5 reviews
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution
It's Time to Duel! Believe in the Heart of the Cards and Create your Legacy! Build your Deck from over 9,000 cards and take on the most iconic Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Relive the stories from the original animated Yu-Gi-Oh! series through Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, and challenge the newest generation of Duelists from the virtual world of Yu-Gi-O...
Details
- Released
- August 19, 2019
- Developer
- Other Ocean Interactive
- Genres
- Puzzle · Simulator · Strategy · Card & Board Game
- Publisher
- Konami
Similar Games
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution is a great compilation of the franchise's history. With tons of challenging campaign duels, duelist challenges, and battle packs, there's plenty to scratch that card game itch. Multiplayer is scarce and laggy, so I'd steer clear.
Despite a few bumps along the way, Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution is the best Yu-Gi-Oh video game I have played in years. Opening booster packs to build your best deck out of the cards you have is the perfect simulacrum of actually playing the trading card game (unless you’d prefer to just buy the single cards you need online), and the choice to include no real-money purchases whatsoever helps mitigate the cost sink that has kept me away from the physical card game in the past. There will never be a Yu-Gi-Oh game that is quite the same as simply playing with real cards, but…
After hitting the Nintendo Switch last year, Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution has finally hit the PS4. Link Evolution acts as an updated version of 2015’s Legacy of the Duelist, adding in new cards and content and changing the ruleset to a more updated version. As a casual fan of the series growing up, I was excited to see how I would view it through an updated lens and with a new way of playing.
Man, I used to love Yu-Gi-Oh back in fourth grade. I had all the decks. I had tons of Game Boy Advance games, with the tactical RPG spin-off, Dungeondice Monsters, being my favorite. My parents would buy me a booster pack a week and I’d take my decks to school where I’d play against my friends during recess. Then I would get home and watch the anime religiously on Nickelodeon. Everybody my age was into Yu-Gi-Oh like crazy… for that one single year.
Throwing together a deck for Battle Pack duels is a great way to get a challenge every time, and since the game is on Switch, I get to waste my breaks away dueling. Because of the ease of access that the Switch brings, a few friends have already reached out about dueling thanks to the online features.
Another minor gripe comes from the limited (and frankly, weird) selection of monster animations. Only a few big cards play a 3D-animated mini-cutscene when summoned, which is disappointing. Iconic cards like Exodia, the Egyptian Gods, and Elemental Hero Flame Wingman don’t have animations, while lesser-known cards like Elemental Hero Thunder Giant and Relinquished, have their own cutscenes. The scenes themselves aren’t very expressive, with only a couple standing out positively. The animations from Duel Links, the Yu-Gi-Oh mobile game, are more dynamic, which is a shame.