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Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows (first screenshots)
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Doom_Bringer
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cool!
Mr_Furious
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That does NOT look like gauntlet. 
Virgin Wii
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And I thought it was going to look like Dark Legacy. Good to see Midway/Atari/whatever decided to spend some money on this thing. It felt like they were using that Legends engine for like, ever.
Rocket Punch
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Funny I was just playing Dark Legacy yesterday. Is this only on Xbox?
Cold-Steel
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Mr_Furious said:That does NOT look like gauntlet.
That is because John Romero is involved.
I like the art though, this team has good artists. Last picture gets three thumbs up.
dynamitejim
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GhaleonEB said:
Official trailer on Gamespot says it's online multiplayer. Looks good to me.
Cold-Steel
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ManaByte said:
The resemblance is there...I'd post comparison pics but...as we all know those aren't "art".
VictimOfGrief
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Yup 4 Player Online over XBL. Suck it down bitches.
Honestly this looks like the single best game from Midway thus far this year. The designs are perfect and they will be able to (hopefully) involve some sort of story into the game.
The engine is a breath of fresh air and will probably be used to power other midway games I would assume.
+ Adds to wishlist.
Honestly this looks like the single best game from Midway thus far this year. The designs are perfect and they will be able to (hopefully) involve some sort of story into the game.
The engine is a breath of fresh air and will probably be used to power other midway games I would assume.
+ Adds to wishlist.
Cold-Steel
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^Man they really need to port that to the DS by the looks of it.
Guns N' Poops
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Looks great.
Mike Works
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Pfft, Champions rocks this weak shit
GO BACK HOME MIDWAY
GO BACK HOME MIDWAY
Nightbreeze
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I'm impressed. This should be great over xbox live.
Ninja Scooter
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artwise, i actually think it looks closer to the original Gauntlet than those abominations Midway put out a few years back. Would you really prefer to have the wizard to have humongous tits, a fro, and a bright yellow spandex swimsuit?
gameplay wise, i guess the logical evolution of the old school Gauntlet series was something similar to BG: Dark Alliance or Champions of Norrath. I still want rooms filled with tons and tons of baddies though.
gameplay wise, i guess the logical evolution of the old school Gauntlet series was something similar to BG: Dark Alliance or Champions of Norrath. I still want rooms filled with tons and tons of baddies though.
Mr_Furious
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I'm glad someone gets my point.border said:
Guns N' Poops
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border said:
Resident Evil means prerendered backgrounds and stupid zombies and Final Fantasy means random encounter. Oh wait...
Move on.
Guns N' Poops
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jooey said:
Umm what, we have known over a year that a new Gauntlet named Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows is coming and John Romero is involved in it...
Ninja Scooter
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not when tits and fro are attached to THIS:
Drinky Crow
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That's a nasty C-section scar she's got!
Mr_Furious
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Yeah, and Gran Turismo needs to switch to a 3/4 camera perspective ala RC Pro AM. What Gauntlet NEEDS to do is remember it's roots and not stray too far from what made the series so popular to begin with. This looks like yet another generic action-RPG with an identity crisis.android said:
Gauntlet = top-down perspective with hordes and hordes of enemies, none of which are represented in those screenshots.
SatelliteOfLove
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Mr_Furious said:That does NOT look like gauntlet.
That's because the art direction is worth beans. Very nice in the graphics quality, too.
*SoL needs quality weekend rental badly...*
Agent X
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Mr_Furious said:
You have a good point, but what they've shown here so far looks good, too. This isn't a remake of the old games, but an entirely modernized sequel. The classic Gauntlet arcade games were generally designed to suck down as many quarters in as short an amount of time as possible--because that's what arcade games were supposed to do. This game is designed as a home game, so it's not too surprising that it's straying somewhat from the old formula. Many of the Pac-Man, Mario, and Sonic games in recent years have all deviated from the original concept, and a lot of those games have been very successful.
Snowblind Studios has done a great job in advancing this style of gameplay in recent years, with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Champions of Norrath, and Champions: Return to Arms. While it's clearly too early to call this a "Champions killer" yet, Midway seems to be putting forth a serious attempt to take back the crown. From the screens shown of this game, I would say that the Champions games still look more impressive technically, but this game seems to have more variety in the level design and architecture.
This screen reminds me a bit of Ico:
ImNotLikeThem
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still doesnt say anything about 4 player, single system. just 4 people.turbos said:
I've always been a fan of Gauntlet, and before getting my new comp, have been replaying Dark Legacy on the GCN.
That said, I'm a little skeptical about this. Wish they'd show a GUI or something that marked this clearly as gameplay.
Cool art, even if it looks to "serious" to be Gauntlet.
That said, I'm a little skeptical about this. Wish they'd show a GUI or something that marked this clearly as gameplay.
Cool art, even if it looks to "serious" to be Gauntlet.