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Golden Axe: Beast Rider (Xbox 360 Review)

Mon, 21 Oct 2008 10:13:11 GMT

posted by OwningXylophone

There was a time when I was perfectly happy to stand in front of a Golden Axe arcade machine and feed it coin after coin and I didn’t mind that the game was shallow because, at the time, it happened to be a great deal of fun. I loved the game so much that when I saw it on the Sega Megadrive I couldn’t resist picking it up in order to bash away at those linear levels once again. Many years have passed and with the advancement of technology there comes a greater expectation from games. When I first heard about Golden Axe: Beast Rider part of me was worried that it might not live up to my skewed nostalgia-blind expectations while part of me was hoping that since it looks the part, as can be seen from the screenshots below, perhaps this game would win me over.

The main character, Tyris Flare, looks very good in this game, and the beasts not only look equally as good but they are also blessed with some nice animations and move around really well. If you are thinking of this game and you’re wondering whether or not it manages to capture much of what was good about the original Golden Axe then you’ll be pleasantly surprised, to an extent. There are many things in this game which will make you think back to the original. Tyris Flare makes a comeback and, let’s face it, she was the best of the three playable characters anyway. Riding beasts will remind you of the original games and by this I mean that you will constantly be knocked off their back, be forced to quickly climb on again, and then watch as the precious creature meets an early demise. You might be happy to know that the sadistic fun of burning enemies has successfully stood the test of time. The game is complete with the sudden appearance of Gnomes and your attempts to chase them down, smash them in their silly Gnome faces, and pick up the resulting items which they drop from their sacks. I am sure you’re now thinking that his all sounds petty good, and for the first ten minutes that’s exactly how the game makes you feel, but the creators failed to stop at this and decided to include a negative feature of the original, the dreaded linearity.

The lack of choice in Golden Axe: Beast Rider will be painful to anyone who expects a little more from their games and this is coming from someone who enjoyed playing Conan. The main difference between the two is that this game teases you with much more and never delivers. I don’t know about anyone else but if I’m playing a game and I look out and see a vast mountain range, which practically begs you to run over and explore it, I want to go and have a look. You can’t explore, so don’t even attempt to, not only can’t you climb over walls or venture up hills, there’s an invisible barrier in place so you can’t even fall off a bridge to your death. I understand that this is a fantasy game and will include fantastical elements such as magic, dragons, and goblins, but when you can’t even climb up a hill or fall off a bridge you find yourself crashing back to reality and with this comes the realization that you’re playing a very shallow game.

I have always stated that I don’t mind repetitive games as long as I find the experience to be enjoyable and my interest is sufficiently maintained. I am not sure if the developers realize this but they had the making of a very good game here and if only they had strived to add a few interesting elements to the mix then this could have been a very different review. If the game offered a greater variety of beasts, allowed us to wander around a little to remove the feeling that we’re on a leash, or took a note from FF7 and let us capture and breed the beasts, I would happily recommend Golden Axe: Beast Rider but, as it happens, I cannot.

5/10

Xbox 360 Chatpad Hacked to Work As iPhone Keyboard

Tue, 12 Nov 2008 01:50:07 GMT

posted by watsap

Posted by Photoguruz 10 hours ago (http://www.iphonehacks.com)
Category: iphone hacks | Tags: xbox chatpad hacked work iphone keyboard

We had reported last week about a hacker who had taken his jailbroken iPhone and hacked it by wiring it up to a physical keyboard. Things seem to be going out of control as we now have another example. Dr. Ralf Ackermann has successfully paired an Apple iPhone with an...

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iPhone and Xbox 360 chatpad hack

Tue, 12 Nov 2008 01:50:07 GMT

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Posted by Photoguruz 10 hours ago (http://www.iphonespies.com)
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New Game Releases for the Week of October 12, 2008

Fri, 11 Oct 2008 21:50:44 GMT

posted by davinci34

Welcome to New Releases for the Week!

The middle of October greets us with an abundance of quality releases on every platform!

The highlights this week include Dead Space (Xbox 360/PS3), FIFA Soccer 2009 (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS, PC), SOCOM Confrontation (PS3), Saints Row 2 (Xbox 360/PS3/PC), and Sam and Max Season 1 (Nintendo Wii).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of October 12, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC! As always, release dates are subject to change, slip, slide, and be fairly unpredictable.

Dead Space

Saints Row 2

Blitz, The League II

Golden Axe: Beast Rider

Rock Revolution

FIFA Soccer 2009

SOCOM Confrontation

Dead Space

FIFA Soccer 2009

Blitz, The League II

Rock Revolution

Saints Row 2

Golden Axe: Beast Rider

Boogie Superstar

Sam and Max: Season One

Ten Pin Alley 2

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Into the Inferno

Bratz: Girls Really Rock

Tak: Guardians of Gross

Littlest Pet Shop

Dokapon Kingdom

Penny Racers Party: Turbo Q Speedway

Safe Cracker

FIFA Soccer 2009

Tak: Guardians of Gross

Bratz: Girls Really Rock

Avatar - The Last Airbender: Into the Inferno

Dokapon Kingdom

Nitrobike

FIFA Soccer 2009

FIFA Soccer 2009

Littlest Pet Shop: Garden

Prey the Stars

Bratz: Girls Really Rock

Tak: Mojo Mistake

Kage Densetsu: The Legend of Kage 2

Cesar Millan’s Dog Whisperer

Rock Revolution

Lovely Lisa

Battle of the Giants: Dinosaurs

Littlest Pet Shop: Winter

Littlest Pet Shop: Jungle

My Japanese Coach

Smart Girls Party Games

Naruto: Path of Ninja 2

FIFA Soccer 2009

Littlest Pet Shop

Dark Horizon

Saints Row 2

Combat Wings: Battle of Britain

Cesar Millan’s Dog Whisperer

Etch A Sketch

SpongeBob Squarepants: Game of Life

Rock University Presents: The Naked Brothers Band

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader: Make the Grade

Space Trader

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Path Zuko

Shaun White Snowboarding

World of Goo

Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile

Guitar Hero Aerosmith

Poker for Dummies

iPhone and Xbox 360 chatpad hack

Mon, 11 Nov 2008 21:58:11 GMT

posted by jeffwend

Someone already hacked into the iPhone and created a keyboard attachment to help them type more efficiently on their iPhone. This hack takes it a step further by using an Xbox 360 Chatpad and XBee wireless module. Along with a jailbroken iPhone and another XBee module attached to the iPhones serial port the user can wirelessly type on his iPhone. As Han Solo once said, she don’t look like much but she has it where she counts.

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