Legend of Kay Anniversary

The Legend of Kay Anniversary is an overlooked gem that is getting a proper HD treatment.

A new, polished version of the classic game from the PlayStation 2 era, but nothing more.

It's a nice casual action-adventure, but its age clearly shows. Ten-year-old game mechanics with upgraded graphics.

Legend of Kay Anniversary is an old games in every aspects but it’s still an interesting games for someone who is looking for an old school action-platform. The good quality of the combat-system and the platforming obviate the problem of the camera and the banality of the plot.

Kay seemed to be overlooked back in the day of 3D platforming mascots, but Legend of Kay Anniversary makes a case for Kay to be on a level with the likes of Sly Cooper and Jak and Daxter.

Legend of Kay Anniversary is a decent action-adventure game that remember us a golden age of the genre. It come to us in a well polished and adapted edition for the new hardware. It’s fun and challenging, unfortunately it feels old with some design problems, a poor story and bad camera.

Legend of Kay Anniversary is a worthy nod to a 2005 game. Despite its flaws, such as the irritating camera movement, it contains some fun moments, improved graphics and a few other little things to remind you how good it was back in the day.

It's not only a decent game or a decent remaster of an old game, but a great chance for younger gamers to experience a design in gaming that is mostly absent these days.

Whether looking to relive a forgotten favourite or simply in the mood for an old school action platformer, The Legend Of Kay is more than just serviceable. It’s a fun, inspired take on the genre that plays well despite its lack of ground-breaking features.

Legend of Kay Anniversary does not have the charm of Jack and Daxter nor the quality of Ratchet & Clank, but after ten years it still is a fun platform game. The sword fights are quick, challenging and pretty deep, but in some ways Legend of Kay is old-fashioned.

Legend of Kay Remaster is a game for platforming fans of a retro era.

As a remaster, it is pretty good, but the game underneath still has its flaws, and some aspects (like the camera) are now worse than those in the original.

The bad writing, poorly done plot, and awful camera controls makes me wonder if the gorgeously remastered graphics were even worth the time.

Legend of Kay Anniversary reworks a solid PS2 game onto more modern hardware, but doesn’t do much with the hardware to make the game better.

At the end of the day Neon Studios did a great job of beautifying Legend of Kay, and I’m sure many of the more frustrating areas are a walk in the park for those who have beaten it all the way through before.

If you were a fan of the original, this is essentially the same game with redesigned graphics and textures. For newcomers willing to look past its shortcomings, Legend of Kay Anniversary is a fun and solid platformer at a great value.

After ten years Legend of Kay returns with higher resolution, new character models, sharper textures and all the flaws that caused us to forget Kay while we still remember Jak & Daxter, Sly and Ratchet & Clank. [10/2015, p.69]

The polished graphics, open world levels, serviceable combat, and fairly compelling dungeons are up to scratch, but the title's niggling gameplay flaws, terrible writing, generic visuals, and bland plot and characters don't exactly make it the cat's meow either.

My son was interested enough in The Legend Of Kay to play it for a few hours. However, even at the relatively inexperienced age of six, it wasn't long before he tired of its mediocrity. Once he put the game down, he had absolutely no interest in coming back. For a game whose major audience is ostensibly children, failing to keep a game-loving little boy entertained is a pretty damning indictment.

The forced dialogue, lacking visuals and boring gameplay do little to make The Legend of Kay: Anniversary worth the price of admission.