Double Dragon 3 review - Nintendo Entertainment System
Who'd be a martial artist, eh? Take Billy and Jimmy Lee for instance. You might have thought that their unrivalled mastery of combat techniques would assure them a trouble-free life, but it's just not so.
Perhaps their run of bad luck has something to do with Marion, their mutual girlfriend (an arrangement which perhaps should not be discussed in polite company). First of all, the girl was kidnapped by Mr Big, until the brothers Lee decided to rescue her and destroy the crime empire. Being a bit miffed at this, the evil crime boss shot Marion, leaving the Lee chaps to avenge her death and find someone capable of resurrecting her.
In this, the third of the famous Double Dragon series of multi-level scrolling beat 'em ups, Marion has gone and got herself kidnapped again. This time, Billy and Jimmy have opted for the easy route - they're going to pay the ransom. The trouble is, the ransom just happens to be the fabled Rosetta Stones mystical artefacts with great powers! Now the duo once again face many dangers as they trot around the globe in their search for the stones. It really does say a lot for computer dating agencies doesn't it?
What the Mean Machines staff thought
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Where did the programmers of this game go wrong? It's not the graphics - they're great, with loads of detailed and colourful sprites ninja-ing around thanks to the extra graphics chips contained in the cart. It's a shame they didn't see fit to do the same thing with the sound, though, because that's particularly weedy. Still, it's neither of these things that spoils the game. The control method is a little fiddly to start with, it must be said, but you do eventually get used to it. What does seal Double Dragon III's mediocrity is the stupid difficulty level. The enemies have a habit of just crowding around you and pummeling away. This makes the more complex moves almost impossible to perform and renders the simple moves completely useless. This makes the whole thing unnecessarily frustrating and it becomes boring in a very short space of time. Given more lives or slightly less intelligent enemies this could have been outstanding, but as it is Double Dragon II is a very annoying and frustrating game.
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Have your say about Double Dragon 3
Stayrsaigh - 09 Mar 2008, 11:40 GMT
OOOOOOOOO this game well didn't deserve that low score! I completed it within about 2 months which I thought was great value for cash. The only thing I will agree with is that the controls are very sluggish but once you adapt to them it's ok. I think the key to the game was to get the other characters on your side then they could act as psudo lives but honestly I didn't think it was that hard, I thought it was fine!
Ok admittidly I'm a die hard Double Dragon fan and seasoned Beat 'em up player so maybe it was just right for me but hard for general players but even still, I think it deserved at least 80% Can't argue with the mighty Mean Machines though, I read the review bought the game anyway and loved it so even in not giving it a great score Mean Machines helped me find a great game so you really can't fault them! :)
Tris Wicks - 05 Nov 2008, 06:34 GMT
Bimmy had a little weep when he got hold of a copy of this game, because they spelt his name wrong. And made his attacks play like poo.
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