Mage Knight: Apocalypse Preview

GameSpot has posted yet another hands-on preview for Namco’s Mage Knight: Apocalypse, this time focusing on the game’s storyline, combat system, and characters.

We battled through the game’s opening levels, encountering dozens of orcs, mechanical golems, and even stranger fantasy creatures, such as humanoid boars. Combat is as simple as repeatedly clicking on a target to strike. You can map both mouse buttons to different types of attacks, so the left one might be a melee attack, while the right one is a magical attack or a special ability. For instance, playing as the vampire, we used the left mouse button to attack with her sword and the right mouse button to use her blood-drain abilities, which sap the life out of an opponent and restore some of the vampire’s health bar.