Monday 26 May 2014

Doctor Who Legacy Reviewed

Doctor Who has generally failed to produce a successful game to play in the past. With Doctor Who: The Adventure Games being cancelled it appeared that there was never going to be a great Doctor Who game.

We were wrong. Last November, a new game was produced and is now a massive hit - Doctor Who Legacy. It is essentially a puzzle game but as you progress through the levels it becomes increasingly strategy based. You get to build up a team which you use to fight Cybermen, Sontarans, Weeping Angels, Daleks and the main enemy (spoilers).

The game is constantly being updated with new characters, monsters, levels and now the perk system which has added a whole new dimension to the game, enhancing the strategy side of the game which I hinted at earlier. And most importantly it is free! You do not have to spend any money to play the game but you are able to unlock the fan area which enables the players to play bonus levels and collect bonus characters which enables the makers to continue making the game and producing more levels, but is not necessary for ones enjoyment (we do urge you to get it though - all you need to do is buy six or more time crystals in the store). All doctor who fans need to get this!

One of the two best elements of the game is firstly how you are able to build up a team from any number of characters of the show. So you can have your favourite Doctor and your favourite companions fight your favourite enemies. I personally design teams around eras and strategy so at present I have an Eleventh Doctor team (11, Clara, River, Lorna Bucket, Amy, Handles) and a Tenth Doctor team (10, Martha, Jenny, Sarah Jane, Captain Jack, Yellow Ood), alongside my other more strategy based teams.

Secondly is the way that the designers interact with Doctor Who fandom. Every Thursday night on Adipose TV on Twitch there is a two hour feed where the presenter (Adi) and the producers (Lee and Susan) discuss everything which is coming up in the near future in the game and listen and respond to fan questions on the sorts of characters, monsters and improvements fans want for the game and improve the game as a result to favour fan enjoyment. Furthermore their facebook page is constantly being updated with news and special promo codes for extra characters.

This game is incredible and urge everyone to play it (despite the fact I suspect everyone already is) and on the sister site Doctor Who News will try to update you when any news on future developments are announced along with our daily updates. Normally I score everything here out of ten but this gets a special score:

11/10