Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows

Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows is a computer role-playing game. It is the follow up to Gauntlet Legends and Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. Industry veterans John Romero and Josh Sawyer (now out of the project) spearheaded Midway's San Diego studio, intent on reviving the classic Gauntlet action RPG franchise. Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows fuses fantasy fighting action with the strategic RPG collecting and customization elements for solo play, co-op and an online community.

Story
Centuries ago, four immortal heroes were gathered together to serve the emperor. He trusted their advice, but sought their immortality, and so his six great advisors used this against him, and tricked him into crucifying the heros on a great tree at the bottom of the world. Afterwards the emperor regretted this act, and yet committed six other sorrows before he was killed by his trusted advisors. However, before his death he undid his first great sorrow and releases his loyal heroes from the tree. Mysteriously set free, the heroes now must set out to destroy the emperor's twisted advisors and set right the emperor's six other sorrows. If the ancient heroes cannot undo the emperor's deeds on their own, his mad plans may tear apart the world.

Details
Romero and Sawyer both left Midway Games before the completion of this title. The two characters, Lancer and Tragedian, created by Romero and Sawyer have been removed from the game. In this game you can play as the four original heroes, the wizard, the elf, the warrior, and the valkyrie, each with their own combos and special attacks. The game is shunned by many people who think that using realistic graphics fails to grasp the Gauntlet feel. Some fans even went as far as to never buy the game at all.

Levels
The Four Heroes (Valkyrie, Elf, Warrior, Wizard) must go through 16 levels to overcome the Emperor's other Six Great Sorrows; they are as follows:

1. City Under Siege

2. Dungeon Passage (Your light armor will be found here)

3. Plague Town (First boss: Scarecrow) (your second level weapon will also be found here)

4. Shipbuilder Village

5. Sunken Harbor (your third level weapon will be found here)

6. Ancient Forest (Second Boss: Twisted King)

7. Standing Stones (Your medium armor will be found here)

8. Stone Golem (Third Boss: Stone Golem) (The Boss is all there is to the level)

9. Imperial City (your fourth level weapon will be found here)

10. Imperial Palace

11. Throne Room (Fourth Boss: Grand Magistrate) (Your heavy armor will also be found here)

12. Imperial Dungeon

13. Dungeon Deeps (Fifth Boss: Gavrill the Troll) (Your and most powerful weapon will also be found here)

14. Underworld Crossing

15. Deep Fortress

16. Caldera (Final Boss: Master of the Cauldron) (The Boss is all there is to the level) (Also, your massive armor will be found here)

Characters
"The Warrior"

Name:Adalbrandr

Home: Sudurhofn, Heima

Age: 345

Weapons:

Long-Ranged weapon: Heima throwing ax

1-The Ram Fang Ax

2-The Death Ram Battle Ax

3-The Doom Ram War Ax

4-The Spikes of Vengeance Ax

5-The Legendary Arm of Thunder Ax

Information: Adalbrandr has more powerful close attacks than any other character, but his ranged weapon is weak. His skills are very high-damaging, but slow. He is often limited to melee-attacks, and his skills usually aim in one single direction.

"The Elf"

Name: Idain

Home: Egelwyr

Age: 301

Weapons:

Long-Ranged weapon: Magical Elven Bow

1-The Scorpion Sting Blade

2-The Serpents Fang Blade

3-The Dragons Jaw Blade

4-The Spirit Spike Blade

5-The Legendary Dark Glove of Pain Blade

Information: Idain can move quicker than any other character, and can swing his weapon quicker as well. However, his attack power is very low. His Long-Ranged weapon is the most powerful.

"The Valkyrie"

Name: Ragnheidur

Home: Nordis, Heima

Age: 320

Weapons:

Long-Ranged weapon:Heima throwing stars

1-The Hawk Sword

2-The Twin Raptors Battle Sword

3-The Scarlet Falcon War Sword

4-The Dark Eagle Sword

5-The Legendary Avenging Harpy Sword

Information: Ragnheidur is the jack-of-all-trades character and the only female. She is the recommended beginning character. Her highest level armor offers the most protection out of all of others. "The Wizard"

Name: Madoc

Home: The Dowlrach, Gwaedmae

Age: 406

Weapons:

Long-Ranged weapon:Magical Blasts

1-The Eagles Claw Staff

2-The Screaming Demon Staff

3-The Shadow Demon Staff

4-The Omen Staff of Doom

5-The Legendary Staff of Desolation

Information: Madoc has weapons with the same low strength as the elf, and has the worst armor. But the wizard has the best skills out of any other character; his higher-level skills are very devastating, making him a good end-game character.

Each character also has his or her own armor, which goes up to five levels. They are unique to each character, but have no specific names, and thus are not listed here.