Lenovo Legion Tab provides a powerful portable gaming experience in a small package

Mobile gaming is big, and even if the games aren’t triple-AAA blockbusters, they are still popular in their own right. The audience is growing and demanding more from their games. Smooth experiences that maintain high FPS are crucial, as some games are affected by poor performance. Your mobile phone might not be powerful enough to handle these games or give you enough space for input.

Lenovo’s Legion Tab is a powerful Android mobile tablet that can handle the most popular and demanding games. It features ultra-smooth 165 FPS and promises lag-free graphics, with stutter-free, vibrant, and sharp visuals. It also features an advanced cooling system, and share connect between the Legion Tab and laptop or desktop.

While you can’t always edit graphic settings in a mobile game, I chose the most graphically intensive yet accessible titles. What I experienced was a near-flawless gaming experience that didn’t miss a beat on my inputs. The Legion Tab Gen 3 is not cheap, and it’s best suited for intense gaming. But if those are the games you play on the go, this device is for you.

Testing List

To test the Legion Tab’s performance under different circumstances, I used the following games:

1. Fire Emblem Heroes
2. Undawn
3. Wuthering Waves
4. Genshin Impact
5. Marvel Strike Force

These games are distinct and were chosen for a specific testing reason in mind.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Fire Emblem Heroes is not a graphically demanding game, and it doesn’t take up lots of memory. However, it is a mobile game that is dependent on a responsive screen. Accidents often happen when selecting skills, moving units, or even ensuring you attack the proper target. You can only play vertically, meaning you can’t rotate your device to give yourself some screen space. Having played the game on a phone several times, I wanted to see how it would perform on the Legion Tab.

The responses were smooth, and there weren’t any mistakes. Thanks to the 8 x 5 (8.2 x 5.1) inch screen, I had plenty of space for my fingers to touch and drag. The animations were smooth, and it wasn’t hard to direct my units. While some of these movements could be done on a phone, there were fewer chances for error. Units were also big enough that the Legion Tab knew who I was selecting, whereas a phone might be confused if two units were close together.

Undawn

Undawn is an open-world survival RPG that uses Unreal Engine 4 for its visuals. It is one of the most demanding games you can download, and it was a perfect test for the Legion Tab. The test included some gameplay and cutscenes to push the device beyond normal mobile game graphics. Would combat stress the system, or would the performance be smooth enough for quick decisions?

Cutscenes ran well with only a slight lag that could be attributed to loading times or downloading extra data. Gameplay was also responsive, not slowing down when zombies appeared or during attack animations. I had a great time trying to survive in Undawn, and the Legion Tab made things easier, though I still ended up dying due to a lack of skill.

Wuthering Waves

Wuthering Waves is one of the most popular mobile games and has fast-paced combat. It doesn’t have the same visuals as Undawn, but the graphics requirements are still immense. Even if it isn’t an open-world game, there are detailed landscapes and real-time combat. Would the Legion Tab handle the visuals without dropping the performance?

Running the game through cutscenes and combat had no noticeable performance drop on the Lenovo Legion Tab. Intense fights didn’t result in any lag time, and there were no serious visual flaws. Adventuring through the world and letting the environment load was almost seamless. What impressed me the most was the soundtrack coming through the speakers. The sound was clear and was almost as good as my desktop speakers.

Genshin Impact & Marvel Strike Force

Genshin Impact is another popular mobile game with cutscenes and real-time combat. Just like Wuthering Waves, the Legion Tab delivered a smooth performance with no cutscene lag. If there were any delays, they were brief and easily attributed to loading times. Environments kept their details without slowing down the game, and combat was equally smooth. Whatever adventure and team you get in Genshin, the Legion Tab can handle it.

Marvel Strike Force was a game that was already pre-installed into the Legion Tab, and I gave it a test to see how it ran. Just like the others, it was smooth gameplay even with several characters moving at once. Environments loaded quickly, and even the free pulls didn’t encounter any lag or delay. I expected that from a game that was already installed, but I wanted to see if the Legion Tab’s confidence was warranted.

Conclusion

If you need a new gaming tablet and other mobile options aren’t effective anymore, the Lenovo Legion Tab is perfect. Even the most intense mobile games on the market run perfectly on the tablet without a drop in quality. The speakers deliver the sound almost at desktop quality, and you can bring this wherever you go. Taking pictures with the Legion Tab was also simple, and it kept the image quality perfectly.

The Legion Tab starts at $899 AUD and can go to $999 AUD depending on your needs. It’s not the cheapest option on the market, and other Lenovo tablets might suit the casual gamer more. But if you want mobile gaming power at your fingertips to run games like Persona 5X flawlessly, the Legion Tab is the tablet for you.

Checkpoint Gaming was provided with a Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 loan unit from Lenovo for the purposes of this coverage.