Reviews
Double Dragon
By
Corey
This was the first of many Double Dragon games to
come along, and it established the side scroling
fighting genre.
Graphics:
9
The
character designs are simple, but nice. Every
character as their own unique features, such as
hair style, facial hair, or even eyes. The
backgrounds in the game are great for an NES
game. The detail of the background in level 3
especially is amazing.
Game
Play: 10
You
go through the level beating up everyone you see.
Thats the whole idea of the game. At first you
only can punch and kick. For every enemy you
kill, you'll get points. After every 1000 points,
you'll gain a new move. A lot of the moves, like
the spinning kick abd knees to the head, will be
done automatically but others, like the dropkick,
you'll have to do on your own.
There
are only a total of 7 different types of enemies
in the game. 3 are regular and 4 are bosses. A
couple of the bosses will turn up as regular
enemies as well.
Enemies
will sometimes carry weapons. These are whips,
knives, barrels, bats, boxes, and in an extreme
case a machine gun. You can pick up all of them
except the machine gun. They disappear after you
beat that group of enemies though.
There
is also a fighting mode in the game that is kind
of like Street Fighter (and those types of
games). You go 1 on 1 with an opponent using
moves you can use in the game. Sometimes weapons
will show up too. Not really the best of modes,
but if you need a break from the normal game this
will do. 1 or 2 players can go through this.
Sound:
6
There
are 4 songs in the game. 2 I liked and 2 I
didn't. As for sound effects, not much to talk
about. I normally find myself listening to the
radio while playing this game.
Lasting
Value: 8
The
game is short. Only 4 levels, and the first 2 are
over in a few minutes. This isn't a real easy
game to beat though. There is no save feature,
you only get 3 lives, and the last couple levels
throw everything at you. Even though the game is
short, this is a fun game just to play every so
often, even after you do finally beat the game.
You could always try your hand at the 1 on 1 mode
too.
Bottom
Line
Possibly
the best game in its whole series, this game is
one that every fan of fighters should try and
play at least once.
Final
Score: 9 out of 10
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