Double Dragon II: The Revenge for PCE CD
Review #11026
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
NES > PCE CD > MD
Gameplay
Massive improvement over the horrible Mega Drive version. That one was a port of the arcade game while this appears to be based on the far superior NES version. And I think I like this even more than the NES game. The biggest improvement are the responsive controls and the hit detection that actually, ya know, works. There's no hint of slowdown either. It features the same left and right attacks, using the 1 and 2 buttons. This means jumping is performed by pressing both together, again like the NES game. This results in a lot of button mashing but enemy AI is good and the moves are easy to execute. It's not in the upper echelon but it's not bad either.
Level Design
The highlight of this title. Fun elements like ladders, doors and helicopters keep things fresh. I have a few complaints, like a few too many cliffs you can fall off of but on the whole there's a lot more variety here than in most brawlers.
Theme
It's Double Dragon, with some cutscenes.
Art Style
Colorful pixel art. The sprites are tall and lanky and ugly compared to the NES game, but vastly superior to the MD game.
Audio
Terrible music that features a bunch of yells and screams, like it's a laugh track for a horror movie. Bizarre.
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