Angel Legion

The Good
I’ve been playing this game on and off for eight months now. I started playing out of curiosity just to see how much of a single player game this MMO game offers and how far I can get without buying anything.

Well, as I say, I am eight months in and I am still playing so it definitely is possible to play this game in single player mode. Other players are around and I challenge them, or rather their squad of characters, in the game's 'Adventure Mode' and in leagues but I do not have to actually interact with anyone. I can befriend other players and friends can help each other I can exchange gifts with these friends and, I believe, messages but that is not what I set out to do so I have ignored that element of the game. There are also leagues to join but I have ignored that side of the game too.

So what is there in the game? Well there is a story, it is not just one battle after another. The players first character is Miya and a large part of the story is about her development. I play as a hunter, a sort of squad leader, and she is/was one of the first Angels who has been resurrected and is still learning to become ‘human’. We are fighting for the good guys, (but are they really the good guys), against the rebels (who may or may not be the bad guys) and then there’s the mysterious Eastern Alliance faction, the mysterious Old Gods and so-on - all his unfolds in 'Adventure Mode'.

For some reason Miya and I share a cabin on a space ship so on one level there is a social interaction side to the game where I earn points and buy furniture and equipment for our quarters. This is one way to level Miya up which unlocks events and conversations as I go.
The loot I win in battles can be spend them on levelling Miya up and increasing her, and the other Angels, combat strength.
Finally in the Adventure mode there is the main story and sometimes a battle there will earn a memory fragment that will help Miya remember who/what she is/was/will be – I know that is a bit vague but I am still working through this and even if I knew more it would be a game spoiler.

There is no nudity in the game. There are lots and lots of costumes some of which are quite skimpy so there’s some side boob and/or some buttock cheek showing but that’s it.

The game resets every so often, I think it is every month, and as a result progress in the leagues and tables is lost and has to be earned again. It is worth taking part in the leagues because not only are there rewards for winning matches but there are daily rewards for players depending on rank, anyone in the top thousand gets something with the rewards increasing the higher ranked you are.

Add this to daily and weekly goals, assorted rankings that get reset and which have to be earned all over again, plus resource management and you get a game where lots of micro decisions need to be made each day. Then there are the ‘Events’ which happen every couple of weeks. Mostly they seem to be geared to encourage players to spend cash and get special power ups and exclusive costumes but there generally seems to be something there for tightwads like me.

The Bad
The graphics are not as smooth as I’d like and sometimes they are a little glitchy, for example when I pick up the latest free costume and pose Miya, just so that I can add the DLC to the database you understand, occasionally her long hair disappears inside her body and I can see that some of her curvy bits are made up of short straight lines. Minor stuff because really I’m not that all interested in posing her in different costumes, the stock costumes look pretty good to me.

I have hit the point where the game is becoming a quite grindy. I am losing battles in the game’s 'Adventure Mode' to players who are at a lower XP level but have more developed characters, I'm guessing they probably bought a package. In order to progress I need to do stuff in the leagues and arenas to get the resources I need to level up my squad and make them stronger. What this means is that progression in the story side of the game has all but stopped. This is to be expected in this sort of game and I am OK with it but it is frustrating, like watching a serial on TV and finding that the next episode has been delayed until the autumn because the channel wants to show sport all summer instead.

The Bottom Line
Progress
I'm putting this bit in to show that it is possible to make, what I think, is significant progress, without shelling out loads of cash. There are probably better squad formation tactics, cleverer ways to play the game and manage resources than I know so anyone willing to put in the time and effort could probably do much better.

• In terms of XP I have reached level one hundred and twelve.
• My game has fifty six characters and I have unlocked fifty four of them, there may be other special characters that can be bought but I have just two left to get.
• I have levelled Miya up to level one hundred and forty nine and my highest level character is at level one hundred and sixty.
• In Adventure mode I have reached level 'Oriental Planet No. 1: Level 20' and in the 'Endless Trial' mode I have reached level twenty one.

Summary

• This can be played as a single player game
• Spending money means you get stuff faster but so far it has not been necessary
• There is a lot to do
• There is a story but it will take a long time to unfold
• Daily and weekly challenges
• Regular events
• Some of the load and home screen images may use tight and/or skimpy costumes but there is no nudity.

• This is not a game that grabbed me and held my attention and it is not one of those games that I look forward to playing as soon as I wake up yet I keep coming back to it.

• Recommended