Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 70 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 51 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 70
  3. Negative: 9 out of 70
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  1. Sinari
    Feb 8, 2020
    4
    I enjoy the game it's really amazing in terms of single player. But for me it falls apart mostly in online/ranked play. It's very lame that everyone uses a meta deck vs create there own strategy with the 9000+ cards. Very disappointing how people try hard so bad in a game when they cant even use there own created decks. It's a bummer cause my favorite thing to do is deck build and playI enjoy the game it's really amazing in terms of single player. But for me it falls apart mostly in online/ranked play. It's very lame that everyone uses a meta deck vs create there own strategy with the 9000+ cards. Very disappointing how people try hard so bad in a game when they cant even use there own created decks. It's a bummer cause my favorite thing to do is deck build and play other players with that deck. But low and behold duel someone using a meta deck.
    If you wanna play strictly for single player experience I suggest this game 100% with 9000+ cards Konami really put love into this game and for 29.99 cant beat that price.
    Stay away from ranked as everyone uses decks that are considered tier 0 and 1 decks very boring people and opponents in those terms. But literally once in a blue moon you'll face someone doing the same by building a random archetype deck and they are testing the waters as they love that archetype. If you love Yugioh then pick this baby up dont let my low score scare you off. It's just the multiplayer that urks me.
    Also 3 mins to make a no e in ranked is to dang long. Make it 1 min maybe that will help with weeding out the meta decks.    … Expand
  2. Mtdew0000
    Aug 25, 2019
    4
    Needs work. Needs some options for disabling animations, the campaign needs to have a setting to disable master rule 4 or just go with the rules of the time, like up to 5ds you draw on your first turn.. the story decks are useless with master rule 4 and it ruins the campaign. Also let us open packs in bulk. J don't need to see the animations every time I'm opening 100 packs. I'd give thisNeeds work. Needs some options for disabling animations, the campaign needs to have a setting to disable master rule 4 or just go with the rules of the time, like up to 5ds you draw on your first turn.. the story decks are useless with master rule 4 and it ruins the campaign. Also let us open packs in bulk. J don't need to see the animations every time I'm opening 100 packs. I'd give this game a much higher score if we could get these options to play the campaign how it historically would be… Expand
  3. hahahacker
    Sep 5, 2019
    4
    The game itself is fun but between the frequent crashes and the fact it takes about 10 seconds to get a pack of 8 cards playing it can feel a chore at times
  4. OmegaChase1002
    Jun 11, 2021
    0
    Garbage.
    The story campaign is unplayable.
    All of the story decks are absolute trash, resulting in 100% of your losses coming from a brick hand instead of your own lack of skill. Meanwhile, your opponent's deck will always have actual synergy. Totally unfair, poor design, who on the dev team let their 6 year old build these story decks? Wins do not come from skill, but from pure raw    Garbage.
    The story campaign is unplayable.
    All of the story decks are absolute trash, resulting in 100% of your losses coming from a brick hand instead of your own lack of skill. Meanwhile, your opponent's deck will always have actual synergy. Totally unfair, poor design, who on the dev team let their 6 year old build these story decks?
    Wins do not come from skill, but from pure raw luck, you just need to hope and pray you don't have a garbage opening hand full of high-level Monsters you can't even use.
    I know I could just use a deck I build myself, but the point of this game is to feel like I'm playing the anime, and I can't do that without decks themed around the characters I'm playing as. The game fails at it's "play through the anime" selling point. If I was gonna play a game where I build my own deck, I'd either just play the actual card game in real life, or I'd go play Tag Force.
    Oh, and not to mention sometimes the game crashes during a duel.
    When I got to the duel with Dartz, that's when I decided to call it quits and play a game with actual gameplay in it.
    Done with this.
    Sorry, Konami, but I only play good games.    … Expand
  5. MilfhunterZ
    Jul 7, 2020
    1
    Pro:
    - beautilful game
    - easy to play Con: - I can't skip the ace monster animation - i can't buy multipy cards. - i can't skip the card opening animation. - it has only 3 game modi. it has have story mode, draft, multiplayer (WCS 2011 for DS has many game modes like. Normal duel, Turbo duel, Story modes with OPenworld; Motor cyle race, tag team, tag team turbo duel, KO    Pro:
    - beautilful game
    - easy to play

    Con:
    - I can't skip the ace monster animation
    - i can't buy multipy cards.
    - i can't skip the card opening animation.
    - it has only 3 game modi. it has have story mode, draft, multiplayer (WCS 2011 for DS has many game modes like. Normal duel, Turbo duel, Story modes with OPenworld; Motor cyle race, tag team, tag team turbo duel, KO tournament, multi player.
    - Boring Story mode.

    This game sucks AF    … Expand

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#93 Best Switch Game of 2019
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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Cubed3
    Oct 14, 2019
    70
    With a new handheld format comes a new Yu-Gi-Oh! title, and while Link Evolution offers a compelling and modernised take on the Card Game for both fans and novices alike, with almost infinite play styles and strategy possibilities, it retains the stale interface and storytelling of its original form.
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  2. The Digital Fix
    Sep 12, 2019
    90
    Relive epic battles from every Yu-Gi-Oh! series to date, build and customize your own decks, and challenge yourself online. Full of content with over 9000 cards to collect, all without microtransactions. A definite must buy for Yu-Gi-Oh! fans and a great choice for those new to the franchise. Get out there and Duel!
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  3. COGconnected
    Sep 6, 2019
    80
    Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution covers all of the card updates and additions from the past 2 decades giving us over 9,000 cards to build our dream decks with. With some of our most loved monsters, spell or trap cards from the earliest (and most beloved, in my opinion) the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh! To some of the most recent expansion, Vrains. There’s a lot of customization to be had with your decks not to mention the thrill of playing online or in Sealed and Draft modes, this is definitely a title that any fan of TCGs or Yu-Gi-Oh will really enjoy.
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