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Publisher(s) Tiny Rebel Games Initial release date 27 November 2013 Platforms Android, iOS | 3.9/5 iTunes - Apple Artist(s) Pest Jiang Mode Single-player video game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Producer(s) Susan Cummings
Jack Yee
Peter Hickman Designer(s) Lee Cummings
Kuenda Lee Programmer(s) Jack Yee and the Seed Studio Team Writer(s) Lee Cummings
Ben Badgett Developers Tiny Rebel Games, Seed Studio Similar Doctor Who: The Mazes of, Doctor Who: Worlds in, Doctor Who: The First Adve, Doctor Who: Return to, Doctor Who: Destiny of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doctor Who: Legacy is a match-3 puzzle RPG video game released on 27 November 2013 based upon the BBC television programme. It is a free-to-play game release to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the popular BBC sci-fi TV show, with rights licensed by BBC Worldwide. The game launched focusing on the 11th Doctor (as played by Matt Smith), then later shifted the focus to the 12th Doctor (played by Peter Capaldi), upon his debut in the show. New characters and content are added to the game regularly upon them being "signed off" with both the actors and the BBC brand team. The game includes every incarnation of the Doctor from the television series (including the War Doctor) and well over 200 companions from both Classic and Modern Doctor Who. The game also closely followed Series 8 and 9 of the show with new levels launching each weekend alongside each episode and included new characters, costumes, and enemies from most of the episodes.
Contents
They also have content in the game which does not come from the television series but rather from extended universe canon from Big Finish Productions audio series, Titan Comics comic books, and George Mann's Engines of War novel. The game also has a side story entitled Bigger on the Inside which uses the retro 8-bit style art of PixelWho and follows the story of the TARDIS being infected by a virus.
Synopsis
The story begins when the Eleventh Doctor and Vastra arrive in Cardiff on 16 October 1978, they discover that the Earth has been prematurely invaded by the Sontarans, who have acquired time travel and are rewriting the planet's history. The Doctor must go back through his own personal timeline to defeat them before it's too late. Later story arcs focus heavily on the Zygons and The Master (in virtually all of his incarnations).
Gameplay
The gameplay takes the form of a role-playing puzzle game covering the genres of: puzzle and RPG. As you play through the game, you collect characters which you level up and then use to build your team of 1 Doctor and up to 5 Companions by playing levels in a match-3-gems, detachable gem format. You are required to match different colour of gems to deal damage to enemies. Each character has a special ability which refreshes after a set number of turns (these abilities level up with the character), some examples of these are: colour changing, reset the board, deal damage, heal character and stun enemies. Whilst most colours deal damage, the pink gems are used to heal your team. By leveling up you earn points which can be assigned to different stats in order to improve them. Throughout the game you experience some of the Doctor's most famous tales, tied into an original story.