Gauntlet Seven Sorrows | 
| From: Midway Entertainment
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 10256
Platform: Xbox
Genre: Adventure Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 30059
Model: XBMID 031719300594
UPC: 031719300594
EAN: 0031719300594
ASIN: B0009R1SZA
Release Date: September 8, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Seeking to undo the past, a powerful emperor is lost in his own dreams and nightmares | | • | After being imprisoned by him for two centuries, 4 immortal heroes set out to undo their tormentor’s lifetime of regrets | | • | In the process, they must deal with the consequences of their own actions and watch as the world shakes apart around them | | • | The legendary arcade classic Gauntlet is reborn with a new vision, story and gameplay |
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Product Description
The legendary arcade classic Gauntlet is reborn with a new vision, story and gameplay in Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows. Seeking to undo the past, a powerful emperor is lost in his own dreams and nightmares. After being imprisoned by him for two centuries, four immortal heroes set out to undo their tormentor's lifetime of regrets. In the process, they must deal with the consequences of their own actions and watch as the world shakes apart around them. Seven Sorrows is the fusion of fantasy fighting action with the strategy and fascination of user friendly RPG elements, challenging gamers in solo play, co-op and a thriving online community. Junction Skills. Featuring avant-garde Junction Skills, players can band together to use their skills and abilities to unleash a number of devastating attacks upon their unsuspecting enemies. Amazing Graphics. A cutting edge rendering process brings the gorgeous character models, breath taking environments and animations to life
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 A big letdown for a huge Gauntlet fan December 22, 2005
Lisa Shea
21 out of 24 found this review helpful
I am a HUGE fan of the Gauntlet series by Midway. I raced home with this newest version, eager to re-immerse myself in the Gauntlet universe. We finished the entire game in FOUR HOURS.
I'm not saying this to say we're Game Gods. I'm saying this because we were in utter shock that the game is so short, so boring, and so completely unlike the previous games that we loved. I can't even imagine how the company that created the previous, fantastic Gauntlet games could be responsible for this release. Maybe they lost their good programmers and were under contract to release a new Gauntlet by X date, so they had their newbie coders kick this out? I am just horrified at how poor this game was.
First, you get a choice of four charaters, of course - the elf, warrior, mage or valkyrie. However, you don't get to choose their color! I know it's a small thing, but I was ticked at that to start.
Your character has 3 main attacks plus 1 long-range attack - so the elf gets 3 sword swings plus his bow attack. In addition, there are combo attacks and d-button super attacks that you can pay to unlock over time. You then move from map to map, bashing away at enemies, killing the enemy generators and finding keys for doors. That part of the gameplay is similar to previous games. You can't shoot your friends in the back of the head, which my fellow gamers appreciated greatly. I was notorious for standing in the back area as the elf and just letting the arrows fly.
Really, the huge issue is the game's shortness. If it was 3-4 times longer, at least, it would seem perhaps worth playing. But I really found its entire layout much less interesting than the previous Gauntlet. In the previous one, you had a central area from where you could go out to various worlds, each with its own theme, going back and forth as you wished. In this one it's just a straight line, and while there are some thematic elements, it came across as a dungeon crawl that just plodding on for a few hours, then stopped.
Also, in the previous games, when you got character upgrades it was really exciting. You clearly saw the change and it was something fun to pay attention to. In this one when you get weapon and armor upgrades, you can barely tell. We would even stare at our characters before doing an upgrade, and it was hard to see anything had even changed.
The vocals really didn't impress me much. Part of the problem is that they would tell you "elf needs food" when the elf still had a ways to go - but then they would tell you "starving" and "has died" right on top of each other. So you were always being harassed about needing food, but never when you really needed to know. Also, with death being able to be slain with a mana blast, you pretty much were able to kill off death in .2 seconds any time you opened a chest. So Death was barely announcing his presence before he vanished again.
The graphics were good. There were many spots that looked walkable that you were magically blocked from going into, which was a bit annoying. If an area isn't open, don't put a wide open door pointing to it :)
I just don't know what went wrong here. I am extremely disappointed. Be sure to rent this game first, to see if it's something you would enjoy more than a day or two.
 Greatly Disappointing December 14, 2005
J. Young (Pittsburgh)
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
For many, this game has been a great game throughout the years with it's many versions and platforms that it ran on. Then comes this new version after all this time. I will give them credit for the graphics. Everything is just outright gorgeous. However, I am guessing that is where they spent all of their time because the game is too easy at best. As long as you can press the fire button fast enough, you breeze right through.
There are no secret passages to find. The game guides you where it wants you to go and you cannot take a wrong turn. You can purchase fighting abilities that allow you different moves, but everything is so easy, I found myself rarely using any of them. There were so little moves anyway with the Wizard, I had them all purchased within the first hour of gameply. There are no potions to buy, no keys to find to open chests, and so on. You literally just walk through the game pressing the "A" button as many times as you can. It takes nothing more than that.
Anyway, for long time Gauntlet fans, I think you will be disappointed. The previous version was a little easy, but what made up for that was the length of the game and all the little secret places and definately all the different characters. This version only has 4.
Again, the graphics are so much better, but you can take a nap while playing and still be able to finish the game. Yes, even on the so-called hardest level. I put the game in and had all seven levels done, by myself mind you, in 6.5 hours and I was taking my time thinking there actually might be secret passages. The final beast is just way too easy. Just run past all the creatures, flip the switches several times as required, and it is over just like that.
 Disappointing, too short - but not THAT bad December 22, 2005
William Merrill (San Antonio, TX United States)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I share the disappointment of the other reviewers, especially with the shortness and linearity of the new Gauntlet game. The previous one, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, was one of my favorite Xbox games, but the new one is missing most of the things that made the previous one so great. No secret areas (or maybe only accessed in multiplayer mode), almost no power-ups, too easy, etc.
One of the aspects that was so bad it was a little funny is how easy it is to dispose of Death when he shows up. All you have to do is save up enough mana (magic power) before you open a chest, and you will ALWAYS be able to INSTANTLY get rid of Death. It's unintentionally funny because by the time the announcer says "Death Has Appeared!" in ominous tones, Death is already gone! So Death is no real threat in this game like in previous Gauntlets.
Despite all of the major flaws with this game, though, I DID have fun during the limited time it takes to complete this game. The graphics are very good - I appreciated the little things like the blinking red eyes buried in the shadows in the forest and the way the enemy soldiers' shields block incoming attacks (the sound and look of it). One of the bosses, the guy made out of stone (I think he is the 3rd Sorrow) was kind of cool to defeat -- again, it was too easy, but still interesting and mildly challenging to figure out. So despite the major letdown, and the big feeling of "is that all there is?" when I quickly finished the game, I'm still giving it 3 stars for the moderate amount of fun I had while playing it.
"Player Needs Entertainment Badly" December 30, 2005
Sean Rallis (Ansonia, CT)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was sooo excited to buy this after Christmas and run home and play it. In retrospect, I'm so frigging pissed I spent $50 on this (and I'm not even past the first level yet)! There's NO differentiation between the different classes anymore, they all fight the same. I made it all the way to the first boss by merely running around the screen pressing the X button. BORING! To me, this is not a Gauntlet game at all! Stick with the classic versions or Dark Legacy; the eighth sorrow is purchasing this game.
Do NOT buy this game. January 7, 2006
Joshua C. Carmer
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
(I played XBOX version)
What a rip off!! Also finished this game in about 4 hours, and there is no replay value.
I loved Dark Legacy and original Gauntlet, but you can rent this one if you are really bored. Potions are gone... how can you have Gauntlet without potions. Keys are gone... this doesn't live up to great gameplay of past Gauntlets.
This game was such a letdown. I am going to sell my copy now to try to recoup the money I wasted on it.
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