Buy Legend of Korra

The game is good if you're a fan of the Avatar series. It could be better. It could, for example, start from the beginning of the first series and retell both series in game form or it could start from further back with one of the previous Avatars and then move on to Aang and Korra. The bending of different elements is everything you would expect from those elements. I just wish they had added in the sub-elemental styles like metal-bending, healing, lightning manipulation, etc., etc..
The highest difficulty seems way too difficult when facing the last team. It doesn't seem to matter how hard you try to dodge their moves, counter them and dish out your own, they will just knock all of your team members out of the ring regardless.
Overall, I think this is a good (not great) Avatar game and I would recommend it to others.
It could have used some of Korrasami action, though. Now there's the type of bending I would have loved to see - lesbian bending.

The Legend of Korra is an action beat em up game based on the popular nickelodeon television series. We play as Korra the avatar in a brand new tie-in story to the television series about losing her powers to the chi blockers and slowly getting them back as she progress along her journey.

There are four distinct elements that can be used in battle and they have their own special abilities and combos which looks and feels unique. Upgrades can be purchased to make those elements more powerful by adding more combos and skills. Character customization is present at a minimal as only four costumes are available and two of them has to be unlocked through secret codes (Tip: find them online). There are various collectables to be found which can lead to more currency and steam achievements.

After completing the game, you are given access to the extreme mode of the campaign which is very challenging as the enemies hit harder and have more health. A pro-bending arena mode is also unlocked for play, where Korra has to either eliminate all three opponents from the arena or gain the most ground in the arena before the time ends.

Do be warn that this is a pretty short game as it can take you around three hours to beat, but the low price of this game made that acceptable.

Overall, this is a pretty decent beat em up game that can satisfy fans of the legend of Korra television series. I'll give it a 7/10.

First off, way better than i would ever have expected from a TV based game.

That being said, i had fun, it took a bit to get the hand of it, but once i did i had fun. Then they start to throw harder and harder things at you to where its not really even fun anymore. They get so hard you end up dieing about 20+ times before somehow you miraculasly beat it by chance only to get stopped again about 10-20 minutes later with a harder circumstance.

I gave up a few hours in. No realy story, and the difficulty curve made me not want to continue playing becuase i felt that it would just have become impossible after a certain point.

I cannot hate this game, but i dont have to like it either.

Frustrating fights, frustrating cinematics. I love avatar, but this game.... i so frustrating.

This game is extremely frustrating, the difficulty is just way up there, you will constantly get hit by stuff that you should have been able to dodge, as well has having to start over again and again.

The combat would be nice, if it wasn't incredibly monotonous, same enemies everywhere, blue ninja guy, green ninja guy, red ninja guy, all behaving slightly different, they might as well be storm troopers. The combat is like 99% percent of the game, so having to constantly fight the same guys on maps that makes me feel like im going in circles, is slowly driving me insane.

And the story so far is just meh...

Seriously i have not played a game this deceivingly frustrating since super mario sunshine.
Looks easy on the outside, but damn. Atleast that game had some flesh to it.

First off, this is the first review I have ever written out of the 54 games I have on Steam.

This Game was super dissapointing.
Avatar:The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra are both one of my favorite shows of all time. The TV shows changed the way I live, so when I found out that I could hold the power to bend all elemets with a controller, you could imagine my excitement. Plus I got it on sale, so if that day were a trophy I would put it in a case.

But then I quickly learned that Dark Souls aint got nothing on this game. The "Normal" difficulty doesnt even give the player a chance. The only thing that gets more annoying than the same unbeatable hoardes of enemies and 30 minute battles with a boss that has a longer lifespan than God, is Uncle Iroh's voice saying "Thank you come again" when you have to waste all your currency on buying health instead of scrolls, which make you learn sick, new attacks. Straight up, this game ruined Iroh, my favorite character!

TL;DR: Pretty much just another Button masher.
If you are a real fan of the series, I wouldn't reccomend.
If you are self-loathing and often confuse fun with rage that could make a man stab a puppy, then this game is a great bargain

Both my girlfriend and me like The Legend of Korra serie so I thought this might be nice way to introduce her to games. Unfortunately I was wrong. In the end it was just me playing it and not enjoying it too much.
I am really surprised that this game got so many positive reviews.

Fighting system is really smooth. You can switch between four elements which have different styles. Combos are very easy to execute. Pretty much only by mashing attack buttons you will do impressive tricks. However fights are filled with quick time events.
Did you counter in time? QTE!
Didn't you counter at all? QTE! (sometimes)
Did you get trapped or stunned by enemies? Mash analogue stick!
Boss battle? Random QTEs!
Seriously, is there someone who actually likes quick time events?

Difficulty of this game is just weirdly high. There are two options to choose from - casual and normal. My definition of casual is that even a non gamer should be able to finish the game with relative ease but this game is very punishing even on this easiest difficulty. You will be carving easily through standard enemies until "boss" fight comes. Boss fights require you to be very precise with counters and very patient not to do any mistake - hit, dodge, counter and repeat, repeat, repeat and repeat... If you do few mistakes, you will die really quickly.

There are two types of levels. You either fight with Korra or ride her dog-bear in runner style levels where you jump, slide, collect some crystals and die because you didn't turn in time. This feels like devs were trying to add more time to already short gameplay. Also, if I wanted to play some runner game, I'd install it to my phone or bought a Wii.
The walking/fighting levels are not very inventive either. You just run in corridor, regular enemies appear, you kill them with ease and then you go into some boss fight. Bosses here are either robo-tank, trio of different benders or two big spirits.

There are only several types of enemies. This adds to repetitiveness as well.

Graphics and animations look as nice as in the serie.

Plot is very, very simple. Some old guy whose main quote is evil "HAHAHAHA" steals Korra's bending powers and Korra with guidance of her little sister kicks every bad guy's ♥♥♥, regains her powers and beats the old guy in epic repetitive fight filled with his evil "HAHAHAHA" no matter how badly the odds look for him.
I can't say I expected deeper plot as in the serie itself but this is really bad.
There are no other characters from the serie. Just Korra, her dog-bear and her sister. It's painful how much potential was wasted here.
The game time is also very short. It took me around four hours to finish and I was dying a lot. I bet people who don't suck with controller as much as I do, will easily finish it in two to three hours.

In conclusion you might enjoy this game if you are looking for challenging fights and don't mind quick time events.
But if you expect to relive the story driven experience in a game, then avoid this product.

As i am not familiar with the Legend of Korra series I might have missed why this actually gets "very positive" reviews.

Pros:
- eeehhhh..let me think
- artstyle

Cons:
- camera is lagging behind. Gamebreaker for me personally and very frustrating with fights.
- short, too short if you paid full price especially.
- the random QTE
- playing with keyboard and mouse not recommended (can't remap) I tried both controller and keyboard to see if the lagging camera would be "solved". It didnt.

Verdict:
4/10 - Pick up when on sale (70% or more)

The Legend of Korra is a difficult game for me to review, because as a huge fan of the show, I want this game to be so much more than it possibly could have been. Let me explain.

For fans of the show, it should be no secret that Nickelodeon hasn't exactly funded this show to its fullest potential - especially in the last couple of seasons. It therefore follows that the same was true for this game - when they approached Platinum Games (perhaps most famous for the recent Bayonetta titles) to make a Korra game, the intention was always to create a cheap, yet faithful, action game adaptation of the Avatar universe.

That is where we find this game - that is what it is. It is not, unfortunately, an open-world, Batman Arkham City-style adventure through Republic City. It is not an amazing story that fits perfectly into Korra's adventures on the show, adding to the narrative as a whole. In fact, it isn't even fully star studded with many characters - Mako and Bolin make brief appearances, Tenzin, Beifong, and Asami are nowhere to be seen... the game is mostly just Korra, with the occasional pop-in from spirit-Jenora.

This may sound like a lot of negative for a game I'm supposedly recommending - and that's because, for the most part, this game succeeds in what it intends to be. It is a fun action game - albeit one that struggles early on, as it chooses to slowly feed you your bending powers rather than give them out right away. By the later levels, though, mixing the different elements and taking on enemies with sick combos becomes satisfying. Add to that an art style that complements the animation of the source material and music straight from the show, and the package feels pretty good. Replaying the game is made worthwhile, thanks to the Extreme difficulty (for action veterans) and numerous unlockables.

The game is far from perfect; at times it's frustratingly difficult, and the story is nearly non-existant - a shame, too, because the cutscenes are animated by the same team from the show. But the greatest downfall of this game is that it is probably the only Avatar game we will ever see, and it isn't as much as it could be. I cannot fault the game for that, especially at a bargain starting price; it simply wasn't in the cards.

At the end of the game, while Mako, Bolin, and Korra exchanged banter as the credits rolled, I cracked a big grin, captivated by these excellent characters. It's a shame this game couldn't capture more of them, but it just wasn't able to happen. Maybe one day, this franchise will get the love it deserves in the video game department.

Until then, this is all we've got.

Legend of Korra is a fast-paced action beat em up game from PlatinumGames. The game has some nice graphics/music and game play and is sincerely decent for hardcore fans of the show.

The story takes place between book 2 and 3 but doesn't fit anywhere to the show itself and seems out of place place a bit but it is decent.. If you are not a follower of the show, the game focuses on Korra, who is the AVATAR (The one who can master all the element's Air, Fire, Water, Earth). Korra is going down the streets after a probending match who sees an old man being attacked and tries to help only to be attacked by needles and have her powers blocked off.. Now she is on a quest to regain her powers and find out the identity of the old man who tricked her.

The graphics and art of the game itself really complimented the game well to the show though isn't extremely detailed it has the arts down well. There aren't many options to configure its cell shading type, but it looks absolutely fine. The game runs at a constant 60 fps and feels well optimized, which gives it a very fast paced game play. Along with that the maps, the environments are decently detailed with limited destructable items throughout. Although beating up cars doesn't really make sense but is fun to do so nevertheless. There are show like cut scenes throughout each chapter that complements a completion of a chapter.

The game controls are a bit complex on the keyboard but are playable. The game tells players that the best way to play it is with a game pad for a better experience which feels right for this type of action game.

The sound and music to the games feel as if it comes straight from the show and is well implemented. Though the music often repeats itself many times throughout the game, The game uses the same voice actors of course to compliment the show, and the music is fantastic.

The game play consists of Korra being able to do light/heavy attacks complete with charging, Dodges, Parry counters, jumps, and switching between four elements. Earth is slow but does decent damage against enemies that block along with adding a little defense, water best for its range attack, Fire for quick combos, and air, which is great for groups of enemies. The combo system is not too complex and there isn't a combo tree to invest points in but rather a leveling system that unlocks new addition to the combos as the element is being used. Chi build up is from charging which powers up attacks and is needed to deal with harder enemies. When defeating enemies a finish button will pop up for players to finish off opponents with an extra button press which can link additional enemies as well to defeat them. Counters are very important to deal massive blow to enemies and very much needed in extreme difficulty and require timing. The gameplay is not horrible yet could had been improved/extended further but overall it is fast and fun.

The gameplay offers 3 difficulty, Casual Normal and Extreme which is unlocked after beating the game. The difficulty in the game spikes at certain places such as the triad fights and Naga final run minigame.
Players are rated on their performance through each stage of the game. The game has eight total stages that players must fight through along with three stages that are an on-rail platforming requiring Korra to navigate with Naga with jumping, sliding and such to navigate through a maze of turns, twists, and jumps, which can get really intense in some section with its fast pace. There is also one part where one gets to play probending events and also a mode for pro bending itself which is quite decent and could had been a multiplayer game itself. The naga riding felt completely out of place and just wasn't needed but was added as a way to change pace from the usual beat the crap outta everything.

Enemies in the game consisted of chi blockers, triads, robots, and spirits. Each with their own type of moves and abilities and you'll understand thier patterns as you play. They can block, stun, blind, and hit Korra with unblockables. The real gem in the game is truly the last boss who definitely feels like a PlatinumGames boss fight and is completely epic to fight. Extreme mode makes these enemies much harder to fight and requires more thought put in.

After finishing the game players will unlock the final difficulty mode for storymode which is EXTREME or play through the pro bending levels as replay value and search for hidden chest items throughout the game which only offers you higher scores and rank you during stages. Along with that, additional costumes will be unlocked for Korra. It will take 3-4 hours to complete the story mode itself. **WARNING** EXTREME MODE IS EXTREME WITH MORE MOBS and EXTREME! I died many times and took 10 hours to beat. Truly a Platinum challenge. Be warned and prepare to rage.

Overall my opinion for 15 dollars I had some fun out of the game and was very amusing. It is a decently made game that was fun to play and had a really fast and intense game play. The combat system, however, was lacking and felt like a shaved down version of Bayonetta or many other PG games, Think of this as Bayonetta LITE and at best, the game felt medicore at times with the naga rail minigame, but nevertheless, It is deserving of playing if one is a fan of AVATAR and just getting a decent game for the show is worth it. Avatar, Which I knew nothing about until two days prior when i watched the entire thing to research for this specific game. If you have 15 dollars to spend for some quick avatar action fun or a huge fan/supporter of the show/PlatinumGames go for it, otherwise wait for the sale. If only this was a full budget title with more time given in making it. Perhaps we'll see one in the future but overall they priced the game for 15 dollars honestly sold the price for what they thought the game was worth instead of throwing it out 30 dollars which they could had probabaly done. Decide this one for yourself and think hard. Decent gameplay vs high production.


Pros
+ The art and graphic is fitting for this type of game
+ The action is fast-paced and fun.
+ The bending elements are fun
+ Probending has its own mode
+ The Last boss was really well done, truly a Platinum Games boss battle EPIC
+ The music and voice acting along with the cut scenes does a really good job implemented from the show.
+Various items to unlock and goodies found in the game
+Extreme mode is amazing and challenging adds 5+ hours more

Cons
- Have to beat the game to unlock extreme mode
- Short game 3.5 hours long to complete on normal.
- Replay value, You can only play the game again to search for items, play extreme mode or play the pro bending. No online of any sort.
- The combo system wasn't complex or extensive
- The on rail Naga platforming levels is a wierd change of pace.
- It is a pretty straightforward game each maps has small pouch areas leading to hidden items and such, pretty linear
- It is low budget game for such a good show and I've only discovered it 2 days prior for review of this game.

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