The graphics in Gauntlet are flashy, but not what I'd call particularly impressive. It can be tedious, but when you're playing with friends, it can be a rewarding few hours of gameplay. While not particularly difficult, Gauntlet deserves special mention for the sheer amount of time it takes to go through the game, as a significant part of it requires playing a few levels over and over again, just for the experience. Once you've collected all the items, crystals, icons, and keys (not to mention the runestones that are hidden in various stages), you'll be able to get near the end of the game and open up the last few secret levels. Don't worry about how strong they are, as you can find special items throughout the game that'll let you take them down a notch, making them much easier to beat. Defeat them all, and you'll be able to face Skorne himself. Significantly difficult to beat monsters, the guardians are the beings protecting the keys to Skorne's fortress. If you manage to make it to the end of the levels, the Realm guardian will await your challenge. With areas like the air realms, with floating platforms and lots of poison, or the castle stages, every part of the game has a unique look, with a unifying theme of massive, bloody combat. Each of the levels is themed to its realm, and each realm contains five different levels. Generals and Lieutenants are tougher monsters that require lots of hits, but only show up rarely, often bearing great treasure or keys to unlock later levels if you defeat them. Gauntlet: Dark Legacy stays in keeping with the Gauntlet tradition and gives you lots of monster generators, each spewing out the little annoyances at a steady rate. As you cut a swath through the opposition, you'll collect gold to purchase these items with, as well as experience to raise your level, boosting your statistics.Д®ach level is a combination of mantraps, unusual geometry, and monsters. Three-way shot, power shot, growth, invisibility, anti-death field are all special items you can pick up (or purchase in between levels at the handy store) to boost your combat ability. Items are another interesting part of the game.

If that isn't enough, you control your character with the analog stick, and can occasionally burst into song' I mean a run, smacking through enemies left and right. Not to mention, for those times when Death comes a knockin' (as an eight foot tall bad guy that is), tossing a magic potion in his face is the only way to get rid of him. Magic potions are indispensable tools that can explode, damaging enemies around your character, create a magical barrier that also damages enemies, or also serve as an improvised grenade. All of the characters can attack at range, although some are obviously better than others, and in hand to hand, a combination of the light and heavy attacks can unleash a wicked combo great for destroying hordes of enemies.

The turbo attack lets you charge up a certain amount of energy, and then release it, either as a rather powerful strike that hits a wide range of opponents, or the max charge that destroys almost everything on the screen. The light attack is quick, but lacks power, while the heavy attack is slow, but very powerful. For example, the Jackal is a more powerful version of the Wizard, having higher initial stats.Д®ach character only has a few different actions they can perform, but hey, what did you want? This is an arcade game after all. Later on, you'll be able to unlock secret characters by participating in bonus levels, each of which has better statistics than the normal character that you can play. Every character has a different spread of stats, and among the eight starting characters, there's a lot of variety. You've got a character with four stats, Magic, Armor, Speed, and Strength, all of which go into determining how well you kick ass. Taking advantage of the four controller ports on the Gamecube, Dark Legacy lets you play along with three friends, a definite must for party games like this one. Special crystals and other items unlock the path to each realm, and in each realm await one of Skorne's warriors, guarding a key to the fortress. Aiding you on this quest are the mighty Warrior, trusted Wizard, fierce Valkyrie, and even more characters, waiting to wage battle. Only by defeating Skorne's warriors can you have any hope of breaching the walls of Skorne's prison, and only with the thirteen runestones can you banish him back to the Underworld where he belongs.

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