Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader

Starting from humble beginnings as a slave, rise to fame and fortune by proving your self worthy against the terrible odds presented by your world's realities and the recent crack in the fabric of reality…

72 13 August 2003

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy Historical

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader is an adventure developed by Reflexive Entertainment, released 13 August 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader is

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader is an adventure game developed by Reflexive Entertainment and released in 2003. It was published by Black Isle Studios. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Velocity Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Richard the Lionheart's massacre of 3000 prisoners at the Siege of Acre, during the Third Crusade, was used by a villainous character as fuel for a ritual which tore the fabric of reality. This resulted in magic invading the world from other mysterious dimensions. Our world has changed forever when it was ravaged by this uncontrolled magic and hordes of demonic creatures.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader launched on 13 August 2003, within three weeks of Tales of Symphonia, F-Zero GX, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic and Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Tales of Symphonia, F-Zero GX, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader — frequently asked questions

When did Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader come out?

Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader was released on 13 August 2003 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader?

At minimum, Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader needs 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 graphics, 1524 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader?

The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "1524 MB available space" and the recommended line says "2 GB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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