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|    Scott H to All    |
|    Re: My thoughts on Golden Axe 3.    |
|    14 Nov 06 00:37:09    |
      From: weaponx013@yahoo.com              dos-man 64 wrote:       > Some of the online opinions I read indicated that this game wasn't       > satisfied with being a side-scroller. People acted like it was a       > frogger remake or something. No way mate, no way. The only difference       > between this game and other scrollers is that there is a lot of       > blocking of attacks. And you can choose the path that you take to get       > to the end. It doesn't really add anything, but it doesn't hurt       > anything either. One way seems as hard as another. At least it's more       > backgrounds to keep things fresh.       >       > The two new characters rock. The panther guy is amazing. He handles       > like nightcrawler. I keep wanting to jump on the guys while they are       > lying on the ground. He is so fast! His magic is quite a spectacle.       > I'm still trying to figure out if the game uses the magic policies from       > ga1 or ga2. The potions you have collected are visible at the       > upper-left hand corner of the screen so you know how many you have.       > They are sectioned off into groups for some reason. I got up to level 6       > twice but no further. I earned an extra guy at one point, but I'm not       > sure how.       >       > I would make just a few changes to this game. I would substitute the       > snail creatures with the traditional ga riding dragons, have the bad       > guys yell "bleh!" when they die, and exchange the new skeletal warriors       > for the traditional skeletons. Yes, they were pricks, but I take some       > sort of perverse satisfaction in getting double-teamed and bonked over       > the head with shields.       >       > It's kind of a neat experience to "discover" a vintage scroller like       > this, but it's also kind of depressing because it makes you yearn for       > more. If only this genre could live again! I'm so tired of hearing       > today's developers talking about expressing their artistic creativity.       > Take up painting.       >       > dos-man       >              Eh that does it, I'm going to have to pick this disc up. I swear       though, I should be beat with a rubber hose for how much money I've       spent on games this year.                     --       Scott              http://www.gamepilgrimage.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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