Fallen Legion: Flames of Rebellion Review – Whose Side Are You On?

<p>The recent release of the two <em>Fallen Legion<&sol;em> games is an interesting take on telling a story from two different points of views&comma; across two different systems&period; While <em>Fallen Legion&colon; Sins of an Empire<&sol;em> may be the game that gets the most play&comma; and will make players more familiar with its heroine Cecille&comma; the other release&comma; Fallen Legion&colon; <em>Flames of Rebellion<&sol;em> should not be ignored&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"g0POZXM-gk8" title&equals;"Fallen Legion&colon; Flames of Rebellion - Launch Trailer &vert; PSVITA"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;g0POZXM-gk8"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;g0POZXM-gk8&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"Fallen Legion&colon; Flames of Rebellion - Launch Trailer &vert; PSVITA"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Players who play <em>Fallen Legion&colon; Flames of Rebellion<&sol;em> will become familiar with the fallen general&comma; Laendur&comma; as he battles across the countryside&comma; fighting against the empire that he once protected&period; The game lets players know early on what the reasonings behind leaving his former post were&comma; and what has inspired him to take up the cause that he has set upon&period; As a standalone story&comma; it is still fairly interesting&comma; and perhaps even more so than Cecille&&num;8217&semi;s story in some ways&period; However after having played <em>Sins of an Empire<&sol;em> first&comma; it did make <em>Flames of Rebellion<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s story sink in a bit more&comma; and I was very interested in seeing how things would play out&comma; and what Laendur would do in his quest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;127800" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-127800" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-127800" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;26102218&sol;maxresdefault4-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-127800" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Fallen Legion&colon; Flames of Rebellion&comma; YummyYummyTummy<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The gameplay on the Vita is more or less the same as the PlayStation 4 version&period; The world map exists for you to go from point to point&comma; either triggering a scene with some dialogue or beginning combat&period; It has the same mechanics seen in <em>Fallen Legion&colon; Sins of an Empire<&sol;em>&comma; where characters are tied to one of the four face buttons&comma; and as each characters meter fills&comma; you can press the button to attack&comma; or you can also block or parry&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a fine combat system&comma; however&comma; the game does tend to have bits of slowdown here or there&comma; and it definitely happened far more than on the PlayStation 4&period; Sometimes that slowdown ended up helping me time my blocks and parries better&comma; and sometimes it messed up my button presses overall&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not the end of the world but still something that I could do without&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game itself looks fairly good on the Vita&comma; in comparison to the PlayStation 4 release&period; The screen on the Vita should make the game pop and make it stand out more&comma; but I found that on occasion the game just didn&&num;8217&semi;t look as crisp as I would have liked&period; The music&comma; however&comma; is still very much a standout and is one of my favorite parts of the game&period; The score is simply fantastic&comma; and I found myself humming along to it more often than not&period; Overall&comma; however&comma; the game is a solid looking and great sounding game for the Vita&comma; and the character designs and aesthetics do pay homage to the action-RPG classics of Vanillaware&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;127801" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-127801" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-127801" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;07&sol;26102230&sol;maxresdefault-11-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-127801" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Fallen Legion&colon; Flames of Rebellion&comma; YummyYummyTummy<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The only thing that seems like it could be a drawback is the amount of Vita owners versus PlayStation 4 owners&period; There is a good chance that those that play <em>Fallen Legion&colon; Sins of an Empire<&sol;em> on their PlayStation 4&comma; may never have the chance to play <em>Flames of Rebellion<&sol;em>&period; The choice to release a game that ties its narrative so closely to another game on another system is a bit of a gamble&comma; and sadly not all players will be able to take in the complete story&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>YummyYummyTummy has created an interesting world in Fenumia&comma; and both of the games provide interesting insight and takes on what war is really about&comma; and that it&&num;8217&semi;s not as simple as one may think&period; <em>Fallen Legion&colon; Flames of Rebellion<&sol;em> on its own&comma; however&comma; is still a good little action-RPG that fans of the genre should check out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A Playstation Vita Review Copy of Fallen Legion&colon; Flames of Rebellion was provided by YummyYummyTummy Inc&period; For the purpose of this review&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;