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The
Legacy
Microprose
If you haven't got an A1200, then you're going to miss out on one hell of a game
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The
Legacy is a 3D role-playing game set within a
rambling country mansion that's been taken over by
a mysterious entity. Not only that, but he's also
invited lots of his mates round too, including flying
bat-like creatures, flesh-eating zombies and a variety
of hideously misshapen ghouls (a bit like our editor,
in fact!). Of course, being a bit on the dim side,
you foolishly decide to investigate the eerie goings-on
at the house and walk straight into a trap. As the
door slams shut behind you, you've got to race through
the house's many rooms, corridors and secret passages
and make good your escape. With a ghoul waiting behind
almost every corner, this isn't going to be particularly
easy …
Using
the popular first person perspective, a la Dungeon
Master and Eye of the Beholder, the game's
been developed by Magnetic Scrolls, the team behind
the excellent Wonderland graphic adventure.
They've managed to cram in more than 100 rooms
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into the game, plus extra dimensions and hidden levels,
as well as all the usual RPG trappings. There's a
choice of eight pre-defined characters to chose from
at the start of the game, although it's possible to
fiddle with their statistics to make them more to
your liking. Each character has different strengths,
knowledge, dexterity, stamina and will-power ratings,
plus secondary skills such as the ability to meditate
or use fire arms that are related
Magnetic
Scrolls are back, Back, BACK, with their first game
in ages, the seriously spooky The Legacy!
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to the first set of stats. In all, there are more than 25
different types of monsters to slay or maim and some of these
look very impressive indeed.
The
Amiga conversion won't lose anything from its PC counterpart,
as it's going to be an A1200-specific release. This means
we'll be treated to 256 colour graphics and there's the possibility
of enhanced sound effects, too. If you've seen some of the
screen shots from the game in any of the PC mags, you'll know
you're in for a treat - some of the monsters are especially
gruesome-looking. If you thought Horrorsoft's Wax Works
was terrifying, just wait until you see some of the macabre
characters that are walking around in The Legacy!
Interestingly,
Magnetic Scrolls have kept to the 'windows' based design of
Wonderland, although the system has been significantly
refined for the new game. The user can pre-configure the screen
to their own liking - for instance, you might want to have
a moderately large playing window with auto-mapping, text
and inventory panels placed immediately below.
However,
if you're more interested in the game's graphics, it's possible
to have a full-screen view of the proceedings, or reduce this
facility to a quarter of its size.
A
release date has yet to be set for the game, although it looks
likely that it'll be a Christmas release. We'll have a further
update soon.
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