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Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon
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Very rarely do games get as bad as this. It's a shame that one of the only games based on kung-fu superstar Bruce Lee wasn't given to a developer that could do it justice. So much potential, and so litttle of it used. As much as it pains me to write it, here goes.
You play the game as Bruce Lee himself. Armed with a huge arsenal of moves all supposedly motion captured from Mr. Lee's last student, one would assume that just getting theem all down and using them against your opponent would be fun and challenging in and of itself, but it's not. It might have been if the moves actually consistently worked most of the time. The further you get into the game, the more moves you earn, but you likely won't get a chance to use them as, time after time I'd try to perform one of Bruce's signature moves and only get frustrated and end up mashing the buttons so I don't get the garbage beat out of me. The enemies are more than willing to perform multiple combos on you if you aren't timing your moves correctly. The same goes for any kind of movement, as Bruce seems to have an aversion to moving in any particular direction other than standing still. Your mission in Bruce Lee is to find your father as well as a relic of some sort, but honestly, I doubt most gamers will really care once they play more than a few minutes of this stink-fest.
Bruce looks bad. Not Kabuki Warriors bad, but really bad nevertheless. His opponents look even worse but the environments are adequate. The only real good looking part of the game is a few of the moves (when you manage to pull one off), but even then the animations are rather poorly excuted and choppy, so the payoff really isn't worth it.
The voice acting is pretty good, and Bruce's signature screams and squawks are still intact, but DD5.1 is not used and the music could have really been better.
Imagine a fighting game without a 2-player mode and very little replay value and you'll have Bruce Lee. There is no reason to play thru this game more than once, and there is no way to pit your skills against your buddies in a DOA style tournament. If there were to be any redeeming reason to like this game, a 2-player mode whee you could beat on your friends with Mr. Lee himself would have been one. Unfortunately it's not in there, and so out the window goes any reason to even rent this game.
What a hunk of crap, and what a waste of the Master's good name. The developers have stated that there may very well be a sequel, and heaven help us if they make it like this one. They have a lot of improving to do. I am very glad I had the forethought to buy Bruce Lee at EB, since they have an excellent return policy. I suggest if you really love Bruce Lee, to steer clear of this game and wait for a developer to actually do the man's memory justice.
Review By: JakeT
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