Legie

Back in the late '90s several attempts were made to bring the dying Adventure genre into the bright and shiny 3D era. Of course, the fidelity of 3D graphics weren't up to the task of replicating the beautiful 2D graphics of traditional adventure games. The worst offense, though, was that the puzzles were not up to snuff. Pixel hunts were a regrettable staple of Adventure games and they absolutely did not work in 3D.

Legie is an entry in the Independent Games Festival for 2010 that approaches the problem from an entirely different angle. Instead of trying to reproduce 2D Adventure game mechanics in 3D, it simply tries to tell a story using 3D game mechanics. Instead of putting maple syrup on some cat hair for a mustache, the logic of the puzzles so far seems pretty simple. When your boss tells you to deliver some beer to the patrons of the inn, you grab an empty tankard, fill it up with the beer keg, and give it to the patron.

What works is the ebb and flow of story that was a halmark of the Adventure game genre. The story is unique for a game, it's set in what is now the Czech Republic and involves an innkeeper, the devil and a poor mining town. It's a medieval folk tale told in game form. While the demo largely involves the inn, with tasks such as cleaning up vomit and serving beer, the hints of the story to come are engaging and the gameplay works as it is -- it's just a delivery mechanism for an interesting story.

Why You Should Check This Out: Legie is an adventure game reimagined for the post-FPS world. The mechanics work to tell the story while still managing to be engaging. No more pixel hunts or illogical puzzles, just straightforward actions that are interesting but also serve a larger story. The setting of a poor Czech mining town in medevil Europe is compelling and manages to draw you in further to the story -- as a good Adventure game should.

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