Now let’s get into the Medusa’s head which freezes Achilles: Legends Untold into stone – the gameplay. Even if I do have the choice to spare or kill major bosses, I just don’t have any investment to care about the choice, so what’s the incentive outside of a trophy? A Stunning Blow Sadly, it never escapes to develop any particular compelling narrative. There’s a story locked within this Trojan horse somewhere that could have been interesting. I found it all to be inconsequential and ultimately a bit pointless to pay attention to. The writing also criminally wastes the fertile material that is the pantheon of Greek mythology. Characters inexplicably summon you to places to tell you something they could have told you at the place you started the quest. This is largely an action game, so the narrative was likely never a primary focus, but what’s here fails to even hit the bar of “okay”. Thing is, I wasn’t expecting an awful lot from the story. Achilles’ voice actor seemed to be given the instruction of “shout as loud as you can by whispering”, while his endlessly repeating line of “I haven’t seen a Shrine for a while” almost drove me to insanity. Voice acting in Achilles: Legends Untold flips from comically abysmal to occasionally pretty decent. So begins your odyssey of mindless fetch quests, boring exposition and predictable plot beats. But wait, he’s not done in just yet, as he mysteriously resurrects years after the war. Naturally, things go rather south rather quickly, resulting in Achilles’ demise. Political manoeuvring and the kidnapping of an important Greek leader’s wife mean you’re to bring destruction to the populace and win the day. A Legend That Should Have Been Left UntoldĮmbarking on your journey, you’ll take on the role of (shock horror) legendary battle commander Achilles in their assault on Troy.
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