Once any particular stage has been completed, the player can go back to it as many times as they’d like to gather money and find missing treasures.
Areas that Tianding will explore include the Dadaocheng region of Taipei City, the sprawling sewers below, a military complex, a massive train on the go, and more. Rather than taking place in one massive map, the game instead segments the adventure over a handful of smaller (but still quite large) stages. From a pure brawler perspective, however, The Legend of Tianding does more than enough to keep things interesting.Īt its core, The Legend of Tianding is a sidescrolling beat’em up RPG that features some platforming and Metroidvania mechanics along the way.
There are a couple twists here and there, as well as a few different endings to help with replayability, but this is still very much the type of game that emphasizes gameplay over storytelling. While the setting and theme of The Legend of Tianding is certainly refreshing, the narrative itself is relatively no-frills and straightforward. Tianding’s objectives are two-fold: help those in need, and find the fabled treasure before it falls into the wrong hands. However, tension between the Japanese and Taiwanese people are at a boiling point, which has led both sides in the pursuit of a legendary treasure that could turn the tide of conflict or, in the wrong hands, make things even worse. His combat prowess is second to none, leading those in power to fear the elusive vigilante even more. In the game, Tianding is characterized as a young, charismatic “Robin Hood” that steals from the rich and gives it to the poor. The Legend of Tianding is loosely based on the exploits of the Taiwanese heroic outlaw of the same name, set in an early 1900’s Taipei City that is under Japanese rule. Not only does this game draw from classic arcade brawlers and beat’em up RPGs, such as my beloved Kunio-kun series, it also features explorative elements akin to Metroidvania titles, all while wrapping the package in a pleasing comic-esque aesthetic and refreshing 1900’s Taiwanese setting. I enjoy beat’em ups, especially those of the RPG variety, and what I discovered with The Legend of Tianding was both unexpected and exciting. Naturally, trying to experience each and everything the space has to offer is nothing but a fool’s errand – even if a portion of that figure was deemed as forgettable experiences at best, there are simply not enough hours in the day to play even the RPGs we actively want to.įor me, one of many examples of this was with The Legend of Tianding – a beat’em up RPG that was released over two months ago that I’ve only recently been able to play.
In 2021, over 300 RPGs were released on the Nintendo Switch, and that’s only counting the NA region and games specifically labeled on the eShop as RPGs.
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