Reviews - Warlock's Gauntlet Game

Feb 23rd, 2012 2 people agree 0 people don't

This game does exactly what it sets out to do. The way the spells work means that you have to create a well-balanced loadout and anticipate what's going to happen in the next room.

The stats are a little unbalanced (you'll see), as one is significantly weaker and one's extremely useful, but it's fine, since the spells themselves benefit from different stats.

All in all, it's a good way to kill an hour or so.

Dec 16th, 2010 2 people agree 0 people don't

No story, no goal, but gameplay, graphics and polishing are good.

Feb 4th, 2012 1 person agrees 0 people don't

Can be fun for a while. Simple gameplay like Gauntlet, but unfortunately doesn't deviate much from it. Lots of balancing issues can make it very difficult or even impossible to complete a stage. The large number of creatures give very little chance for real tactics beyond circle-strafing.

Graphics could be clearer, with edges of terrain better defined.

Sound gets repetitive and annoying, with many supposedly different enemies sharing the same sound effects.

The UI sometimes provides very little feedback on what you're doing and can be sluggish and buggy.

The spell system is quite cool, but confusing and I couldn't find any documentation to explain it. It almost seemed as if trying to strengthen stats for one spell, made me weaker in all others.

Fun for a little while and could be very good if developed further.

May 14th, 2013 0 people agree 0 people don't

Controls on this game suck,and you are instantly swarmed as soon as you enter any zone, often times you enter a zone and either be unable to fire opn your opponents or wont be able to stop firing.

Apr 26th, 2013 0 people agree 0 people don't

cool

Feb 8th, 2013 0 people agree 0 people don't

This game is near impossible to play. The controls make no sense and the Wizard does no appreciable damage to monsters at the very beginning of the game, dying in seconds. Not exactly my idea of a good time.

Sep 16th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Yeas, nice. Yeas, yeas. I saw a O'possum. Yeas.

Jul 1st, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Nice and fun, but too short. Perfect choice if one wants "coffee-break game".

Apr 14th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

I agree with an user that said:
- Needs more info in the stats screen (mana used per spell, total mana, total health, etc).
- A few of storyline would be appreciated.

For all the people that couldn't understand how skills works: you have to found spells influenced more or less in the same way by the runes. And you have to mind that when a spell is "not influenced" by a rune (for example "not at all") it's in reality influenced negatively if you add points to that rune. So another suggestion would be:
- Change the scale from "not at all-totally" to "awfully-optimally" or something like that, so that is easier to understand.
- Add something like the bestiary for the spells (could be unlocked after beating the dragon) so that it could be easier to manage skills from the beginning to better fit some spells

Mar 19th, 2012 0 people agree 0 people don't

Fairly fun little shooter with top-down view similar to Larva Mortus or R.I.P.

You assume the role of a battlemage tasked with slaying a dragon. To help you in your quest are several different spells you can collect or buy. The spells are fairly imaginative, but some of them felt a bit overpowered, with the tradeoff of massive mana cost. However, as you progress in levels and get more skill points this will just become a minoir tradeoff which a skilled player can deal with. I found the early spell selection a little bitunderwhelming but after a few "rooms" I found some more useful spells, one of which ended up using all the way trough the game. To avoid spoiling the fun of discovery, I'll only say it is a very effective crowd control spell.

The graphics are fairly good and functional, except for the icy plains where the frozen trees blended into the background slightly. This caused a few deaths because I got stuck in a dead end which I thought I could pass.

Initially I was having problems with figuring out how to assign spell slots and use skills, but once I got it working and got the hang of it, I had a blast. Turned out that F1 opens up the help and F2 opens the character window. The game can be completed in under 2 hours, but it is well-made little shooter to kill time. Definitely worth a try.

I didn't have a chance to try the multiplayer, but I assume it is what it says on the tin.