As the rounds progress and things become more and more hectic with several different enemy types coming from both directions, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep all of the marauding, 1980s, arcade-Nazis (not a sentence I ever expected to type) at bay, especially when identical enemies can disappear behind one another, meaning you may think you’ve taken out all of the current wave but you’ve missed just one. Herein lies one of Kung Fury’s biggest drawbacks and, ultimately, frustrations. And that’s it, there’s no movement (outside of boss battles).Įach successful hit builds your combo, although this is purely for points with no special moves, abilities or perks to be earned from having a bigger combo. Attacks are a simple case of either pressing left or right depending which direction you want to hit in.

So how does Kung Fury play? Strangely, I find it easiest to compare it to a rhythm-action title like Guitar Hero or Rockband, but without the rhythm. Barbarianna’s axe/mini-gun combination is especially satisfying. Other buddies include Barbarianna and Triceracop, each with their own methods of dispatching your enemies. As you might expect, this goes wrong and the peculiar pals end up inside of an arcade machine where they must fight digital versions of Hitler and some generic Nazis as they attempt to escape back to their reality. Released in 2015, it was an intentionally clichéd, tongue-in-cheek attempt to emulate the buddy cop and Kung-fu movies of the ‘80s.įocusing on the video-game, eponymous character and Keanu Reeves-soundalike Kung Fury has one of his gang of unusual suspects, “Hackerman”, hack him into the past. Kung Fury is actually a tie-in to the fairly unknown but critically well-received short film of the same name. The sights and sounds of the CRT screens and chip-tune soundtracks will soften even the most hardcore console gamer. I'd suggest waiting a while until they drop the price, because until then this game isn't much more than an overpriced novelty.Kung Fury: Street Rage_20170629234135 Imitating the neon-soaked arcade cabinets of the 1980s is a great way to hit gamers right in their nostalgia centres an approach that Kung Fury: Street Rage uses to great effect.

I've played better beat-em-ups on Addictinggames for nothing. If you want to support the makers of Kung Fury go on and buy it, but it definitely isn't worth $2. Following in the spirit of the film, Kung Fury: Street Rage rides the '80s nostalgia theme right into the ground. The pixel art is appropriately sylized to imitate the aesthetic of old arcade beat-em-ups like Streets of Rage or Double Dragon. It even adds a filter to make it look like an old convex arcade screen. And unlike One Finger Death Punch, this game made an effort to look good. This is a game that you just open up on your phone to play while riding the bus. You just play on the same level until you drop.īut that's not an entirely bad thing, and here's why: much like the movie, this game is a short but sweet retro time-waster. Imagine that game (if any of you played it) but without adjustable difficulty, levels, alternate game modes, or unlockable special moves. If this sounds at all familiar to any you, that's because this game is pretty much a simplified rip-off of One Finger Death Punch. When the game throws about half a dozen at you at the same time, all with different sequences required to defeat them, that's when things get hectic and challenging. The more interesting enemies take multiple hits and wrap around you as you hit them, requiring you to memorize their patterns and create sequences.

The standard enemies are just Nazi peons that die in one hit. You just wait until an enemy gets within range, then press the direction he's coming from. The controls are stupidly simple: left and right for attacks.

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