Shadowgun Legends [Free] from MADFINGER Games is finally here after what turned out to be a long development and beta period. If you?re not familiar with the series, it revolves around a group of mercenaries called Shadowguns who hunt down and kill aliens called ?The Torment? who came from an unknown place and for an unknown reason. It?s all very Gears of War, which the earlier 2 games in the series clearly drew inspiration from, being third-person shooters. Legends? combat plays out in first-person view,
I?m actually going to spend very little time talking about the lore of the series or the specifics of it as it seems fairly unimportant even to MADFINGER Games. The story and lore really only appears in loading screens and quest logs. There are no cutscenes or really anything that brings you into the story in a meaningful way. There are characters, sort of, but they really are just storefronts in the form of people.
But I digress, aside from the lack of any real narrative, the game does have a very strong Destiny or Halo vibe and the core concept feels very familiar for somebody who has played either series. This is in no way a bad thing. In fact, that particular formula works very well in a mobile title. So how does it all work in practice"
You initially find yourself dropped into the central hub. The hub features several businesses, each having their own NPC that governs it. There?s a bar, an area for dropping into PvP, a weapon shop, armor shop, cosmetic shop, and...