Feel free to watch above, just don't say we didn't warn you.
Are you prepared for a new Golden Axe: Beast Rider trailer?
by Justin McElroy 
on Aug 29th 2008 11:00AM
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Feel free to watch above, just don't say we didn't warn you.
Reader Comments (43)
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:04AM (Unverified) said
And to think, the money being wasted on this could have gone to a Daytona USA revival...
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:54AM SugarDaddy said
Haha... Good joke there, man. Daytona USA... Priceless.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 12:56PM (Unverified) said
That wasn't a joke, dude. I'm serious. If you do think it's a joke, go back to playing Mario Kart, you little nitwit. Real racers don't need blue shells...
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:07AM (Unverified) said
oh God, one of the ass shots was some kind of half naked wild man.
On the plus side, the graphics and animations look really great even if the game is probably gonna suck
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On the plus side, the graphics and animations look really great even if the game is probably gonna suck
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:37AM (Unverified) said
Considering that it's likely supposed to be that of the heroine's, I'm going to assume that's a Freudian slip.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:18AM (Unverified) said
Naked peach avatars don't get to complain about ass shots.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:13AM (Unverified) said
Well if anything SEGA can done right is great trailers, but this game looks weird, maybe is because of the stiff animation.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:16AM (Unverified) said
I'm not saying it's good, I'm just saying that it's apparent that you haven't playing any Golden Axe past the first one. This is pretty much Golden Axe.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:29AM (Unverified) said
"Sadly Sega seems to forget who their audience is and what we want".
Also called the Wii syndrome.
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Also called the Wii syndrome.
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:28AM (Unverified) said
God of war:Kratos Sex change.
It looks good to me.
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It looks good to me.
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 1:32PM (Unverified) said
LMAO, Yea, she better get a decent haircut before we believe she is not a male.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:32AM (Unverified) said
Golden Axe was all about the co-op,
I just hope there's a co-op option or they should have left the "golden axe" logo out.
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I just hope there's a co-op option or they should have left the "golden axe" logo out.
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:43AM ComicShaman said
Agreed. My enthusiasm for this game (which was not ever very high) plummeted through the floor when I heard they were not including co-op. Even the Sega spokesperson seemed to think it was a bad decision.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:34AM Ricky Bango said
This looks kind of fun. I watched the trailer on mute so I wasn't dragged through the inevitable rancid narration. It really doesn't look awful, I'm surprised. And as for it being "clearly not a Golden Axe game" - Justin, have you ever played Golden Axe? In any form?
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 12:32PM The Blank Mage Returns said
Clever move, I wish I had thought of it. Trust me, you didn't miss anything.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 11:55AM SugarDaddy said
I think that ass shot could have used some slo-mo to garner the "most gratuitous" label. I enjoy the back-dimples there.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 12:12PM Zoot Suit Jedi Grammar Hammer En said
As a matter of fact Joystiq, no, I am NOT prepared for another trailer for this game. In fact, since the announcement that there is not going to be any co-op, the only preparations I have made are to avoid being interested in anything that has to do with this steamy pile.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 12:30PM (Unverified) said
Narration by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn is top-notch at least. I love
her songs/voice work from the Silent Hill games.
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her songs/voice work from the Silent Hill games.
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 12:41PM (Unverified) said
most gratuitous digital ass shot of this or any other decade?
That would be the intro for Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.
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That would be the intro for Prince of Persia: Warrior Within.
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 1:53PM Booxatron said
I don't know, I'm thinking it goes to any scene with Sakuya in it from Okami:
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/1805/cosokamicr6.jpg
Not that I'm complaining.
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http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/1805/cosokamicr6.jpg
Not that I'm complaining.
Posted: Aug 30th 2008 9:31AM (Unverified) said
nah... i'd still give it to warrior within.
proof that they shouldn't let twelve year old boys or geeks do art direction.
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proof that they shouldn't let twelve year old boys or geeks do art direction.
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 1:03PM (Unverified) said
Good Lord, what a piece of shit.
Golden Axe is just one of those games where you need to make at least a passing attempt at making it feel in line with the classics.
And who the hell decided against co-op? Fuck...
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Golden Axe is just one of those games where you need to make at least a passing attempt at making it feel in line with the classics.
And who the hell decided against co-op? Fuck...
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 1:36PM NukeAssault said
I think it looks great. Id buy it. I need a good hack n slash.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 1:47PM (Unverified) said
I still can't believe they have the balls to call this Golden Axe and not make it 4 player co op. I hope they realize that idiot move cost them alot of sales.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 2:06PM (Unverified) said
What kind of POS low-budget crap uses rendered CGI cut-scenes these days?!
Awful.
Heavenly Sword and MGS shown that CGI is pointless nowadays, i'm sure some Xbox games did too.
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Awful.
Heavenly Sword and MGS shown that CGI is pointless nowadays, i'm sure some Xbox games did too.
Posted: Aug 29th 2008 4:12PM (Unverified) said
ah yes look like a killer sega title, "Not this day!" all we need now is the ability to ride sonic the werewolf.
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Posted: Aug 29th 2008 4:20PM (Unverified) said
more like brown axe amirite
Gah, I'm so disappointed with the art direction in this game. Why is everything brown?! And it seems Tyris - although I don't see how the hell that is supposed to be her - is wearing pants again, like in the early pictures. Bah!
People complain a lot about the lack of multiplayer, but it's not as if adding that would make this look or feel any more like Golden Axe. The world, characters and pretty much everything else just look nothing like the original games, and that's the biggest problem I have with this game. It may end up being a decent game, I dunno, but unless it will deliver something vastly different from these trailers, Golden Axe it ain't.
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Gah, I'm so disappointed with the art direction in this game. Why is everything brown?! And it seems Tyris - although I don't see how the hell that is supposed to be her - is wearing pants again, like in the early pictures. Bah!
People complain a lot about the lack of multiplayer, but it's not as if adding that would make this look or feel any more like Golden Axe. The world, characters and pretty much everything else just look nothing like the original games, and that's the biggest problem I have with this game. It may end up being a decent game, I dunno, but unless it will deliver something vastly different from these trailers, Golden Axe it ain't.
Posted: Aug 30th 2008 9:30AM (Unverified) said
But it has a little dwarf to kick!! I'm sold!
they should just call it Beast Rider though, or add co-op and make it a real GA game.
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they should just call it Beast Rider though, or add co-op and make it a real GA game.
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