Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon for PlayStation 2 is an action-adventure game inspired by the film. It features three parts, each focusing on a different character. Players engage in martial arts combat utilizing Wudan fighting styles with a variety of attacks, combos, and defensive maneuvers. Throughout the game, characters gain new abilities, collect items, and enhance their skills based on their chosen fighting approach.
The epic story has been split up in three parts, one for each character. The game mimics the film's famous martial arts, based on the Wudan fighting style, with a set of basic attacks, attack combos and special moves, combined with defensive actions such as basic blocking, combo blocking and evasion. While fighting, the characters learn new moves, collect items and earn rewards. Skills are improved according to your fighting style. Using specific attacks (e.g. unarmed) boosts the related skills, which can be leveled up.