Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story Reviews

Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story is ranked in the 48th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
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Nov 20, 2021

It’s rare that a single feature adds both accessibility and depth, but Hextech Mayhem stands out as a unique title capable of generating creativity on what otherwise seems like a linear path.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 24, 2021

The ease of access of Hextech Mayhem ensures that if you’re coming off of Arcane, you can immerse yourself in the League world with a lot less strife than the MOBA.

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71 / 100
Dec 18, 2021

Overall, Hextech Mayhem is a good step for Riot to continue letting other developers experiment with their IP. The difficulty can spike unfairly at times and the rarer items require a bit too much trial and error to get behind, but it’s a solid diversion at its price point.

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7.7 / 10.0
Nov 24, 2021

Curious League of Legends spin-off, this Hextech Mayhem. It's a simple but solid rhythm game that could use some variety to spice up the gameplay and the level design.

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7.5 / 10.0
Dec 12, 2021

Despite these qualms, I mostly enjoyed my time with Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story. There are definite issues I have with it as a rhythm platformer, and these make it a bit of a slog to play through in long sessions. However, for short bursts, there's little I can ultimately fault it for. If you're already a League of Legends fan looking for a different sort of experience, it's hard not to recommend Hextech Mayhem, though it may be a slightly tougher sell otherwise.

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7.5 / 10.0
Dec 8, 2021

Everything is declined in a discreet mix between runner platform and rhythm game. Hextech Mayhem will keep you busy for a handful of hours and, at a budget price of just under 10 euros, it was difficult to ask for more.

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73 / 100
Nov 30, 2021

Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story is a fun rhythm game that features a couple of interesting ideas. Other than that, this experience doesn't offer much for the MOBA world or for the gamer.

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Nov 22, 2021

While Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story provides a great experience in short bursts, none of its levels feel as replayable as the best of the developer's past work or the best of the rhythm genre. This is a fatal flaw in a game with gated progression, and there are no supplementary modes or other features to distract from it. As it stands, the game's mix of mobile mechanics makes its release on traditional platforms baffling, and only those who are immediately intrigued by Ziggs in a game outside of League of Legends will get something substantial out of the final product in its current available forms.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 30, 2021

Playing Hextech Mayhem you'll find yourself keeping the tempo, while flying in explosions as a little yordle. And that's cool.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 30, 2021

You know, like bubble wrapping nylon wrapped in white stuff. Let it fall into your hands; I'm ziggs the moon, boom, boom, pat, bam!

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5 / 10.0
Nov 27, 2021

As a smaller budget game, the rhythm mechanics are decent enough, and once you unlock Full Action Mode the problems with freestyle mayhem completely disappear. Unfortunately, more freestyle mayhem means more performance drops, which means more missed button presses. Hextech Mayhem is a fine little game, but the fact that the best way to play just doesn't work sometimes and is only available after finishing the game, I'm not sure I can really recommend it to anyone that isn't a League of Legends fan that's really itching to see more of Ziggs in action.

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7 / 10.0
Nov 29, 2021

It arrives as the first independent game in the Riot universe with large doses of explosions and chaos. The control is easy to understand but difficult to master, although it can become repetitive.

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80 / 100
Nov 23, 2021

Even without much of the LoL context, Hextech Mayhem is still a fun ride for music game aficionados and 2D platformer fans.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 18, 2021

Is a fun runner that mixes music with the idea of pressing the buttons at the right time, it's cheap price might make you ignore its overly used art and overall design on each level.

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