Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon is a beat 'em up

Beat 'em up

Beat 'em up is a video game genre featuring melee combat between the protagonist and a large number of underpowered antagonists. These games typically take place in urban settings and feature crime-fighting and revenge-based plots, though some games may employ historical or fantasy themes...

 video game featuring martial artist Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...

. It was released in Europe

Europe

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 and America

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 for the Xbox

Xbox

The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...

 in 2002

2002 in video gaming

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.

Story

The game features a story line in which 24-year old Bruce (voiced by James Sie) battles multiple enemies to rescue his kidnapped father (James Hong

James Hong

James Hong is an American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists . A prolific acting veteran, Hong's career spans over 50 years and includes more than 350 roles in film, television, and video games.-Early life:Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His...

) and retrieve the mystical Golden Relic from an organized crime

Organized crime

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 organization known as Black Lotus

Black lotus

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, led by mysterious Dragon Lady

Dragon Lady (stereotype)

A Dragon Lady is a stereotype of East Asian women as strong, deceitful, domineering or mysterious. The term's origin and usage is Western, not Chinese. Inspired by the characters played by actress Anna May Wong, the term was coined from the villain in the comic strip Terry and the Pirates...

 Natascha, whose father Chai Wan was inadvertently killed by Lee.

Gameplay

Players control Lee through 40 areas set in various locations around the world, including Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and San Francisco. Bosses include Dragon Lady's many sisters, including Cleopatra (Russi Taylor

Russi Taylor

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) and Rhianna (Nika Futterman

Nika Futterman

Nika Futterman is an American actress, singer, voice artist, and comedienne.She did the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly ."-Animated Series:...

), and her other followers, such as Cobra

Cobra

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 (Gregg Berger

Gregg Berger

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) and the female ninja Tsuki

Tsuki

, is the Japanese word for "thrust", coming from the verb , meaning "to thrust". It sounds the same as the Japanese word for "moon"/"month" .-Kendo:...

 (Cobra motion-captured by Curtis Bush

Curtis Bush

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). New Jeet Kune Do

Jeet Kune Do

Jeet Kune Do is a hybrid martial arts system and life philosophy founded by martial artist Bruce Lee with direct, non classical and straightforward movements. Due to the way his style works they believe in minimal movement with maximum effect and extreme speed. The system works on the use of...

-style moves can be purchased for the coins gained by beating up enemies.

Reception

The game was highly anticipated, but was almost universally panned by critics. It has an aggregate rating of 37% from 44 video game outlets on GameRankings. The most often cited complaints were the bad controls and combat lock-on system, low-quality graphics, frequent loading times, bad voice acting, and the lack of any in-game tutorial

Tutorial

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