Overall 8.2 Graphics 8.3 Sound 9 Addictive 8.3 Story 9 Depth 7.3 Difficulty 6.3
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Gauntlet Legends Review Marcmoney
Overall - 10
Gauntlet Legends on the Nintendo 64 is one of the best games I have played ever since I was young. I am a big Gauntlet fan (except for Gauntlet Seven Sorrows on PS2) and I still have this game on this day. I would play it all the time with my friends and family. This game is very fun, I guarantee you.
Graphics - 9
The graphics are a bit good. I would not say that it is perfect, but it is less realistic. The effects are "OMG" the best. So awesome that there is no words to describing it. It is amazing.
Sound - 9
The music really gets you into the game. There is a narrator-like person that talks in the game and that person has a really cool voice. The sound effects are good, it sounds like your actually hitting the person and sounds like you are throwing your object at the enemies. Everything in this game sounds very good.
Addictiveness - 10
Whenever I start to play this, I would not stop till I beat the game. That is how fun it is to me. You can even be 4 different heroes in the game with 4 different colors. It is so fun to play as them and beat the game with them.
Story - 10
The story is very cool. It starts out with this wizard that tries to get rid of this giant demon-looking creature, but fails and it is up to you to stop this creature and banish it forever. It is more interesting to see it than to explain it.
Depth - 10
The game is huge. It has 5 different worlds with about 5 to 7 levels in it. The cool thing is that there are some heroes that are animals and you can unlock them by finding the door in the random levels. There are 4 of them and obviously they represent the 4 heroes that are human. One is a Minotaur, one is a Valkyrie, one is a Tigress, and the other one is a Jackal. They look really cool and the best part about it is that if you get tired of using the person you are, you can change your character into one of the 4 heroes in the game (you can only change to be the animals, not the humans. Do not know why). Another thing about this game is that there is the yellow wizard (pretty much looks like the one in the story) and he can give you hints, tips, and secrets. You can also shop things from him, which really helps. Mentioning the items, there are a lot of items you can use and they really help a lot. You can save them by pressing a certain button and you can activate it whenever you want to.
Difficulty - 4
The game is not that hard, but if you are having trouble in the game. I would recommend leveling up. Yes, you can level up your character and get stronger. It goes up to either 99 or 100 (I think it is 99) and it really helps if you level up a lot if you are having difficulties. I do not think there is no problem with any of the enemies in the game. They are pretty much the same, but look different in different worlds and some of them can shoot things at you like arrows or fireballs.
Wrap Things Up...
Gauntlet Legends on the Nintendo 64 is the greatest game of all times on this console. I highly recommend playing this game. It is a whole lot of fun and it is even more fun playing with friends and family.
Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Story 10 Depth 10 Difficulty 4
Review Rating: 4.4/5
Submitted: 06-24-11
Updated: 09-17-11
Review Replies: 6
9.5
DIABLO 3! Ok, it's Gauntlet Legends... kabenon007
With Diablo III currently decreasing the productivity of the world by 50%, I wanted to touch on one of those genres called Diablo clones; which basically means a game that is like Diablo, that looks like Diablo, that people sometimes call Diablo when they see them passing in the store and then sheepishly realize that they were mistaken, but is not Diablo. Gauntlet Legends is one such game.
You control one bulldozer... I mean hero... and plow through... I mean hack and slash through hordes of enemies in an attempt to reach the end of the level. The bulldozer metaphor works well though, because the levels are literally crawling with enemies. Enemies constantly spawn out of generators that you must destroy or they will keep on coming. This elevates the game above the normal hacker/slasher so that you have an additional task as opposed to simply killing everything that is green and moves and smells vaguely like a goblin.
The levels are enormous, with multiple paths through most of them, though they do settle into the stereotypes on occasion: the mountain level, the lava level, etc. But for every bland level there is an amazing level to make you completely forget about the lackluster ones: a battlefield complete with trenches, and hell. Yeah, this game takes you to hell. And you win. Or at least you can if you beat the boss. Each set of interconnected levels ends with a wonderful boss fight. These aren't your typical boss fights, these are you pitted against a gigantic foe who will crush you if you are not careful. I won't spoil them for you, but they are among the highlights of the game.
There aren't a lot of playable characters; four when you start the game and then you can unlock four more, but each is simply a reskinned version of a previous hero, but each one plays differently. The wizard and archer are ranged fighters and the warrior and valkyrie are close range. In addition they have their own super attacks that charge the longer you go without using them until they are room clearing attacks. Literally. You can clear an entire room with those attacks faster than a fat man clears a Christmas Turkey off his plate.
As you progress your character levels up, gradually becoming stronger, though the enemies scale up with you so you remain relative to them in strength. The real show of your power comes when you revisit past levels as your beefed up self and cut through your enemies like butter where once you cut through them like a burnt steak.
Loot plays a small factor, not so much as weapons and armor but as power-ups. There are things like a five way shot, or attack speed boost and things like that that offer up fun ways to play the game, but the whole using items bit is overly complicated. The box that shows what your inventory is currently selected on is very small and difficult to tell exactly what item is queued up, and it becomes difficult to maneuver to what item you want all the while a zombie munches on your face.
Diablo 3 this game is not, though from what I've been hearing about Diablo 3, you might be better off picking up this one and playing with your friends. At least if you want to play by yourself you don't have to be connected to the internet constantly. Well, you do if you are playing the game on Vizzed but... oh you know what I meant!
Graphics 10 Sound 10 Addictive 9 Story 9 Depth 9 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 3.9/5
Submitted: 06-05-12
Review Replies: 1