Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons Reviews

Have fist will punch.... smashing good time, even better with a friend!

Too gimmicky of a beat em up for me. I love the genre, this beat em up isn't a good one imo. unfortunately, I'd say pass on this one.

There is a lot to like about this game. Solid beat'em up, with action-rpg upgrades between levels. Play control feels really good, except that I wish the big dude walked faster or had a dash ability. But you get used to it after a while. It's not that bad. The game overall is really fun so far.

This game is so good, I bought a copy for my friend so we could play together and have a true couch co-op experience! Also, Abobo has never looked better! Very fun to play as.

I didn't like it initially, but it grew on me. Just don't expect the game play to be anything like the other DD titles.

One of the better beat 'em ups I've played in a while. A typical problem with this type of game is that the gameplay usually becomes stale after a while. The developers have managed to avoid that problem by providing a good variety of enemy types, a variety of useful player upgrades to choose from at the end of each stage as well as tokens you can earn to unlock characters, arenas, artwork, tips etc. You'll find yourself taking the time to try and earn as much cash as you can by pulling off different combos and finishers so that you can spend it on numerous helpful upgrades after every level. The graphics are a pleasure to behold and the gameplay is smooth and fluid. Some games in this genre can feel a bit clunky but that is not an issue here. I'd give it a 10/10 because honestly I can't think of anything that could be improved upon here.

Double Dragon is one of my favourite franchises from my childhood. I had the first game on NES, the Battletoads crossover on the SNES, and then Neon many years later on Steam. I'm not BIG big fan, but big enough to appreciate that the franchise has continued and gotten this new iteration. First of all, the character selection is massive in this game, and each character plays very differently from the last. Then second of all, even though there's only four main levels, the order in which you choose approach them changes their length. So whatever you choose as your first level will only have one sector, then the second will have two, and so and so forth. Another thing I really love about this game is how much it rewards kiting the enemies together for a big combo. If you can kill them all with a big special move, you get awarded varying levels of food that you keep lying around for health pick ups if you so choose, or pick them up for extra cash. And you're gonna WANT a lot of cash. For each sector and level you complete, you'll have the opportunity to choose different upgrades for your characters' stats, attack, and tagging properties, and you'll want to have a lot of money on hand for potential revivals. Every time I think the game is too easy, I get challenged with very tough terrain with equally tough enemies to challenge my sense of positioning and comboing. You can get away with button mashing in earlier stages, but later on, you really need to know what you're doing. There's more than enough unique enemy types that all have different attack patterns and behaviours, and any of the 13 playable characters have strengths and weaknesses against each of them. You'll want to be able to take them all out in the biggest cluster you can because a big crowd could easily overwhelm you. Anyways, the name of the game is collecting as much cash as you can by doing big combos, finishing enemies off with special attacks, and defeating the bosses with as much health left as possible. The more money you get, the more chips you can win at the end of your run that you can then trade for character, tip, art, and music unlocks in the Token Shop.

I can say this game is one of the best Double Dragon ever. The story is short but good, has a lot of options. The music and gameplay is very good, the only bad side i am not a big fan of the game style. Still in an offert give it a try.

Highly underrated and here is why: - unique ideas in this genre (crowd control, special 'normal' etc) - there is A LOT of characters (if we include unlockable ones) and they have very different gameplay - deeper than you think; special attack and special can be cancelled and used strategically to counter / crowd control etc. - levels are varied, gorgeous and original, character design is super cool The only downside is the ''slowness'' of the game, characters are a bit stiff at first, but you realize later it's a choice (you can upgrade) but at first it can be annoying. There are so many things to unlock, I beat the game 3 times already and I'm gonna do it again just to try with other characters, try to ''crowd control'' better, put higher difficulty... and there's also survival mode... Really cool game.