Mage Gauntlet

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Mage Gauntlet
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Developer(s) Rocketcat Games
Director(s) Kepa Auwae
Designer(s) Jeremy Orlando, Kepa Auwae, Brandon Rhodes
Composer(s) Jeremy Orlando
Platform(s) iOS, Android
ReleaseOctober 20, 2011
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Mage Gauntlet is an iOS action-adventure game developed by American studio Rocketcat Games and released on October 20, 2011. The player controls Lexi in search of a way to defeat the demon Lord Hurgoroth, and prevent him from taking over the world. [1]

Contents

Gameplay

Mage Gauntlet is a 2D game with live-action type of game mechanics and pixel graphics.

Reception

The game has a Metacritic score of 84/100 based on 15 critic reviews. [2]

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References

  1. "Home page". Mage Gauntlet. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Mage Gauntlet for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. Hodapp, Eli (19 October 2011). "'Mage Gauntlet' Review – It's Like Taking a Time Machine Back to the Golden Age of 16-bit Action RPGs". TouchArcade . Retrieved 22 March 2019.