Play Station Official Magazine - UK (2019-12)

083

REVIEW

youcanaccesstheHallOf
Heroestobeawardednew
weapons,items,andtreasures
fromoneoftheoddball
charactersinside.
ThenumberofChalicesyou
holdalsohasa directaffectin
thefinalconfrontationwith
Zarok,andtheendingyouearn.
Fora gamemadein 1998 and
obsessedwithchickenjokes,
there’scertainlya degreeof
nuanceburiedinhere.

DANANDOUT
There’sbadwiththegood,
though.Initseffortstoinstil
a newleaseoflifeintoa cult,
butnotclassic,gameOther
OceanhasimbuedMediEvil
withsomemodernflourishes
buthasn’teliminatedallthe
PS1-eraclunk.Thevisuals
areappealingandthenew
orchestratedsoundtrack
ensurestheDanny-Elfman-
nessis finallysomethingto
cherish.Butthegame’scamera
is stilla paintouseandsome
levels’layoutsanddesigncanbe

hardtoread.Thedevhasmade

tweaks,suchasnewstagesto

bossfights,butultimatelythis

is a faithfulremake,forgood

andbad,wartywitchesandall.

It’sa shortgame,tooand

there’slittleinthewayof

extrastodipinto,apartfrom

a newlynarratedencyclopedia

withentriesunlockedin-

game.Oh,andthesmalltask

ofunlockingtheoriginalPS1

version,whichmeansreplaying

everylevelatleasttwicetofind

hiddenlostsouls.Thisis more

functionarythanfun.

MediEvildripswithghoulish

charmandthekindofgoofy

ideaswerarelyseethesedays.

Likeitshero,thisremakeis

flawedbutfun.

VERDICT

THE OPM BREAKDOWN

Right The Time
Machine puzzle
stage gets the
cogs whirring.

Below Some
of the stages
are short, but
beautifully
remade.

Above left Each weapon has an alt attack... and there are cockney fairies!

A solid remake of a cult game

from a bygone era, MediEvil’s

flaws lay in its past. The eight

hours you’ll spend in Sir Dan’s

metal boots will, however, have

you smiling until the credits roll.

Ian Dean

5% Entering the

Zarok battle... so

that’s the real

reason to find

the Chalices!

13% Trying new

weapons only to

realise they all

kind of have the

same effect.

19%Searching

everystagefor

thathidden

Chalice.

10%Unlocking

the Aliens-like

AntCavesstage.

WHAT YOU DO IN... MEDIEVIL

46%

Letting the music

and graphics

tickle your

nostalgia glands.

7% Replaying

every level to

find the lost

souls to unlock

the original

PS1 version.

HIDDEN MAGIC

Completing side-quests and

discovering secret areas will unlock

new treasures and even a

bonus boss battle...

BOSS IT

...but be warned, this is a retro

game so has a weird relationship to

check points; die on a boss battle

and its back to the stage’s start.

LOVING/HATING

IS IT BETTER THAN?

A genuineclassic

beautifullyremadeon

PlayStation4, Shadow

Of TheColossusshows

howit’sdone.

NO NO NO

All three Spyro games

remade with swish

new visuals and

tweaked to play as we

expect in 2019.

Crash Team Racing as

you remember it, but

on PS4, complete with

online modes and

rankings. Perfect.

STAT PACK

Chalices to find

and fill with

enemies’ souls.

Each one unlocks

something nice in

Hall Of Heroes.

Enemies to

banish, spread

over the 20

stages, including

werewolves and

skeleton pirates.

Endings

to unlock,

determined

by how many

Chalices you’ve

managed to fill.

16020 2

Mr Apple, who

the game is

dedicated to,

and who’s hidden

in one of the

stages.

COMPEL-O-GRAPH

Combatfeels...

old-fashioned.

Opened the map.

Time to explore.

Unlockednew

areasofold

HallOfHeroes stages.

yieldsa new

weapon.

Finished, now

to unlock the

PS1version

0 TIME 8 hours