Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons – Review
xboxoldies.comNostalgia is a big thing when you’re old like me, and while many might think back to Mario or Sonic, some of my earliest gaming memories where at the local arcade playing Double Dragon, it’s a game that’s stuck with me over the last three and a half decades, so it’s time to dust off our controllers and take a look at the latest release in the long-standing franchise.
It’s never easy being siblings, but twins, Billy and Jimmy Lee have the extra hassle of being the seventh sons of a seventh son, sure enough they’ve been tasked with saving the day, usually their (girl) friend Marion, and while Marion hasn’t been kidnapped for once, in Double Dragon Gaiden, she has been attacked by street gangs and the new Mayor turns up to ask for your help to clean up the city.
Sure enough the Lee brothers aren’t shy of a fight and after a little persuasion they’ve joined by Marion and uncle Matin, who make up the four starter characters.
The brothers have a similar all-round close-combat fighting style, while Marion adds a new dimension with a pistol allowing ranged attacked, Matin is a beefy hulk of a guy who feels a little slower and more cumbersome, but still provides plenty of damage to deal out to the thugs of the city.
As you start off, you’ll find there’s 4 gangs in total, each with their own leader, you can battle these in any order. Once you complete one level, other gangs hear about the vigilant group targeting them and strengthen there base, with more guards (and a larger level to work through), one example is the gang lead by Machine Gun Willy (the antagonist from the original game), If you tackle his skyscraper base first, you’ll find him appear after a few rooms, but if you save this gang/mission until last, you’ll need to
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