Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon (Xbox) 

During the early '70s, Bruce Lee was known as one of the greatest action heroes in history and the master of Jeet Kune Do. The violence that Lee displays in his movies are so extreme, so grosteque, that even todays action heroes wouldn't even dare to perform that kind of stuff. Even if someone tries to emulate his violence, it wouldn't be as good looking as Bruce Lee's original violent performances. Even if he died a tragic death in '73, his memories are still alive today. You'll see a whole lot of people with Bruce Lee T-Shirts, cartoon characters trying to be like Bruce Lee, remastered DVDs of Bruce Lee classics, and even some video game characters in a fighting game acting, fighting, and sounding like Bruce Lee. Now it's time to remember Bruce Lee in another way...put him a next-gen video game console with the greatest 3D graphics processor of all time, the XBox ! Enter Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon, the first Bruce Lee title to feature 3D technology and real time combat. And it's the most anticipated action game among an audience of young Bruce Lee fans. Now to describe the game. The graphics are perfect, powered with the XBox's ultimate 3D processor. The 3D models look very superb with no graphical flaws ! The lighting effects, including the flaming fist mode, looks absolutely jaw dropping. And as for the stages, they're huge and good looking ! There are not much flaws on these stages, except for the fact that there's a whole lot of fog and tons of it. But still, this is a graphical powerhouse overall, and the cutscenes rock ! The audio is okay...I guess. The voice actor who did Bruce Lee didn't do that much of bad job. They almost sound identical, but he really needs to work on it more, including that yell that Bruce Lee does (you know...WAAAAATAAAAAHHHH !!!). And some of the other voice actors are rather laughable, but on the plus side, it almost sounds like they're featured in a Kung-Fu movie. So that seems fair ! The music sounds perfectly fit with the traditional Chinese Kung-Fu tunes. And the sound effects are blazing with realistic hitting and grunting. If you listen carefully, it sounds very identical to that of one of the sound effects featured in one of his films. And as for the gameplay, it rocks ! The controls really hit the spot with slick movement and fast control response. The in-game combat will seem a bit clunky to some newcomers, but after playing this a couple of times, you'll really get used to it. And the coolest thing about the gameplay is, when you kill the last enemy, you get a slow motion of your enemy falling down after one fatal blow and you get to use Nunchakus on certain stages. My favorite part of the game ! The only thing that bothers me about the gameplay is the unforgivable camera angles. It keeps on moving everytime you're done duking it out with the last batch of thugs or if you're fighting with one enemy. But still, even with those flaws, I really loved playing this game. Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon is one of my favorite XBox titles among everything else. Many people may not enjoy it, but anyone who still enjoys watching Bruce Lee's films and still looks up to him, will definently like this game ! If you want to see Bruce Lee alive and kicking it...literaly, Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon is the title that Bruce Lee fans should never miss ! Everyone else steer well clearnot good.

Anyone who has been putting this game down for bad graphics, gameplay and a poor fighting system dosen't seem to know what they're talking about. I am a practicioner of jeet kune do, my sifu is in the lineage under Bruce Lee, as will I be when I get my instuctors certificate (Hey, I'm 16, but getting there). For a start, the graphics I actually found to be impressive, admittedly there are jerky moments here and there but yet again so does every other XBOX game I've played; as much as I prefer XBOX, it dosen't run as smoothly as other consoles. The attention to detail on Bruce was great. I have Bruce Lee posters by my TV to make a comparison from Enter the Dragon and I have to say Bruce looks identical to what he did in about 1973. The fighting system, well, the motion captures are from some of Bruce Lee's films, as well as new additional imput from Bruce Lee's students Ted Wong and Taky kimura. I thoroughly enjoyed the game, and it's now pretty much the only XBOX game I play; I play games at the weekend because I got to college to study and come home to TRAIN in the evenings. So, I think my review is more noteworthy than others. And then people say the game is so bad Bruce would have been ashamed, well that is just blatant exploitation of a man to exemplify your petty hate complex you have on a game because it didn't feature fireballs and magic. The game is great, especially for 2002. As a jeet kune do disciple, I'd say this is a brilliant simulation, and as for disgracing Bruce Lee, those people don't know what they're talking about anyway. Enjoy the game it's brilliant.

Was expecting something pretty great from this but sadly find it somewhat wanting in areas. The gameplay feels somewhat jerky as the machine reads from the CD while you're trying to play.

Was expecting a rocking multiplayer option but alas it is single player only.

Gameplay is a bit repetitive, walk on a bit, kick the bad guys, walk on a bit more, kick some more bad guys. The cut scenes are pretty nice though.

On a positive note there is some satisfaction in getting Bruce to follow your lead and practising his special moves.