New Legends

Lore & Background

New Legends takes place entirely in the country of China. The player controls Sun Soo, a young fighter who is fighting to free China and his kingdom, Soo Kingdom, from the villainous armies of Xao Gon. Throughout the game, players use both melee weapons and firearms in a third-person perspective while defeating enemies. Soo may hold up to two weapons at once, one in each hand, and can control both separately using the console's 'X' and 'B' buttons. Certain locations in the game are based on actual locations in China.

Reader's Guide

New Legends received mixed reviews upon release, holding a 54.89% on GameRankings (based on 30 reviews) and a 56/100 on Metacritic (with reviews from 22 critics). GameSpot's Giancarlo Varanini awarded the game a 7/10, criticizing bland environments, camera issues, lack of replay value, and short length (approximately 5 hours), but praising the combat system. GamePro said the game 'could go down as one of the best bad games ever made.' IGN's Tal Blevins gave it a 5.5/10, criticizing the camera, voice acting, graphics, soundtrack, and repetitive gameplay, while praising weapon variety and plot. G4 TV gave a negative review, calling it 'the most graphically inferior Xbox title yet' and criticizing bland level design and lack of puzzles, but noting entertaining combat and tight controls. The game was a commercial failure, and Infinite Machine was unable to secure funds to continue development of their next game, Sam & Max Plunge Through Space, also intended to be an Xbox exclusive.

Did You Know?

• New Legends is the only game released by developer Infinite Machine.
• The game is not compatible with the Xbox 360 console.
• Infinite Machine was founded by former employees of LucasArts.