Posted by Conor Duffy on Apr 8th, 2009
All right, so you jump up and kick the dragon’s head off, and it releases some kind of red orb that infuses you with a new skill – the Ground Dragon Kick!
So yeah, a jumping kick. Thanks. The move itself can be performed by pressing the S key, but it takes so long that you’re better off just forgetting about it.
Hold on a second. Let me get this straight – there are keyboard controls as well as the mouse? If that’s the case, why am I using the mouse to move around and fight? What’s so bad about maybe using the arrow keys to move, so I could perhaps have a little more control over where I’m going and maybe avoid a few more of the fucking ninja stars that every enemy enthusiastically throws at me from off screen?
I suppose our hero isn’t left totally helpless, since power ups will occasionally drop down from the sky. Great – except since you spend most of your time over on the right side of the screen, where the bad guys are, most of these power ups land behind you, and Roy’s backwards hop is stupidly slow. But they’re usually worth it – weapons like the nunchuks can do serious damage, while a vial of dragon’s blood will turn you into a psychotic white haired Dragonball Z cosplayer, able to kick a man’s stomach out through his spine!
Seriously fun power ups, and you’ll be glad for them. With only one life, you need as much help as you can get, especially since if you die you have to start whatever chapter you’re on from the very beginning again. The lack of a save feature also sticks in my craw, but then this isn’t a game I’m going to be going back to again and again.
The only other thing of note is the Ninja Death Theater, which allows you to watch numerous Asian men meet a violent demise. Sure, it does nothing for relations with our friends in the Far East, but it is a lot of fun.
Fun, however, is not something you’ll find a lot of in Young Dragon. Sure, it’s amusing for a while, but the controls soon grate and the repetitive levels quickly become boring. There are a few good Kung Fu games available online, but this sure isn’t one of them.
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