Hidden Dragon Legend

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 13 out of 25

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  1. ZhangGG09
    Sep 19, 2017
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really like hard core action games! HDL is a Chinese martial type side scrolling action game that i haven’t seen any games on PS4 like this before. The combo system is interesting and the jumping part is really challenging. But if you are not an action game player I don't recommend this game.… Expand
  2. TonyBarley
    Sep 29, 2017
    9
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF YOU AIN'T AN ACTION GAMER.

    I have been playing action games since Bayonetta. Hidden Dragon Legend just aroused my memories of couple of old games like Castlevania. I enjoyed it so much and I just got Platinum. Surely will buy another copy on Steam awaits.
  3. FujiwaraTaku
    Sep 20, 2017
    8
    Well this is my first time to use metacritic.
    I am a Taiwan gamer and I have been looking forward to play this game long time ago. Happy that finally it released.
    Hidden Dragon Legend is developed by an indie studio in mainland China with several people. I am glad to have a chance to meet the developer at PAX East held in Boston March this year and was happy to see a console game with    Well this is my first time to use metacritic.
    I am a Taiwan gamer and I have been looking forward to play this game long time ago. Happy that finally it released.
    Hidden Dragon Legend is developed by an indie studio in mainland China with several people. I am glad to have a chance to meet the developer at PAX East held in Boston March this year and was happy to see a console game with Chinese cultural content can go global. If you know the history about what happened to console game market in China, you will understand how difficult to be that this game come out. #The Chinese console game market was banned by its government for 20 years#

    First I want to say that the score I rate is based on the indie game standard.

    Hidden Dragon Legend is an 3D sidescrolling action game mixed with a lot of old-school platformer gameplays.
    The graphics is great for a sidescroling game. There are lots of beautiful & different types of scenes that you can see in the background throughout the game. The ancient Luoyang City, white horse temple, bamboo groves, mystic tower, path among the mountains etc. And the direction of the camera will turn at some places for example in that tower of chapter 2. You can see routes leads to hidden areas by the camera turning which makes exploration of the level enjoyable.
    The fighting part of the game is really enjoyable as I am a hardcore ACT gamer. The combo system is the main way to defeat enemies. If you are skilled of combo, higher combo number can make you faster to accumulate the rage, which is the 5 orbs below the stam bar. And this makes you can use powerful skills more often. This part decide the difficulty throughout the gameplay because you should also focus on evading enemies attack in a fast rhythm fight. Using evade in proper way can trigger a time freeze that you can counter back if you have unlock the combo. So evade is the core of fighting can keep the combo number not to fade out. There also trophies about the combo system with the highest 400 and I only get 200+ at most.
    Fighting with the bosses you should look carefully about how to beat them although there are descriptions in the option menu. With different strategies to beat the bosses seems related to different trophies.
    The levels are designed good with different type of challenges. Take first level of Chapter 3 for instance it is a escaping level that you are followed by lot of mechanical spiders created by a boss name Dark Raven. It is strange to see mechanical thing is a ancient Chinese dynasty but this is just a start. Dark Raven is an elder in the enemies organization who use specific technology to control many traps and puppets machines according to the story. The gameplay throughout chapter 3 is to deal with these mechanical guys and traps. I think it is a innovation that a game with Chinese ancient culture mixed with mechanic elements and make this game a lot of fun.
    The platforming part is challenging at the very start once you face a jumping puzzle. The challenge mostly come from the camera setting that you cannot see the next step or even the ground or trap in front of you. You should combine jump-double jump, hook, dash in air or even the air-light combo to go through some places. And the hook system seems not so easy to control because you should hold R1 and use the left stick to aim first. And the aiming sometime makes me feel awful. But if you keep trying and practicing you will get used to it.
    The storytelling part is the worst of this game. Cutscenes are full of animations lack of polish and the story is skipping and hard to understand if you do not read the text on loading screens. And the collection items found in the level tell little about the story but more for the background. If you consider that it is an indie game you may think it acceptable of the poor storytelling.
    In general consideration I can give this game an 8. Notice that I am rating this as the indie game standard but not AAA.
    Hidden Dragon Legend is a game mostly like Ninjia Gaiden 2 as it has fast rhythm challenging combats. But it also mix platforming gameplays.
    If you are looking forward to an epic story and excellent cutscenes animations, I don't recommend this game. But, if you like fast rhythm action game with deep and complicated systems it is exactly your choice. It is a best indie game I have ever played in this year.
    Hope they can have a success in global market.    … Expand
  4. Cells_R_Dead
    Aug 7, 2018
    9
    I bought this game on a sale and got it for a few bux. Im not sure i would have bought it for the full price. But all in all its a great game. Sure its challenging. But its fun. And you can save your progress so you can return when you feel the need or have the time. The graphics are more the decent. But i don't know what happened to the sound. It sounds like mono or lesser quality in someI bought this game on a sale and got it for a few bux. Im not sure i would have bought it for the full price. But all in all its a great game. Sure its challenging. But its fun. And you can save your progress so you can return when you feel the need or have the time. The graphics are more the decent. But i don't know what happened to the sound. It sounds like mono or lesser quality in some cases. The action is 100%, nothing for a casual gamer as it will serve your head on a platter if you loose your focus. It is repetitive and you will return to old levels to search for more or better loot. This game does not deserve the bad rep that it has gotten. I can think of other games that definitely does not deserve their really high scores because of the hype instead of content that matters. This is a must buy especially if you find it cheap!… Expand

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52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 3 out of 13
  1. GameCritics
    Jan 16, 2018
    35
    Hidden Dragon Legend has some good visual design but not much else, and it’s a shame. I appreciated the style, but the actual game is so shoddily produced that it’s impossible to enjoy. I don’t care that enemies look good if fighting them is sluggish and repetitive. With tighter controls and fluid combat, Hidden Dragon Legend could have been a minor gem, but it’s just an attractive failure.
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  2. DarkStation
    Oct 27, 2017
    50
    Hidden Dragon Legend’s cover art should appear in any search engine’s results for mixed bag. The combat it offers is challenging and genuinely fun, but the traversal that comes between it is far too often broken and unfair. As you run through Imperial China, you’ll be enchanted by the mood, only to be brought right back out by stiff cutscenes and terribly compressed weapon sounds. Upon reflection, I truly believe that MegaFun Games put real passion into this project, though; even the elements that don't work are laid out in a way where they'd be very enjoyable if they did. It's just a shame that the finished project is so deeply flawed.
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  3. Gaming Age
    Oct 12, 2017
    75
    At 20 dollars, it is a tough ask as a purchase since this developer with no discernible track record in the west. Those who take the leap will find a rather solid title with high replayability and a visual style seldom seen on our shores. One can only hope that the publisher can put some more marketing dollars towards this title so that it can find some sort of audience.
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