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Midway's Gauntlet Legends for the PlayStation 2 seems to be getting prettier by the minute. The game, which features medieval characters (Warrior, Archer, Valkyrie, Wizard) as they slice and dice their way through a series of wonderful worlds inhabited by more than 50 gruesome ghouls.
Characters gain experience and toughness by destroying enemies and the generators that spawn them. A hero can progress in four categories, and improvement up to 99 levels is possible. Each player-controlled hero will have his own unique hand-to-hand attack, as well as an unlimited amount of projectile weaponry.
Various goals and sub-goals (among them finding and recovering rune stones, defeating bosses, defending towers, etc.) promise varied gameplay and the multiplayer action should make Legends one for the record books -- at least as far as party games go.