Review MantaOrlando 2/5 · May 5, 2025
Quite bad.
Feels like a lower effort Fantasy Wars and Heroes of Might and Magic. I've seen people mention turn constraints. I'm not going to deal with that frustration so I'll leave it at that
Elven Legacy (2007)
3.07 from 14 ratings
373 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 308 backlogged · 2 wish listed
Details
- Publishers
- Paradox Interactive
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Series
- Elven Legacy
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Dec 21, 2007 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Related
Bundled in
- Elven Legacy Collection (Apr 2009) · MAC, PC
Expansions
- Elven Legacy: Siege (Oct 2009) · PC
- Elven Legacy: Ranger (Oct 2009) · PC
- Elven Legacy: Magic (Dec 2009) · PC
Rating distribution
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Review anarchistica 2/5 · Apr 24, 2019
Time limits are awful in strategy games
Elven Legacy is a decent Turn-Based Strategy game that would get a pass if it wasn't for the godawful time limit. The tactical combat is nice, all units develop skills so it pays to keep them alive and the campaign offers branching missions. On the negative side it seems that all missions involve reaching a certain point on the map, …
Elven Legacy is a decent Turn-Based Strategy game that would get a pass if it wasn't for the godawful time limit. The tactical combat is nice, all units develop skills so it pays to keep them alive and the campaign offers branching missions. On the negative side it seems that all missions involve reaching a certain point on the map, there is no base/city-building whatsoever and the various units and spells all seem bog-standard.
But as i said, that time limit is the real killer. You get a rating (gold, silver, bronze) based on how fast you completed a mission. Better ratings give better rewards. So combined with units permanently dying the game will get progressively harder unless you rush things. And i hate being rushed. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a soft time limit in the form of more enemies showing up, but this is just lazy. There are also just many better TBS games. Age of Wonders, HOMM, Warlock and the like are all substantially better.