Gargoyles Remastered: Heart of Stone

Gargoyles is a beloved cult animated series that was arguably a little too mature for its time in the mid-90s Disney Afternoon slot to find the audience it deserved. Nevertheless, like nearly every other animated property of that same era, it still got a video game. For the time, it certainly captured the look of the series as well as you could manage on 16-bit systems. Unfortunately, the gameplay wasn’t much to write home about and while not completely forgotten, the Gargoyles video game isn’t as fondly remembered as other greats of the era like Aladdin or Quackshot. <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:639/1*lw8pR7zXgpa-vTuPibaNSA.jpeg" style="height:362px; width:639px" /> Nevertheless, we are in an age where remasters of older games, no matter if they were good or bad, well-remembered or extremely obscure, are happening on a rather regular basis. And so with this in mind, we come to the release of Gargoyles Remastered, a faithful recreation of the original game for modern platforms along with a couple of new bells and whistles. Is this enough to warrant a purchase for any other than the most diehard of fans? <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*PPA5b4S65FUj4gpXiyo3Sw.jpeg" style="height:394px; width:700px" /> Sadly, not really. While the option of a look closer to the animated series (you can choose to either play with the new graphics or the original, but not switch back and forth at will as some remasters allow you to do), the new graphics honestly look little better than a well-done flash game you’d see on a place like Newgrounds, and the way Goliath and various enemies animate and react to hits are like that too to the point where sometimes it’s hard to tell if you are even hitting them in some occasions (or they you). <img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/1*sl3-cKBeHMR9Uw8E0b7JKw.jpeg" style="height:538px; width:700px" /> And ultimately, there’s just not much to the gameplay of Gargoyles Remastered. You only play as Goliath, he has basically one offensive maneuver, his claw swipe, and that along with pretty dodgy controls is all you have to get you through levels with some pretty cheap enemies and obstacles. Also, like many games of the time, it’s an incredibly short game, as in it can be completed in under an hour. <a href="https://mainstreetelectricalarcade.medium.com/gargoyles-remastered-heart-of-stone-808489e77a7e">Click Here</a>