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Elven Legacy

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Elven Legacy

Dec 21, 2007

Main game

3.07 average rating based on 14 ratings

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The shadows of destruction begin to loom on the horizon once a human mage uncovers a dark and powerful secret dating back to the remote past of the Elven race.
Release Dates
Dec 21, 2007 (Worldwide)
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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How Long Is Elven Legacy?
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MantaOrlando
MantaOrlando gave May 5, 2025
MantaOrlando gave May 5, 2025
Quite bad.
This review is for the PC (Microsoft Windows) version

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

anarchistica
anarchistica gave Apr 24, 2019
anarchistica gave 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, 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.