Xena: Warrior Princess is a hack and slash video game developed by Universal Studios Digital Arts and co-published by Electronic Arts and Universal Interactive Studios for the PlayStation in 1999. Each version is based on the television series of the same name, which aired from 1995 to 2001.

The Story Behind Xena - Warrior Princess

The Game Boy Color version is a side-scrolling platform action game played primarily from an overhead perspective. When she arrives in the castle, Hades welcomes Xena and she asks his permission to send her back to the surface world to stop Kalabrax. After his defeat, he informs her that King Valerian paid him and his men to distract her while Valerian's soldiers capture Gabrielle on the road.

Xena decided to go travel alone to visit an old friend in Oebalus; as she approaches, she notices black smoke rising where the village would be. Health can be increased by finding heart containers throughout the game. In May 2000, Titus announced that a Game Boy Color version of Xena: Warrior Princess was scheduled for release at the end of summer 2000.

How Xena - Warrior Princess Plays

Xena then travels to the Isle of Kronos to find Valerian, but is stopped on the beach by a Cyclops. The Game Boy Color version is a side-scrolling platform action game played primarily from an overhead perspective. After his defeat, he informs her that King Valerian paid him and his men to distract her while Valerian's soldiers capture Gabrielle on the road.

After this last battle, Xena finally reunites with Gabrielle and they embrace each other. In May 1999 during the E3 convention, the rights for publishing the game were transferred to Electronic Arts. Upon finding her, she informs Xena that they want an Amazon Queen to be sacrificed in order to create a new world.

Why Players Still Load It Up

Fielder also noted that the game's characters "all look very blocky, and the backgrounds are basic and sparse." Fielder said the game's platform-jumping and puzzle-solving sections were not fun because of the game's poor camera system: "The camera has a mind of its own at times, swinging this way and that in some situations while taking too long to catch up to your character in others. A bit of slow down occurs when Xena fights too many enemies at once which lets one or two of them get in a free shot while you're left trying to face them." White also wrote, "There are only two real down sides to the game. While you can wander anywhere on the screen, the game itself is a strict linear adventure.

If you don't beat all the enemies nor complete whatever task is asked of you, then you can't move on. Stick to the TV show and put this one out to pasture." Dean Austin of IGN rated the PlayStation version a 6.5 out of 10 and noted its outdated graphics, but praised its design and the pacing of its music, as well as the chakram, calling it "by far the most innovative part of the game." Austin also wrote, "The levels are involved but not particularly deep and the overall time of play is an issue. There are so many moves to use that you need a few extra fingers to press all the buttons so you can see all her moves. [...] The other is that in order to perform simple tasks like jumping, you need to use a certain button combination, otherwise you'll end up going past or coming up just short of your mark.

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