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Legendary Thinks Outside "The Box," Hits Pre-Release

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the always-hope-for-the-best dept.

Spark Unlimited's new game Legendary has shed its extra title text, released a new developer trailer, and is headed to a pre-order near you. Hopefully this game is a recovery from Spark's last foray into gaming with their somewhat-less-than-stellar Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. "Legendary sound fun - Pandora's Box is opened, and this series of vast, destructive beasts are unleashed, and reluctant antihero and art thief, Charles Deckard, finds himself having to fight it all. What to think?! I say: forgive and assume the best. Because I would rather a world where the game with giant golems and rabid werewolves, with griffins soaring in the sky while vast mythological beasts knock down skyscrapers, be excellent."

44 comments

  1. I always want a new cool game but... by Corpuscavernosa · · Score: 1

    reluctant antihero and art thief

    Really?

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    1. Re:I always want a new cool game but... by elrous0 · · Score: 1

      Not to worry. In an original twist he starts out the game with amnesia and slowly discovers as the game progresses that he's the chosen one who must save humanity.

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    2. Re:I always want a new cool game but... by Evanisincontrol · · Score: 1

      Not to worry. In an original twist he starts out the game with amnesia and slowly discovers as the game progresses that he's the chosen one who must save humanity.

      But not before coincidentally running into his dream girl (who has freakishly large breasts), who will at first be cold to him but will warm up to him as they journey together through a series of wackey-but-dangerous adventures. She will ultimately sacrifice herself to save him/someone, which will put the hero in a great position to not only save humanity, but also exact personal vengeance as well (and make it look cool at the same time!).

    3. Re:I always want a new cool game but... by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I just hope they don't run into a horrible bad guy, who is uber-powerful but instead of confronting them directly sends his progressively stronger minions after them one-by-one until finally showing up himself for a huge final battle.

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  2. Oh... by andrewd18 · · Score: 1

    this series of vast, destructive beasts are unleashed

    Oh, the huge manatee!

    Seriously, though... the grammar in that story submission makes me want to cry.

    1. Re:Oh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Legendary thinks outside the box"
      "Legendary sound fun"

      Okay, I got that it's a noun.... but is it a plural noun? wtf?

    2. Re:Oh... by philspear · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "Rabid werewolves?" Really now, as if being a werewolf wasn't bad enough, you also have rabies? That's just unfair! Not to mention that rabies would only cause the werewolves to be much shorter-lived.

    3. Re:Oh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      this series of vast, destructive beasts are unleashed

      Am I the only one who read that as 'vast, destructive breasts'?

    4. Re:Oh... by KDR_11k · · Score: 1

      Oh, the huge manatee!

      It would probably make for a much better hero than 90% of the videogame characters out there.

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  3. Legendary by Kamineko · · Score: 1
    Legendary Thinks Outside "The Box"?

    Legendary what...? LEGENDARY WHAT?

    1. Re:Legendary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Legendary Game of Legend?

    2. Re:Legendary by martin_henry · · Score: 1

      Legendary Game in a Box...outside 'the box'

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    3. Re:Legendary by DeskLazer · · Score: 3, Informative

      RTFA. it used to be called Legendary: The Box. clever pun to remove the extraneous name and have a storyline that appears to be 'cool.' and also to work "pandora's box" into the description [letting demons out of the box].

  4. Let the Grammar Nazi flame thread begin here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Because I would rather a world where the game with the giant golems and rabid werewolves, with griffins soaring in the sky while vast mythological beasts known down skyscrapers, be excellent."

    1. Re:Let the Grammar Nazi flame thread begin here by eviloverlordx · · Score: 2, Funny

      Because I would rather a world where the game with the giant golems and rabid werewolves, with griffins soaring in the sky while vast mythological beasts known down skyscrapers, be excellent."

      It's like chumming the water.

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  5. some of the worst writing I've seen in a while by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because I would rather a world where the game with the giant golems and rabid werewolves, with griffins soaring in the sky while vast mythological beasts known down skyscrapers, be excellent.

    Nuff said.

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    1. Re:some of the worst writing I've seen in a while by martin_henry · · Score: 1

      Try reading that out loud! It makes my brain hurt... High school graduates should be able to write better than that.

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    2. Re:some of the worst writing I've seen in a while by sxeraverx · · Score: 1

      Actually, that's perfectly correct grammar, assuming 'known' was a typo and was supposed to be 'knock' (a perfectly valid assumption). </-Wpedantic>

    3. Re:some of the worst writing I've seen in a while by Goaway · · Score: 2, Insightful

      No, not even close.

    4. Re:some of the worst writing I've seen in a while by Haeleth · · Score: 1

      OP said "worst writing", not "worst grammar". It's stylistically dreadful, regardless of whether or not it's grammatically correct. (Which I don't think it is.)

    5. Re:some of the worst writing I've seen in a while by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Where did you go to high school? The majority of my graduating class had trouble with the parts of speech. Before some blames urban education or whatever, I lived in a middle class suburb of Boston.

    6. Re:some of the worst writing I've seen in a while by Repton · · Score: 1

      Grammar looks fine to me. "Rather ... be ..." is more or less equivalent to "prefer ... to be ...". e.g. "We're getting a new webserver. They're telling me to get Red Hat, but I would rather it run debian." This sentence is basically the same, just with a big noun phrase and a big subordinate clause (I think that's the term) shoved in the middle.

      (whether it's good writing is another question, of course..)

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  6. It sounds like what we have here... by brouski · · Score: 1

    is Hudson Hawk Vs. The Monsters.

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  7. Worry less about the gameplay.... by martin_henry · · Score: 1

    ...and more about whether the game will play.

    That's right, it's Games for Windows.

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    1. Re:Worry less about the gameplay.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Pass.

    2. Re:Worry less about the gameplay.... by Kamokazi · · Score: 2, Interesting

      As opposed to Games for Linuz? C'mon, even OSX has better games available.

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  8. Not anywhere outside of the box... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This is a FPS game with wherewolves. I fail to see anything new or exciting about this game. They come off sounding as any run of the mill gangstah-rappers claiming that they're doing "their own thing".

    On another note, haven't we seen enough FPS games recently. I am getting the impression that (particularily for the PS3) every single game is a bloody FPS.

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  9. Even the developers thought the title was stupid. by MR.Mic · · Score: 2, Informative

    I am working on a UT3 modding project with one of the environment artists that worked on Legendary.
    From what he tells me, pretty much everyone on team that wasn't in management thought the extra title was stupid.

  10. Re:Even the developers thought the title was stupi by Wiarumas · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If the business model sucks, how can they ever expect to produce anything of quality? ...especially in a supposedly creative environment.

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  11. LinuX by Kamokazi · · Score: 0

    I need to learn to type. Or proofread. Or hit prieview. Or all three. Please mod me down as an epic failure, for I deserve it.

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    1. Re:LinuX by Theoboley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Modded Insightful for what? Because he cracks on himself? If such is the case mod me /loozer because I poop myself on a constant basis

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  12. What kind of art thief? by Tryle · · Score: 1, Funny

    He's an art thief? So he torrents music?

  13. That's not thinking outside the box... by Channard · · Score: 1

    .. that's thinking inside the same box that contains all the other moody reluctant anti-heroes. For crying out loud, can't we just have someone who's happy to wade in and kick arse without moping about it? Where's Serious Sam when we need him?

    1. Re:That's not thinking outside the box... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Play some God of War. You even get to sacrifice living humans in horrible ways while they plead for mercy. Kratos has 2 emotions: Angry and Arrogant. Well, I guess he does try to kill himself at the begining of 1, because of grief, but that quick and I'd say it was for a pretty good reason.

    2. Re:That's not thinking outside the box... by Amphetam1ne · · Score: 1

      He's busy circle-straffing an infinite number of generic mobs accross an infinite number of generic arenas.

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  14. somewhat-less-than-stellar?? by Clovis42 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hopefully this game is a recovery from Spark's last foray into gaming with their somewhat-less-than-stellar Turning Point: Fall of Liberty.

    No, TP:LOF was very-much-less-than-awful. The opening cutscene is interesting, but then you start moving around and shooting. After that it becomes an extremely generic shooter with Nazis and bugs. BTW, why is this a story? What is news about a run-of-the-mill (yay hyphens!) game being released? And why am I commenting on it??

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    1. Re:somewhat-less-than-stellar?? by Theoboley · · Score: 0

      Excellent use of Hyphens. I commend you with a gold star for the day.

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    2. Re:somewhat-less-than-stellar?? by Datamonstar · · Score: 1

      While you're an ass... I've noticed in my very own forays into perfect grammar that hyphens are quite contagious. I would demonstrate, but the effect only occurs if attempted subconsciously.

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    3. Re:somewhat-less-than-stellar?? by Theoboley · · Score: 0

      It wasn't meant to be an asshole comment, actually, it was meant to commend him on his use of the hyphen. No need for the hostile comment.

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  15. Charles Deckard...Cain? by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 1

    "Hello, my friend! Stay awhile, and listen!"

  16. Re:Even the developers thought the title was stupi by MortimerV · · Score: 1

    I think the gp is referring to the title "Legendary: The Box" (referring to Pandora's Box) which they eventually shortened to "Legendary".

  17. revolutionary by CaptainOblivion · · Score: 1

    "it-it's unique, it hasn't been done yet." hey guys, I have an idea nobody's tried before: a game where you -wait for it- shoot monsters! but wait- to make it completely original, we'll bring ancient mythology in, because it's totally new!

  18. If only this game had NPH by c0mmanderb0nd · · Score: 1

    Sadly I think this game would be better if they tied in Barney from "How I Met Your Mother". But I guess they didn't want to pay NPH the high $$$ he is making off DR whats his faces blog mystery.

  19. Re:Even the developers thought the title was stupi by MR.Mic · · Score: 1

    Yes, that's correct.
    I didn't realize that my post could have been confused like that until I read it again.