Fun, but you hit a wall quickly – Neopets: Legends & Letters Review

I like the concept of spelling to attack and neopets is very nostalgic for me, but this game is more of a grindy gatcha auto-player at heart than a neopets experience. The spelling is reminiscent of a game you’d find in the neopets games room (any other imperial exam fans out there?), and it has a simple but fairly interesting story. it’s fun to try to figure out how to best arrange things on the board to not mess up your chances of success long-term, and it’s satisfying when you spell out long words for huge damage. The first few levels are a blast, but it quickly becomes apparent that there is a LOT of grind involved. I hit the first wall after about 15 levels, and am now spending more time grinding than getting to continue to play and enjoy the story. Optimal play involves leaving your device sitting while the game plays itself, just so you can get to a point where you have enough team members that don’t get one shot by the enemies to make beating the next level possible. All in all I would say it’s just okay. I’m having fun with it, I just don’t think it has sustainability and know it will hit a point where the grind outweighs the fun and i’ll stop playing.
Review by vulturish on Neopets: Legends & Letters.