Asphalt 9: Legends might look and play like a console game, but it succumbs to its free-to-play nature and frequently feels like a microtransaction-riddled grindfest. Even though Asphalt 9: Legends is a port of the 2018 mobile game, this could have been a chance for Gameloft to prove Asphalt truly is a console-quality series without quotation marks. Thanks to its impressive graphics and smooth gameplay on phones and tablets, Gameloft’s long-running Asphalt series has earned a reputation for bringing “console-quality” experiences to mobile devices.