Comments on: Ouch! Double Dragon fails?

By: markgreyam

markgreyam — Mon, 14 May 2007 03:25:01 +0000

Dan, it does play like Double Dragon. Too well, in fact. It’s bullshit cheap, it’s slow as all hell when more than three people are on the screen, and the stupid jumping kick never works when I want it to. It’s exactly like it was in the arcades, except there is something less satisfying about getting free continues; it just doesn’t feel like a challenge when you aren’t putting your own hard earned 20c coins in. And I could have lived without an accurate representation of the slowdown.

By: EvilAkito

EvilAkito — Sun, 13 May 2007 05:48:28 +0000

In all honestly, I think Double Dragon suffers from overrated-classic-syndrome. It really doesn’t play that well by beat ‘em up standards, but it’s a classic, so we remember it being much better than it actually is. The only DD game I ever really cared for was the NES version of Double Dragon 2, which wasn’t perfect, but it had a pretty unique play-style that deviated from the typical mindless button-mashing that plagues the genre.

Of course, I seem to recall the GBA remake of Double Dragon being surprisingly good.

By: M'Buma

M'Buma — Sun, 13 May 2007 03:02:46 +0000

Oops!

edit from the previous post:
The original game was alos slowing down when too many characters were on screen…

By: M'Buma

M'Buma — Sun, 13 May 2007 02:57:10 +0000

What’s so bad about it? You don’t explain yourself… I thought that these games were perfect conversions from the arcade…

By: Visionnerz

Visionnerz — Sat, 12 May 2007 22:35:37 +0000

I’d much rather play a Kunio-kun game anyhow…

By: Dan Zuccarelli

Dan Zuccarelli — Sat, 12 May 2007 21:22:42 +0000

“That’s because people nowadays want these classic games to play like Gears of War or something. ”

This is actually incorrect John. I play tons of retro/classic games and I don’t expect a game like Double Dragon to play like it’s Gears of War… I want Double Dragon to play like Double Dragon.

It doesn’t.

Now if you’ll excuse me I need to get back to Rampart, a true example of a classic title on a new system.

By: John

John — Sat, 12 May 2007 19:06:16 +0000

That’s because people nowadays want these classic games to play like Gears of War or something. We should be grateful to even have Double Dragon on XBLA, I know I am.

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Sat, 12 May 2007 17:59:40 +0000

The XBLA version looks quite ugly w/ the “revamped” graphics.