Someone should make a game about: Seven Force Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Someone should make a game about: Seven Force (Okay, another game...) Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Updated on 16 Oct 2019 10 comments Hello, and welcome to our new series which picks out interesting things that we'd love someone to make a game about. This isn't a chance for us to pretend we're game designers, more an opportunity to celebrate the range of subjects games can tackle and the sorts of things that seem filled with glorious gamey promise. Since this is Sega Week, we're doing things just a little differently on this one occasion. I often wonder what games would be like if you could play through their campaigns as one of the bosses rather than the hero. Bosses have a lot of the fun, don't they? Over-powered attacks, nice bit of spectacle, a decent line in gimmickry. And really, when it comes to bosses, there's only one game that counts for me - and of that game's bosses, there's one that stands above all the others. Gunstar Heroes. Seven Force. Someone did make a game about Seven Force, of course. In Gunstar Heroes, The boss is right there at the end of the mine level. But in a game stuffed with delights, Seven Force seems far too delightful to be left with a guest-star role. Seven Force isn't the best-named boss - that is clearly Pinky Roader - but look at all those tricks! Seven Force has seven forms. You have to take down each one. There's wonderful articulation on display across every one of those quick-changes: Seven Force is a crab! An eagle! A sort of urchin/starfish/kitchen utensil thing! Seven Force is clearly made of metal, but it all ripples and shivers in a strangely organic manner. At times, you can see hints of Sega's future: the running man form in Gunstar Heroes is every bit as breathtaking as the running man boss in Rez. At other times, it's just the sheer audacity that is overpowering. Bosses had long had different waves, but Seven Force just...well it takes things in a very Sega-ish direction. What would a game about Seven Force play like? I have no idea, but I started thinking of this boss a few days back when I was replaying FAR: Lone Sails, one of the most poignant and intriguing games of the last few years. FAR is nothing like Gunstar Heroes. It's melancholic and stately in its pace, it's largely non-violent and its colour scheme is extremely restrained. But there's something about the way you move around, a tiny person inside a huge, rattling, almost living machine, which suggests a ghost of Seven Force to me. Maybe the Seven Force game wouldn't be about controlling Seven Force as they tear across a landscape, but controlling the person who is controlling Seven Force? Treasure, it's over to you. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 14 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store