Goddamn these games suck. They're as barebones as beat em ups get mechanically and the amount of recolors is ridiculous. Each game has about 3 minutes of unique content before they start recycling enemies and encounters. Only redeeming aspect is the music.
The 2 spinoff titles that copy zelda 1 and 2 respectively are my favorite Golden Ax games
I liked Golden Axe a lot. Fun co-op game when you're a kid and don't really care about anything except beating stuff up. I suppose there are better games out there, but you don't really know any better when it's all you've got.
>>12534738GA1 and 2 do indeed suck. 3 is the best playing, but you could still do better when it comes to beat em ups.
>>12534738In other words you died after 3 minutes and came here to seethe.
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>>12534738it's cool. it has fabio on the cover
>>12535743Wizards and Warriors 2 literally does
>>12535710Yup, the proper way to play these was at a pizza parlor with your friends or family sweating the final levels because you're not sure if you have enough quarters to finish the job. My brother and I beat 1 at Round Table and he had to make an emergency dash to my Dad for extra cash while I tried not to die. The pizza got a little cold while we sat through the ending but it was totally worth it.
I dislike the charge attacks seemingly every enemy is allowed to use. Distance closers like that are important to keep rare. Like bosses with machine guns that can quickly reach you from far away or weak enemies with no melee capability that have pistols. Every fucking enemy in Golden Axe can attack you with a dash like it's gun ranged with no downside and that's retarded bullshit
>>12535827Arcade Golden Axe is a different kettle of fish.
>>12535832Skill issue unironically.
The Revenge of Death Adder is the only good game in the series but Sega always refused to port it to anything.
>>12535974I'm a giga fan of the 3 Genesis games, the SMS one and I even dug the GG game, but I haven't been able to get into The Revenge of Death Adder despite trying many times. It just feels a little too arcadey to me.
>>12534738I've only played 3 once so I will hold my opinion on that one but grew up playing GA1 & GA2. They are not SoR tier beat 'em ups but still perfectly fine games that ooze cool. Fighting with weapons, riding animals that shoot fire, using magic that devastate your enemies, etc will never not be tits when you are a young male. Guess you just had to be there. >>12535827Kino memory anon. I still have yet to play an actual Golden Axe 1 cab but I have played Revenge of Death Adder to completion several times. >>12535974>never portedKinda sad really. I imagine that it would have made a great launch title when the Saturn debuted.
>>12534738I feel like people forgot that games were made for children and if you find some are lacking in depth and deeper value, try something made for adults. Its like when I see grown adults complain about simple stories in Star Wars. I remember playing a lot of golden ax at sleep overs. It was like the game I played while eating popcorn and before watching Terminator 2.
>>12534738hi, auster!
