And with this simplified-by-design control scheme comes repetition, the foundation for most of our qualms with Legends. Yes, your move set is separated into a three-tier structure. Deal enough damage in a match and you move from Tier 1 to Tier ღ2, enabling more grapple attacks. Going from Tier 2 to Tier 3 enables signature attacks including your finisher. But your move set never feels robust and only slightly different from your opponent’s.

The clumsiest portions of the matches are the chain battles that stem from these grapples. Chain battle is a fancy term for quick-time events, which occur often. Random strong grapples and Irish whips lead into a period where you and your opponent race to hit a face button that appears. If you’ve initiated the attack, the move continues, leading to the next button indicator. However, if your opponent hits the button before you, the move is reversed in his favor. Yeah, that seems kind of cool until you realize just how many times control of the match is taken out of your hands and placed in a quick-time event. Matches become bits of action split up by playable cutscenes. It’s irritating an♈d it’ll happen all the live-long day.

Above: Sadly, not a playable character