The game is non-linear in spirit but you will have to accomplish certain feats to unlock other levels. The cool shopping feature allows you to buy everything from increased player attributes to super shots to health, but you have to stay alive long enough in each level to collect enough money or other valuable power-ups to trade in for these items. While there isn't this natural incentive to play efficiently, you'll still want to do your best since starting a level over after you've died is a pain in the butt and going up against the Dragon bosses requires a ton of health later on. Some gamers may not feel the same sense of urgency in trying to survive since it is a console game and you don't have to spend any quarters should you get killed. You'll have to learn to attack the hand-to-hand fighting enemies quickly and move around so that you can keep them off of you and avoid the air attacks at the same time. Early on you'll come across enemies that will shoot arrows at you or lob cartoon style black bombs at you from the other side of a wall while their cohorts run up and engage you so that you can't move. These waves of enemies work together to set you up and hit you high and low at the same time so that there is some skill required to get through levels nice and healthy. There's no depleting energy timer to keep you on edge like there was back in the day, but there are a wide variety of enemies that attack you in seemingly endless waves. The most important skill, as it was in Gauntlet and Gauntlet II back in the '80s, is attacking and clearing out areas of bad guys and generators without taking any damage. In single player missions she may be the best option because she starts off evenly balanced and upgrades at an even rate as well. Valkyrie: The mistress of all trades is still the best middle of the road character with decent ratings in most areas but only excellent in one: armor.Her Turbo Attacks look neat but they don't pack enough wallop. She's not anywhere near as powerful as the other characters but her speed makes her good at grabbing stuff and hitting traps. Archer: The adventurer formerly known as The Elf is fast and her shots are even faster.He's not fast or very powerful with the magic but his Turbo Attack is very powerful and again should be used as much as possible. Hand-to-hand combat is his thing and should be used often. He's usually an older guy so he's not the toughest and doesn't like hand to hand combat too much. Clearing rooms of bad guys and Deaths in one pop is very valuable in some of the more advanced levels. Wizard: His main thing is the ability to get the most out of potions.For information on each character's Turbo Attack you can click here to check out our feature story on that subject. You can upgrade each of them into their animal counterparts like minotaurs and tigers once you build up enough experience and skill. The characters are still broken down by color and "profession." You get your wizard, warrior, valkyrie and archer in one of four "ethnic" flavors that correspond to the different color schemes of red, green, yellow, blue. You still get the disembodied voice of the Gauntlet gods guiding you and telling you what you've done right and how to advance through the levels, but if you already know the game and how to play the tutorial parts get kind of irritating. The storylines, weapons, characters, strategies and monsters are all back but they look and sound a lot different. Gameplay The N64 version of Legends and its arcade cousin share pretty much everything except the same visuals and sound components.
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