marcus welz

PlayLegions.com Time Trials

Fallen Empire: Legions is a strategic FPS+Z shooter, the spiritual successor to the Starsiege: Tribes series, and a blast to play.

Although the full game is (at least currently) located at instantaction.com, the new playlegions.com site offers a brief single player tutorial, in a very Portal'esque fashion to teach basic movement skills, which are all but; movement is so much more essential to Legions and Tribes than arguably with any other game.

Introducing new players to what is a fairly complex game brings all sorts of challenges with it. The approach the developers have taken here is commendable; let new players figure out the controls, give them a challenge and teach them attack routes at the same times using the time trials, and whet their appetite for more.

Once these new players decide to join the multiplayer mayhem over at instantaction.com, they won't be nearly as lost as they typically are these days. I'd be curious to know what the player retention has been so far, and how this change is affecting it.