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This game needs support for iPhone XR, when I got in to the level the screen wasn’t fully filled.Jimmy123456789200
NES Nostalgic
New levels, a new, more wholesome, story, almost every character unlockable as playable, but familiar retro option music, gameplay, graphics, and characters from the NES Double Dragon Era is what you'll find here. The double dragon games on NES and Game Boy were some of my favorites as a kid, so I am very nostalgic about DD 4. People say it is too similar to the NES classics, but that is the appeal for me. The arcade ports are too different from what I remember to be nostalgic about, and technically inferior to other genre games on iOS such as Streets of Rage 2. This game is a lot easier than it's NES counterparts because the powerful special moves are easy to pull off, and generous lives, but the limited save system will keep you replaying. If you quit playing or get a game over, you will have to replay the last mission you completed before you can move on. Five stars if story were a little longer or the levels had more variety.
To me, besides the nostalgia of playing a new NES style Double Dragon game, the real treasure here is being able to play as nearly every character in the game, classic and new, plus a few special such as from Double Dragon 3 NES in tower or story. It is so neat to see how those moves that have beat you up work, and gives a lot of replay value to imagine your favorite character joined the good guys. The devs did a very nice job making all the character's moves accessible, including projectiles, and even adding what is needed to make them playable such as rapid punch, run, or crouch. I was able to get to about Tower Level 20 with Billy or Jimmy, which unlocked about half the characters. Then, with Abobo's extremely powerful moves, I got to about level 32, which unlocked most of them. The twins are also very powerful and stylish, and my favorite. Ohe, and on Mission 11, enter the doors Center, Right, then Right.Show lessEmilyApricot
Why is there no volume toggle.
Why is there no way to switch off volume. That makes no sense. Great game other than that.charless187
The Double Dragon are back!!
If you loved the classic Double Dragon beat em up games, this game is definitely for you! If you are a fan of the beat em up genre, this polished retro styled brawler should be right up your alley as well!
The character sprites are done in classic 8-bit (with much more fluent animation) and the backgrounds looks like a modern 2-D background with an 8-bit pixel finish similar to blaster master zero’s style. The music is an awesome mixture of retro and modern remix with some classic double dragon tunes and some new music tracks as well (but if you’re missing the classic tunes you can go full on retro style at the title option screen!) the controls are tighter and the hit detection is MUCH better than the classic NES double dragon games, which is great! Also, you can chose to play as Billy OR Jimmy Lee in 1 player mode on the title screen (and even some cool game completion bonus stuff as well!) which is cool and you can start the game from any level you’ve already completed which is a nice modern gaming touch.
SUGGESTIONS:
-The ability to customize the controls, like maybe control layout/button size
-A jump picture graphic along with text rather than just the word “jump”.
-The option for virtual joystick OR d-pad arrow controls
My ONLY complaints about the game is that you have to play through the first level before you can purchase the whole game. Granted, it’s a minor inconvenience, but it would’ve been nice to be able to purchase the whole game from the get go or at least at the title screen. The GOOD news is that you can RESTORE your purchases from the title screen if your playing it on a different iOS device which is nice. Also, 1.9 Gigs is a bit much storage for a retro styled game, if I didn’t have a device with a decent amount of storage, this would be a real bummer!
Bottom line? This game feels like the classic NES Double Dragon games as you REMEMBER them with rose tinted spectacles of nostalgia and not as they actually are when you revisit them. In other words, this is retro done right!
*SPOILERS* After completing the game, I do wish the ending was a little longer, it’s still a good ending though.Show lessComedian138
Trash controls
Whoever set up the buttons for punch kick and jumping must not ever play games or doesn’t care what sort of trash they put out. Who put the just button off on it own away from punch and kick?Randy0441
Not like DD 1&2 ...look do this
Double Dragon 3 (DD3) on the other bundle app is sorta odd. You don’t know what the mission is or where you are going. This Double Dragon 4 installment (DD4) has an odd control pad and crappy sounds when you punch and kick. Why can’t you guys keep what you did in
DD 1&2? Those 2 games are why we still play. We would buy new Double Dragon games hell even make 10 new ones but only if you stick with what you did in 1 and 2 but make the new ones more challenging. DD1&2 are some of the absolute best games invented. The music in DD2 is incredible & the way iOS has it now is perfect! Can you adjust this DD4 to make it more realistic like 1&2? And revise DD3 for sure!Show lessTheNightOwl'
I’m not satisfied
It’s good like the old games but when you finish the first level you have to buy the rest of the gameMr. SWAGGIE
The return of Billy and Jimmy
Double Dragon and Double Dragon II: The Revenge was the first video games I ever played on the Nintendo as a kid, I loved those games. The amount of my childhood gleefully wasted playing those games is ridiculous. If I’m not mistaken around a year ago it was announced that Double Dragon 4 was being released on the PlayStation Network 20+ years after the last installment, I never had the chance to play it but from what reviews stated it was a mess. Whatever issues the original version had has obviously been addressed, this IOS version is a love letter to the original games and should not be missed. The graphics are a throwback to the glory days of Nintendo and the controls are actually fluent and responsive (as much so as the original Double Dragon). I’m not sure exactly how many missions there are but currently I’m on mission 7 (I’m assuming there’s 10). The only downside I can say to this game is instead of charging $2.99 when first installed the developer allows you to play the first mission then prompts you to pay the aforementioned $2.99, it’s not a huge issue but just odd in my opinion. I absolutely love the game and it’s one of the best old school games on IOS right now.Show lessLegionOfTheDamned
Awesome demo guys
Kool gameplay, to bad it’s only one level is free, which leaves me to the question why can’t the first retro double dragon be free on the AppStore at least one of themRyan651922
Nostalgic
It’s a great throwback to the NES/Famicom days of Double Dragon and okays nicely but I’d really like mfi controllers to be supported.Harakari
