What To Expect In Ruined King: A League of Legends Story
An upcoming immersive turn-based RPG game, Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is an extension of one of the most popular and Esports-centric games, League of Legends.
Riot Games is set to launch another adventurous role-playing video game as an expansion of League of Legends. Ruined King is expected to launch this year as announced by the official channels.
As Ruined King will be the first game that allows the players to explore the League of the Legends universe in various creative ways so the fans are desperately waiting for the game to get released.
Ruined King is not much different from League of Legends in terms of gameplay and the game concept. However, the expansion-based game is anticipated as a more supreme and interesting expansion of the League of Legends standard game. Moreover, as the name depicts, it is based on the antagonist Ruined King, A famous playable character of League of Legends known as Viego.
Just like League of Legends, in this story-driven game, players can do different activities throughout the game that helps in unlocking new areas and bountiful rewards. Ruined King is the story that continues after the events of Burning Tides in League of Legends.
You can watch the official announcement trailer of the game here.
What’s new in Ruined King: A League of Legends Story?
New Storyline
The reason behind the development of Ruined King is its new Storyline based on Viego. As all the League of Legends fans know that Viego is one of the oldest characters in League of Legends’ Runeterra but its introduction as a champion in the game brings a whole new turn to the story and has an effect on other characters.
In short, the game offers new adventures and tactics to defeat powerful minibosses for big rewards.
New Areas:
Bilgewater
A bustling port city where you will find smugglers, marauders, and the unscrupulous with every step forward. In Bilgewater, if you have coins, you can purchase almost anything in the town.
The following are the champions of Bilgewater:
- Fizz
- Gangplank
- Graves
- Illaoi
- Miss Fortune
- Nautilus
Shadow Isles
A magical haunted island that was once a beautiful realm known as Blessed Isles before shattering by a magical cataclysm. The island is haunted by the Black Mist and corrupted by malevolent sorcery.
The following are the champions of Shadow Isles:
- Elise
- Hecarim
- Kalista
- Karthus
- Maokai
- Thresh
- Viego (The Ruined King)
- Yorick
To get a more visual look at the game, you can watch the official gameplay trailer here.
Main Playable Characters in Ruined King
It can be seen that Ruined King is featuring the champions (playable characters) that are originated from League of Legends, a few of them are as follows,
- Ahri
- Braum
- Illaoi
- Miss Fortune
- Pyke
- Yasuo
Ruined King will be free or not?
The game coming in 2021 will be available to play on the following consoles and platforms:
Gaming consoles:
- PS4, PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Nintendo Switch
For PC:
- Steam
- Epic Games
As stated in the announcement, players having PS4 and Xbox One versions will be able to upgrade the copy for free. The game will be also made available to PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC in the coming dates of 2021.
However, the prices for PC versions are not yet confirmed.
Verdict
Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is bringing new ways to experience the amazing League of Legends universe.
Considering the huge fan base and active players of League of Legends, Ruined King will be a decent game with new fun things to do with some remarkable champions.
The release date of the game is not yet revealed but is changed from “Early 2021” to “2021” but it is confirmed that it is going to be launched in 2021. So, let’s hope that the game is worth waiting for.