Legends of Pixelia

Legends of Pixelia is a lightweight and action-packed game that fuses RPG, roguelike and beat'em up gameplay to create a singular experience. It provides multiple hero classes, upgradable characters, items to equip and loads of tough monsters to fight.

Legends of Pixelia is a game that might strike you as harmless after a first glance. After all, there are loads of pixel art games that share the same concept, and this one looks more modest than the rest. However, Legends of Pixelia packs combat mechanics that are a lot better than more stylish roguelikes.

They’re designed to allow you to perform some decent combos that look rather cool for a pixelart game. Some attacks are meant to disable the defenses of specific monsters, of which you will find plenty of. Fighting in Legends of Pixelia is captivating to say the least and, to be honest, you don’t really expect it to be. Which is a nice surprise.

In most roguelikes, the presence of permadeath is a curse but in Legends of Pixelia it’s not all that bad. Sure, you have one life, and you can die from a few good hits but when that happens, you don’t lose the entire progress.

If you want to start from the second dungeon, you can do so, and that’s great because let’s face it, no matter how much ambition one has, at times, you get sick and tired of re-doing the same stuff.

Legends of Pixelia also features a very nifty, almost retro, character customization system that makes a lot of sense. There are items to equip and upgrade at the local blacksmith and what’s more so, the game even features local multiplayer with co-op and PvP variants.

Legends of Pixelia might not impress from a visual point of view, it might even seem easy. Go past that first impression and give it a go, preferably using a controller. After a few minutes and your first boss fight, you might see it in a different light.