- Publisher: Sega
- Release Date: Oct 14, 2008
- Also On: PlayStation 3

- Summary:
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- Developer: Secret Level
- Genre(s): Action, General, General
- # of players: No Online Multiplayer
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 33
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Mixed: 12 out of 33
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Negative: 21 out of 33
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Beast Rider is far from perfect, and it won’t overthrow Kratos' Greek empire anytime soon.
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Golden Axe: Beast Rider confuses the tribute to retro with the flat and boring gameplay. The new game of SEGA is mediocre in every aspect, and comes as a failure in its attempt to recover a legendary name and turn it into a worthy product of Next-Gen platforms.
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This half-hearted revival attempt leaves Golden Axe lifeless and dull.
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Xbox World 360 Magazine UKAnother 'classic' Sega franchise turns to bum gravy. Sonic, eat your heart out. [Jan 2009, p.67]
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We expect a few things from a modern arcade-style brawler: reasonably placed checkpoints, more than one playable character, varied enemies, and multiplayer. Golden Axe: Beast Rider, Sega’s reinvention of the arcade classic, delivers none of them. Perhaps the worst oversight of the bunch is the lack of multiplayer options.
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Poorly conceived and quite dull in nearly every way, Golden Axe: Beast Rider is one of those missed opportunities that could have brought the series to a new generation of gamers. Instead it takes a linear route that makes this a game even Golden Axe fans will certainly want to avoid.
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With the exclusion of co-op -- what people really want to play -- and the constant hint that a sequel's already on the way, Beast Rider feels like a difficult, drawn-out, $60 tutorial. Why bother?
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 11
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Mixed: 3 out of 11
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Negative: 3 out of 11
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JohnS.Mar 1, 2009
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Dr.S.Nov 9, 2008
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VladCAug 31, 2009
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