Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons has some pretty terrible graphics even for a downloadable game. Now let’s talk about the presentation- the worst part of the game. Actually forgive me, you can compare scores with leaderboards but why would you want to? This is unforgivable really in 2013 when most games are expected to feature some kind of online option. But they are shallow at best and don’t have any online play. There are other modes like survival and versus. Related: Call of Duty Doesn't Need Congress To Bring You This Trailer It’s not that the enemies are that much stronger than Jimmy and Billy, it’s that the combat is so broken it stops being funny and certainly never becomes fun. You could try to dodge by performing a roll that even a first year gymnastic student would scoff at, but knowing Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons you’ll end up rolling into the strike. You’ve got power moves as well, but they also look bad when performed and the range isn’t that great, nor is the effect when they by some miracle hit your enemies. Yes you can punch, kick, throw an elbow or perform the worst jump kick ever but why would you want to? None of the moves are as strong as they could be and Jimmy and Billy don’t feel effective. If Jimmy and Billy Lee had good moves then you might be able to look past this, but their arsenal isn’t as good as it should be. Add to this the fact that it takes the characters a second to change their direction you’ll end up taking a lot of damage before you actually accomplish anything. It would have been better if they stuck with the original left-to-right formula instead of this misguided change. You’ll end up missing most of your enemies as they come at you from multiple directions. When handled well 8-direction combat can help to refresh an older game but in this case it’s not handled well. Its 15 stages of the most mind numbing, basic, we’re not even trying arcade like play.ĭouble Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons uses 8-direction combat, something that can be tricky.
They beat up the worst looking bumbling thugs that I’ve ever seen, maybe fight a boss, and go to the next level and do the same thing over again. Enter Jimmy and Billy Lee who now face off against the throngs of thugs coming towards you. The story is pretty simply, you control Marian, the girlfriend of one of the brothers (who you really shouldn’t and won’t get attached to) and after that two minutes the stars of our game step in. So imagine my surprise when Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons showed up on Xbox Live in all its old-school glory. Did you know that Double Dragon is not just an awesome cartoon? I sure didn’t, as far as I was concerned Double Dragon was a movie, and later a cartoon with a great theme song.
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