Golden Axe: Beast Rider Comments by Dan Whitehead
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Carpathian
17/10/08 @ 10:38
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{Saw tagline of 'Pony'}
{laughed out loud at desk at work} Probably got more enjoyment out of the EG titling than I would from the game it seems. |
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I trust Dan's reviews so this is most certainly crossed off my "To Buy Next Year" list! I wonder if there'll be a demo...
I had a feeling it might not be good with the absence of reviews or even previews from all the major players prior to its release today. Shame really as I was interested in it after watching the two promising Making Of features on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Still at this time of year don't want too many good games, do we? ;)
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It amuses me that you only devote one page to reviewing this as it's clearly not 'worthy' of anything more, but I'd take one page over the usual three pages of pretentious ramblings any day of the week. Get to the point, don't tell me about what you were thinking as you sat down with your morning coffee; I don't care, you are not interesting.
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spookyzombie
17/10/08 @ 10:57
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3/10 is very harsh. I thought it was more middle of the road, so I'd 5/10 it.
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how does this compare to Viking Battle for Asgard?
If you enjoyed that is there a chance that you will enjoy this as much? Looking at meta critic this game has such a huge range of review scores (just like viking) so does it suffer from the same thing - like a marmite game (ie some will love and others will hate)? The scores on metacritic range from 30% -70% , which is such a huge range. To put things in perspective, a 7/10 on here would be respectable enough to buy and play.
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DanWhitehead
17/10/08 @ 11:02
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how does this compare to Viking Battle for Asgard?
It's considerably worse than Viking. It's not only derivative, but basic gameplay elements feel borderline broken. |
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@DanWhitehead
That’s all i needed to know, I was hoping that it was maybe misunderstood in the way Viking was, but at least the controls in that were intuitive and seamless, and it never felt like you weren't in control of what was happening around you. Thanks for the information :) /crosses off list |
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I think someone should have given Dan an award at that GMA thing. Not only does he seem to write more reviews than any of the other EG staffers, he's also one of the few staffers who will brave the trolls and fantards in the comments sections to answer people's questions.
And he reviews almost as many shit games as Ellie. We salute you, Mr Whitehead. |
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absolutezero
17/10/08 @ 11:21
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Everytime you wrote beasts I read breasts.
:/ Breast Rider. also I was about to leave and buy this. Think Ill leave it now. Saints Row 2 it is :s
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SuperNashwan
17/10/08 @ 11:21
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WTF ?!?! Goldenaxe without Giilus Thunderhead ?! No wonder it is utter Shyte.
Probably has correct spelling and grammar in all the cut scenes too. |
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DanWhitehead
17/10/08 @ 11:23
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Gilius is in the game, but only in cutscenes. If the barbarian dude is in there as well, I didn't notice him amongst all the other scantily clad cliches.
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DanWhitehead
17/10/08 @ 11:24
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And he reviews almost as many shit games as Ellie. We salute you, Mr Whitehead.
I actually am Ellie. It's a Dr Jekyll/Sister Hyde sort of deal. |
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SuperNashwan
17/10/08 @ 11:32
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I hate this type of remake that manages to ignore precisely what made the original so good (and not just making me laugh at Death = Adder). Pah, and they got it so right with Sega Rally.
Is it sad to admit I was playing golden axe on a megadrive just last week ? (gears has nothing on is 2 player awsomeness, the woman can unleash a nuclear explosion for gods sake, makes the hammer of dawn look pretty feeble) Now where are my rose sunglasses, i feel a Double Dragon session comming on....
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@ armandao
If you thought the videos looked good. You'll probably like it. The game isn't high concept, it's not going to replace Ninja Gaiden or anything. But it's no worse than Conan. How Conan can walk away with a solid score whilst Golden Axe gets savaged is beyond my brain. Even Hellboy scored higher! This is better than Hellboy. |
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