling up nicely.  Money isn't bad either.

Moon Tears - one of the more useful items found in the desert

Drak

 This firebreathing desert lizard is somehow unable to attack in the first round of combat due to being overcome by the heat, something that doesn't seem to affect my rather overdressed party!

One of the random drops gave me some royal armor, the best armor I've found to date.

 My thoughts exactly.  The whole desert sequence feels unnecessary and overly long. 

 Hey, this is new, a big monster popping out of a hill, maybe this means progress at last!

Breath of Fire 3

The first game I'm posting about is Breath of Fire 3.  Originally a Playstation 1 game, it was ported to the PSP in Europe/Oceania.  I've been playing it for quite a while now, and am currently wandering through a massive desert.

The Valiant Heroes

Nearly there

I've been walking around this desert for about 4 hours real time now, trying to follow the stars, but so far am not getting anywhere.  The screen shot above is one of the more exciting ones, being in the daytime, unfortunately I ran out of water before making it to the oasis, maybe next time!

Posioned again

Every couple of minutes you are forced into a battle area, where there is always a bag containing either a healing herb, a multivitamin or a fishing lure (why someone has scattered fishing lures all over the desert I'm unsure about).

Hopefully I will progress more and leave the desert soon.