Mage Gauntlet
By Rocketcat Games
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Description
*** FPS issues fixed, even on iPad 1! Check it out! ***
New in this update: Universal and File Sharing support, many tweaks and requests taken from feedback we've receieved, and revamped weapons!
"Download Mage Gauntlet. The time you spent reading this review could've been much better spent playing this incredible game." -- Toucharcade.com Review
Mage Gauntlet is a classic-style action-RPG, designed from the ground up for iOS. It's inspired primarily by 90's action RPGs for the Super Nintendo, such as Legend of Zelda: LTTP and Secret of Mana. We wanted to make a fast-paced RPG that doesn't waste your time with fetch quests.
Fight and explore your way through a humorous storyline about eccentric wizards, powerful artifacts, and dangerous monsters. Find items to customize your character's strengths and weaknesses. Enjoy smooth, responsive controls and fast, satisfying combat. When you beat the game, unlock a remixed Master Mode with overwhelming enemy numbers and new secrets to uncover.
MAGE FACTS
- 84 levels (half normal, half in Master Mode)
- 86 achievements
- 110 hats (important)
- Variety of loot that adapt your character to different tactics
- 19 pets that follow you around and give different bonuses
- Quick leveling and stat system lets you customize character further
- Dash and Charge moves let you slip through enemy spell attacks
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What's New in Version 1.24
*** Significant performance improvements on iPad 1 and 2 now offer super smooth framerate on all devices!
*** iPad display bugs fixed
- Universal support for iPad and all iOS devices!
- Flip Screen option in the Settings menu!
- The View Map panel in the pause menu how has indicators showing how many notes/books you've found in the current level, and whether all monsters have been cleared!
- Spell changes! Silence has been merged into Time Circle to create a single all-powerful buffing spell, Sword Fury and the elemental summon spells have been improved, and the less useful Lucky and Shield spells have been removed from the random spell drops, though you can still obtain a Shield by collecting hearts or overflowing spells!
- Several weapons have been given new, upgraded effects and updated description text. Make sure to check them out, some were completely changed.
- Rabbit's Foot now increases the hat drop rate by five times.
- Ring of the Zealot now resurrects you, once, at half health with a Sword Fury buff applied to you.
- Reviving after being defeated now grants a free spell.
- Save file! You can export or import your save data (in save.dat) via iTunes File Sharing to copy your unlocked items and experience points to your other devices! This also allows backing up saves to your PC.
- Many level tweaks! Additional urns added to most levels. Backtrack-blocking doors removed for most levels. Many overly long levels were shortened a bit and/or had more urns added. This should improve the pacing of Story Mode.
- Various bugfixes, including some achievement bugs and dialog typos.
Customer Reviews
RocketCat Nostalgia™
Wonderful to have an action game from RocketCat that isn't a race. What a spell system! These developers always execute their ideas very well, and it took all of sixty seconds for me to see this new release, read "RocketCat", and purchase.
It may seem silly, but I am grateful to be able to move the character diagonally. All of the other retro action RPGs I have played on iOS seem to lack this basic necessity.
Looking forward to updates and the eventual sequel.
UPDATE: RocketCat is so responsive!
Thank you for being such an amazing game developer!
Read the whole review!!
Summary- overall this is a very polished game and I recommend it to any action rpg fan who likes more of an action feel than an rpg feel.
The good- very polished feel and great responsiveness! The spells are a TON of fun to use and I really enjoy the boss fights!! Get this game if only to see how this system was put into place! Graphics and movement polish are very well done as well.
The bad- So you will be going through several zones in this game, collecting different loot and fighting different enemies.. However, this is where I personally think an action RPG should shine, and these aspects of the game were the least flushed out to me. I felt like though I was fighting different enemies in different zones, they all felt the same to me, with just different skins. And the loot you collect is few and far between and is mostly just for looks. Doesn't add huge bonuses or help you in a major way.
All of this being said, it is a fun game with plenty of content. Just seemed to get a tad repetitive and some RPG aspects weren't as expanded out as I wish they were!
Great game, but shallow
I suppose I'll start with what Rocketcat got right. The controls are amazing, the best I've seen in any acion RPG on iOS. They also did a great job with the art and music, it has a beautiful retro style.
As for the meat of the game, there are only 110 hats. When I read the description, I thought surely it was a typo and they left out a zero. My friends: it is not. I wouldn't think to give my slave girls 110 hats for fear of insulting them! I myself have a wing in my manor where I keep my dapper hat collection.
Rocketcat, when you come to your senses I implore you to add more fantastical hats to your game.
- $2.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Dec 18, 2011
- Version: 1.24
- Size: 15.7 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Jeremy Orlando
- © 2011 Rocketcat Games
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1.2 or later
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