Gladiator A.D has a new name...and look!

SEGA CHALLENGES Wii GAMERS TO ENTER THE TOURNAMENT OF LEGENDS™

Become a Legend in Epic Weapon & Magic Duels

SAN FRANCISCO (February 3rd, 2010) – SEGA® of America, Inc. is excited to announce a new project in partnership with developer High Voltage Software - Tournament of Legends™. Exclusive for Wii™, Tournament of Legends is a weapon and magic based 3D-fight game featuring some of the biggest playable characters on Wii. Each fighter is based on a legend from world mythology: the Minotaur, a powerful Gladiator, Gorgon, Stone Golem, Valkyrie and other well-known and powerful characters. The game is scheduled for release on May 18th, 2010.

Tournament of Legends features epic battles in fantastic fighting arenas where they will wield mythical blade weapons, launch 40 magic attacks, and dodge giant mythological creatures that protect the battle lairs. In intense one and two-player fights, players master a range of character and weapon based magic attacks; including unleashing, amongst others, a man-eating lion, Jupiter's Storm, Thor's Fury and a nest of venomous snakes.

Tournament of Legends strives to offer even the most sophisticated Wii gamer a rich weapon fighting experience. Players will be able to switch weapons and enchantments with other characters or compete in various Wii Remote™/Nunchuk™ controller challenges which include dodging giant mythological creatures or restoring health and armor during fights. The game also features an Interactive Training mode and supports the ****c Controller™.

Tournament of Legends cinematic effects and graphics are fueled by the High Voltage Software Quantum 3 engine, designed and optimized for Wii. Large, 3D mythological fighters move fluidly. Fighting arenas, characters, and magical attacks are polished by advanced real-time lighting, blended animation, cinematic color curves, and more. And the fighters' mythic journeys are told through beautifully hand drawn in-game cinematics.

"Tournament of Legends is a perfect Wii game" said Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing at SEGA of America. "High Voltage are delivering yet another fantastic looking game and their roster of gods, demons and warriors is unlike any other brawler out there. I can imagine that fathers and sons will be using a quick fight on Tournament of Legends as the ultimate tie-breaker in family disputes!"

"With Tournament of Legends, we want to take the Wii weapon-based fighting to a bigger place. Along with a wide selection of blade weapons and animated magic attacks we've achieved rich graphical effects and detailed, epic characters with the Quantum 3 engine. The mythological characters are some of the biggest 3D playable characters on Wii." said Eric Nofsinger, COO of High Voltage Software.

Tournament of Legends is set to release on May 18th, 2010 exclusively for Wii.

Well that title's really, going, away from how it was presented originally

You have to wonder how good the game is going to be when one of it's strengths i...

"Some of the biggest playable characters on the Wii"

I don't remember the size of the characters on the screen being a winning endorsement, "Fighting people, now with ZOOM!"

Just a crap developer taking advantage of a unique situation.

So they have widened the appeal of this game a bit...

old

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Not excited. Looks goofy, as far as we know it still plays like those awful vids from last E3, and there's no WM+ support.

Looks the same

The only thing they did is change the view so blemishes aren't as visible on the stark background

No-one will buy this. Why do HV keep doing this?

I can almost smell the love in here lol Cant really blame you guys though, The Conduit was crapThunderdrone

The graphics are better (fixed the annoying lighting, but the gameplay is probably the same (which was bad). Ill rent it and if its good MAYBE buy it.

Huh.

Not that I was ever going to buy it, but I liked the original concept better. But, I won't go dismissing it as complete crap like everyone else here just yet.

EDIT: oh, and that new name is awful.

I don't think it looks that bad, I will wait for some more gameplay videos.

Looks the same

The only thing they did is change the view so blemishes aren't as visible on the stark background

:lol:

Well, the new title sounds more appealing..

But, this game was a terrible idea to begin with. I'm still haunted by the original gameplay videos. No amount of sugar coating can fix it. They should just cancel the game.

I can see Sega complaining now:|gamefan67

Hmm, it looked a bit better technically the way it was I'd say. It still looks decent graphically- and this may be only because itwas a quick change that's still in progress- but it doesn't look as good as A.D did originally.

Personality wise though- it already looks better I guess. The new direction looks a little similar to League of Legends for some reason though... :|

Its the gameplay that matters though- this isn't a brand new game- so it is still probably a weak punch-out rip-off- as that's what the E3 vids made it look like, at best.

Sega definitely intervened on this one. I am guessing this game is going to be T now and instead of pure gladiators there are mythological creatures. The appeal is definitely trying to be broadened.

We have no idea what the gameplay is really about but if its like Punch-out!! then that is a very good thing. If HVS could make a better multiplayer version of what Punch-Out!! had then MAYBE we have a little more to look forward to.

HVS stupidly showed this game off way too early and now gamers are making all sorts of early conclusions.

[QUOTE="gamefan67"]I can see Sega complaining now:|nini200

The problem with the game is the slow animations. The characters attack so slowly that after 5 min of playing u would think it would get boring. If they make it fast paced like Soul Caliber then i might give it a try. In terms of graphics the game has imporoved, Aside from the first pic the rest looks nice.

[QUOTE="nini200"][QUOTE="gamefan67"]I can see Sega complaining now:|InfinityMugen

I don't think it looks that bad, I will wait for some more gameplay videos.

tom95b

I don't understand this board's grudge against HVS. It looks fine, imo. Much better than the original which gave me a headache. I'll wait for a new game play video before I make any comments on it.

Talk about jumping ship before it even hits anything. The game looks alright to me and I like that name. It caught my interest and i'll keep and eye on it.

Talk about jumping ship before it even hits anything. The game looks alright to me and I like that name. It caught my interest and i'll keep and eye on it.

ShuichiChamp24

[QUOTE="nini200"][QUOTE="gamefan67"]I can see Sega complaining now:|InfinityMugen

Well that title's really, going, away from how it was presented originally

You have to wonder how good the game is going to be when one of it's strengths i...

"Some of the biggest playable characters on the Wii"

I don't remember the size of the characters on the screen being a winning endorsement, "Fighting people, now with ZOOM!"

Jaysonguy

"Tournament of Legends"? Really?

I can't believe I'm actually missing the name "Gladiator A.D."

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Well that title's really, going, away from how it was presented originally

You have to wonder how good the game is going to be when one of it's strengths i...

"Some of the biggest playable characters on the Wii"

I don't remember the size of the characters on the screen being a winning endorsement, "Fighting people, now with ZOOM!"

gamer620

Well that title's really, going, away from how it was presented originally

You have to wonder how good the game is going to be when one of it's strengths i...

"Some of the biggest playable characters on the Wii"

I don't remember the size of the characters on the screen being a winning endorsement, "Fighting people, now with ZOOM!"

Jaysonguy

I can almost smell the love in here lol Cant really blame you guys though, The Conduit was crapThunderdrone

Is the same treatment most of the 3rd party developers get from you guys, specially HVS

I like the Conduit a lot but perhaps you prefer to keep your Wii only for minigames or Mario games. Is not that I don't like Mario, is only that I choose Wii because there are games you cannot find in any other place, and from time to time, even those "generic" shooters are best played on Wii

"Tournament of Legends"? Really?

I can't believe I'm actually missing the name "Gladiator A.D."

GabuEx

No-one will buy this. Why do HV keep doing this?

shutdown_202

Because they like making games they want to play, and they're trying their hardest even if their best efforts look like some's worst

[QUOTE="shutdown_202"]

No-one will buy this. Why do HV keep doing this?

darth-pyschosis

Because they like making games they want to play, and they're trying their hardest even if their best efforts look like some's worst

[QUOTE="Thunderdrone"]I can almost smell the love in here lol Cant really blame you guys though, The Conduit was crapenrique_marrodz

I know they put out a mediocre game that sold ok, but why should any third party make wii games if this is the way we treat them? Esspecially small studios? Sure, we're open to ever 2D BOy out there that makes 1 solid game for us, but when a dev like this keeps coming back everytime trying to give us a good game, falling short only by a bit each time, we spit in their face?

not many 3rd party devs are willing to make ground up, Wii-exclusive games in genres the Wii lacks in that don't sell as well as on other platforms, i understand we want good games, but i think devs watching fan reaction know a large majority of the people who bash HVS for the Conduit haven't played the game, if it is good or bad. So if they see such big resistance from us for these games (we have no proof that Legends or Grinder will be bad, Conduit was a high 60s/low 70s game on a platform that lacked shooters, for ***** sake we should be happy they got a decent, if somewhat underwhelming product out, and know that the experience they got from it may lead them to fix errors in their game design in the future) why should any other 3rd parties make Wii games that take a lot of time and care?

Really?

We bash these HVS games yet someone wants to make us two FPS in the span of 1 1/2 years, both with features that not even Nintendo will implement in their multiplayer games (sometimes). Who exactly is jumping at making Wii exclusive fighters and shooters?

We get one FPS every year from Activision and its been good the last few years, but you guys really want one?

Another thing, all the forum posters treated COD MWR the same way as Conduit, based all your judgement off bad early sreens and said it couldn't be replicated on Wii, and guess what Critics and users agree it was replicated, with a few hiccups here and there MWR is a good port that got an 8.5 on Gamespot, and keeps all the things that made the original so good (cept voice chat, and slightly bigger matches) yet there will be dozens of people here who post "MWR is a mess coz i read this and this and this" despite not playing it themselves

We treated that game like crap (MWR) and we're lucky to get a good product out of it, the fact that we treat HVS like crap too and they keep coming back astounds me, but guys really do you have to crush this dev's dreams? They probably can't get a publisher/afford to make their games for HD consoles, and putting them on older platforms is setting them to die right away (PS2) so they choose a middle ground, the Wii

they can afford Wii games, they're lucky enough to convince SEGA as a publisher, and their trying their hardest to get a good game they'd want to play out, and they're gonna make errors and you're not going like it. doesn't mean we have to spit on them. I'll welcome back any developer even if they give me 5's and 6's for games coz you know why? I wanna be there when they get it right

(but i own all the systems so i'll have no trouble being there, lol)

No wii motion + = fail.

At least with WM +, HVS would have had some sort of angle that they could use to get people to buy this game. But now it will be lucky to get 100k

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]

[QUOTE="shutdown_202"]

No-one will buy this. Why do HV keep doing this?

intro94

Because they like making games they want to play, and they're trying their hardest even if their best efforts look like some's worst

That is a worry

I just don't understand why people need to bash these guys so much

Excuse them for trying to make you a game, and falling a bit short. Its a business too, i'm happy to see they are making good ties with a big publisher

[QUOTE="Thunderdrone"]I can almost smell the love in here lol Cant really blame you guys though, The Conduit was crapenrique_marrodz

Is the same treatment most of the 3rd party developers get from you guys, specially HVS

I like the Conduit a lot but perhaps you prefer to keep your Wii only for minigames or Mario games. Is not that I don't like Mario, is only that I choose Wii because there are games you cannot find in any other place, and from time to time, even those "generic" shooters are best played on Wii

I've never seen a lot of disrespect for third parties in this forum. HVS is one of the only ones that sticks out, along with Ubisoft, and I think they both deserve their reputation. Ubi may redeem itself a bit with Red Steel 2, but who knows. HVS may redeem itself with The Grinder, but again, who knows. I have hope for RS2 because Ubisoft at least has quite a few good games under their belt throughout their history. HVS... not so much.

There are plenty of third-party games that I've enjoyed or at least recognize why other people enjoy them.... but HVS hasn't made one of those yet.

Excuse them for trying to make you a game, and falling a bit short. Its a business too, i'm happy to see they are making good ties with a big publisherdarth-pyschosis

I'm not going to excuse them for trying to make a game when it turned out to be mediocre. If that's all they can do, and if that's what some people want, then that's fine with me. But it gives me no reason whatsoever to look forward to any of their future games. They're not looking for encouragement or friends... They're looking for a market to accept them.

[QUOTE="enrique_marrodz"]

I can almost smell the love in here lol Cant really blame you guys though, The Conduit was crapThunderdrone

Is the same treatment most of the 3rd party developers get from you guys, specially HVS

I like the Conduit a lot but perhaps you prefer to keep your Wii only for minigames or Mario games. Is not that I don't like Mario, is only that I choose Wii because there are games you cannot find in any other place, and from time to time, even those "generic" shooters are best played on Wii

I've never seen a lot of disrespect for third parties in this forum. HVS is one of the only ones that sticks out, along with Ubisoft, and I think they both deserve their reputation. Ubi may redeem itself a bit with Red Steel 2, but who knows. HVS may redeem itself with The Grinder, but again, who knows. I have hope for RS2 because Ubisoft at least has quite a few good games under their belt throughout their history. HVS... not so much.

There are plenty of third-party games that I've enjoyed or at least recognize why other people enjoy them.... but HVS hasn't made one of those yet.

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]Excuse them for trying to make you a game, and falling a bit short. Its a business too, i'm happy to see they are making good ties with a big publisherJordanElek

I'm not going to excuse them for trying to make a game when it turned out to be mediocre. If that's all they can do, and if that's what some people want, then that's fine with me. But it gives me no reason whatsoever to look forward to any of their future games. They're not looking for encouragement or friends... They're looking for a market to accept them.

If they're looking for a market to accept them and buy their product, why no PC indie release? They would make more money off steam/D2D. They don't even need to raise the costs of development much

What i'm saying is they didn't get the game too wrong, they've started good with this Conduit FPS and the sky is the limit.

I understand your opinion, you don't want to buy a bad game again, you bought TC and it was bad, so yes don't buy them again until it proves that its good

But how are you going to know if their next game is good, if you don't buy/rent it? I mean just coz a game gets a 5.5 (like Mercs 2) doesn't mean a person can't enjoy it. I enjoy a lot of games that did very poorly critically, i took a risk buying them due to the fact that a lot of ppl told me it was bad, but it payed off in the end. that doesn't always work out

Sure, i'll keep it in the back of my mind when they make another game that TC turned out so -so, but i'm going to keep giving them chances

You say some people are happy with a mediocre game, but to those people happy with the 5's of the gaming world, they aren't mediocre, they are fun.

It still baffles me they didn't release TC on PC for download. It would've been probably just as good as a Wii release, if not better

[QUOTE="JordanElek"]

[QUOTE="enrique_marrodz"]

Is the same treatment most of the 3rd party developers get from you guys, specially HVS

I like the Conduit a lot but perhaps you prefer to keep your Wii only for minigames or Mario games. Is not that I don't like Mario, is only that I choose Wii because there are games you cannot find in any other place, and from time to time, even those "generic" shooters are best played on Wii

thedude-

I've never seen a lot of disrespect for third parties in this forum. HVS is one of the only ones that sticks out, along with Ubisoft, and I think they both deserve their reputation. Ubi may redeem itself a bit with Red Steel 2, but who knows. HVS may redeem itself with The Grinder, but again, who knows. I have hope for RS2 because Ubisoft at least has quite a few good games under their belt throughout their history. HVS... not so much.

There are plenty of third-party games that I've enjoyed or at least recognize why other people enjoy them.... but HVS hasn't made one of those yet.

Techincally Ubi makes a lot of good games for non-Wii systems