PSX Extreme writes: "Back in the day, you may have wandered into an arcade and immediately headed over to Golden Axe with a fistful of quarters. With a few friends, it was always a blast; the 2D action side-scroller featured plenty of non-stop combat, complete with those awesome beasts to ride and little gnomes to nab. Many years later, we can run around and participate in non-stop combat, ride beasts, and nab gnomes all over again…except this time, it's in a 3D world and the experience is more irritating than anything else. Arnold said it yesterday and unfortunately, I'm inclined to agree: Sega simply can't make a decent 3D action game. For whatever reason, the team just failed to succeed in their development of Golden Axe: Beast Rider, and that's very unfortunate. We were hoping to relive those good ol' days, only in a simple 3D format, and instead, we end up battling the wonky controls, loose camera, and brain-dead enemies. If you're looking for something similar to the likes of God of War or Devil May Cry, you will find plenty of elements ripped straight from those excellent franchises, but the implementation is crucially flawed."
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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.