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GAMER’S MANIFESTO VIDEO GAME REVIEW VIDEO GAME NEWS AND REVIEWS ‘Legasista’ About: A young man named Alto searches an ancient fortress for a cure to his sister’s Customization options make ‘Legasista’ one of a kind curse. Recruit or create dozens of characters and level them up By Josh Kegley to ridiculous proportions. [email protected] Players: Single-player Wouldn’t it be cool if you Pros: Unprecedented customi- were a playable character in zation options let you create a top-down dungeon crawler any character you can imagine. reminiscent of The Legend of The game features an epic Zelda? And your teammates soundtrack and a story that will were Batman and Boba Fett of keep you reasonably interested on your quest to grow stronger. Star Wars? What if your character had Cons: The game is a magical golden bow that pricey compared to most fired cats instead of arrows? Or downloadable PS3 titles. The Melize, left, actually is a weapon, dungeon environments are instead of swinging a sword, he bland and repetitive. bashed enemies with a guitar? and Alto is the protagonist. Welcome to my surreal Availability and price: $29.99 for PS3 on PlayStation Network experience with Legasista, a learn how to use the tools. downloadable game exclusive When I realized how much ESRB rating: T to PlayStation 3. freedom I was given to design Manifesto’s rating: 8.5/10 Yes, there is a legitimate characters, I started thinking Metacritic rating: 6.7/10 game here with established about what teammates I’d characters, a plot and want backing me up if I were NEW RELEASES everything. But in the 30 or fighting monsters in real so hours I’ve been playing The following games are life. Batman came to mind, among those scheduled for Legasista, I’ve mostly ignored followed by Boba Fett. Also, release next week, according to all that. Wolverine from the X-Men and Gamestop.com. Instead, I’ve spent hours Vegeta from the Dragon Ball Z upon hours creating custom Sept. 25: Dead or Alive 5 (Xbox cartoon I watched in my youth 360 and PS3, rated M), FIFA characters and weapons with would be handy in a pinch. Soccer 13 (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, the game’s mind-blowing in- So I did an Internet search PSP, 3DS and PS Vita; rated depth character creation tools. for pixel-art drawings of those E), Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 When I say “character characters. I borrowed some (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and 3DS; creation tools,” I don’t mean art, created some of my own rated E), Angry Birds Trilogy the standard “pick some facial and before long I had a crudely (Xbox 360, PS3 and 3DS; rated features and hairstyles” systems ILLUSTRATIONS COURTESY OF NIS AMERICA drawn army of nerd icons E), Wipeout 3 (Xbox 360, Wii in most modern games. Legasista comes with established characters, but gamers may helping me kill monsters and and 3DS; rated E10+ on all Legasista grants you full access create their own teammates, limited only by their imaginations. level up. except 3DS, which is rated E), to its art assets, even letting Artists and people who The Testament of Sherlock you export characters’ art files of breaking his sister’s curse. dungeons, switching among appreciate customizable games Holmes (Xbox 360 and PS3, rated M), to a thumb drive so you can Gameplay takes place in them on the fly. will love Legasista, but the Disney Princess: edit them on your PC or Mac. the rail yard, a hub area at the As you progress through the My Fairytale Adventure (Wii game stands on its own even if and 3DS, rated E), World of The only limit is your base of the Ivy Tower where story and clear dungeons, you you never touch the character Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria imagination, and, to a lesser you may talk to characters and unlock more characters and editor. I enjoyed the game’s (PC, rated T), LittleBigPlanet extent, your artistic ability. manage items. From there, you options. About three hours into charming art style, stellar (PS Vita, rated E), Puzzler Before I delve further into may enter dungeons, where the game, I unlocked the ability music and fun characters. World 2012 3D (3DS, rated E). that, I suppose I should explain you fight monsters, avoid traps to create and recruit custom There are some notable what Legasista is all about. and gain experience. teammates. flaws, however. It’s easy The main character in the You view your characters This was when the game to get bored with the downloadable title. game is Alto, a young boy and environments from a top- went from good to great. game’s repetitive dungeon Still, my complaints are whose sister has been turned down perspective, similar to Readers of my reviews know environments. Also, the far overshadowed by endless into a crystal by some ancient The Legend of Zelda, but the how much I love creating game costs too much. Most customization and replay value. technological magic doohickey. game places more emphasis characters, and Legasista ’s downloadable games on People who like the idea of Alto ventures to The Ivy on fast-paced fighting and customization options are PlayStation Network are shooting cats at bad guys will Tower, a long-abandoned role-playing elements, such as unprecedented. $15; Legasista is $30, which be pleased. complex full of dungeons and leveling up and looting gear. First, I used Microsoft Paint is tough to swallow, even monsters, to search for an You may take a team of up to draw a pixel-art version of though Legasista has much Josh Kegley: (859) 231-3197. ancient robotic being capable to three characters into the myself, mostly as a test run to more content than the average Twitter: @HLpublicsafety.