Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons | Secret Base/Modus Games

[Modren]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVvlBr6hVXA

Series icons Billy and Jimmy Lee are joined by Marian, returning as a fully realized, firearm-wielding ranged fighter, and newcomer Uncle Matin, a riot-shield-wielding powerhouse. Tag in and out as the classic Lee duo or switch it up with different characters. With two-player local co-op, the action quadruples as you and a friend clean up the mean streets.

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is coming to PC, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch this fall from Modus Games.

[mwynn]

Now I want a new version of Renegade.

[Zivouhr]

Looks good in the sprite TMNT style that no doubt helped inspire it along with a few other games including DD.

The arcade Double Dragon original is good, although the left right button set up is definitely unusual compared to fighting games these days where you just push the direction you want to punch rather than the button.

For the art style, it looks good, although seeing those full scale proportioned character images makes me wish the whole game had that proportion of humans versus the cartoony people in the gameplay.

I'll keep an eye open for this though, thanks.

Now just waiting for Sega to license a game sequel to Golden Axe 1 arcade (not Golden Axe: Return of Death Adder arcade or Golden Axe 2 or 3 on Genesis), but a new game, Golden Axe 4 in the style of the first game, bringing back Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gillius Thunderhead.

[Mr. Chaverria]

Finally. A Double Dragon that I want to play again.

I never got to play Neon. Hear that was a remake, looked cool. Not sure if it was good or not.

[Musashi]

Originally Posted by Mr. Chaverria

Finally. A Double Dragon that I want to play again.

I never got to play Neon. Hear that was a remake, looked cool. Not sure if it was good or not.

Actually Neon is a totally new game. I thought it was fun; has a funny over-the-top cartoon villain of a Big Bad too.

[Mr. Chaverria]

Huh. Guess some of those articles I read of it were wrong cuz they kept calling it a remake of the 1987 game.

[the1tyrant]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Looks good in the sprite TMNT style that no doubt helped inspire it along with a few other games including DD.

The arcade Double Dragon original is good, although the left right button set up is definitely unusual compared to fighting games these days where you just push the direction you want to punch rather than the button.

For the art style, it looks good, although seeing those full scale proportioned character images makes me wish the whole game had that proportion of humans versus the cartoony people in the gameplay.

I'll keep an eye open for this though, thanks.

Now just waiting for Sega to license a game sequel to Golden Axe 1 arcade (not Golden Axe: Return of Death Adder arcade or Golden Axe 2 or 3 on Genesis), but a new game, Golden Axe 4 in the style of the first game, bringing back Ax Battler, Tyris Flare, and Gillius Thunderhead.

IIRC, the arcade DD2 is the one that adopted the left/right attack (separate buttons dedicated to attacking in a set direction) button concept. The original had the traditional push in the direction and hit the attack button layout. I always found the controls a bit awkward going from DD to DD2...

I also would like to see a new Golden Axe sequel, especially seeing how Streets of Rage 4 and the latest TMNT turned out. I'll even go a step further and say that I would like to see a TMNT style collection for the Golden Axe series, which included all of the arcade games, including the utterly brilliant Return of Black Adder which was never ported to home consoles, as well as all of the Genesis, SMS and GG games.

[remmeoa]

Speaking of classic beat 'em up games, I would love to see a sequel to Golden Axe. Like the recent Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT games, it would be amazing to get a modern sequel to the Golden Axe series. The graphics and gameplay could have been updated while retaining the essence of the original games. You could also look at the reviews at https://casinosanalyzer.ca/online-ca...ian-dollar-cad and pick something else. But you know what would have been even better? A TMNT-inspired collection for the Golden Axe series! It would have been fantastic to release a compilation that included all the arcade games, including the incredible Return of Black Adder, which unfortunately never came out on home consoles. Let's not forget the games for Genesis, SMS and GG. To have them all in one collection would be a dream come true for nostalgic gamers like us.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by the1tyrant

IIRC, the arcade DD2 is the one that adopted the left/right attack (separate buttons dedicated to attacking in a set direction) button concept. The original had the traditional push in the direction and hit the attack button layout. I always found the controls a bit awkward going from DD to DD2...

I also would like to see a new Golden Axe sequel, especially seeing how Streets of Rage 4 and the latest TMNT turned out. I'll even go a step further and say that I would like to see a TMNT style collection for the Golden Axe series, which included all of the arcade games, including the utterly brilliant Return of Black Adder which was never ported to home consoles, as well as all of the Genesis, SMS and GG games.

Thanks. Yes, the controls were a bit confusing for the buttons and directions.

Originally Posted by remmeoa

And speaking of classic beat 'em up games, I would absolutely love to see a new Golden Axe sequel. Just like the recent Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT games, it would be amazing to have a modern take on the Golden Axe series. The graphics and gameplay could be revamped while still retaining the essence of the original games.

But you know what would be even better? A TMNT-style collection for the Golden Axe series! It would be fantastic to have a compilation that includes all the arcade games, including the incredible Return of Black Adder, which sadly never made its way to home consoles. And let's not forget about the Genesis, SMS, and GG games as well. Having all of them in one collection would be a dream come true for nostalgic gamers like us.

Cool. Yes to a Golden Axe sequel. I love the first game the most, so I hope it's more like those more grounded characters of Tyris Flare, Ax Battler and Gillius Thunderhead.


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And yes to a complete collection of Golden Axe games including the Sega Saturn Golden Axe Fighter game. Although I doubt they'd include the polygon based Golden Axe Tyris Flare PS3 action adventure game, which I never played since it only had Flare as the only playable character, and got weak reviews too.

[Zivouhr]

I played Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons! - YouTube

A lot of details about the new game, preview.

[Zivouhr]

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons Review - YouTube

A review of the game. IGN gave it 7/10.
I guess it's being released shortly if not already. It looks interesting. The mini style doesn't match the art style of the original though. It looks nicely drawn, but I wish they went with a more realistic proportion.

I saw that when you're performing a powerful move, the enemies can easily interrupt it with an attack after you already started the move, resulting in a hit against the player. Hopefully they fix that so the power move is invincible.

[heyadol]

Released today, looks fun but it will have to wait.

https://doubledragongaiden.com/

Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of The Dragons - Official Launch Trailer - YouTube

[Zivouhr]

Thanks. So it's available now.

The art work is nicely done, but it's all over the place for the game and the marketing. They show a painted picture of the characters in a realistic style, then in the cutscenes, proportioned characters in cartoon style, but in the actual game, super exaggerated sprite cartoon style with giant heads. The art style is a major departure from the original games IMO.

The game also doesn't have unlimited continues, and increases the boss and level difficulty as you progress each level choice. You can earn coins, but eventually might run out to continue or upgrade.

[I KEEL YOU]

Considering the meme-filled easter egg era that we lived in, I'm surprised that there is no super powerful hidden character called Bimmy in this game. The developers really missed out there. That would've been such a wink to all the "old school gamers" out there.