Review: Legends of Amberland (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Matt S.

Nostalgia is a tricky beast to deal with. Take a beloved game (or genre) and try and modernise it too far and it stops being a nostalgic experience at all, and as a retro-inspired thing falls flat. On the other hand, if things are kept too traditional it doesn't take long for the rose-tinted glasses to come off and even the diehard fans have to acknowledge that some "old game" quirks are best left in the past. Legends of Amberland wants to be a very traditional, nostalgic grid-based RPG, in the vein of the old SSI Dungeons & Dragons series. Looking at it for its purity in mission, it has achieved that. Sadly, the game also pushes the retro a little hard, and the rose-tinted glasses will most certainly come off when playing this.

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