Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published January 29, 2024 · Updated January 25, 2024

For this Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story Review, a single-player story adventure developed by Tequila Works. Dive headfirst into an immersive narrative set in the undiscovered reaches of the Freljord, where every snowy step brings you closer to the truth about Nunu and Willump’s past.

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
10.90GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Controller options – two layouts, speaker volume, Invert axis, and sensitivity sliders.
Accessibility options – subtitles size, subtitles background, subtitles color, colorblind mode, combat assist, QTE assist, climb jump assist, climb visual hint, auto iceball, the field of view slider, Crosshair size, and story mode (never take damage).
Built-in digital artbook.
The notepad fills in as you play with locations, moves, enemies, and tutorials.
Third-person action-adventure gameplay.
In-game cutscenes with seamless transitions.
Excellent voice work.
Haptic Feedback.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Hack and slash combat with a simple light and heavy attack combo system. Finishing an enemy gives health.
Your flute plays a huge part, you use it to play notes in the world to move levers and pillars, find song shrines to unlock them, and much more.
It’s the story of a boy (Nunu) and his best friend a last-of-its-kind Yeti called Willump on an adventure to find Nunu’s mum and the center of the winged mountain.
Story mode settings still unlock trophies.
Glorious-looking locations.
At times you ride on the back of Willump and can do attacks, climb walls, and run around.
Puzzle elements throughout from pillar switching to light puzzles and more.
Tight controls.
Excellent presentation as it jumps between gameplay and story scenes.
Collectibles are murals and Pora which are a small animal species that need help.
Excellent writing and a masterclass of friendship.
Memorable characters.
You can skip the cutscenes.
You can throw snowballs and trigger a snowball fight with Willump at any time.
As NuNu you get unlimited snowballs to throw at enemies and the environment.
Fast-loading screens when you get them. (it’s quite rare)
Dream sequences happen as you progress and they give a lot more backstory.
Be prepared to fall in love with Willump.
I finished the game in around 5 hours.
The credits have funny take-style images.
Serves as a great story showing off the characters of the League of Legends series.
A cool after-credits scene that helps lay the groundwork.

Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story Review Cons:

Cannot rebind controls.
No game difficulty setting.
Combat gets very mashy.
The puzzles are not always straightforward.
Never sure if the game has been saved.
Infuriating puzzle mechanics where the controls or the camera angles make it harder than it should be.
They do talk about the characters and locations you should know all this already way.
A few set pieces repeat themselves.
Nunu will use the same canned phrases over and over.
Slight performance hiccups here and there.
Boss fights feel very cheap.
During certain sequences, they lock the angle and general motion which is less than ideal.
Bad checkpointing has you replay chunks again.
Forced stealth sections have you walking even slower and fill like padding or filler.
The back end of the game is loads of tedious timing-based puzzles and forced stealth sequences.
The last level is dragged out.