Trials of the Blood Dragon is a confused concoction. The Trials gameplay is as solid as ever—RedLynx know their craft—but the side-scrolling levels are clunky and out of place. The whole thing feels like a waste of the Blood Dragon IP.
Trials of the Blood Dragon2016
Trials of the Blood Dragon
2016 57Mediocre
Playtime
ShortTypically 5 hours
Playable on
Included with
- PlayStation PlusExtra
- Xbox Game PassUltimate
Available on
- −60%$5.99
- $14.99
- $14.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- June 12, 2016
- Developer
- Ubisoft Kyiv
- Publisher
- -
Overview
Trials with a storyline gives you 30 missions across 7 different worlds in a full narrative-driven adventure, a cast of colourful characters and a self-contained story set 12 years on from the events of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon.
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Reception
Press55
Players61
MediocreWorthwhile- Metacritic55from 30 reviews
- OpenCritic54from 35 reviews
A highly lacklustre standalone addition to both the Trials and the Blood Dragon series. Trials of the Blood Dragon is a pointless exercise that suffers from far too much awful platforming, and a very tight-fisted use of the Trials set up. It has nothing worthwhile to say for either franchise, and frankly doesn’t deserve your money or your attention...
Trials of the Blood Dragon gets some things very right and other things very wrong, and unfortunately it ends up being a mixed bag. Hopefully we get a true Blood Dragon sequel at some point, because this would be an unfortunate sendoff for this promising series.
When it comes down to it, Trials of the Blood Dragon feels like some fans wanted to do something with the story and somehow incorporate it into a game. That game was a motocross game. If the entire game was more platforming and less motorcycles and vehicles, it had potential to be entertaining. The game only offers a single player experience, as well....
This feels like a very capable studio being told to annualise a series that really didn't need to be yearly, because it bypasses everything that makes Trials great.