DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders

DreamWorks Dragons: Dawn of New Riders is an action-adventure game inspired by the "How to Train Your Dragon" franchise. Players control Scribbler, a young scholar, and Patch, a unique dragon, as they explore islands, solve puzzles, and battle foes to uncover Scribbler's past.
Gameplay
The game features a mix of combat and environmental puzzles, with straightforward battles and enjoyable boss fights. However, combat can feel shallow, and some locations may appear repetitive or quite similar.
Exploration
Players can fly on Patch, enhancing travel but not adding much depth to gameplay. The environments are visually appealing but lack variety. There are side quest you might want to complete in order to upgrade your weapons to improve during the game.
Visuals & Audio
The graphics capture the animated film's charm, though character designs received mixed reviews I believe they are good enough. The audio, however, is generic and doesn't significantly enhance the experience so much to be fair.
Final Thoughts
While enjoyable for fans of the franchise, the game may not meet expectations for seasoned gamers. It's best suited for younger audiences or dedicated fans who can find it at a discount. Saying that I do not consider the game as horrible but just average.

It's a short puzzle beat'em up. It is not bad, but the enemies are repetetive and the combat is not very well made in my opinion. Also if you have 2 monitors, then the mouse keeps running away and minimizing the game. Also saves are questionable in the game, it saves items and chests, but it doesn't save progress on puzzles. Took me 6h to 100%.

An okay game, although the characters tend to get stuck on corners quite often which is rather annoying

6/10 Dragons

Absolutely love it. Fantastic game. I would love to play more like this. Runs amazing on steam deck. Looks great.

While it's a nice little game it has its problems. I had two main ones, namely the janky controls (they made some puzzles and fights unnecesseraly frustrating) and the saving system. While having autosaving is nice having to redo everything aside from opening chests isn't. These two problems aside I had fun playing through. I really enjoyed the flying parts and seeing the freed dragons flying around Havenholme. The dragonmodels are cute and Patch's desing and powers are creative. You can easily learn the fighting patterns and you get a lot of helpful tips on the loading screen.
All in all I rate it 8/10.

Can be fully finished in 6 hours (including all achievements). It's a fun little game and plays great on the Steam Deck however I would not buy it for a full price.

I quite like it and I think it has cute graphics. I do think its worth the discounted price not the full price. Although when I look at the controls it shows me an Xbox controller not keyboard, so I think it'll be very easy to forget the controls if you do not remember them :(