GameLight - Heroes of Loot

Official Site: http://www.heroesofloot.com/heroesofloot/
Source: Youtube Channel orangepixelmobile

If there were ever a modern-day version of the classic Gauntlet, it'd probably be this game.  With the same exact 4 characters as the classic Gauntlet, the player traverses an endless stream of levels that randomly generates while grabbing loot to purchase items and take on quests to get even more items.  There's a free demo for PC/MAC that you can try out.  Being a fan of Gauntlet, dungeon-crawling and retro graphics, I quickly downloaded the demo and tried it out.

I'll be honest, the game's not very engaging playing on PC/MAC.  It's clear that the game was designed for mobile devices and doesn't change its mechanics at all for the PC/MAC.  Essentially, you hold down the attack button and just move around and dodge danger as your attacks automatically home-in on the nearest enemy.  There are no other buttons or abilities or such other than picking up runes that give you a short duration of power.  Also, the game is single-player only which leaves having actual buttons/keys to play and a larger screen the main reasons for playing on PC/MAC.  So although I compared this game to Gauntlet, it's missing a lot of aspects that made Gauntlet fun.  The game feels very barebones, yet it works really well in terms of a mobile device.  Having randomly generated levels keeps the game fresh which seems like an interesting distraction to have on my phone when I'm out and waiting somewhere.  I'll probably get this game for my phone, but not for PC.

Heroes of Loot is available for iOS in the App Store ($1.99), Android in the Google Play Store ($1.99), Ouya & Gamestick (price unsure), or PC/MAC ($4.99)

Source:
-Kotaku - Heroes of Loot Is The Most Retro Game You'll See Today