How to Train Your Dragon (2010) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon is an action-adventure video game which takes place after the film with the same name and before its sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2. Gameplay consists of exploring the Island of…

47 23 March 2010

What How to Train Your Dragon is

How to Train Your Dragon is an adventure game developed by Etranges Libellulles and released in 2010. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

How to Train Your Dragon is an action-adventure video game which takes place after the film with the same name and before its sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2. Gameplay consists of exploring the Island of Berk, which serves as a hub for various minigames including dragon fighting. At the start of the game, you can choose to play as either Hiccup or Astrid. As a Viking hero, you will then embark upon an epic quest to become the ultimate dragon trainer. The vast Island of Berk features expanded locales from the film including Vikings' Village, Wild Zone, Training Zone and Fight Arena. In this truly larger-than-life adventure, players will train dragons, explore environments and battle in…

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the How to Train Your Dragon series

How to Train Your Dragon is the second of 15 entries we hold in the How to Train Your Dragon series. The next entry was DreamWorks Super Star Kartz in 2011.

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How it was received

How to Train Your Dragon holds a critic score of 47 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 23 points below the year average.

What it launched against

How to Train Your Dragon launched on 23 March 2010, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, God of War III, Metro 2033 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, God of War III, Metro 2033, Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

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