Gauntlet
It’s time again for the four warriors to gear up and head out on a new quest.
Their mission this time is to retrieve the Sacred Orb of Rendar that was
stolen by the nefarious Morak. He has hidden the Orb along with many other
treasures in his Five Worlds maze. He of course has his many minions guarding
his ill gotten riches.
One or two players get to play as either the warrior Thor, the valkyrie Thyra,
the wizard Merlin, or as the elf Questor. Each character has their own unique
weapon and abilities. They can also use a limited amount of screen clearing
bombs that can be collected in the maze. Also collectible in the maze are food
items which restore some of their depleted health and treasure chests, wherein
collecting enough treasure chests will give the player a permanent boost to
their total amount of hit points.
Gameplay involves exploring 100 different floors looking for each floors exit.
Finding the exit is made difficult because of the various monsters continually
spawning from the enemy generators, that only can stopped by being destroyed.
Other obstacles include locked doors which can only be opened with keys,
paralyzing traps that grind movement to a halt, and teleporters that can warp
the player from one side of the room to the other.
After every couple of floors, the player will be treated to a limited time in
a treasure room. The player has to collect as much treasure as they can before
time runs out. If they make it to the exit of the treasure room before time
runs out, they will get an extra bonus of all their hit points getting
refilled to the maximum.
Also of note, the player has to be on the lookout for secret exits on some of
the floors. These will take the player to one of the eight clue rooms. Once
inside this room, the player must find a question mark tile and exit before
time runs out. This will result in the player getting a part of a vault
combination. Getting all parts of this combination is necessary as it will
have to be entered in order to gain admittance to the 100th floor.
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+ | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz / AMD Athlon II X2 215 |
VRAM | 512 MB | 1 GB |
RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
OS | Win Vista 32 | Win 7 64 |
Graphics Card | AMD Radeon HD 2600 XT | nVidia GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 5870 1024MB |
Direct X | DX 10 | DX 11 |
SOUND CARD | Yes | Yes |
HDD Space | 2 GB | 2 GB |
Game Analysis | Arriving exclusively for Steam and Steam OS this Summer, Gauntlet is the arcade classic reborn for a new generation . The tried and tested four-player co-operative gameplay is back, tasking fearless champions to face the horrors lurking in the dungeons below.Gauntlet will once again let players choose from four different characters - Warrior, Valkyrie, Elf and Wizard - each with unique skills in battle. The Warrior gets up close and personal, the Elf is nimble and can provide ranged support, the Valkyrie is a heavily armoured tank and the Wizard has powerful ranged magic. | |
High FPS | 200+ FPS ( GTX 1060 ) | |
Optimization Score | 5 |