ENDLESS Legend™ - Monstrous Tales Review Summary

This DLC offers unique quests and rewarding heroes and units, but the Fotios quest arrives too early, it ruins existing content, and it's extremely buggy.

DLC is well-received: Multiple reviewers praise the DLC as good, excellent, or a must-have for single-player, noting it adds content to an already excellent game. The DLC is considered good for its price and a well-made update.

Quests are interesting and unique: Reviewers highlight that the new quests are interesting, unique, inspired, original, fun, and adorable. Many quests are multi-step or multi-stage, adding depth to the gameplay.

Rewards include heroes and units: Quests can reward players with new heroes, unique units like the Allayi faction's resource gatherer, or a Skyfin unit. One quest also rewards a unique hero and an army title.

Auriga map balance is excellent: The balance of resources and anomalies on the Auriga map is considered excellent, making the new map extremely pleasant to play. This enhances the overall gameplay experience.

Quests feature giant creatures: Some quests involve giant creatures, such as the mad walking city of the wandering clans. There is also an achievement for killing a wandering city without co-op.

Fotios quest appears too early: The Fotios quest frequently triggers in the early game, spawning a powerful end-game unit that the player cannot handle, leading to unavoidable losses. This is a common and game-breaking issue.

DLC ruins existing content: Multiple reviewers report that the DLC actively detracts from the base game, breaking previously working quests and making the experience worse. This is a widespread and severe complaint.

DLC is extremely buggy: The DLC is described as extremely buggy and rushed, with broken quests, balance issues, and technical problems that make it borderline unplayable. Reviewers feel it was released unfinished.

Quests break existing quests: The DLC update introduced bugs that break pre-existing quests, causing wrong follow-on quests to load and quests to appear even when content is turned off. This affects the core game experience.

New map has design flaws: The new Auriga map has convoluted terrain, few water access points, and missing features for certain factions, making it unclear and unbalanced for some players.

DLC adds many quests: The DLC introduces a substantial number of new quests, including multi-step and multi-chapter quests, as well as global events. Players appreciate the added content and the variety it brings to the game.

Fotios is overpowered: The Fotios unit is described as horrifically powerful and can spawn early to destroy armies and cities, making it nearly impossible to deal with. This creates a frustrating experience for players who encounter it.

New map Auriga: The DLC includes a new handcrafted map called Auriga, which features balanced resources and anomalies. However, some players note it has many small islands and limited water access points.

Quests provide choices: The quests are designed to offer interesting choices and make each game feel different. This aligns with the game's goal of providing varied experiences.

Fire Guardian quest: The game includes a Fire Guardian quest that requires collecting Titan Bones, which ties into the new quest mechanics. This quest is part of the DLC's content.

DLC causes launch crashes: Players report that enabling this DLC leads to immediate crashes on game launch, preventing access to the game entirely.

Bugs require fixes before purchase: Multiple reviewers advise waiting until bugs are fixed before buying the DLC, as current issues hinder the experience. They suggest checking for patches or community fixes before making a purchase.

DLC recommended for single-player: Reviewers strongly recommend the DLC for single-player mode, highlighting its value for solo play. However, they caution against it for multiplayer, suggesting it may not be suitable for that mode.

Highly recommend game and DLC: One reviewer highly recommends both the game and the DLC, showing strong approval. This positive feedback is an outlier compared to others who are more cautious.

Game completion: 30.0h.

Story completion: 30.0h.

A new quest spawns a mid-late game boss unit in the early game, making the quest impossible to complete and the reward useless, which prevents players from enjoying the game.

Friction: Fotios quest spawns a powerful titan unit in early game; Quest is impossible to finish; Reward requires late-game resources and production; Multiplayer makes mitigation difficult; New quests are buggy and break existing quests.

Single-Player Advocate: Plays solo, avoids multiplayer, and seeks content that works reliably in single-player. Motivation: Enjoying a stable single-player experience without multiplayer complications. Stance: buy.

Multiplayer Perfectionist: Engages in multiplayer, participates in competitive quests, and expects balanced mechanics. Motivation: Seeking a fair and functional competitive multiplayer experience. Stance: no buy.

Disillusioned Long-time Fan: Plays the game regularly, likely across both modes, but is critical of changes that undermine core mechanics. Motivation: Preserving the quality and importance of quests in the game. Stance: no buy.

Community patch fixes bugs: Multiple reviewers mention the Endless Legend Community Patch (ELCP) as a solution to bugs, indicating that the base game has issues that the community has to fix. This suggests a lack of official support for certain problems.

Quest line is buggy: A reviewer mentions a buggy quest line with a workaround, and another criticizes Amplitude for not fixing it while unpaid modders can. This highlights a persistent bug that affects gameplay.

DLC received for free: Some reviewers received the DLC for free during an event or as an update, which may influence their perception. This could affect the validity of their feedback.

Reviewer plans to uninstall DLC: One reviewer plans to uninstall the DLC until the bug is fixed, indicating frustration with the current state. This shows that the bug significantly impacts the experience.

Hope for more support: A reviewer hopes for more support from Amplitude in the future, indicating that the current support is insufficient. This is a call for action.