MediEvil
MediEvil is a modern reimagining of the 1998 action-adventure game MediEvil. Developed by Other Ocean Emeryville and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, it was released exclusively for the PlayStation…
MediEvil is an adventure developed by Other Ocean Interactive, released 25 October 2019 on PlayStation 4.
What MediEvil is
MediEvil is an adventure game developed by Other Ocean Interactive and released in 2019. It was published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In the year 1286, an evil sorcerer named Zarok plotted to take over the kingdom of Gallowmere with his undead army. It is told in legend that the King of Gallowmere's champion, Sir Daniel Fortesque, led his army to victory and managed to kill Zarok before succumbing to his mortal wounds. In reality however, Dan was in fact struck down by the first arrow fired in the battle, with the king choosing to cover it up and declare Dan the "Hero of Gallowmere". Zarok, meanwhile, was forced into hiding and was presumed dead. 100 years later, in 1386, Zarok reappears, casting a spell over Gallowmere to awaken his undead army and steal the souls of the living. However, in the process, he unwittingly…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
MediEvil holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points below the year average. Players rate it 72, 8 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
MediEvil launched on 25 October 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds and Disco Elysium. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, The Outer Worlds, Disco Elysium.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for MediEvil yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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