Are they tring to reinvent the Golden Axe?

[Silencer]

One of my favourite childhood games (Turtle Village rocked!) , albeit also the one the memories of which are most tainted in my mind, I heard (and this thread reminded me of it) that it's going to have a remake.

Now, the screenies or previews are too hard for me to find on google (meaning they're not on the first page ) so I ax (pun intended!) you: Have you heard of this? What is your take? Are they making a game true to its roots, but with next-gen graphics and gameplay?

 

[Sorrow]

I don't see next-gen graphics on that screen.

 

[Stag]

Yeah, that looks like a Gamecube game.

 

[Pipboy2000]

Oh my gawd. I remember playing that in the arcades!!!11

I hope they redo it. It was awesome.

 

[Brother None]

It's for XBox 360 and PS3, Stag.

Silencer's linked thread shows the port, already released. Which is just a port.

The NextGen version, well...

nuff said

 

[MrBumble]

It was an uber cool game. I used to play it with my dad when I was 8 on my AtariST...

 

[Silencer]

Duh, I said I was having a hard time finding screenies

 

[Pipboy2000]

The NextGen version, well...

nuff said

Fantasy Road Rage!!!111eleven

 

[Vault 69er]

Some sites have this listed as an RPG.

 

[Silencer]

Some sites have this listed as an RPG.

I would not object if someone made a good RPG out of that, though. Might have been good for cosmic balance.

 

[Brother None]

I don't think Golden Axe would make a good RPG, that'd be like making a Streets of Rage RPG. It's not what the franchise did well.

It's supposed to be an action game with RPG elements, tho'. I'm guessing it'll play like Diablo with monster-racing elements?

 

[Silencer]

Dude, it's got a <s>knight </s> barbarian riding a <s>horse</s> turtle killing things. Of course it would have done well as an fantasy RPG franchise.

 

[Stag]

Yes, but it was a beat-'em up.

Also, that looks badass.

 

[Pipboy2000]

Turtle Road Rage.

 

[Stag]

Kick that turtles ass to the kurb.

 

[ratsnack]

hahaha streets of rage rpg. Turn based!

 

[Pipboy2000]

hahaha streets of rage rpg. Turn based!

No.
No.
No.
No.

Strike 2.




Anywho, I'm still waiting for Gauntlet: Legends of the Post Apocalyptic Wasteland.

 

[Vault 69er]

So I guess they're going for some hybrid RPG type thing, like Alien Syndrome on the PSP?

[old fogey mode]Why must everything have elements of everything else these days? A couple of games like that, okay. But I miss the days when beat-em-ups were beat-em-ups, when shoot-em-ups were shoot-em-ups and when RPGs were RPGs! Mindless arcade blasting is what Alien Syndrome was about, and arcade bopping and bashing is what Golden Axe was about![/old fogey mode]

 

[Brother None]

The transition from beat 'em up to hack and slash isn't too odd of one, though the gameplay is a bit different. It's fairly logical, for Golden Axe.

 

[the4thlaw]

looks like a waste of time to me, Golden Axe was fun, but it was far from my favourite list