Achilles: Legends Untold

As it stands now, Achilles: Legends Untold is an undercooked and fairly broken romp through ancient Greece, with underwhelming combat and a world that's full of pretty things to look at but with little to do in it.

While most of the elements are in place for something more grand, clunky combat and washed out visuals fall short of greatness

"I'd rather play this than break my Achilles tendon."

Overall, Achilles: Legends Untold is a pretty decent game. Unfortunately, the Switch port does some injustices. The graphics aren’t the best and the longer-than-usual black loading screens leave little to be desired. I can’t blame the game devs for that but it does diminish the experience a little bit. As mentioned, the voice acting isn’t the greatest and can, at times, be off-putting. Aside from this, it’s a good game. I enjoyed the combat, despite it not being as souls-like as expected, and the devs did give an in-depth look into the Achilles story. As a game, I definitely recommend it to fans of RPGs and fans of mythology across all consoles, not just the Switch.

Achilles: Legends Untold is a functional isometric souls-like that plays well enough and has plenty of territory to explore but falls short in its Switch port. It isn't completely unenjoyable by any means and mechanically it is quite solid. But ultimately through the combination of a rough Switch port, poor voice acting, and a general struggle to do anything that stands out, it winds up being a forgettable journey.

Achilles: Legend Untold is a great narrative of Greek mythology, but its gameplay dynamics contradict an ARPG’s.

Achilles: Legends Untold brings a character many of us have written off back for an intriguing adventure, despite overselling their combat system.

If we weren't going through a period where Game of the Year nominations are being throwed at us in bulk, I'd say give it a chance, but I'm sure there are other games you should be playing.

Despite its fascinating setting, Achilles: Legends Untold has obvious flaws in the technical, artistic and gameplay aspects. Although the title reserves more than a few entertaining moments, repetitive combat mechanics and a lack of detail in some areas prevent the game from reaching its full potential.

Although with fantastic visuals and a very much promising setting, “Achilles: Legends Untold” stumbles hard to fulfill its ambitions due to a very slow and clunky combat system.