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rhythm game
Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story
By Choice Provisions, released 1 Jan 2021
- Microsoft Windows
- rhythm platformer
What it is
Hextech Mayhem: A League of Legends Story is a rhythm runner from Choice Provisions. You play as Ziggs, a yordle and Hexplosives expert, racing through Piltover neighborhoods while trying to build a great bomb. Actions follow the music as you jump, bounce and bomb around obstacles, disarm enemies and light fuses. The Freestyle Mayhem System lets players trigger improvised blasts and earn bonus points while avoiding Heimerdinger. The game is listed for Windows, with its Steam platform listing also specifying Windows. Steam features include single-player, full controller support, Steam Cloud, Achievements, Trading Cards and Family Sharing. Its listed genres include rhythm game and rhythm platformer, while the Steam genres are Action and Indie. The release date is November 16, 2021.
What players like, and what they don't
- Actions are timed to the music.
- Freestyle Mayhem allows improvised blasts.
- Full controller support.
- Steam Cloud and Family Sharing.
- Windows is the only listed platform.
- Single-player only.
Who it suits
It suits players who want a single-player rhythm platformer built around timing movement and explosive actions to music. Ziggs and the Piltover setting may also appeal to players interested in a League of Legends story.
Hextech Mayhem puts Ziggs in a music-driven run through Piltover, with obstacle dodging and fuse-lighting at the center. Its listed features include controller support and Steam Cloud, but only Windows is named as a platform.
