<s>
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
Rider	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
available	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
3D	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beast	B-Application
Rider	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
game	O
in	O
3D	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
side-scrolling	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
major	O
shift	O
in	O
game	O
style	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
Beast	B-Application
Rider	I-Application
maintains	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
originals	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
magic	O
and	O
riding	O
beasts	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
sending	O
the	O
player	O
on	O
a	O
quest	O
to	O
defeat	O
Death	O
Adder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
story	O
mode	O
of	O
Beast	B-Application
Rider	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Tyris	O
Flare	O
,	O
an	O
amazon	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
E3	O
2006	O
,	O
Sega	O
issued	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
touting	O
a	O
new	O
entry	O
to	O
the	O
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
franchise	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
revealed	O
to	O
feature	O
the	O
return	O
of	O
Tyris	O
Flare	O
,	O
the	O
amazon	O
warrior	O
from	O
the	O
first	B-Application
installment	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
also	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
canceled	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
exclusive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
October	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
Denny	O
Chiu	O
of	O
Sega	O
denied	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
exclusivity	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
Completely	O
untrue	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
coming	O
to	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
as	O
well.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
postmortem	O
of	O
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
Rider	I-Application
by	O
project	O
producer	O
Michael	O
Boccieri	O
,	O
which	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
February	O
2009	O
issue	O
of	O
Game	O
Developer	O
,	O
discussed	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
troubled	O
development	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
:	I-Application
Beast	I-Application
Rider	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
on	O
both	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
editorial	O
titled	O
"	O
Dave	O
talks	O
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
"	O
,	O
Play	O
editor	O
Dave	O
Halverson	O
wrote	O
"	O
The	O
majority	O
of	O
these	O
people	O
(	O
ca	O
n't	O
call	O
them	O
critics	O
)	O
either	O
did	O
n't	O
complete	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
do	O
n't	O
understand	O
game	O
design	O
,	O
or	O
just	O
plain	O
suck	O
at	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
to	O
score	O
Beast	B-Application
Rider	I-Application
below	O
a	O
7	O
is	O
just	O
irresponsible.	O
"	O
</s>
