Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe
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The legendary Golden Axe has been stolen by an army of evil warriors. The king called a young warrior to take it back. His name was... Ax Battler!
Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe is an action game with RPG elements, which puts the player in the role of Ax Battler, the Barbarian from previous Golden Axe games in search for the Golden Axe. The gameplay feels much like Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, with Ax moving around in a top-down perspective, changing to a side scrolling view when fighting enemies or entering caves.
The battles are random and Ax won't see the enemies coming. If he's hit during a battle, the battle will end instantly and he'll be sent back to the overworld map. If he prevails, he gets magic vases from the enemies. Magic vases are the game's currency and are also used to cast spells, just like in the other Golden Axe games, but instead of having only the "Earth" magic, he also has the "Thunder" and "Fire" magics. Ax can also use special attacks to fight his enemies, learned at "dojos" found in each city.
Instead of battery backed RAM, this game uses passwords as a mean to save games. At each town the player enters, he'll find a place to learn a new password which, when entered, allows him to continue from the very point it was learned.
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- アックスバトラー ゴールデンアックス伝説 - Japanese spelling
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Average score: 66% (based on 21 ratings)
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Average score: 3.4 out of 5 (based on 7 ratings with 1 reviews)
The story of Golden Axe continues on the Sega Game Gear.
The Good
Ax Battler starts off in what you think, is an RPG. While, there are some RPG elements, you are welcomed to side-scrolling action. Just like in Golden Axe for Genesis, you can use magic to aid you along the way. The game is a decent time killer, and the graphics are not half bad either.
The Bad
Ax Battler has a some aspects that will take getting used to. The game randomly may have a spike in battle encounters. There is a story, but it has barely any depth(it was common for games in that day). The main character's name is Ax Battler, I'm serious. The game can get aggravating with its difficulty, mainly do to entering the adventure blind. You will go through what feels like long stints without health pickups or power ups. You will discover some areas that you will just have to hope you figure out.
The Bottom Line
Ax Battler does have what appears to be a large world. Battles will begin in classic RPG style, your character freezes and the scene changes to a side-scrolling view with an enemy to challenge. It would be accurate to state, the game play is very Zelda II-esque. If you would like a challenge, may be a fan of Golden Axe, or looking for a decent game on your Game Gear, then, Ax Battler the Legend of Golden Axe is for you.
Game Gear · by Ryan Johnson (14) · 2016
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The cover art was painted by Julie Bell and is entitled Savage Land.
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Game added by chirinea.
Additional contributors: Игги Друге, Éiregamer94.
Game added June 11, 2006. Last modified May 29, 2024.