Double Dragon 3: The Sacred Stones
Reviewed by Pyroanoid@aol.com
Double Dragon 3 was the start of the unfortunate downward
spiral of the series. One of the worst games I have had the
"honor" to play.
Features
2 Player simultaneous play
Up to four playable characters
High Points
....umm, you don't have to play it
Low Points
....I did
Review
First off, I DID enjoy this game when I first got it. Although
only for five minutes, I did enjoy those 5 minutes. Now I have
played some BAD games in my gaming life, but many pale in
comparison to how utterly horrible and nauseating Double
Dragon 3: The Sacred Stone is. Its hard to actually write a
constructive review on such a bad game without going overboard,
but fortunately, its a short review of Double Dragon 3's shortcomings.
Words are not a true means of expressing how much I *hate*
this game. From top to bottom, its one of the ugliest NES games
to have ever been inserted into someone's game collection!
Uninspiring character graphics, coupled with some awful
scenery makes Double Dragon 3 look like something out of a
just used pooper scooper.
The sound, although average in the effects department, reek! The
music is beyond annoying! I recommend when trying this garbage,
turn the sound off....better yet, don't even insert the game into the deck!
The controls are a cross between using your controller with
your feet while under a load of mud, making important end game
jumps are near impossible, leading to frustrating crucial end game
deaths! The problem with the jumping is that when you press B + A
to jump, a slight delay is in affect, then using the cross-pad to
move the jumping character, another delay is in affect. Punching
and kicking also have slight delays between pressing the button and
initiating the attack.
The usage of sub weapons by your characters is not only useless,
but pointless! Why have metal claws when you are restricted to
about twenty swings? Its like Final Fight's infamous weapons that
hop out of your hands and spin into invisibility!
A Tyrannical Opinion....
Folks, I know some of you might been too young to remember the good
old NES, but take it from me, this is one of the worst games to have
ever come out of the 700+ releases during Nintendo's 10+ years on
the market. If you are into collecting NES, either steer clear of Double
Dragon 3 or buy it if its less than a penny and take a sledge hammer
to it like there was no tomorrow! But I do not advise either method.