Gauntlet Dark Legacy/Gameplay

If you've never played a Gauntlet game before, you're in for some original fun. The game plays like traditional beat 'em up or hack and slash game, but with additional adventure and RPG elements.

Gameplay
As you jump into the game, you'll notice that most of the time you'll be standing in one spot holding down either of the two attack buttons.

However, although you can play like this, later in the game you'll be beaten down as you face more difficult enemies. A few additional fighting techniques exist to help you through the game and make you a more experienced player:
 * You can use melee attacks and combos by walking into enemies (this is especially useful when it's necessary to take out a generator and a turbo attack, magic potion, or special item is not available).
 * You can use magic in various ways to help defeat large amounts of enemies and the occasional Death.
 * You can use powerful, long ranged and AOE turbo attacks.
 * By blocking you can reduce the amount of damage you take and avoid being knocked down by powerful attacks.
 * Strafing gives you the ability to attack with limited mobility.

Enemies
Enemies will hone in on you, and attack when within a certain proximity. Normal soldiers, creatures, generals and all the melee enemies will seek you out on foot. Archers and bomb throwers, however, will either attempt to keep their distance while they attack or stay in one spot, so you'll need to rush them to avoid taking a barrage of fire. Gargoyles stand at a fixed location, and only move towards the enemy occasionally - pulling one is practically impossible, especially due to their size.

Gargoyles, generals, golems, and bosses are all creatures that have a high tolerance to damage. They must be defeated in different ways, but note that you'll most likely sustain some if not a lot of damage from each of them. The strategy for facing off against these powerful enemies becomes more simple if you are playing with multiple characters.

Items
Across each stage you'll find chests and barrels scattered about. In each, you'll find various items ranging from gold to food to weaponry. Note that to open a chest, you'll need a key.

Environment Objects
Throughout the game you'll come across a wide variety of traps and puzzles. Locked gates, secret breakable walls and objects, flame traps, floor spikes, explosive barrels, you name it; if the horde of enemies doesn't kill you, maybe the walls themselves will! You'll need to watch the maze of terrain for hazards, but in most cases they won't cause too much of a problem. Standing on a trap, however, could kill you in a matter of time depending on your level.

Items such as Levitate and Resist Acid exist to help survive nuisances such as spikes on the floor and poisonous clouds.

Throughout your adventure you will come across the following:
 * Barrels (treasure - normal/brown, poisonous - green, and explosive - red).
 * Chests (these can contain hazards as well).
 * Floor spikes.
 * Floor and wall flame traps.
 * Buzz saws located on the floor.
 * Locked doors.
 * Secret breakable walls.