Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows

Gauntlet is back for another round. The Emperor has crucified his four loyal heroes to a magic tree, driven by an insane thirst for their immortality. Hundreds of years later, only a ghost, he regrets all the wrong deeds he committed and frees them, asking them to defeat his six former advisors to undo his deeds. This version of Gauntlet goes back to its roots: the warrior, the Valkyrie, the elf and the wizard fight their way through hordes of enemies to advance to the six bosses. The game is mainly a hack'n'slash affair, the puzzles are limited to finding keys and pressing buttons that open doors and portals. Each character has its own set of moves and attacks: The warrior has quite powerful attacks, the Valkyrie has fast movements, the elf can shoot powerful arrows and the wizard has several magical ranged attacks. Defeating enemies will give you experience points that you can use to improve your three stats; some chests in the levels contain better armor or weapons. Besides, you can buy new moves with gold. The game can be played in both single-player mode and cooperative multiplayer mode, in which up to four players fight together. The newest feature of this game (apart from the much better graphics) is the online play function. Played online, the game is identical to a normal multiplayer game, with each player sitting on a different box.