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Golden Axe: Beast Rider | 
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| From: Sega Of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.95
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 384
Platform: Playstation 3
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: PlayStation 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 69006
Model: 69006
UPC: 010086690064
EAN: 0010086690064
ASIN: B000XJM2AE
Release Date: October 14, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Quest for vengeance and engage in vicious melee combat in fantasy world | | • | Unleash barbaric killing moves and dismembering attacks | | • | Explore huge, ravaged, destructible landscape | | • | Weapon upgrades and powerful unlockable elemental-based spells and magic | | • | Features never-before seen character skills and abilities |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Disgraceful November 25, 2008
There are so many things wrong with this game, I barely even know where to start. So I guess I will start with the good. The ground combat had some pretty clever ideas. While fighting hand-to-hand, the game is focused on chaining together strings of parries, dodges, and counter-attacks. It's fast-paced, and would be a lot of fun. When enemies attack, their blades will glow different colors to indicate which type of defensive maneuver you need to use (similar but not identical to Heavenly Sword). But here the problems start. The camera doesn't track combat well at all. Enemies will often attack you from off the edge of the screen because, for some reason, the game thinks you want to see the terrain behind you rather than the enemies in front of you. This problem is further exacerbated by the frequent screen tearing, sometimes obscuring enemies even when they are on camera.
Things get even worse when you start delving into the mounted combat, which as you might guess from the title is the central focus of the game. The animals are slow, clunky, and bulky. They also have only 3 abilities, two of which actually drain the animal's health to use. Most of the time, riding an animal into combat probably just means that you are going to get knocked off and have your beast jacked by an enemy.
Lastly, if you are a fan of the old Golden Axe games from the Genesis era like I am, prepare for more disappointment. There is no multiplayer whatsoever in this game, and you cannot play as Gilius or Ax Battler at all. Not that Tyris isn't hot, but seriously I wanted to play as Gilius too.
Realistically, there is no reason to ever play this game. Ever.
 Disappointing November 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sega's Golden Axe series was once a revered franchise in the 16-bit days, then just seemed to die off as new generations of consoles came and went. Golden Axe: Beast Rider attempts to put a new spin on Sega's classic series, and utterly fails. Playing as returning heroine Tyris Flare, you are on a journey of revenge against the evil Death Adder. There are hordes of enemies to duke it out with and dismember, but the game is pretty much a bore from beginning to end. Not because of the gameplay itself per se, but just how the game is designed. There are some good looking environments and effects, but much of what you see in Golden Axe just looks bland. It doesn't help that the game's controls are awkward (and occasionally unresponsive) during combat, and especially when trying to handle the game's assortment of beasts. The few high points of Golden Axe are that the game is quite brutal in terms of bloody violence, and there is a decently lengthed quest as well. Getting through it however is a different story all together. One last thing though: where is the co-op mode? I seem to remember half the fun of the old Golden Axe games was teaming up with a pal, and there is no such thing to be found here. All in all, no matter how much of a fan you may be of the original, classic Golden Axe, Golden Axe: Beast Rider is an ultimate failure that doesn't live up to the pedigree of the original in the least, and in the end is best left on the shelf.
 Great idea; not quite perfectly executed November 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I do not regret spending the money I did to buy this game. It looks fantastic plays just like the first golden axe. The only problem I had with this game was that the difficulty curve is a bit much for people not used to this game-play style. With that being said, I would recommend this product to anyone who asked.
Possibly the worst game ever played!!! October 30, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game has the worst control system I have ever encountered. Basically you parry when the enemy shines blue using the R1 button and evade using R2 when the enemy shines orange. That's about it to the entire fighting system. Nothing more nothing less, though I very much doubt it can get any less than that. Don't think you can hack and slash through this game because you'll die before you know it using that technique since the lag time between each slash and every parry or evade will allow you to get hit at least 3 times by your foe. The environment is pretty much the same all around, although the graphics make it look really enticing to explore you're forbidden from doing so. The entire environment is surrounded by what I like to call "invisible walls" - don't try to jump on top of a stoop or try to stray from the one way path you're on. And the most fun part of all -- watch out during combat because these invisible walls will push you off of a cliff if you're near one. Probably the most appealing part of this game is the fact that you can ride several beasts, who each have their own strengths and weaknesses and powers. However, the beasts operate like a mechanical robot who desperately requires someone to oil that machine up. The beasts are sluggish, slow, and terribly awkward to operate. Sure it's fun to watch those beasts and enemies gush with blood if you're actually successful in defeating them, but you would think that being on a beast would give you great power and flexibility -- not so. Finally, this game lacks any story to follow by. If you don't care about story, then you're in for a treat because there is none. You basically follow Tyris through several identical looking environments to save her great god she has worshipped her entire life. There's nothing more to it than that. No upgrades, no items to find, and nothing to strive for in mastering the combat system since there is nothing to master at all. If you dare to get this game I wish you good luck but be prepared for hours of frustration and looking forward to the end.
Terrible...not even worth it as a rental October 24, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was so stoked about this game for so long. I even had it marked on my Outlook at work for the release. I thought to myself, "A next gen Golden Axe?!? Are you kidding?" I thought that this would be the game to end all. I was however......EXTREMELY let down. I got this game and when it first started I thought to myself I was going to be let down but I kept going. I made it as far as beating the first twin and then it just got ridiculous.
The 'block' system is a joke. I've never played a game where I couldn't just block an attack. At first I thought it might be something I could get used to, but again I was wrong. This game pins you against impossible odds. The only reason they're impossible is because there are so many enemies and if you miss the color they attack with and hit the wrong button then you're stunned. At this point the 30 other enemies on the screen attack you at once and you're dead. It's stupid.
I didn't really have a problem with the beasts actually. They served their purpose and that was all well and fine.
I guess I had such high hopes for this and was extremely let down. I really should have saved my money for some of the better games coming out this winter.
A waste.
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