Attention Duel Monsters fans. If you ever wanted to relive your childhood playing through every Yu-Gi-Oh! TV show series and arc while still playing a video game, then this game is it. In Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution you build, play, lose, restructure your deck, play again, and win at the popular long running card game. The single player campaign is quite lengthy, covering every Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series from the first one to VRAINS. I’ve personally only seen most of the first series and some of GX as a kid, so I don’t really know what to expect from the later series, except that I get to play as a big haired kid who likes playing games. Even though, that basically describes every anime main character out there, I’m ok with the familiarity.
As far as play modes go, this Yu-Gi-Oh! game has plenty to offer. There is the standard single player mode which allows to you to either relive or discover the storylines, decks, and duels of your favorite characters. Picture getting to play with Yugi’s story deck when he first faced Kaiba and getting all 5 Exodia cards in your hand, talk about epic. Aside from the cool cards from many childhoods, there is an online multiplayer mode where you can play with one of the assigned decks, (which you can tweak to your liking) or customize and play with your dream deck. Granted, you must unlock cards from playing the game, mainly the single player campaign where everyone novice to master I suggest play first, even if only briefly. Also, there are booster drafts where you open packs of cards and pick until you reach 45 cards where you can play an online player, friend or the computer.
In the card shop, you can use points you’ve earned from playing and winning duels to purchase card packs from characters in the show. So, if your trying to get your hands on a Blue White Dragon that will go well in your dragon themed deck, then you should open Seto Kaiba’s pack and hope for the best. Fortunately, the game is generous with the currency it gives you, so open more packs from your favorite characters packs until you have the cards to create one or multiple high-level decks.
It is a little hard to describe the entire story of Yu-Gi-Oh! considering that it has six different series at this point. Basically, at the start, their lives a rich man named Maximillian Pegasus who invented a card game that would become a worldwide sensation: Duel Monsters. A game that was derived from a Shadow Game that ancient Egyptians played when they were bored. They would summon otherworldly creatures using their magic to fight and kill each other. Whoever lost would have their soul banished to the Shadow Realm, which is basically like hell, but with less fire and more shadows. Pegasus recreated the ancient Shadow Game for a modern day audience by having monster, spell, and trap cards become the base for his new game where the objective is getting your opponent’s life points down to zero by using your cards to attack, defend, take control of your opponents monsters, or play with such an annoying strategy that your opponent puts his or her hand onto their deck signifying that they surrender. Playing against someone who doesn’t attack but likes to control your cards and keep reshuffling and playing defense while waiting for god knows what awesome card to appear in their hand is particularly frustrating.
There is so much content in the single player campaign that will keep you busy for a long time. If your new and interested in learning to play the popular card game that started in the 90’s, then there is a helpful tutorial mode to get you acquainted. If you are playing this game for the storyline, then my friend, you should really go see a therapist, because it’s meant to be watched by kids for a reason, it has little depth for adults. Although sadly, I remember almost every bad line from the original English version of the first Yu-Gi-Oh! TV series. Shame on my brain. When it should be remembering Of Mice & Men, it remembers “if we put our hearts into our decks and ourselves, we can do anything.”-Yami Yugi-
Aside from that little rant of mine, I had a lot of fun playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution. It starts off easy and ramps up the difficulty as you learn and gain access to more powerful cards. As much as I don’t care for the dialogue that was plucked right from the show(English dub version)and put into the game, I strangely wish to have had the wonderful voice actors from the show lend their talents to the game. At least the cutscenes can be skipped, and you can get to the meat and potatoes of the game which of course is the card game of Yu-Gi-Oh! A game with surprising complexity and different card types and combos. If you want to build an insect XYZ/ fusion deck, then you can.
In closing, if you are an expert Yu-Gi-Oh! monster basher, and looking to scratch that itch once again, then you probably already bought this game some time ago. If you’re a total beginner who wants to know what all the fuss is surrounding this card game, then check back in the next few days when I will be posting my own Yu-Gi-Oh! tutorial post before spending your hard earned coin on the game just yet. For everyone else whose looking for a good card battle game to play solo and online, and who can take or leave the characters and or story, then I’ll say this only once…it’s time to duel. See you online.
CBK Score: 8/10
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