Sword Coast Legends

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  • Summary: Set in the lush and vibrant world of the Forgotten Realms, Sword Coast Legends offers a novel new way to enjoy the time-tested magic of playing Dungeons & Dragons as a shared storytelling experience.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 39
  3. Negative: 3 out of 39
  1. Hardcore Gamer
    Oct 20, 2015
    80
    Sword Coast Legends is a solid loot crawl with more options than most games of its kind. It may not be the Dungeons & Dragons simulator many were hoping for, but it works well as just a straight video game.
  2. GamingTrend
    Oct 27, 2015
    70
    With a proper DM, Sword Coast Legends feels every bit like the pen and paper game come to life. On the other hand, running modules or playing through the 40-hour single player game makes it feel like more of a standard fare dungeon crawler than a Dungeons & Dragons game.
  3. games(TM)
    Dec 9, 2015
    70
    Will be remembered for its potential, if at all. [Issue#168, p.98]
  4. Game Revolution
    Oct 23, 2015
    60
    Its overall graphics and presentation are rough around the corners, but it's an enjoyable experience if you can convince friends to join your party. But if you're a lifelong Dungeons & Dragons fan and expect Sword Coast Legends to be the classical D&D experience it claims to be, you'll need to look elsewhere.
  5. COGconnected
    Nov 13, 2015
    60
    The core of Sword Coast Legends has potential. The single player story is fine, but not remarkable, and the capacity for multiplayer is welcome but ultimately disappointing.
  6. CGMagazine
    Nov 3, 2015
    55
    With boring combat and a limited custom campaign toolset, Sword Coast Legends fails to capture the spirit of a true pen and paper role-playing experience.
  7. RPGamer
    Jan 27, 2017
    30
    Sword Coast Legends has overreached far beyond its abilities. What might have been a fine successor to Neverwinter Nights is instead a playable, but dull experience for every playstyle it offers. Dungeons & Dragons brand name represents a long lineage of CRPGs. Some excellent, some considerably less so. I, personally, had hoped that this entry could have been the former, given its ambitions to the Neverwinter Nights lineage, but ultimately this game fails to interest for any length of time.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 99
  3. Negative: 34 out of 99
  1. Zeev
    Oct 20, 2015
    10
    Excellent campaign with great voice atcing and fun gameplay.
    The multiplayer has less features as expected but it is still fun to play as a    Excellent campaign with great voice atcing and fun gameplay.
    The multiplayer has less features as expected but it is still fun to play as a DM.
    For 27$ I payed in GMG.com, it is worth the price!
    I do hope the multiplayer community will stay active despite all the negative reviews this game gets.    … Expand
  2. deathweeper
    Nov 13, 2016
    10
    This games is honestly more like a 7.8/10 but it has received so much unjustified hate that I had to put a 10 to help balance it. This gameThis games is honestly more like a 7.8/10 but it has received so much unjustified hate that I had to put a 10 to help balance it. This game really is quite good, the story is enjoyable, the combat good, and the atmosphere and lore is almost gold standard. Did I mention their is a lot of voice acting, that's right you don't have to read a large novel in small font of your screen, instead you can enjoy the game. Some people don't like how the rules are not strict and archaic as the board game. But honestly this is much much much better because it IS a computer game and not a board game. Best of all the story is linear, not some garbage gimmick where you have to pick choices you don't like and miss out on story you need to replay to see. A good story is linear, just like any book or movie.… Expand
  4. tarorn
    Oct 24, 2015
    9
    If your an old school D&D gamer who just wants that feel & spirit of D&D this is the game for you. Graphics are decent, story campaign isIf your an old school D&D gamer who just wants that feel & spirit of D&D this is the game for you. Graphics are decent, story campaign is really great, voice acting & party banter is great. This is the most fun I've had playing a D&D game in a decade or more. With DLC & future updates this will become one of the best.… Expand
  5. faceless-1
    Nov 5, 2015
    7
    I really liked this game. The main problem is false advertising that this is new Baldurs gate. The 5th edition of DnD is different system thanI really liked this game. The main problem is false advertising that this is new Baldurs gate. The 5th edition of DnD is different system than this game have, but it is still solid game. It feels like something between dragon age 1 and dungeon siege (that is quite wierd, one would expect that this game vill play like a DnD game, but it does not).
    Game that fails in implementing DnD rules, but does not fail as solid RPG game. I would rate i slightli lower, but Forgotten realms setting is so good, that i have to give it one more, than the game really is.    … Expand
  6. Jaqknife
    Oct 20, 2015
    5
    Story mode is ok but if you are epecting 5e D&D you will disappointed. There are skill trees for example. You want fireball? You can haveStory mode is ok but if you are epecting 5e D&D you will disappointed. There are skill trees for example. You want fireball? You can have it but you have to spend skill points to upgrade it to fireball II and III.

    N-space also sold this game on the DM tools and tried to rid the coat tails of the NWN editor. If you are expecting anything close to NWN you will very disappointed. N-spaces bar for the DM tools is that they wanted to make it so easy an 8 year old could use it. Having done that they have limited it so much there is no way to make an EPIC adventure as stated in one of their selling points.

    The game as it stands right now would be ok if you can catch it on sale for less than $30. Maybe after a year of updates it will be something special.    … Expand
  7. erlervix
    Oct 22, 2015
    3
    Apesar do prometido, não da o sentimento de estar no universo de D&d, apesar de esta ambientando no cenário. Mecânica ruim com um jogo poucoApesar do prometido, não da o sentimento de estar no universo de D&d, apesar de esta ambientando no cenário. Mecânica ruim com um jogo pouco desenvolvido.… Expand
  8. Lazyyawn
    Jul 17, 2021
    0
    Wayyy too overpriced based on how mediocre it is ... but people seem to buy it mostly because there is no p2w (yet) ... which is a very lowWayyy too overpriced based on how mediocre it is ... but people seem to buy it mostly because there is no p2w (yet) ... which is a very low standard. The rest is just mediocrity and some aspects are so bad that it looks like a joke.… Expand

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