Achilles: Legends Untold

"Achilles: Legends Untold didn&s;t set out to reinvent the wheel and go for the less risky approach by emulating previous successes, in which it succeeded, to a degree."

"The Greek Myths have been plundered by video game developers to such a degree it&s;s hard to conceive that a fresh take could be even possible. Remarkably, Achilles: Legends Untold offers just that. This action-adventure might be a little rough …"

"Achilles: Legends Untold feels like a mixture of Diablo and Dark Souls. Despite showing great potential the mechanics fail to work properly especially in crowded battles. Content wise the game is a bit hit and miss too where it offers …"

"Achilles: Legends Untold presents a memorable adventure that&s;s full of challenging combat and rewarding progression."

"A pleasant surprise. It&s;s not usual action RPG, it&s;s a nice fusion of two genres that we could briefly describe as Diablo with Souls elements. It works, it&s;s fun, it has style."

"All things considered, Achilles: Legends Untold is by no means a bad game. It ticks a lot of the boxes you’d look for in a soulslike, with robust combat, a cool world to explore, and challenging bosses. The issue is …"

"Achilles: Legends Untold is a good mix between RPGs with hack and slash action like Diablo and souls-likes in which every checkpoint is an achievement. The wide range of weapons, each with unique characteristics and combat styles, invite experimentation even …"

"Despite its fascinating setting, Achilles: Legends Untold has obvious flaws in the technical, artistic and gameplay aspects. Although the title reserves more than a few entertaining moments, repetitive combat mechanics and a lack of detail in some areas prevent the …"

"Achilles: Legends Untold is a serviceable indie Soulslike experience with an isometric camera angle that doesn&s;t introduce anything revolutionary. Don&s;t be fooled by the Diablo-esque visual style either, because this is not a dungeon crawling looter. There&s;s no doubt that …"

"Achilles: Legend Untold is a great narrative of Greek mythology, but its gameplay dynamics contradict an ARPG’s."

"As it stands now, Achilles: Legends Untold is an undercooked and fairly broken romp through ancient Greece, with underwhelming combat and a world that&s;s full of pretty things to look at but with little to do in it."

"Achilles: Legends Untold is a game that knows what it wants to be and achieves it perfectly. It&s;s an ideal mix between the Diablo formula, with an isometric perspective and a very similar way of playing, and the souls genre, …"

"Achilles: Legends Untold brings a character many of us have written off back for an intriguing adventure, despite overselling their combat system."

"Achilles: Legends Untold brings history’s strongest warrior to video games in epic fashion. Fans of Soulslikes – or action RPGs in general – shouldn’t hesitate to pick it up."

"Achilles: Legends Untold is a functional isometric souls-like that plays well enough and has plenty of territory to explore but falls short in its Switch port. It isn&s;t completely unenjoyable by any means and mechanically it is quite solid. But …"

"Achilles Legends Untold is a game that is brimming with the potential to be an incredible action RPG. However, in its current state, it is a game featuring a poor story, mediocre combat, and a bland empty world in conjunction …"

"While most of the elements are in place for something more grand, clunky combat and washed out visuals fall short of greatness"

"Those who do like games like Dungeon Siege and other loot-heavy games may be disappointed to find that for a game that looks like a looter… it isn’t. You get a new weapon now and then, but it isn’t the …"

"Overall Achilles: Legends Untold is a very enjoyable and short adventure that will give a satisfying dose to both Diablo die-hards and those who want to try something different, but at the same time familiar."

"Although with fantastic visuals and a very much promising setting, “Achilles: Legends Untold” stumbles hard to fulfill its ambitions due to a very slow and clunky combat system."

"Achilles: Legends Untold is a safe and standard hack-and-slash dungeon crawler. Its ancient Greek setting and attractive environments help it stand out a bit, but on the whole it’s a formulaic game. The Soulslike mechanics aren’t especially well developed but …"

"There are flashes of a great game in Achilles: Legends Untold, which developer Dark Point Games has clearly put a great deal of effort into it."

""I&s;d rather play this than break my Achilles tendon.""

"Achilles: Legends Untold honors the legacy of both the character that stars in the game, and the good references that the production is inspired by. Beautiful and enjoyable to play, it has its own heels, but, precise and efficient as …"

"Achilles: Legends Untold does a fantastic job of working with the legend of Achilles and seamlessly integrating it into an isometric, Souls-like RPG. The graphics are appealing, the story is engaging and keeps you hooked, and at the same time, …"

"Achilles: Legends Untold feels like there were several great ideas thrown together but were ultimately let down by poor execution. The game has some interesting aspects, like fusing Souls-styled gameplay with a loot-focused action RPG gameplay loop, but the combat …"

"If we weren&s;t going through a period where Game of the Year nominations are being throwed at us in bulk, I&s;d say give it a chance, but I&s;m sure there are other games you should be playing."