Gauntlet Dark Legacy PS2

While it's hard to see why some four-player games are worth the trouble, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy is one game that looks, at its preview stage, like it'll have gamers begging for their PlayStation2 Multi Tap accessories and three extra Dual Shock 2 controllers.

The game is a port of the coin-op of the same name that hit the arcade in the spring of 2000. Much of the setting, action, and controls have survived the translation. The difference here is that there's just more of a good thing in the PS2's Dark Legacy. You play as one of eight characters--four from theGauntlet Legends, plus a sorceress, knight, dwarf, and jester. Dark Legacy also features a larger selection of threads for each fighter. Once your character is attired suitably, the game becomes a stab-and-jab fest. As in Legends, the single player game is good, but it's the multiplayer mayhem that attracts people to the Gauntlet games.

Gauntlet: Dark Legacy will feature the four realms from Legends, plus four new ones and a fantastic new battlefield section. --Todd Mowatt