To preface the review: I have played the Yugioh TCG on and off for over a decade at this point. For this title, I used cheats to quickly unlock every card. And I pretty much only use it to duel a Yugiboomer friend with scuffed deck lists.

Yugioh Legacy of the Duelist Link Evolution is a dated duel emulator locked in a unique format that never really stood out as a great Yugioh title. It serves its function as a pay-to-play complete duel emulator without free-to-play barriers like Duel Links or Masterduel. But it struggles with incredibly slow animation (Pot of Extravagance and Pot of Duality take a million years to complete) and a lack of ability to duel friends with an uninhibited card pool. The single-player side of things is just recaps of the anime but you are using scuffed or odd deck lists against deck lists that only sort of match up with the show. It isn't anything special.

If you are looking for a simple-ish duel emulator to duel your Yugiboomer friends this is the best way to go in my opinion over something like Duelingbook or Master Duel. Otherwise... It just sort of exists.

Reviewed on Feb 18, 2023


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