[Double Dragon IV (PC/Steam/PS4) Official Sequel]

Great Review! I enjoyed reading it.

 

I was really excited to try this game out as a huge Double Dragon fan growing up, but when I actually played it I was pretty underwhelmed. Actually I was kinda disappointed. Thank goodness there is an option to turn on the Retro music (because the music they made for the game is borderline garbage) Whats kind of a ripoff is that the retro music seems to just be the Double Dragon 2 music directly ripped.

 

The gameplay is fun, but what really is annoying is HOW MUCH PLATFORMING they added to the game. I realize this is supposed to be a direct sequel to DD 2 for NES, and they wanted to pay "homage" but there was just too much of the platforming. Same frustrations as DD 2, but seemingly more of it.

 

It is cool that there are so many unlockables, as well as the 2v2 mode. No complaints there. Some cool new moves as well.

 

Also I've heard the PS4 version allows you to share the game with others, to play with people that don't own the game. That's a cool feature as well.

 

Overall it's decent, but I feel like they missed out on a real cool opportunity for a new retro DD game, rather than something they kinda just threw together for the 30th anniversary and didn't put much thought into it.

[Jaguar time]

With how hard it was to develop a game on the Jaguar back when it was released, you are lucky to find a game that actually looks 32 bit. Hell, most of them look more like 16 bit. Let alone ever getting close to looking like an N64 game. The 64 bit on the cover is technically a lie, due to the "math" used with the combination of processors they used to supposedly add up to 64 bit. This is just a glimpse into the "bit wars" era where people were wowed by anything that sounded more powerful than what they currently owned.

 

The Jaguar has a few great games and it's a fun blip in video game history, but don't get your hopes up regarding any sort of wonderful graphics or fast loadtimes.

[SMS Minimalist Cover Art]

It is pretty funny how bad most of the SMS boxart was. Sure simple can be efficient, but in this case it was seriously...lacking. In a time where a lot of people, especially un-informed kids bought games largely based on the boxart and the description.

 

Anyways, bravo on these inspired covers. I would like to see more of them. I loved them all, but I think the Mortal Kombat one is my favorite, just due to it being nothing but a pool of blood. I really did get good laugh out of that.