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''[[Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader]]'' is ana 2003 [[Action RPG]] by Interplay / Reflexive Entertainment set in Renaissance Europe with magic. Conflict ensues between the Inquisition and the Wielders, who disagree on magic. Usesand theeach SPECIALother's statcontrol allocationof systemthe withregion. an in-depthThe factionplayer systemcharacter, relativelya opennewly-freed worldslave, andsets plentyout to ally with one of stuffthe tofactions slash,and club,chart spear,their shootown destiny, all against the looming backdrop of a massive war between Spain and zapEngland...
 
Uses the SPECIAL stat allocation system with an in-depth faction system, relatively open world, and plenty of stuff to slash, club, spear, shoot and zap.
Notable for an advanced case of [[Executive Meddling]] - for the first hour or two of gameplay, it's an entertaining RPG with branching plotlines, moral decisions, lots of factions to align with, interesting NPCs and altered history to explore. Then they ran out of time, and the rest of the game is just maps filled with monsters for you to slog through endlessly.
 
Notable for an advanced case of [[Executive Meddling]] -: for the first hour or two of gameplay, it's an entertaining RPG with branching plotlines, moral decisions, lots of factions to align with, interesting NPCs and altered history to explore. Then they ran out of time, and the rest of the game is just maps filled with monsters for you to slog through endlessly.
Is now available on [[Good Old Games]] here - http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/lionheart_legacy_of_the_crusader
 
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Is now available on [[Good Old Games]] here: - https://web.archive.org/web/20121114102140/http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/lionheart_legacy_of_the_crusader
=== Tropes featured include: ===
 
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The ages (and locations) of several historical figures were fudged to get them into the game.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Didn't talk to Nostradamus and listen to ''every'' conversation path midway through the game? No [[Golden Ending]] for you!
* [[Our Goblins Are Different]]: Here they're cannibal samurai who take pride in terrible poetry
* [[Harder Than Hard]]: The last third of the game for melee characters. Hordes of high-level enemies will swarm you all at once, and you'll die in seconds unless you take advantage of certain exploits (like luring one or two enemies from a pack and dispatching them far away or entering and exiting a floor to heal). Likewise, the final dungeon combines this ''and'' what can be described as "hell runs" where the player is forced to run through gauntlets of inaccessible assassins in elevated positions raining arrows down upon them alongside acid that instantly kills the player if touched.
* [[The Hashshashin]]: They appear as villains.
* [[The Magic Comes Back]]: About ten thousand years ago a spell was cast to eliminate all magic and fantastic beasts. Then, during the crusades of Richard the Lionhearted, a counterspell was cast after the execution of 3000 Arab prisoners, releasing all manner of nasties into the world.
* [[Our Goblins Are DifferentWickeder]]: Here they're cannibal samurai who take pride in terrible poetry.
 
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