A League of Legend Story

2023-06-02 10:00:00

Riot Games brings us another adventure based on the most famous Battle Arena in recent years, Convergence, a story that sounds very familiar to us.

Convergence o Conv/rgence, with a bar as shown in the art, is a new adventure set in the League of Legend universe. Riot Games continues to unleash this rich, but little squeezed, lore that floods the beats arena most played in recent years.

who and why

Once again, the study in charge of directing this work is not a mega developer with years of experience and AAA games behind them. Riot Games continues to bet on the talent and the design of this metroidvania has fallen on Double Stallion, a small study of 25 people, but which already had a couple of quality titles behind it. And what a coincidence, both metroidvanias indies, very well executed. So with such a rich lore or plot universe and a study like Double Stallion with experience, things have not gone bad at all.

Family history, Arcane on many sides

The argument of this Convergence: A League of Legend Story is very familiar to us, it is set in Piltover, the same city where the award-winning and acclaimed series of Netflix Arcane. We will spend a lot of time, though, under it, in Zaun. The City of Iron and Crystal, is a large underground district, found in the deep canyons and valleys that run through Piltover. Upstairs in the city of inventors and craftsmen, everyone is still chasing a new use for the powerful. crystals hextech. However, the scarcity of these will cause some clans and alchemists to seek to create a synthetic and artificial version of them.

The experiments will lead to clan irons, alchemists and chemists, to develop artificial crystals of enormous power. These are called synthixi, but they are highly unstable and dangerous. With them chaos will flood Fence. In all this plot framework, we have our protagonist, Echo, a prodigy from the harsh streets of Zaun capable of manipulating time to turn any situation in his favor. Equipped with his own invention, the Z-Drive, he will be able to reverse time to change the fate he doesn’t like. Thanks to this ability, Ekko can explore the branching possibilities of reality to create the perfect moment.

Converging Stories

Echo you will see how your ability of handling of the time grows, and after an explosion of crystals synthixi In Zaun, his future self shows up to ask for help and together stop the Ferros clan and those hiding in the shadows. With all this plot framework we will have a bizarre story, but one that is not lost with trips to the past or future. Thanks to some twists that will make the story not feel flat and the way we learn new skillsthe game generates a natural inertia that moves us all the time to keep playing.

playing with everything and everyone

As to gameplay we have already commented that Convergence: A League of Legend Story It’s a classic metroidvania. We will have different areas, with their map and their hidden areas. With its secrets and collectibles to discover. We will have to draw from the wide repertoire of skills of Echo to overcome all obstacles and reach our goal. To attack we have a simple sword from which we will learn extra skills, such as plummeting with it, sweeps or blocks.

In addition to the weapon we have a series of skills that we will discover as we begin to liquidate enemies. Among these there are several movements, such as holding on to objects such as ropes, others to control time and rewind. With the latter we can rewind the game to avoid a blow, or focus on an area in another way. We can also generate time convergence zones, where enemies are slowed down, and a wide range of up to 10 abilities that endows Convergence: A League of Legend Story of a depth of game and very wide playability.

Variety and fun.

in cast of enemies that we find is overwhelming. It is impossible to say that Convergence: A League of Legend Story It has repetitive enemies. We have a variety ofputties” unbelievably wide y differentiated.. His attacks, his life and his way of moving vary all the time which will make it impossible to get bored. The way in which they populate the levels is thoroughly thought out, and more than once we will see ourselves rewinding so as not to lose lives in a foolish way. Everyone has a unique personality and a style fighting different that will make each battle different and we have to adapt to it in a different way. In addition to these minions, the game features final bosses. They will not always be at the end of an area or map and that makes each part of the game unknown as to what we are going to find.

However not all es positive. The number of abilities that Ekko has is so wide and varied, with the possibility of going back in time, slowing down, attacking from afar, up close, jumping, grinding, etc. All this makes enemies and final bosses be very fonCila to defeat. Although it is true that the game has several difficulties and a possibility of customizing it that allows you to make many adjustments to improve the experience. But I think that as a base, the game should have something more polished and not leave it so much to choice of the player.

CONCLUSION

Convergence: A League of Legend Story It is a very well thought out and executed metroidvania. Although it is true that it has its flaws such as level design… This is not the best in the world since it is very predictable and “shows” too much. Its base difficulty is very low and it has some other minor problems like too many loading screens. However, all this does not tarnish a very good adventure with the seal Riot Games y League of Legends. The setting is very good, with a personal artistic design that is respectful of the universe from which it is born. In addition, the way of telling the story, the wide range of abilities and ways of passing the screens make Convergence: A League of Legend Story a “must-play” metroidvania for all lovers of the genre. With hooligan and youthful touches that remind me of the good old Chai of the acclaimed Hi-Fi Rushsoon we will take care of Echoand his future selves who try to make everything converterIn a better world.

Convergence: A League of Legend Story

29,99€

Pros

• Pure and super addictive Metroidvania,
• Many skills that enrich combat,
• Very good artistic design.
• Branch of abilities to the RPG.

Cons

• Somewhat standard level design.
• Low difficulty, although it can be adjusted.
• Demasiado backtraking.
• Too frequent loading screens.