Post by wafflerevolution on Sept 8, 2013 21:46:25 GMT
by BigC43
Yellow Wizard Needs Health Baddly!"
Subject: Gauntlet: Dark Legacy on PS2, GameCube, GameBoy Advance and Xbox
Developer: Midway
Publisher: Midway
Genre: Arcade ****Hack and Slash
Released: May 1st, 2001 for PS2, March 6th, 2002 for GameCube, April 15th, 2002 for Xbox, November 25th, 2002 for GBA.
When it came to games that could bring households and friends together for hours of enjoyment, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy was one of the best. A port of the cla$$ic arcade game of the same name, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy led gamers on an epic quest against an evil wizard and through loads of twisted and interesting game worlds.
The biggest draw of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, for all but the GBA version, is the 4-player co-op. There's nothing better than bringing three friends over and hacking away at monsters for hours on end. Players could select from one of many characters (alternates of every character are unlockable by beating secret levels throughout the game) and forge into battle with lots of button mashing goodness. Each character has a distance attack, a close range melee attack, a special ability and the ability to use items that you can find around each level, or that you can buy at the end of each level with the gold you aquire while questing. These items range from invisibility to a giant hammer that can cause a huge amount of damage to enemies, that is especially useful for bosses.
The game is split into realms. Each realm has 5 levels and a boss. Completing a realm will allow you to go on to the next realm, but backtracking may be involved if you want to get everything in the game, which does take quite a while. The boss fights are satisfying and each one has their own unique combat $tyle The best part about boss fights is that you are able to level up quite quickly when fighting a boss, and bosses yield the greatest amount of items and gold. I discovered that if you stock up on hammers and invincibility, and continuously fight the Spider Queen boss, you can level up extremely quickly and earn plenty of gold to keep going.
The game realms range everywhere from a graveyard to inside a twisted fantasy realm, which is by far the most unique realm in the game. The graphics were a picture perfect port of the arcade version, as were the sound effects and music. The home console editions were given additional realms, ability to save your character, more characters and lots of other exciting extras, so it will take you quite some time to experience all that Gauntlet: Dark Legacy has to offer. I actually did level up every character, including secret characters, to level 99 and beat the game. All together, it took me over 200 hours to pull all of that off. Was it worth it? Heck yeah because it was a lot of fun.
Overall, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy is a great cla$$ic party game for your PS2, Xbox or GameCube. It's a blast to play with friends and will offer you hours upon hours of enjoyment.
Collector's Interest
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy is NOT compatable with the Xbox 360.
...is pretty hard to find, especially on Xbox or GameCube.
...recieved an average user score of 7.6 and critic score of 7.1 (PS2 Version)
...can be found in retail stores such as Gamestop for under $20 for PS2, around $25 for GameCube or Xbox.
Yellow Wizard Needs Health Baddly!"
Subject: Gauntlet: Dark Legacy on PS2, GameCube, GameBoy Advance and Xbox
Developer: Midway
Publisher: Midway
Genre: Arcade ****Hack and Slash
Released: May 1st, 2001 for PS2, March 6th, 2002 for GameCube, April 15th, 2002 for Xbox, November 25th, 2002 for GBA.
When it came to games that could bring households and friends together for hours of enjoyment, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy was one of the best. A port of the cla$$ic arcade game of the same name, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy led gamers on an epic quest against an evil wizard and through loads of twisted and interesting game worlds.
The biggest draw of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, for all but the GBA version, is the 4-player co-op. There's nothing better than bringing three friends over and hacking away at monsters for hours on end. Players could select from one of many characters (alternates of every character are unlockable by beating secret levels throughout the game) and forge into battle with lots of button mashing goodness. Each character has a distance attack, a close range melee attack, a special ability and the ability to use items that you can find around each level, or that you can buy at the end of each level with the gold you aquire while questing. These items range from invisibility to a giant hammer that can cause a huge amount of damage to enemies, that is especially useful for bosses.
The game is split into realms. Each realm has 5 levels and a boss. Completing a realm will allow you to go on to the next realm, but backtracking may be involved if you want to get everything in the game, which does take quite a while. The boss fights are satisfying and each one has their own unique combat $tyle The best part about boss fights is that you are able to level up quite quickly when fighting a boss, and bosses yield the greatest amount of items and gold. I discovered that if you stock up on hammers and invincibility, and continuously fight the Spider Queen boss, you can level up extremely quickly and earn plenty of gold to keep going.
The game realms range everywhere from a graveyard to inside a twisted fantasy realm, which is by far the most unique realm in the game. The graphics were a picture perfect port of the arcade version, as were the sound effects and music. The home console editions were given additional realms, ability to save your character, more characters and lots of other exciting extras, so it will take you quite some time to experience all that Gauntlet: Dark Legacy has to offer. I actually did level up every character, including secret characters, to level 99 and beat the game. All together, it took me over 200 hours to pull all of that off. Was it worth it? Heck yeah because it was a lot of fun.
Overall, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy is a great cla$$ic party game for your PS2, Xbox or GameCube. It's a blast to play with friends and will offer you hours upon hours of enjoyment.
Collector's Interest
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy is NOT compatable with the Xbox 360.
...is pretty hard to find, especially on Xbox or GameCube.
...recieved an average user score of 7.6 and critic score of 7.1 (PS2 Version)
...can be found in retail stores such as Gamestop for under $20 for PS2, around $25 for GameCube or Xbox.