Legacy Reviews of Old Games: Updates

Updates to the strict cash formula

It’s not just life that changes. Games are also subject to change. While some age due to outdated mechanisms or unattractive designs, others have a fountain of youth built into them that keeps them fresh for a while. We’re talking about old games.

This is how inheritance works

Old games are changing. Across many games game rules are modified or added to, game textures are added or removed, and even game boards are destroyed or suspended.

The idea is to offer players a changing gaming experience with the same title, while at the same time slowly increasing the challenge of the game and thus constantly refueling the excitement of the game.

Older games are often played by a fixed round of players, with players wanting to experiment and shape their changing game step by step. They often start with a very reduced basic version and thus leave enough room for developments. Older games also usually expire after a certain number of games. This means that in some cases the game is no longer usable. However, there are also games that you can continue to play at a certain level, just without continuing the old effect.

By the way, the first retro game to be called by this name was… Legacy of risk (German: Risk Evolution) from 2011 by Rob Daveau, published by Hasbro.

Legacy takes time – including review

Since an old game can last a certain amount of time if you play it from beginning to end, reviewing such a game needs one thing above all else: time. But if you want to review the entire game and not jump into a new adventure several times a week, the final review of an old game can take up so much time that it can nullify the modern feature of online reviews.

Now in Empire of Games: Old Reviews

That’s why we’re now taking advantage of this advantage in the gaming world and presenting the perfect addition to Legacy: The Legacy Review!

We will first describe retro games from A to Z just like any other game. But in the changing stages, we constantly describe how the evolution of the game affects the gameplay and feel of the game. Of course, we will not reveal any secrets that are also part of the Legacy concept and make Legacy games so attractive: sealed envelopes and surprises.

We start our series of old reviews with the following two games:

Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
And
My island*

*almost

Follow the reviews as we add them as quickly as possible and keep them updated until the game is eventually released (if that happens).