Boring? Have you only played it single player? Because it was always designed for multiplayer in mind.
This latest version is a faithful update to the original and if you liked the original Gauntlet, then you would enjoy the new one, but only multiplayer (can play online) as you really can't progress easily on your own.
It was brilliant fun in the 80's playing 4 player at the arcades and multiplayer, and I still remember playing the CPC version with a friend until we managed to loop the levels back round. The Atari ST (never released on Amiga) version was the best at the time.