![]() ![]() Up to four players can quest together on the same screen (with responsive and highly configurable controls) or go the network route. Throughout the game, you'll hear them spout off-boasting about their skills, yelling "What are you- blind?" to attacking bats, and kvetching an exasperated "Who keeps putting these switches on the floor?"-and you can't help but snicker.īut beyond the cool character development, Get Medieval uses Gauntlet's gameplay, with added spit and polish-you run around 40 maze-style levels from an overhead view, slay beasties, open chests, collect power-ups, and kill, kill, kill. It's a hilarious Mystery Science Theatre 3000-style send-up of sword-and-sorcery games, complete with snarky commentary by the game's four characters: Zared the Barbarian (a dead ringer for Ah-nold) Levina, the evil, oversexed sorceress Kellina (rhymes with Xena), a feminist warrior and Eryc, the egotistical Robin Hood-hating archer. ![]() It's a beautiful re-creation and update of Atari's classic coin-op, but at the same time, well.Monolith needs ideas-badly.įrom the opening cinema, however, you'll realize this is not your father's hack-n-slash adventure. Loving tribute or shameless ripoff? That's the question Gauntlet fans will ask them-selves upon loading Monolith's new fantasy action game, Get Medieval. ![]()
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