Not Genesis related, but 'related' none the less...
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Not Genesis related, but 'related' none the less...
'related' in that it's a video game? Insert Coin
This is clearly in the wrong forum but yeah, Legendary Axe is a great game. That last boss is HUGE.
Legendary Axe 2... not so great, but OK.
I'll give you that, the last boss is cool. But really, a lot of LAI is a chore and the second half the game is sooo boring IMO (I hate the maze level). LA2 overall beats LA1. It's also has better gameplay and platforming mechanics. And who doesn't want to be assassinated by a topless chick? I mean, come on ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by InfraMan
Come on... you don't even have an axe in Legendary Axe II, lol. It's madness!
LA-9/10-Great game, I love the use of strategy in the game. Great use of PCE color palette.
LA II-8/10- Still a solid game, I like the strange atmosphere and enemies in this one. It has that "I wanna see what's next" kinda feel.
Actually, you get an axe as a choosable weapon. But yeah, the games really have nothing to do with each other. But games themselves, overall LA2 is better. LA1, IMO, is only good up until the 4th area (or right before that maze level - god I hate that area). And I like the unique graphics for forest, cliff/edge outside level, and the water/dam level in LA1. But overall, it just goes down hill. While LA2 just keeps getting better and better as the levels progress. More/different stage/platform layouts and such.Quote:
Originally Posted by InfraMan
Also, move this thread to insert coin... or just make a TG16 sub forum here at Sega-16 ;) Lol. Call it "turbo power" or "power up". "Sega-16: all Sega, a little NEC stuff, zero Nintendo".
I would go so far as to say LA2 is the best hack'n'slash game I've played from the "16-bit era". It's one of the best games on the TG16 IMHO, up there with Bonk, Ninja Spirit, and some of the excellent shooters (I'm only going with Hucard stuff since the CD games are a different beast)...
Years before I first played TG16 (via emulation), LA was the first TG-16 game I heard of, when it was mentioned alongside other games such as "Ghouls 'N Ghosts", "Mega Man 2" and "Batman" as "The Hot Games of '89" in a sidebar on EGM's 8th Anniversary issue. (That same sidebar is what led me to buy and discover the greatness that is GnG shortly after.) The issue also featured a cameo of the infamous EGM #8 cover (TG-16 Vs. Genesis), which featured sprites ripped from various TG-16 and Genesis games in a standoff, with a giant Axe Battler ("Golden Axe") leading the Genesis side and Generic Jungle Guy from LA leading the TG-16 side as GJG struck Ax Battler.
I finally got to play LA years later and liked it, not as impressive as GnG or as well-playing and looking, but a solid platformer.
Well, I love LA. It's not the type of game where you go and get em. There is fair amount of strategy involved in charging up your axe and attacking enemies in certain patterns. It's one of those "Learn the levels" sort of games. Once i got that part covered, I could not stop playing this game until i cracked it. This is a very addicting game to me.
Although I dislike the Maze Level, I prefer the original Legendary Axe.
Legendary Darkness (the real name of the 2nd one :p) has 3 weapons, but they're nothing interesting, with the axe being the worst :(. The bombs are pretty shitty too.
I LOVE the stage 4 music, to me it's the 2nd best song on the PCE (after Forest of Shudder from LoX II), and the other songs are magnificent as well, like highly improved dungeon explorer tunes.
The graphics however... terrible, I HATE games with that kind of "dark" look, there's good looking dark (Splatterhouse 3 for example), and then there's that.
Sure, LA might be more primitive looking, but it's also much better looking. The level that's filled with water is just beautiful. I also like the sound effects a lot more.
LD does get more interesting as the levels progress (the first stages are really quite bad to be honest), while LA has far better stages in the beginning. That probably contributed to me having a very different first impression of the two.
Summarizing:
Looking at gameplay alone... I still prefer the original, hitting something with the fully charged axe is more fun than it should be.
Music wise, LD wins by a large margin, although LA has two really good tunes as well.
Graphically it's no contest in my opinion, better colors any day.
So, I'm going with the original Legendary Axe.
^^^^^Man your like the pickiest gamer i come across. I could never pick out flaws like you can. For me, the general consensus is, if a game is fun, its a good game. But you are very picky, especially from seeing your Snes ratings list earlier. :cool:
These threads really need more visual references. :confused:
I should start a youtube show where I make angry remarks at old videogames and nitpick every little thing I find!.... Wait... Oh right :p
Here you go QuickSciFi, two quick videos showing the games:
Legendary Axe:
Legendary Darkness (Legendary Axe II):
Both have their place and I think the second is almost the perfect contrast to the first.
-Great music in both
-Bright atmosphere in the first and dark eerie in the second
-Cool levels everywhere
I really don't understand why they didn't make a 'proper' sequel to LA1. LA2 was not meant to be a continuation of the first. LA1 either won or was close to winning EG's game of the year when it came out. It must have been super successful. It was one of the main reasons I wanted my mom to buy it for me in the first place. Most likely the best 1st gen game for TG16. Up until the point nothing on any system could match it. I wonder why they didn't follow up on its success and and further curious as to how big a game it was in Japan