Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy

Push SquareEdwin Garcia

6/10

If there's one thing that the PlayStation Vita seems to be in abundance of, it's JRPGs. Not all of these are great, of course, but some of the more popular ones will keep you occupied for hundreds of hours or more – particularly the sensational Persona 4 Golden. Sadly, time is a rude mistress that waits for no one, so if you're looking for some flavour without the hefty time sink, look no further than Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy. This game has finally made its debut outside of Japan, and provides some traditional JRPG action, with all of the bright spots and blemishes to boot.

Worth PlayingBrian Dumlao

6/10

In Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy you run around with three of your friends and punching and pile-driving the ever-loving spit out of anything that looks at you funny.

Nintendo LifeLiam Croft

4/10

The nature of Fantasy Hero ~unsigned legacy~’s mission based structure lends itself well to the pick up and play style of Nintendo Switch, but there’s nowhere near enough compelling content here to make it worth your time. A dull plot filled to the brim with typical JRPG tropes fails to give you much of an incentive to progress, while the combat itself is far too basic and at times punishingly difficult. This may have been a passable experience upon its original release, but in 2018, this port has little to offer.

Nintendo World ReportDavid Lloyd

4/10

As with most JPRGs, a lot of progression options are present, related to special powers and weapon upgrades. Since they don’t make the combat any easier to digest, it doesn’t feel relevant to get too detailed about them. Not mentioning that you manually have to click through endless English dialogue while listening to Japanese voice acting doesn’t really change the fact that Fantasy Hero ~Unsigned Legacy~ is a title that can and should be ignored.

TheSixthAxisJake Durasamy

3/10

It’s rare that I can’t find positives to talk about in detail, and it’s a real shame that Fantasy Hero ~Unsigned Legacy~ game wasn’t improved in any way, but simply ported with no tangible improvements over the PS Vita original. Fantasy Hero has the occasional solid mechanic in place, but neither the story nor its gameplay boast any interest or originality. This game may have been considered pretty average upon its original release in 2014, but by modern standards it’s incredibly poor.

It’s never fun to play a game that’s so fundamentally uninteresting that you really struggle to even watch the screen as you’re playing. Fantasy Hero: Unsigned Legacy is a painfully generic and completely forgettable action JRPG, and there’s just so much better stuff out there that deserves a port to this console that I’m almost offended that this one, somehow, was singled out for a release on the Nintendo Switch.