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I am still torn on this one. While my love for generic action games is well known (I don't care for faux-innovation, just give me a sword and some monsters), there's something about the brawler style action game I truly miss, and wish Golden Axe: Beast Rider would have brought back. Teaming up with a pal and smashing a bunch of cheap enemies before a little arrow says you can move on fills me with such frustrated joy.

This particular trailer looks to be trying just a mite too hard to appear epic, but it's never going to be Willow. Now Willow was one class film. A trailer can only provide so much, however. If the action is good enough, I won't care much whether or not it isn't a true brawler or how close to being as good as Willow the story is. I really want to watch Willow.


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Mabec's Avatar
Mabec at 05/31/2008 05:33
lol @ topic, gotta love DT :)
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wardrox at 05/31/2008 05:55
Looks a bit like that game with War in, only with fewer clothes.

(She can ride my beast any time.)
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ReclusiveSpirit at 05/31/2008 06:19
My arse just feasted on it...and my penis liked it too.
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silverblackcat at 05/31/2008 06:25
I want this so bad now. Thought there is still something really awesome about the old side scrolling action.
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Elrando at 05/31/2008 06:31
I tried to feast my arse on this by employing a "spread and press" technique on my monitor. Now I have a dirty monitor.
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manasteel88 at 05/31/2008 08:33
c'mon...its a SEGA game. Even if they do everything right, some part of it will feel unsatisfying.
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B-Radicate at 05/31/2008 09:25
Despite the fact I wish a new Golden Axe game would end up being more traditional hack 'n slash and less beast riding, I can't say I'm not excited to play a game where the animal I'm riding CAN RIP A MAN IN TWO. I mean... come on, last beast I rode that could do that dumped me.

Zing.
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Professor Pew at 05/31/2008 09:31
This looks shitty as hell, boooooo! Couldn't they just have made Golden Axe Trilogy HD for XBLA/PSN instead?
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mistic at 05/31/2008 09:34
Yeah! i think the beast-riding looks awesome! that beast ripping that guy appart is made of nothing but pure win :-)
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TimO42 at 05/31/2008 10:00
lol I still have Willow for the NES
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Knigge at 05/31/2008 10:26
Damnit. Now I want to watch Willow.
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MechaMonkey at 05/31/2008 10:31
"I can't say I'm not excited to play a game where the animal I'm riding CAN RIP A MAN IN TWO."

QFT
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Rockvillian at 05/31/2008 10:43
If I could play this with a friend I could look past the generic brawler stuff, but all I see is a SEVERE lack of imagination that didn't even try and do a unique brawler... they had to take the idea from a 90's sidescrolling three-player beat em up.

Seriously, come on. I'm gonna go watch Willow.
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Volomon at 05/31/2008 11:30
I'm just not interested in this game it's a single player game based on a multiplayer game. It just makes no sense to me at all. Unless she becomes topless or totally nude in the game I am not fucking interested.
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Rifter01 at 05/31/2008 11:51
Me like-y. Maybe a rental, at least, if it has satisfying 2-player offline play it might be a good one to get after all.
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braulio09 at 05/31/2008 12:13
I dunno, looked cool but there was no real gameplay so I'm also undecided.
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Howlingatthemoon at 05/31/2008 12:33
Maybe Im in the minority, but I think this game is gonna be wicked fun!! I agree that it sucks that its single-player, but I remember reading somewhere that the developers do plan to integrate multi-player into the sequel. So in order to ensure that there IS a sequel, we need to make sure the sales figures for this game are high....so get out there and BUY it!!!
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Zaxo3636 at 05/31/2008 12:50
Wait, no co-op? Is this true? Only one playable character? No super-buff barbarian or endlessly superior dwarf? THERE ISN'T EVEN ANY MAGIC SPELLS CAST IN THAT TRAILER. I realize that this is the premier trailer and it's still being developed and not much was revealed but I'm concerned.
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Rockvillian at 05/31/2008 12:57
@Howlingatthemoon

Someone at Sega just read your post and cackled maniacally.
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TrailerParkJesus at 05/31/2008 13:13
Single player only is a horrible idea. Should have titled this something else, and do a proper Golden Axe separately (the supposed "sequel," such bullshit).
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Arugala9 at 05/31/2008 13:42
@ Howlingatthemoon
How much is Sega paying you to push this game?
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glenno at 05/31/2008 14:33
They would have been better off making slapping a coat of paint on the old gameplay. At least there would have been multi-player and the badass dwarf.
Favorite part of the old games from when I was a kid: Smacking those little fast dudes for the magic potions.
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BADInc at 05/31/2008 14:46
I WANNA BE THE DWARF!
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bVork at 05/31/2008 18:03
This looks horrible. It reminds me of a PS1 but with bilinear filtering. It looks to be on the same level as that terrible PS2 Altered Beast game.

But you really can't expect quality from a developer whose last game was Iron Man.
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Mxyzptlk at 05/31/2008 18:33
She can ride my beast any tim- Oh goddamn it wardrox.
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The Amazing Shenazin at 05/31/2008 18:47
needs moar Eborsisk
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fetusmilk at 05/31/2008 18:52


also one of val kilmer's best roles
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bleep at 05/31/2008 19:20
yeah this looks like it could be really cool or maybe not as cool as the trailer makes it seem.


also Willow
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Tuxy at 06/02/2008 08:10
I have a framed Willow movie poster.
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