Underplayed Gems

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2003)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon cover
Developer
Bergsala Lightweight, Genki
Publisher
ESP
Platforms
Xbox, PlayStation 2
Genres
Fighting, Adventure

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How it feels

Playing through a martial arts tale split across three characters, you build up fighting skills and combos as you progress through structured action encounters.

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About

The epic story has been split up in three parts, one for each character. The game mimics the film's famous martial arts, based on the Wudan fighting style, with a set of basic attacks, attack combos and special moves, combined with defensive actions such as basic blocking, combo blocking and evasion. While fighting, the characters learn new moves, collect items and earn rewards. Skills are improved according to your fighting style. Using specific attacks (e.g. unarmed) boosts the related skills, which can be leveled up.

Screenshots

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