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Contents.PlotThe three playable characters from the first Golden Axe, Ax Battler, and Gilius Thunderhead, return in Golden Axe II to save the people of the land by defeating the new evil clan, led by Dark Guld, and reclaim the Golden Axe, which is in his possession. New yahtzee with buddies dice game. The game features a total of seven levels: six scrolling levels and a final end of game boss battle against Dark Guld.GameplayGolden Axe II is a (it was not actually released on arcade machines) game, very similar to the first. The player is given a choice of three fighters: an axe-wielding, Gilius Thunderhead; a barbarian; Ax Battler, wielding a two-handed sword; and long-sword–wielding amazon Tyris Flare. Each of the fighters has a unique which can be used at any time in the game to inflict damage upon enemies.
Dec 28, 2014 Golden Axe is an arcade beat-'em-up game that puts players in the shoes of one of three heroes, each with his own reason for trying to overthrow the evil rule of Death-Adder, who - along with his forces of darkness - kidnapped and imprisoned the King and his daughter and stole the legendary Golden Axe.
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Games like car town streets. Each player is given a set of which are lost one by one if the player is hit.Though the characters and gameplay were virtually unchanged from the first game, there were a few improvements. The 'back attack' (performed by pressing the Jump and Attack buttons simultaneously) for each character was changed to a more useful attack that hit enemies on all sides. Enemies could now be thrown in either direction by pressing right or left on the immediately after picking them up, making it easier to hit other enemies with them or throw them off cliffs. Most importantly, the magic system was overhauled. Whereas in the first game, pressing the magic button used all of a player's magic pots, one could now use part or all of one's magic by holding the button and releasing it when the meter had reached the desired level. The magic was also changed – Ax Battler's exploding magic from the first game was replaced with wind magic, and Gilius Thunderhead now used rock magic instead of lightning. Tyris Flare retained her fire magic, but was still given entirely new animations for it.
Ax Battler now has longer reach with his weapon than Tyris (in the first Golden Axe, Ax Battler and Tyris had identical reach), and can throw enemies higher and farther. Finally, there were small cosmetic changes in the form of a shoulder guard for Ax Battler and black gauntlets for Gilius Thunderhead.There are two types of game modes. One is ', where players are pitted against enemies in one arena, battling one after the other and gradually getting more difficult. The other is normal mode, where players must navigate through different areas battling various enemies.Between each level a rating is awarded to the player(s) based on their performance, with a final rating awarded at the end of the game. A small of the main story is also given.Normal modeNormal mode puts the player into the story of the game, where they must recover the golden axe from Dark Guld. The player must navigate through multiple areas until eventually they reach Dark Guld's castle. There are seven stages in total, including Ravaged Village, Ruins, Tower, Dragon's Throat Cave, Castle Gates, Castle, and Dark Guld's Chamber.
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Each area ends with a where the player must battle a large group of enemies at once. Magic books are also gathered along the way allowing the player to increase their magic.
There are also three Bizarrians that can be mounted and used against enemy characters, including Chicken Legs, Green Dragons, and Fire Dragons.Duel modeThe duel mode consists of multiple rounds where the player must defeat an enemy, or a group of enemies. Every round is set in the same scenery and the player must be victorious over 15 levels in order to complete the duel.ReleaseThe game was made available on the for and known in the U.S. As and in Europe as, along with many other titles (including both Mega Drive/Genesis prequel and sequel).
On June 11, 2007 the title was added to the Wii. It is also available on and iTunes. On June 1, 2010, SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics was released on and the Golden Axe trilogy became available for PCs.
On June 29, 2018, the collection Sega Genesis Classics was released for, and PC.Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreSMD: 66%Review scoresPublicationScore92%67%placed the game at number 14 in their Top Mega Drive Games of All Time.
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