Upcoming 'The Relic' – Gauntlet on Steroids?
posted September 30th, 2009 12:02 AM EDT by arn in Exclusives, Upcoming Games, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Chillingo also revealed to us another upcoming game today that they described as "Gauntlet on steroids". Gauntlet, of course, being the classic multiplayer Atari arcade game where you hacked and slashed your way through levels. And The Relic sounds like it's going to mimic that gameplay:
You find yourself in the deepest level of a dungeon – you must seek out and destroy the Quinotaur (a 5 horned Dragon). The beast has ruled over 1,000 years and – through the power of The Relic – re-animates the dead and draws power from them.
The game is described as a hack n'slack close-combat multi-player game that can be played by 1 to 4 people. You'll fight against zombies, skeletons, huge spiders and more with 3D graphics and frantic action.
The game is expected for release in November.
Gauntlet… Good times, I'll be most likely picking this up, if gameplay looks any good.
Chillingo…. I think I love you…
If this game controls good, I will DEFINITELY be getting this. Many good times for sure.
never heard of gauntlet, but if the gameplay holds up, this LOOKS awesome
woah woah woah, never heard of gauntlet? lets step back in the way back machine for a minute.
at least look up this classic. saying you never heard of this is like saying you've never heard of classics like elevator action, contra, tron, etc etc
many people went through many quarters playing this. multi player was great.
ive played contra many times. ill have to look up the others you mentioned
Wizard needs food. Badly
is about to die.
red wizard shot the potion.
Zak needs more money for his iPhone games, badly.
Characters need more polys. Badly.
Regarding poly count, I agree. Saw the tweet about this and came running to look at the article! Now that I see it, I'm disappointed. "Gauntlet on steroids" or not, I'll probably pass. Unless they make a nice sprite based one where you can see more on the screen at once… Hmmm… reminds me I better get back to work on my projects
That's actually a lot of polys and 3D characters to animate for an iphone game. If you want a sprite based Gauntlet try Dark Raider.
@ RPGGuy… Already bought Dark Raider from you when it was first available in the app store (yes at full price, I believe it was $7.99 at the time). Not a bad game by any means, and much closer to Gauntlet than "The Relic" could hope to be… But I still crave the true Gauntlet experience, sprites, "wizard needs food, badly" voiceovers, the works!
does it bother anyone else that "taur" refers to a bull (minotaur, taurus, etc), not a dragon?
Well, it is a horned dragon, which is unusual for dragons, so that would explain the "Taur."
do you live in europe or something? around these parts, all the dragons have horns.
You're going to love this!
I just played gauntlet in the arcade last week. I'm ready for some more!
just looking at that first screenshot, the first thing i thought of was "2fps"
hopefully its not, looks cool.
Gauntlet on steroids? Gauntlet had waaaay more enemies than in these screenshots, so what exactly provides the steroid factor here?
That the enemies are not just crappy little sprites? (I say that with a deep love and appreciation of the original Gauntlet, by the way.)
Haah. Awesome. We have a Gauntlet arcade game at our local movie theatre and me and a few friends wasted about a half hour after a movie once. it was intense.
I've been thinking this one related question for a while now…
When (if ever) is a "Gauntlet: Dark Legacy" (or franchise update) port going to come to iPhone/iPod?
(btw… thanks for the heads up about "Relic" which may provide the (only) neo-retro fix)
Fan page on Facebook for all the latest info about *The Relic*:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/The-Relic/149992531219?ref=nf
Man, I love it when older games (or remakes of) make it to the iPhone. This looks like a lot of fun. I just hope it was some kind of storyline to go along with it. Hack and slash is fun, but it is enhanced by a nice story.
Thanks to RPGGuy for the Dark Raider mention. Don't have that yet…off to get it now.
hey peops when is this Relic game coming out