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| Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer | Ronin Entertainment |
| Publisher | Universal Interactive |
| Directors | Terrence Masson Edward Kilham Kalani Streicher |
| Designers | Edward Kilham James Teal |
| Programmer | Scott Henderson |
| Writers | Sean Hoessli Terrence Masson |
| Composer | Rik Schaffer |
| Platform | Xbox |
| Release | |
| Genre | Beat 'em up |
| Mode | Single-player |
Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon is abeat 'em up video game featuringmartial artistBruce Lee. It was developed by Ronin Entertainment and published byUniversal Interactive. It was released in Europe and the United States for theXbox in2002 to a negative critical reception. A planned sequel was cancelled.[1]
Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon is a purebeat 'em up, using a 3D graphics engine and consisting of normal section where the player is brawling against multiple common enemies, and of one-on-oneboss fights. NewJeet Kune Do-style moves can be purchased for the coins gained by beating up enemies.
The game features a story line in which 24-year-old Bruce battles multiple enemies to rescue his kidnapped father and retrieve the mystical Golden Relic from anorganized crime organization known asBlack Lotus, led by mysterious "Dragon Lady", whose father Chai Wan was inadvertently killed by Lee. Players control Lee through a series of areas set in various locations around the world, includingHong Kong,London andSan Francisco. The game's bosses include Dragon Lady's sisters, including Cleopatra and Rhianna, and her other followers, such as Cobra and female ninja assassin Tsuki.
On May 17, 2001,Microsoft announced an exclusive partnership with Universal Interactive to publish Bruce Lee games for the Xbox.[2]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 32/100[3] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| AllGame |    [4] |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 2/10[5] |
| EP Daily | 4.5/10[6] |
| Game Informer | 1/10[7] |
| GameRevolution | D−[8] |
| GameSpot | 3.1/10[9] |
| GameZone | 4.8/10[10] |
| IGN | 3.9/10[11] |
| Official Xbox Magazine (US) | 3/10[12] |
| TeamXbox | 5/10[13] |
| X-Play | [14] |
The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to thereview aggregation websiteMetacritic.[3] The most often cited complaints were about inadequate controls and combat lock-on system, low-quality graphics, frequent loading times, bad plot and voice acting, and the lack of any in-game tutorials.IGN regardedQuest of the Dragon as vastly inferior to theGame Boy Advance gameBruce Lee: Return of the Legend.[15]GamePro said, "The game itself quickly bogs down into a long, repetitive walk-and-punch beat-em-up game."[16][a]
The game was nominated for the "Worst Game on Xbox" award atGameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 Awards, which went toGravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt.[17]
In 2011,UGO.com included it in their list of 102worst video games ever created, calling it "as close to blasphemy as the fighting genre gets."[18]
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