Trials of the Blood Dragon

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…

53 13 June 2016 ESRB T

Arcade Platform Racing Shooter Action Comedy Fantasy Sandbox

Trials of the Blood Dragon is an arcade developed by RedLynx, released 13 June 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 5 hrs to finish.

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What Trials of the Blood Dragon is

Trials of the Blood Dragon is an arcade game developed by RedLynx and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

2019 - NOW In a world where Blood Dragons, beasts of unknown origin, roam free. In a time where the future is not what it used to be, there's a man. No, wait.. There's a boy.. and a girl.. Yes, a boy and a girl. They are Roxanne and Slayter, the offspring of the legendary Rex Power Colt. They‘re as tough as their father, as smart as their mother and the best there ever was at being the best. 12 years on from Vietnam War 2, they're going to Vietnam War 4 to save the day, save freedom, and save the world.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, fantasy and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Trials of the Blood Dragon holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 12% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel i3 550 @ 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz, 4 GB RAM and nVidia GeForce GTX460 or AMD Radeon HD5770 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Trials of the Blood Dragon launched on 13 June 2016, within three weeks of Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Inside and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Inside, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Trials of the Blood Dragon gameplay screenshot

Quick answers

Trials of the Blood Dragon — frequently asked questions

When did Trials of the Blood Dragon come out?

Trials of the Blood Dragon was released on 13 June 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Trials of the Blood Dragon?

At minimum, Trials of the Blood Dragon needs Intel i3 550 @ 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz, 4 GB RAM, nVidia GeForce GTX460 or AMD Radeon HD5770 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0) graphics, 15 GB available space of storage.

How long does it take to beat Trials of the Blood Dragon?

The main story of Trials of the Blood Dragon takes around 5 hrs.

How many GB is Trials of the Blood Dragon?

The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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