Sean played the game in front of me on an iPad, and it looked incredible. It seems like it’ll be a lot of fun, especially if you love the DC Universe’s characters and iconic locations. DC Legends will have a story mode that is based on the DC Comic Blackest Night, where you have to destroy the Manhunters in order to take down the main villain Nekron. The game is currently set for a November launch date on both iOS and Android devices.
When asked about the game in general, Dugan said:
The story takes place in the backdrop of the Blackest Night comic.
And if you are wondering why it’s called DC Legends…
You go to Oa to investigate what’s going on. The guardians, they built the manhunters originally as a police force. You get to Oa and you see the place is swarming with fallen Green Lanterns that have died and been resurrected basically as zombies and are being controlled by Nekron. You face these different sorts of unliving enemies that are in service to Nekron."
In the game, you will be able to play as all of your favorite DC superheroes and villains.
At launch there will be close to 40 heroes to choose from. Each month will bring new characters for you to unlock through micro-transactions or in-game events.
If you want to shortcut unlocking some of the characters, you could go to the store and you can unlock them more quickly that way. You can always play for free to unlock the characters on your own. If you want Black Canary instant gratification, you can do that."
Each character is classified into an infinity for a certain type of attack. Those infinities are Physical, Energy and Mystical. Every character comes with their own set of abilities. And you use those abilities and infinities to create your team that would defeat your enemy for that match.
Teamwork is very important in the game. You create your team and you want to make sure that they work well together. Dugan stated that:
When asked if there will be the opportunity to buy skins based off of the movies or comics, Dugan had this to say:
One thing that I have always loved about DC games – whether it was Injustice or the Arkham games – is the art style of the characters. Each game has its own look. When I was watching Dugan play DC Legends, it was clear that tradition of amazing art style and graphics has continued into this game. TWhether you play it on a tablet or your phone, the game looks great and it really goes that extra mile to make it look like you’re playing on something that isn’t a mobile device.
So you can get different versions of Batman, different versions of Wonder Woman and they are actually designed with different gameplay in mind, different look. We felt like there is something kind of appealing about collecting all the Batmen I can and put them all on a team and have them all do different things.We have a Batman which is the caped crusader. He strikes from the shadows and he does devastating attacks. But we have a batman that is the world’s greatest detective, who understands the weaknesses of his enemies and exploits them and informs the rest of the team so they can exploit their weaknesses as well."
Once you get your character to 5 stars, you are able to upgrade the character. With the upgrade, you get more powerful abilities in addition to new abilities and your character gets a brand new look that is only available in DC Legends.
You will be able to travel to iconic settings in the game as well. Some of the locations included are Oa, Themiskyra, Thanagar, Metropolis and, of course, Gotham.
One of the things Sean Dugan was really excited about when talking about DC Legends was the possibilities of teaming up DC characters that you would never think would fight together,
Based on what I saw, this game looks amazing. The character designs and the different looks for them are incredible and the animation that takes place whenever a character does an attack in battle will make your jaw drop because it is really cool.
I want to thank Sean Dugan for taking the time to talk to me about DC Legends. It is set to launch in November. You can pre-register for the game at the official DC Legends website. If you pre-register, you will get access to the Wonder Woman Striker skin once the game is available.
