Gunvalkyrie
Gunvalkyrie is an alternate history/science fiction video game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Microsoft Xbox. Originally developed for the Sega Dreamcast, its visual style was very similar…
Gunvalkyrie is an adventure developed by Smilebit, released 18 March 2002 on Dreamcast and Xbox.
What Gunvalkyrie is
Gunvalkyrie is an adventure game developed by Smilebit and released in 2002. It was published by Sega. It is available on Dreamcast and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game takes place in an alternate history in 1906 where the British Empire rules all of Earth and several extrasolar colony worlds, powered by technology brought to the planet by Halley's Comet in 1835. An unknown substance known as Halley's Core was found throughout the world, and certain individuals who came in contact with it and gained superhuman abilities became known as "Halley's Chosen." The first of these was a scientist named Dr. Hebble Gate, who was affected by the comet while in his mother's womb. With his superhuman mind he harnessed the power of Halley's Core and discovered a wide range of scientific breakthroughs, including fusion and nuclear power, genetic engineering…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Gunvalkyrie holds a critic score of 51 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Gunvalkyrie launched on 18 March 2002, within three weeks of Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast and Heroes of Might and Magic IV. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil (2002), Resident Evil, Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
Official trailer
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