The PS3 had some really disappointing game at it's launch.It should have had brilliant games that should have made the console look good against it's main rival:Xbox 360.This game,Untold Legends Dark Kingdom(ULDK)is a disappointing game.It didn't give the PS3 an advantage over it's rival as it should have.Untold Legend is the ultimate next-gen action-rpg,according to it's cover.Probably for a brand new PS3 owner at the launch of the console,this game looked great.Helped by it's cover the game says it has HD graphics,not a great or good storyline,but an epic one.It also says it has an all new action-rpg combat system.The cover lies,like all the cover from all games.You always find out after purchasing a game,that the cover is lying about something.In the case the cover lies about everything.There is not epic sytory-line,the story is bad and bad implemented in the game.The voice acting is bad and there is no lip-sync.You won't care about the story at all.It will be almost impossible at some point to watch the cinematics.They are so bad that I would rather watch a full episode of the Golden Girls.At some points in the game small cinematics appear out of nowhere focusing on some enemy units.but it comes out of nowhere and it has no sense at all.They are too short too make a difference about the unit they are presenting and used without an artistic sense by the producers.I don't think anyone could really say this is one of their favorite games. The next gen graphics that the game praises itself with are of not much difference with those of other PS2 games.God of War looks better in my opinion. The combat could have been the savior of this game.It's not.the combat is fun at the beginning of the game when you still learn the controls,but after a while they seem shallow and the combos are few and aren't great to watch or perform. The RPG part of the game is not that bad.You character will level up,you will have to increase certain stats and you will gain new moves and new powers.There is nothing new here about that. You will be able to play as three different characters.,which will change in small part the combat and the way you hack'n slash your way through the game. Even though it's not a great game and doesn't show the power of the PS3 it still a fair action-RPG which will take you about ten hours to complete.
My Score 6.8
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