Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader

 PC
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 68 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 68
  3. Negative: 5 out of 68
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  1. Kai82
    Aug 10, 2014
    6
    This game is not for beginners! It has a hard learning curve. If you **** up the character creation you will be destroyed by the later standard enemies. Give up on using pure spell caster. Ranged attackers and melee characters are the way to go.
    The game shines from the setting, characters and story for nearly two-thirds of the game. Only a few games wow me with their settings and    This game is not for beginners! It has a hard learning curve. If you **** up the character creation you will be destroyed by the later standard enemies. Give up on using pure spell caster. Ranged attackers and melee characters are the way to go.
    The game shines from the setting, characters and story for nearly two-thirds of the game. Only a few games wow me with their settings and npc/side characters. Overall this game could be much better but it fells rushed and poorly develop after the first half. If the difficult level was adjusted and the same care which was used for the first half was used for the entire game it would be a potential 9/10 game.    … Expand
  2. QweSteR
    Nov 27, 2017
    6
    [6.7] Разочарование несбывшихся надежд. В 2003 году от Interplay ждали "какую угодно" игру, но только не эту. Lionheart заимствовал у Fallout ролевую систему S.P.E.C.I.A.L. и идею альтернативного развития истории. Эти заимствования и являются плюсами игры. В остальном только минусы. 2D рисовка выглядела посредственно на фоне предшественников и некоторых современников. Локации однообразны и[6.7] Разочарование несбывшихся надежд. В 2003 году от Interplay ждали "какую угодно" игру, но только не эту. Lionheart заимствовал у Fallout ролевую систему S.P.E.C.I.A.L. и идею альтернативного развития истории. Эти заимствования и являются плюсами игры. В остальном только минусы. 2D рисовка выглядела посредственно на фоне предшественников и некоторых современников. Локации однообразны и мучительно бесконечны. В целом сюжет ничем не примечателен. Боевой системе похвастаться нечем. К этой игре не только не хочется возвращаться, но и вспоминать не вспоминается. В предсмертной агонии Interplay пыталась заработать из последних сил, но судьба компании уже была предрешена... Вскоре выходцами из Interplay и Black Isle были основаны студии inXile Entertainment, Obsidian Entertainment и Troika Games.… Expand
  3. alboin
    May 4, 2015
    6
    This is one of my childhood favourite games. I instantly fallen in love with it first time I played it. Barcelona, living, breathing city filled with intrigues, violence and magic. Every part of the city had its atmosphere, creepy beggars and christian fanatics at every corner, Inquisitors and Templars whipping tainted into obedience and keeping pure humans from slaughtering them. WieldersThis is one of my childhood favourite games. I instantly fallen in love with it first time I played it. Barcelona, living, breathing city filled with intrigues, violence and magic. Every part of the city had its atmosphere, creepy beggars and christian fanatics at every corner, Inquisitors and Templars whipping tainted into obedience and keeping pure humans from slaughtering them. Wielders hiding in shadows and Goblins lurking around city walls. Meeting Machiavelli, Da Vinci and many more, learning the changed history of this magically twisted world. The game itself makes you rush deeper and deeper into it and find out more about the story, until iron fist in spiked gauntlet smashes you into face in Montserrat. Suddenly you are thrown into completelly different game, diablo styled hack n slash **** where you will realize how bad is combat system made, how slowly your mana regenerates in comparison with health, how boring is listening into one hissing attack sound every enemy in that damn monastery makes. Most of the best spells are practically useless, because you can kill a skeleton with 5 firebolts instead of one fireball .. and you will keep 30 mana ... and so on. There is no use for diplomacy, barter or other non combat skills and if you try to sneak around the enemies, you will get only 75% of the exp because you didn't kill them. Sometimes you get stuck on the ground and cannot move so the only solution is load. And your best companion in the game, Joan of Arc, will get stuck in every door so she is practically useless. Its so painful to see such great game you experienced yesterday, turning into this hell of a mess of boredom and bugs. I really love Barcelona and still play the first half of the game from time to time, but there is always that feeling of impending doom and when the time comes and the game turns into bitterness its always heartbreaking disappointment. Maybe one day I will get again into the France, to piss off the Cathars with my belly full of meat ...… Expand
  4. RagingPoet
    Dec 11, 2017
    6
    Sadly, second act of the Lionheart completely ruins whole experience: what was Fallout in medieval fantasy setting becomes bad version of Diablo with tons of mindless enemies that you have to kill.

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#67 Most Discussed PC Game of 2003
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#99 Most Shared PC Game of 2003

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 20
  3. Negative: 5 out of 20
  1. IGN
    68
    The problem of deciding what kind of game it really wants to be, RPG or Diablo clone, is probably the most serious problem its got.
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  2. GameSpy
    65
    Is it a deep role-playing game with a plot-twisting storyline ... or is it a Diablo hack-and-slash clone? Ultimately, it tries to be both, but doesn't succeed at being either.
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  3. Game Over Online
    75
    An excellent game for about 20 hours, with open-ended gameplay, a good balance between combat and quests, and an opportunity for real role-playing. But then the next 20 hours feature a long linear march of boring, repetitive and slow combat, culminating in one of the worst endings I've ever seen.
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