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What is wrong with you people?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 14
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is terrible. If you don't believe what I just said, then go to http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/562317.asp Read every review detailing how poor the game plays, how they use Silent Hill fog to cover everything more than 20 feet away, or how you simply press Square until you beat the game. Do not buy this game. Do not rent this game. Do not consider playing the game. The only reason it got 1 star is because it wouldn't let me give it 0.

How is this like DMC?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: May 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Ok the only thing that is similar to DMC is the fact that it was made by capcom. This game is horrible it has terrible graphics that are worse than DMC and the game play is monotonous. The whole game you run forward and get locked into a small space then swamped with enemies and you kill them all easily and move on to the next area. The game was just terrible I can't see how they made the connection with DMC at least DMC had some variety and had different enemies to fight in the game. I don't recommend anyone play this game even with the legions there's very little varriety in this game and not enough for anyone to stay focused long enough to want to play for more than an hour.

Fair

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

My title for this review basically states on how I feel about this game. If I can beat a game within 24 hours and not really remember the story then I'm definately not giving it a good review. The game play is too much like Devil May Cry. I must say the cutscenes were good, but that's it. I bought this the day it came out and also beat it the day it came out. If you like repeative, easy games than this is for you.

Devil may cry copycats?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 8
Date: January 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Wow. is there anyhting good about this game? The fighting is awful, so is the plot, graphics, sound, voice acting, duration. Tries to be cool like Devil may cry, but makes the game all the more stupid. The worst level design!

devil may cry?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: August 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this games graphics are the only thing like devil may cry the game play [is awful] the game has no story plot. the only reason i give it 2 stars is because when i first bought it with silent hill 3 i though this game was awsome the first day then when i played it the next day i realy got into it and realized that this game wasnt as good as when i first played it. if you want a good game buy silent hill 3. dont waste your money on this [junk].

Untapped Potential. . .

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 15
Date: September 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"Chaos Legion" is a game with quite a few good ideas, and some of those ideas work rather well. On the other hand, it's a game with lots of wasted potential, and a slew of bad design decisions. Most of the time, it seems to be more of a tech demo designed to see just how many enemies can fit on the screen at one time than an actual game. With more time and effort, I think Capcom could have made "Chaos Legion" an excellent action game - but as it stands, it's just mediocre.

The game's storyline is nonsensical and hardly worth describing - let's just say it's melodramatic and unintentionally funny more often than not, but at least the cut-scenes are visually appealing and stylish, and therefore quite watchable. At any rate, you play through 90% of the game as Sieg, a knight of some Order or another who has the ability to summon strange monsters to battle alongside him when the going gets rough. He also has a nifty gauntlet that can electrify his opponents, and a long sword to hew them with. The other player character, Arcia, is a bit more agile, and uses two pistols in place of Sieg's weapons - but she can't summon allies. Both characters control pretty well, but unfortunately all of the work that went into Arcia seems to be in vain since you, the player, will only guide her through one short level. The rest of your time you will spend as Sieg.

In terms of gameplay, there isn't anything quite like "Chaos Legion," for better or worse. The best way to describe this one would be to say it's like a strange union of "Devil May Cry," "Dynasty Warriors," and "Gauntlet," only not quite as good as that could have been. Sure, summoning monsters to back you up is a cool feature. Sure, there are a lot of moving characters onscreen at once without so much as a hiccup in the frame rate. Sure, the two main characters play very well and provide some visceral action pieces. None of these things can compensate for the game's lack of variety, though. By the fifth level in the game, you will have encountered virtually every enemy the game provides. Even end-level bosses are not monogamous to their own lairs, and many of them, annoyingly, will take several goes at you during the course of the game. Worst of all, though, are the game's repetitive textures. You will spend 80% of the game traipsing through bland castle environments that look identical to one another.

Alas, even if you could go in and fix the repetitive monster and level designs, the game's fundamental design is so flawed that it would still be far from satisfying. Though the game seems to pride itself on how many characters can be displayed onscreen at any given time, it is all but wasted in a game that generally requires you to slay a target monster (which is usually immobile and semi-helpless) that, when destroyed, will conveniently purge the environment of all 'lesser' foes. Kill the one, and you kill the many. Hacking at one monster like your life depends on it and ignoring all the others is the kind of behavior the game encourages - and that's not a recipe for unbridled fun. Most of the time, it's just a lesson in tedium.

On the plus side, the action itself works quite well. Sieg's back-and-forth sword swipes throw his smaller enemies to and fro like rag dolls, sometimes even juggling them through the air. His crimson gauntlet sends coils of electricity snaking around his unfortunate foes, and his summoned creatures wreak havoc like a small, potent army. Sieg will rarely go it completely alone, and that gives the game a very unique feel.

When the game works, it works quite well - but that only happens once in a while, and the game ultimately doesn't last for very long. The rest of the time you'll be smashing away at repetitive foes who steadfastly refuse to fall for several long, tedious minutes. "Chaos Legion" is worth a look if you're an action fan...It's addictive in short spurts, and not completely devoid of fun. However, in case you can't tell, that's not exactly glimmering praise...

Final Score: C-

50% Graphics, 40% Gameplay, 10% Substance

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: September 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Okey doke, let's just get the bad stuff out of the way shall we. After playing an hour into the game(yes, it doesn't take long to judge a game with little variety), I've concluded that it's an even 3 out of 5. First of all, after starting up the game(while bypassing flashy screens and menu saves) and starting off you'll notice that you won't really understand the story. Everything said is slightly hushed under the music, but even so, the characters begin talking in rapid Olde English, so as much as you can hear, little of it can you absorb. You could read the manual, obviously, or just try and hear it again, but what they give you doesn't offer much information besides "you are in a gothic world that's not Earth. You had a friend, he's not your friend, he wants you dead because you did something to his girlfriend." Just to name off a few cliches, I expected a love triangle, a bunch of FF-esque backdrops, clothes, and weapons, and finally, a Sephiroth carbon copy villain. Those who cared enough to get past an hour, tell me if I'm wrong. I don't mind criticism.

So, aside from that, let's talk about the good stuff. Let's face it, this game is less than loaded. It's set up in walled in "Stages" where you fight a bunch of monsters, summon your own, and occasionally have an objective aside from getting to the boss guy. And that's the game. Well, it does have some pretty unique high points. For one, this is one of the most graphically intricate games since the Onimusha series, with fleshed out models, sexy weapons, attacks, and characters. It all just looks so cool. The gameplay isn't so bad either. The camera control threw me off at first, mainly because I didn't read the manual, but it's just something that gets used to. Meanwhile, there are lots of options for spending exp(though it may take you awhile to allocate enough to get even one notch ahead) and the battle system is pretty nice. Nothing overly amazing, but the Legion summoning system is pretty effective.

Think Golden Sun for GBA. You fight mini-bosses at the end of each stage to grab new Legions, or monsters that fight for you and do other handy tricks. As far as I was in the game, I liked the ability to snipe with the Malice Legion. Anyway, the point is that you summon them to fight for you, either by targeting monsters and letting them rip away or by using their unique abilities, as described above.

All in all, it piqued my interest, but for now I just feel like selling it to get Monster Hunter. The one thing I have the most beef on is the story. You can't have a mildly exciting action game without a story to make up for it. Shame on the developers for making it unbalanced. One last thing that turned me off is how restricting the whole game is. It's one stage after another and that's it. Sonic would have made a better game, and it was the first game to use stages. As for how it's better than DMC, I can only imagine that it's because you have some liberty in navigating.

Fun: 2/5 Graphics: 5/5 Soundtrack: 3/5 Story: 1/5 Overall: 3/5

Well what can i say it's fun but!! it's no classic.........

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Chaos legion definitely is a fun game but!! some how i think that this game lacks substance to give it the kind of appeal like a DMC OR MGS , i feel it has no genuine replay value, the graphics are great but!!! after a while it's just a brawlers haven, if this game had came OUT before DEVIL MAY CRY i may have like it a little more but didn't!!! and i can't say this is classic,,, borrow this but don't buy this it's limited, banal, trite and feeble.
it has it's momment but that all try MSG3 laterzzz folks / gamers

Good, but lacking game.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Pros: Chaos Legion is fun, challanges you, has a fairly good story line, and great music.

Cons: Repetitive enemys, poor and anoying voice acting, camera makes you motion sick, the game felt too short, and no stratagy really

All and all it's not a bad game, it's cheap, fun, easy to get a hang of, I wouldn't recomend it for those that like puzzles, but for those that simply wish to beat the crud out of something.

Hope this helps you all.

looks cool

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Alright everyone righting a review is like this game gets 5 stars because it looks. Man you gotta play the game first before you rate it. I mean what if the camera angle is wrong or the controls are horrible.. That is the downfall of alot of games that look so so cool give me a break. I mean devil may cry was a great game then everyone thought the second one would be great but it [was bad] compared to the first one you just dont know...

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