Golden Axe: Beast Rider
- Release Date: Oct. 14, 2008
- Price: $60.00
- Publisher: Sega
- Developer: Secret Level
- Platform(s): Xbox 360 PS3
- Genre: Action
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One of Sega's most popular franchises, Golden Axe, returns to the PS3 and Xbox 360 as Golden Axe: Beast Rider. As Tyris Flare, you engage in vicious melee combat both on foot and atop massive mythical beasts, savaging enemies with blades and magic on a quest for vengeance. A far cry from the side-scrolling arcade quarter cruncher, Beast Rider also features upgradable character skills and abilities.
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| Addictive gameplay | Terrible multiplayer |
Most Popular User Reviews
Golden Craps Bum Rider - XBOX 360
- Posted: Oct, 20, 2008
- Score: 1/5.0
- Comments: 5
This name would've been more appropriate. This game is abysmal!!!! This is one of the worst games I have ever rented. Thank God it was rented on a game pass and I didn't pay cash for the whole 20 minutes of my life that I wasted on playing this crap. It is better to rinse your eyes with sand and crushed glass than play this game even as a trial. This is a tragedy to gaming. It deserves ZERO stars. i believe it is out for both consoles... avoid it as if your life was depending upon it. This makes Vampire Rain look like Game of the Year!
This game reviewer is not pro. Can I have his job?
- Posted: Oct, 16, 2008
- Score: 5/5.0
- Comments: 3
| Pros | Cons |
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| Addictive gameplay | Terrible multiplayer |
The reviewer has no clue what he is talking about. Just about everything he says in this article is completely false, except the fact that he can't handle the awesome combat system in this game and resorts to button mashing.
The controls are fluid. The beasts are awesome. The graphics are on par with any current next gen title and have their own You need the beasts to help you with some of the bigger mobs in this game so you should certainly "bother" with them. Hell they are a big part of the game like the original. In fact there is plenty of tribute to the original as one could notice if they knew what to look for.
I was addicted like crazy to the original. In fact when it came out in the arcade in the states and I moved to japan I was dissapointed it wasn't in the arcades there... Then I found out it had been on home systems for over a year on the sega genesis and was the reason I purchased that system.
This game has a complex combat system that must be learned and mastered. It can be frustrating if you mash buttons and score lower than a C grade, but thats what makes the replayability of this classic game great. I played 4 levels last night and the story btw is awesome. Too many rpg's have similar/lame stories and this one changes that...
This sets the new benchmark for rpg's in fact it could be said that golden axe may have inspired many rpg's that we see today. I love it when a game is innovative and the color coded combat system makes things interesting instead of a bunch of button mashing. or mashing the same "uber" attack over and over to kill mobs. Please note developers we are sick of your cookie cutter B.S.
I can't wait to get home to play it tonight and its been a long time since a game has done that for me. In fact i've played so many games for so many years most of them jade me.
The only thing missing in this game would be multiplayer coop online. (hard to do local/split screen sucks anyway.)
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Golden Axe: Beast Rider Recent Articles
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Oct. 23, 2008
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Golden Axe: Beast Rider - Achievements!
Hack and slash your way to a bigger Gamerscore in the new Golden Axe!
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Oct. 14, 2008
Review:
Golden Axe: Beast Rider (360)
Any publisher considering revisiting a classic gaming franchise in hopes of cashing in on the current wave of retro-nostalgia should take the new Golden Axe game as a lesson in what not to do. Unlike recent resurrections like Pac-Man Championship Edition and Mega Man 9, Beast Rider is a terrible game that feels like a slap in the face to fans of the original franchise.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Fans hoping for a worthwhile update to one of gaming's most revered hack-and-slash franchises will be sorely disappointed by this poorly designed and utterly mediocre title. -
May. 16, 2008
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Golden Axe: Beast Rider
Nearly twenty years after the original fantasy hack and slash arcade game was released in arcades, an all-new quest, Golden Axe: Beast Rider, seeks to reinvigorate the popular action franchise in a mature take on the world of Golden Axe.
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