Golden Axe III
Genesis version
There was a reason it was not released in the USA.
The Good
I didn't like very much about this game. It was not terrible by any stretch, but so inferior to Golden Axe and Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder that it turns my stomach.
They tried to add a lot of special moves and it is two player cooperative. It has more levels and you can choose different paths, but the game is so banal I can't imagine anyone would play it more than once.
The Bad
The original Genesis / Mega Drive Golden Axe game released in 1989 is several times better than this joke of a cartridge.
The graphics were mediocre and washed-out looking. The sound was terrible. It was very generic and uninspired.
The Bottom Line
This game was quite simply an inferior clone of earlier Golden Axe games with inferior graphics and more levels.
If you like this type of game check out the original Golden Axe arcade game, the Mega Drive version (few extra levels), Golden Axe: the Revenge of Death Adder, Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow of Mystera, and King of Dragons. There is also rare arcade game called Blade Master. You will like each one of these games at least 10 times as much as Golden Axe 3.
by Majestic Lizard (670) on October 10, 2006