Game Argus writes: "Resurrecting what gamers thought to be a long dead franchise, especially one as classic as Golden Axe is a hefty task. You need to be careful, and unfortunately, that's not what happened here. Instead, Sega slapped the name of Golden Axe on a generic, routinely terrible beat-em-up with almost no resemblance to the original at all.
Actually, what's been done here isn't just terrible; it's flat out disgraceful. The series has lain dormant for 12 years after a one-on-one fighting game came out on the Saturn, and this miserable next-gen clunker is the best they could do? Immediately out of the gate, things go awry when you realize this is purely a solo adventure. There is no multi-player to speak of whatsoever. Nope, not even in some additional mode outside of the main game."
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Golden Axe is a great game I enjoyed it on the SMS, Genesis and in the arcade. Great game but it truly was a quarter eater back in the day. I wish Sega could get the rights to the arcade port of Moonwalker another great arcade game I enjoyed. Collect so many monkeys and become Robo Michael lol.
Okay, Sega. the devs of Streets of Rage 4 together and let's make a new Golden Axe happen.
These remakes and remasters are must-haves in this next generation.
Gunstar Heroes was made by Treasure. I'm not sure if that IP actually belongs to Sega. If it does, the ONLY modern day developer that I think would do that game justice is Housemarque. Maybe Sega could collaborate with Sony to let them make a modern day Gunstar Heroes. I definitely think Shinobi and Afterburner need modern day remakes though.
I feel like there are stronger Sega IP's than some of the ones that were listed such as...
Vector Man
Comix Zone
Virtual On
Ranger X
Jet Set Radio
Landstalker
Eternal Champions
As hard as it was, the Shinobi remake that came out on PS2 was decent. But yes, a new remake would be great. Always loved that series.