22nd February 2003, 8:03 PM
The evil wizard Garm has used the power of Runestones to unleash a great evil power named Skorn, who breaks free of Garms control and kills him. Skorn then begins to terrorize the eight realms and scatters the runestones so they can't be used against him.
The history of the arcade game Gauntlet has culminated up to this beautifully rendered game. The game is fairly easy to learn, with three different control styles so as to make it as uncomplicated as possible. In Gauntlet, you have your choice of 8 different characters, each with their strengths and weaknesses, and there are another 8 waiting to be unlocked. You have to throw weapons at enemies to kill them, and thats without powerups.
Powerups include anti death halos. Death can steal health and experience from you if it gets near you, with the halo, the opposite happens, you either gain health or an experience level. Also you can get the Hand of Death, which kills enemies you touch instantly for a short time. You can also charge your projectiles with electricity, fire, acid and other magic. You can find treasure to buy items or you can find them in the levels. Also a certain number of a certain type of crystal will open the doorway to another realm.
This game would be a dream come true for players of Dungeons and Dragons type games or earlier Gauntlet games. I give the game an 8.0 and recommend anyone with a Cube at least try the game. I myself never played any previous Gauntlets and I don't enjoy this type of genre typically, however this game was an exception, I enjoyed it very much.
The history of the arcade game Gauntlet has culminated up to this beautifully rendered game. The game is fairly easy to learn, with three different control styles so as to make it as uncomplicated as possible. In Gauntlet, you have your choice of 8 different characters, each with their strengths and weaknesses, and there are another 8 waiting to be unlocked. You have to throw weapons at enemies to kill them, and thats without powerups.
Powerups include anti death halos. Death can steal health and experience from you if it gets near you, with the halo, the opposite happens, you either gain health or an experience level. Also you can get the Hand of Death, which kills enemies you touch instantly for a short time. You can also charge your projectiles with electricity, fire, acid and other magic. You can find treasure to buy items or you can find them in the levels. Also a certain number of a certain type of crystal will open the doorway to another realm.
This game would be a dream come true for players of Dungeons and Dragons type games or earlier Gauntlet games. I give the game an 8.0 and recommend anyone with a Cube at least try the game. I myself never played any previous Gauntlets and I don't enjoy this type of genre typically, however this game was an exception, I enjoyed it very much.