Legendary Gary on PC Escapism is a integral part of why we play games. At times, immersing ourselves in a well-realized world can act like therapy for the real-world issues we face everyday. Legendary Gary explores the concept, asking what would happen if our own lives were to become entangled with the games we play.
An affecting an imaginative narrative game with inventive, if not particularly challenging, turn based combat. Legendary Gary’s characters occasionally feel flat, but it makes up for it with a unique, well-realised world. You probably already know whether it's going to be for you, and if you’re at all intrigued, I can’t see you being disappointed.
Unlike anything I’ve ever played before, Legendary Gary's unique mixture of fantasy and reality makes for a thought-provoking, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes funny journey that often touches too close to home.
Punished Backlog reviewer Geron Graham writes: "Legendary Gary is delightful in its weirdness. The indie adventure game takes a casual approach to strategic combat and offers an experience that is half grab-bag-of-unrelated-styles and half touching mise en abyme."
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