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Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance

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90%Game Brain Score
story, humor
gameplay, graphics
90% User Score Based on 107 reviews

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Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance is a single player and multiplayer role playing game. It was developed by Fantasy Flight Games and was released on December 4, 2017. It received positive reviews from players.

Legends of the Alliance is a companion app for the Star Wars: Imperial Assault board game, a scenario-based game of tactical combat. When you play with Legends of the Alliance, the app assumes the role of the Imperials, while you and your friends form a team of Rebel heroes fighting to bring down the Galactic Empire.

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90%
Audience ScoreBased on 107 reviews
story7 positive mentions

  • Excellent companion app that enables solo and full co-op play for the Imperial Assault board game.
  • Smart and challenging AI that manages the Imperial side effectively, enhancing gameplay experience.
  • Great storytelling and campaign design with a smooth tutorial, adding significant replayability and enjoyment.
  • Limited content currently available with only a few short campaigns and lacking expansions integration.
  • Requires physical board game setup and components; not a standalone digital game and some find this cumbersome.
  • Some technical issues reported such as bugs, crashes, and missing features like a back button and better save management.
  • story
    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is praised for its engaging campaign mode, immersive narrative delivered through the app, and strong replayability with varied missions and encounters. Reviewers appreciate the seamless integration of storytelling and gameplay, especially for solo play, though some desire more campaigns, voice narration, and expanded content in future updates. Overall, the story effectively balances challenge and immersion, enhancing the game's appeal.

    • “Great storytelling and slick app.”
    • “The app is there primarily to provide you with narrative, instructions for which map tiles you'll need, and choices for mission sequence.”
    • “The app will then adjust the story and tell you what to do next to continue your campaign.”
    • “The idea that we'll have lore-filled 'campaigns' with story sequences, roleplaying opportunities, etc., is neat, but the development cycle on that seems to be a long one.”
    • “Offline the board game's methods of integrating expansion missions is quite weak.”
    • “The main updates needed from my point of view are new campaigns, voice reading of the text out of mission, and a way to add all expansion packs with one click.”
  • gameplay
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay experiences vary greatly, with some users criticizing the lack of meaningful interaction and gameplay loops, while others praise improvements in usability and engaging mechanics, drawing positive comparisons to similar games. Overall, gameplay reception is mixed but shows potential for refinement and innovation.

    • “Music = 5, graphics = 5, gameplay = 5, value = 5, innovation = 5/5.”
    • “Whoever played Descent with the Road to Legend app: you immediately feel at home, but you spot lots of improvements both in usability and gameplay.”
    • “---Gameplay---”
    • “There are no gameplay loops in this software, no "gameplay", no meaningful game-like interaction.”
    • “Whoever played Descent with the Road to Legend app immediately feels at home but notices many improvements both in usability and gameplay.”
    • “Gameplay: 2”
  • graphics
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users rate the graphics moderately, indicating an average visual experience. The graphics are considered adequate but not outstanding.

  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Replayability is mixed, with solo missions offering some variation and replay potential, but the limited content—particularly the single short campaign—restricts long-term engagement.

    • “Great way to play solo; replayed missions seem to vary depending on the state of play, allowing for some replayability.”
    • “The bad: as of the time of this review the app only comes with one very, very brief campaign that has minimal replayability.”
  • humor
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is described as very cool and hilarious, adding to the overall fun experience. It complements the challenging gameplay, making players feel immersed and engaged in the action.

  • music
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is highly praised, receiving a perfect score alongside other aspects like graphics, gameplay, value, and innovation, indicating an exceptional and well-rounded audio experience in the game.

  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Grinding in the game requires an additional life, indicating that players may need extra resources or retries to progress effectively through repetitive tasks.

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Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance is a role playing game.

Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance was released on December 4, 2017.

Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance was developed by Fantasy Flight Games.

Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its story but disliked it for its gameplay.

Star Wars: Imperial Assault - Legends of the Alliance is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth, Descent: Road to Legend, Mansions of Madness, Gloomhaven, Star Wars: Imperial Assault and others.