The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story is the subsequent constructing block in Riot Forge’s ever-expanding League of Legends universe. It is a top-down, story-driven motion RPG that tells the story of Sylas, a magic-sensitive revolutionary who seeks vengeance on the titular Mageseekers after years of being saved in chains. Eager to kickstart a violent rebellion alongside his fellow mages, you’re taking management of Sylas throughout a variety of combat-focused chapters whereas steadily upgrading his skills and including allies to his trigger.
The storytelling is respectable and the solid is kind of endearing — however do not go anticipating something too in-depth from The Mageseeker’s narrative. Context is dished out throughout fast conversations between characters, whereas extra particulars will be present in scribbled notes, scattered throughout ranges.
The principle draw of the sport is its Mageseeker-mashing fight, which begins off easy with fundamental combos and a dodge, however evolves into an intricate dance of elemental destruction. You see, Sylas can rip magical assaults from his enemies and repurpose them, hanging elemental weaknesses and dealing large injury. Spells can be completely unlocked as you progress, letting you customise your magical loadout earlier than every mission.
Fights are hectic affairs — particularly afterward — as you will typically be tasked with taking over giant teams of foes in comparatively small arenas. As such, nailing your dodges and successfully repositioning your self is essential, and that is with out having to fret about utilizing the appropriate spells on the proper time. All of it will get very intense, though harder encounters do really feel like they’re simply throwing increasingly of the identical enemies at you as a way to artificially inflate the problem.
Nonetheless, tight controls make for a satisfying system, even when it may be a bit onerous to see what is going on on typically. The sport’s pixelated artwork fashion is impressively detailed, however the entire visible results do have a behavior of mixing collectively throughout busy battles.
The Mageseeker is an satisfying, expressive motion RPG that stops simply shy of outstaying its welcome.
