The game's opening and ending pack
dramatic, cinematic and pleasingly surprising story
beats, and touch on some seriously
dark and horrific stuff.
The scenes detailing Hiccup's growing relationship with his lost mother and some
darker late - in - the - game moments are welcome, but besides hitting
dramatic beats almost as according to a pre-set stopwatch, any growing sense of conflict or tone is habitually punctured thanks to self - conscious bids at keeping the kiddies invested.