Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise

Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise
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79
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73.845
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$9.99
Release date
24 July 2012
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79 (683 votes)

Taking its inspiration from ancient Chinese tales of revenge and retribution and then adding a dash of over-the-top martial arts and old school arcade fun, Kung Fu Strike features 28 stages of fast-paced combo-based fighting.

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Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS:Win Vista (32/64 bit), Win XP
  • Processor:2.0+ GHZ Single Core Processor
  • Memory:1GB RAM GB RAM
  • Graphics:NVIDIA 6200+ or ATI Radeon 9600+, Shader Model 3.0 compatible
  • DirectX®:9.0c
  • Hard Drive:3 GB HD space
  • Sound:DirectX®: 9.0c compatible
  • Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection
  • Additional:X360 controller support
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William Shakesman
William Shakesman

The people who made this were on some good shit and I want to smoke whatever they were on. It's interesting enough to a take on a tough action beat-em-up game by someone who has never played any other tough action beat-em-up game and is not beholden to any of that design.

Mista Nuff
Mista Nuff

Uummmm WOW this game was such a surprise! Even after reading all the reviews I was STILL shocked how amazing and just plan old fun this game is. Definitely paying tribute to old kung fu movies in a classic beat-em-up game fashion. If you LOVE games like Streets of Rage with a 70's to 80's Kung Fu vibe it's a MUST buy

roger3057
roger3057

good game but hard to beat,final boss is too f*u*c*king hard to beat. so i uninstall this game. and i suggest don't waste money on this game,there is much much more good and interesting game in this world. amen.

amnezia_nbGd
amnezia_nbGd

I love this game.
It is really simple, yet so complex.

Pros:
- Nice fighting animation and mechanics
-Very very fun game (even better in Co-op)
- i personally really like the art style

Cons:
-Almost none Options (In the Menu). I think this is the biggest problem, because there is no grafic options, or key bindings
-Gets really hard sometimes
-No online Co-op

Do i recomend it- Yes, yes yes.

Resons why: IT'S FUN AS HELL!!! And even more fun if you have a friend to play with.

Csabulator
Csabulator

For a casual player, like me sometimes need some fighting game to spend time with. You know, you are angry at your boss, but you cannot kick his ass in front of everyone, so when you are at home, you are going to play this game to calm down a bit. Um, well, at some time you probably going to be more mad, because the game can be so so hard at some points and you might going to spend days to farm enough money to buy skills and equipment to kick the enemies' butts.
I bought this game because of the surrealistic fighting scenes which reminded me one of the asian martial arts movie. Oh boy, how I love those moves! Haha.
I almost forgot some key point of the game. However you can play it alone, it's kinda fun. But, when you team up with one of your friend, you guys can play and beat bosses together which makes the game a little bit easier and more fun! For me, the graphics and the fighting style and the multiplayer was the key point why I bought it and I am not disappointed!

Starbug
Starbug

Since neither Ninja Gaiden 2 or Bayonetta is on steam, this is probably the next best thing. I can't see a reason you wouldn't buy this game if you liked either of those titans of the genre. Especially on sale for £1.06

About the only sort of people who wouldn't buy this would be strident anti-communists hateful of the idea of any of their video game dollars going to chinese developers.

It's EXCELLENT!

Kirito lord of noobs
Kirito lord of noobs

This is definition of lazy, ignorant, rushed video game desighn. It's like the mechanical side of game makers said to the artistic side "fuuuuuuuk you for having enough talent to make me look like a kindergartener". I bought this game for a dollar using my trading card profits.. So it was basically free and I still feel ripped off.

The gameplay is horrendously awkward. I bought this game to play local co op with my wife. we plug in the controller, go to 2 player co op, both of our controls are playing the one character while the other one kung fu fisted.

Now I'm finishing it solo cause I'm not a spoilt rich guy and everything in my library is getting finished and reviewed. no matter how terribly made it is in this instance.

The comic style is colourful but there's only a few different maps and even those are the same thing with a few changes. The gameplay isn't hard like other reviews wrote, It's just bad. Some enemies use charged attacks that home in and hit you no matter how well you block or dodge, their attacks can't be interupted but yours can, while they're being attacked they can block or roll but you have to get beaten like my penis on a week day. This makes combat feel clunky and slow even though it looks flash. A very small level had too many enemies to block or dodge properly, this isn't challenging but more of an endurance test like eating month old noodles.

There are these stupid purely annoying enemies that fly at you pretending to be raden shouting weird sounds constantly and throwing bombs. One boss made a tornado that sucked up the mines and flung them back at itself.

KungFuStrike The Warriors Rise what a pile of rat vomit. from start to finish is just swimming in rat vomit, can't wait to finish and uninstall.

Bip
Bip

Challenging but very satisfying. You will die a lot. The odds are grossly unfair, but hang in there. After a couple of needed unlocks the only thing that really holds you back will be your skill.

"Just one more go" easily leads to 2 hours still stuck on the same level. The game deserves to be played on Hard, excepting a couple of silly levels involving bombs). It only took me ~27 hours, but had a blast.

Recommended for anyone who loves old school martial arts flicks and beat em ups that require player skill. The end-game credit sequence is pretty cool as well :)

shhhhdigital.ca
shhhhdigital.ca

A great mix of button pressing action and strategy cleverly packaged in an arcade style martial arts game. This is a great change of pace if you need a quick pickup from a slower paced game or just want to jump in for ten minutes to get your heart going and keep your senses alert.

The graphics and effects are great and pay a lot to the Anime genre of film making. The shading style is excellent and the pace is very quick. Once you get used to the controls its a lot of fun.

There's a system of character progression too. So you can actually upgrade your character with different skills and even equipment.

I don't play it frequently or for long so don't go by my time on it. It's great for the long haul I'm sure but I like it in short doses, a few levels at a time for a change of pace. I'd recommend it for certain.

WhiteFussel
WhiteFussel

This game has not the best graphics and not a long campaign, BUT this Old-School-Beat-‘em-up is highly addictive. It combines challenging gameplay with a unique set of fighting skills. What I really like is that you not necessairly need a controller to have the full control over the main character. Personally, I even prefer to play with the keyboard.
If you buy this game, be prepared to fail at some point, but know that you will rise again and defeat your opponents by trying harder and timing your chi-attacks better!

Lunya
Lunya

Ridiculous game with IMPOSSIBLE difficult.

First I thought it would be a nice beat'em up, like Double Dragon Neon. I started playing and it was ok, but the game became so hard and frustrating that I didn't enjoy anymore. Stage after stage filled with 10 guys that gangs on you AT THE SAME TIME, and it requires you to press the block/evade button, which DOESN'T WORK if you are on the middle of a combo. What the hell!
Bosses should be that way, not simple guys that comes in bunches.

The art style of the game is amazing, the story is poor (I didn't get it at all), the controls are ok, if you consider what I mentioned before. Just can't recommend because of the stupid difficult.

Hezdretchguvevallhartu
Hezdretchguvev…

I haven't played it often recently but I think this game is excellent. It really requires good skills of analog gameplay and reflexes. A good controller is therefore very important.

Loud Sue
Loud Sue

Probably the most underrated fighting game ever made.

Pros:
- Difficult
- Smooth controls. Probably better with a controller, but I use keyboard just fine.
- Not a button masher
- Lots of unlockable moves and powerups
- Hundreds of hours of replayability
- Local co-op
- 4 stage demo available to try out before you buy

Cons:
- Is difficult
- So many unlockable moves, and no way to know how many you have left
- Not a button masher
- No online play

I tend to play this game in bursts where I play for days, then put it down for months. But every time I come back, it retains its charm. This game absolutely NEEDS more recognition.

Many of the negative reviews are railing against the game for "breaking rules" or being "unfair". It is challenging, it takes practice. But in no way is it unfair.

Oneoverzero
Oneoverzero

As a longtime fan of brawlers such as Streets of Rage, I was looking forward to giving this game a try. It turns out; this is one of the few games I cannot recommend, even at a steep discount.
The idea behind the game is a good one. Kung Fu fighting, over the top combos and bad guys to use them on, and a solid artistic style should all combine into something great and fun to play. The reality is that the execution of the idea is horrible.

While there is some skill involved, the fighting is unpolished. Against some foes, blocking and deflecting works just fine. Others, particularly some of the female fighters, any attempts at blocking, deflecting, or dodging are completely ignored or are too inconstant to work with. The bad guys can change direction mid attack, catching you from an odd angle, slam you around like you are a doll, and then deftly block whatever you do to try to fight back. Levels frequently throw aggravating and painful gimmicks like exploding vases to add variety to the experience, but only accomplish making your blood pressure rise as they blast you into the air in unblockable, unbreakable combos that end up killing you without giving you a chance to recover.

Had this title gotten just a little more love and attention from its developers, it would have been something great. As it stands, it is a jumbled pile of good ideas that never comes together.

Noob
Noob

If you love hardcore arcade style games you'll love this. It's polished, punishing, rage inducing but ultimately rewarding. It's also one of those games where the player base is tiny, so you'll automaticaslly be in a cool cult for even installing it,

King Juppo
King Juppo

The words button mashing garbage come to mind, repetative, annoying, ugly, with a boring story and even worst gameplay, i bought it for $2 and i still think it was a waste.

wooki
wooki

Highly enjoyable old school beatemup. Bought on sale and was immediately whisked away to the arcades of my youth.
Addictive and fun.
Game pad recommended.

A2
A2

If you like Beat'emup games, definatly go ahead with this game.
Amazing gameplay and kungfu styles, freakingly awesome combo strikes, plamable music which suits the game-grounds.

Below are the pros and cons from my end, after 1 hour of gameplay.

Pros.
1. Nice beat 'em up game style
2. No guns, no blood, no violance, pure kung-fu hustle
3. Good graphics with amazing music
4. Catchy storyline and you gotta meet new bosses everytime(Which unlocks new powers/moves for you to purchase)
5. Price tag(I got it at 75% off)

Cons.
1. short gameplay
2. Repetative moves(Unless you unlock the new ones.)
3. Bindingless controls. It means, you can not make the changes to the keys, and you will have to play with the default mapped keys.

All in all, definatly a great game if you like beating the s**t out of NPC. :D

Rating 8.5/10

P.S. Make sure to buy "damage insurance" for your keyboard. :D
Like mortal combat, this games, requires you to tap/hold keys multiple times.

九州纹龙
九州纹龙

推荐是推荐,不过动作细节和打击精准度就不必考虑了,番茄柿子的游戏素质。
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BOX/JUMP/KICK and cool cartoons, Chinese Kung Fu master make me more fun!

trigs1975
trigs1975

Excellent game, Reminds me of the old PS1 Game 'Shaolin' Big kick-ass kung fu moves, good level of difficulty and that 'just one more go' factor. For the price asked it is excellent value for money.

pt_kamen
pt_kamen

It's an awesome beat ‘em-up. There aren't a lot of them around STEAM, but even among them this one is special indeed.

Vendetta
Vendetta

Bruce Lee on Steroids, with Triple shot of Coffee with President Donal Trump attitude in the election. Chuck Norris will eat this kungfu master shorts. Very addictive kungfu game. Shallow combo but really fun.

CLTBach
CLTBach

This may very well be my all-time favorite action PC game. There's just something awesome about the style of combat, its fast pace, and the quality of the work overall. It's easy to learn but can be VERY challenging on the upper levels. The storyline is rich and well-illustrated; reminds me of all those late-night Kung Fu movies I stayed up to watch as a teen. PvP as well as coop are both also awesome to play! If you want serious action, grab this one!

dMark
dMark

-Plague combo game;) I played in the co-op on the local computer. We spent some evenings having fun. all I recommend an excellent game.

-Чумавая комбо игра ;) Играл в сооп на локалке. Весело провели несколько вечеров. всем советую отличная файт игра.

DeLuca03
DeLuca03

Sound: 7
Graphics: 8
Story: 6
Gameplay: 8
Commands: 7
Fun: 8
Time to load / lag: 8
Bugs / Problems: 8
Final (my score, my rules - these is not math, punk) - 8

The Ayatollah of RocknRolla
The Ayatollah …

Harder than snatching the pebble from the hand of a leaping monkey grabbing peaches and leaving a dime and 3 pennies behind while training yourself for iron penis kung fu but still pretty fun

Wolfman
Wolfman

Holy cow. There was an old game on the original xbox that was called Kung Fu Chaos. It was an old school B-movie kung fu beat-em-up, and I spent my whole childhood wishing I could play that game. This game has fully realized those dreams and I am satisfied. It's got a steep learning curve (on par with any 2D fighting game) and I highly recommend it on account of how much freaking fun it is.

Skan
Skan

Once You adjust the settings in the config file, this is like making one of those crazy movies where people can fly while fighting and other sillyness. I recommend this to anyone who has watched all of the martial arts movies they have and want to see a new one. Yes, I am recommending this to those who want to see a martial arts movie. No it is not live action but it is no less entertaining. A movie offers ~2 hours of entertainment. I am not even half way through this at 1.7 hours. I do recomend a controller.

Windrunner-XM107
Windrunner-XM107

The game is fun for couch co-op gaming, eventhough it has some minor downsides, for instance sometimes the players can get a bit off borders of the visual screen space, overall the experience is worth it, and the price is not steep.

KrudlerTheHorse
KrudlerTheHorse

To my mind, this is beat-em-up done to absolute perfection.

It does away with the tedious button mashing and frantic joystick combos of other games in the genre, and in order for the player to achieve success s/he must observe the behavior of the opponents, time guard-breaking moves, and react to opportunities to strike, parry, dodge and counter.

Oh, and sometimes you can just hold the attack button down, and waggle the joystick around and between opponents, and watch the amazing and seamless kung-fu animation take place. It's an absolute pleasure to watch, especially if you grew up on Kung Fu movies and Run Run Shaw!

By taking away the need to focus on what buttons to mash as fast as possible, it allows the player to "get in the game" and focus on actually being a part of the action. The game is by no means simplistic; new moves and equipment open up slowly as you master the game, which expands the game at an even pace that didn't feel too slow or too quick.

Playing solo and local co-op has been a joy. It is not uncommon to repeat the "one more try" mantra while hours slip away.

Daniel Powell
Daniel Powell

I absolutely LOVE this game.

Is it very deep? Not terribly so. Is there a huge amount of content? Eh, not really. Are all levels fun? Definitely not (bomb levels in specific). But, if the stars align, this is one of the most silly fun games i've ever played.

The Swordsman is the absolute pinnacle of my enjoyment. I went from getting absolutely demolished the first 40-50 times, to being able to beat him with no health on the hardest difficulty. You will realize his script. You will know what he is doing, when, and how. And then you will beat him in your sleep. And you would think this is a bad thing, but it really isn't. Because you actually feel skillful when you get to that point. It won't be frustrating. It won't feel cheap.

And the sheer number of moves and combo's that you have are ridiculous. Press X 4 times slowly and you'll get a powerful high damage slam combo. Press x 4 times and hit a twice and you'll get an aerial kick to follow it. Hold x and you will have a huge flurry of punches. Mix and match high's/ lows and you will get some new combos. And once you know all of them, how to do them, and can do them reliably, the game will go from impossible, to you giving the asking hand to the enemies, saying "Bring it".

I look forward to any more content from these developers, and truly want to thank them for this incredibly fun game.

2/21/2017-

I'm a few more hours in at this point (by few I mean more than a few), and I want to reiterate how much fun, how much raw enjoyment I get from this game. I'm more of an ARPG fan, so to get such a fresh new lease on this genre after none of the other major AAA titles did anything for me has really broadened my scope of interest.

When you first play this game, the sheer complexity can be overwhelming. This game doesn't cater to desperation combo's, and those will get you killed fast. You have to make all of your actions deliberate. The enemy AI is calibrated extremely well. So well, that even when you know their script, it is still difficult. Grunts will rarely try to initiate attacks, but the moment you attack them, others will sieze a chance to strike. You cannot use the same combo or strategy everywhere.

The animations are some of the best quality i've seen in a game, easily comparable to the biggest names.

I've learned to time my attacks so that it's a fluid string of strikes, with very little delay between both. When I spin kick, I wait til my feet touch the ground before I keep going, I've learned to hit block if you've made an attack near a group. I can beat every boss (well, a few still destroy me, namely the final story mission bosses). I have played this for entire days, only to end up playing more the next.

I have a couple of complaints, but they're so small, that the only one worth even mentioning is the lack of online matches. But that's more of a desire than it is a fault.

And do you want to know the best part? The absolute best part of this game? When I think i've learned everything there is to offense, I always end up proving myself wrong with new tricks.

I hope the developers make a sequel, because I would buy it in an instant. Big thanks to you developers.

The Swordsman (no health max difficulty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfXmUk-imYU

Enemy Hero Arena (Max Difficulty. Sadly, Staffy Mcstafferson got me at the end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-IaDsDrk3s&t=23s

Grunts and Kicky Mckickerson (Max Difficulty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvAHszz-7Q4

gamer
gamer

This game has a fluid combo, but i won't recommend it to anyone. not because what they mean by a level is actually just a round, no.
It's becuse most enemies have uninterruptible attack that can only be deflected by pressing dodge/deflect button at the right moment. basically a quick time event fest. of coursethe attack can be dodged, but the fun in beat 'em up game lies in mashing attack buttons

Demonic Duck
Demonic Duck

+fairly simple at first

-basic combo system
-deflect system unfair at times
-you don't get air deflect until the 3rd level

The Great Old One
The Great Old One

A 3D brawler that is all about timing your attacks and blocks. Though the game can start out feeling like a bit of button masher as it explains new mechanics over several levels you will see the importance of everything the game taught you when you start reaching the later levels when enemies become more punishing and attacks become more plentiful.
I enjoyed my time with the game, though I did not finish the last level since I found it simply too difficult to nail ever block/dodge required. What I did instead was replay earlier levels on higher difficulties which offered quit a challenge.

Hausdude
Hausdude

I got this game on sale for €1 and I am honestly more than satisfied by what this game has to offer.

Coop:
Me and a friend had a blast playing this, the only problem that occurred sometimes was a bad camera angle. Once one player walks to the left side of the screen and the other to the right, it's hard to keep up with all the action. But once you coordinate your fighting, it works just fine.

VS:
It's challenging to fight your friends and you can be sure friendships will be destroyed.

As many reviews say, the game seems unfair sometimes, but with enough practice you will eventually master it.
I definetly recommend buying this game, I spent the first 10 mins laughing because I easily flung opponents in the air and beat them with a chain of combos.

Atlasted
Atlasted

I think this is a great game... well for the first hour. If you see a review with 0.5 hours or something? Disregard it really, it's not gonna tell you anything about the later game which posesses the issues to make it a not recommended.

Controls:

X is ground attack.
A is air attack.
X+A is a chi attack.

These work well, although X and A don't allow you to do any special combos, the chi attacks make up for it allowing you to buy multiple chi attacks that are activated through stuff like X+A, X then X+A, X+A mid air twice then X on the ground, ect. It's also nice to just mash A and X to go to town on the enemy without thinking too hard about combos.

RT is dodge
B and LT is deflect

One of these is the biggest issue with the game but i'll focus on it later. Dodging is as it sounds, you roll away quickly in the direction you chose then you move about twice as fast for a second afterwards. After this you go back to normal speed. Now to deflect which is a mechanic that allows you to be invincible for a second, and in that second any enemy that attacks you has their attack negatated and is knocked down. There are a few exceptions for how deflect works as some enemies still continue hitting you after you deflect your first attack (with no warning), and some don't even care and will hit through your deflect if they have an ! appear before they attack.

Now to the issues with this otherwise great beat'em up game. This is a review that needs a neutral option as if you look past it's issues, there is a lot of really fun parts to this game that I wish more people could enjoy.

Issues:
Lets start with one mechanic in this game where you hold X against an enemy when prompted too, and then press A to finish it off. This is some sort of guard break on the enemy but the issue i have with it is how long the A prompt is up and how much the X prompt can vary in length. Sometimes the X prompt is almost instant and sometimes it takes a while. If it was a set length, this would work regardless of its very quick-time event feel to it. This is also shoved in your face while you're attacking an enemy too and all you can do is sigh and do this boring mechanic yet again.

If you attack an enemy, other enemies will then attack you during your attack which you cannot cancel, at least to my knowledge. Usually you can get one or two hits off then run but that doesnt' work. So you have to get a few hits off and deflect the enemies, but you can't always do that until later on because of another issue right after this one. Overall this mechanic isn't bad just doesn't work with other issues in this game.

You have to buy the ability to deflect in mid-air and dodge in mid-air which is really fucking stupid. This is absolutely nessecary to the game later on and even in earlier levels. So if you do any air attacks, you're wide open until you get either one of these. This issue applies to guard breaks as to finish one off, you press A... an air attack.

Your brief speed-boost after dodging will end without just going to your way too slow normal walking speed, it will automatically make you do a FULL STOP wherever you are for half a second. Why is this a thing? Why don't i just go into normal ground speed, why do i have to go from roll to running to fucking stopped without me pressing a button. It's terrible, the only way to avoid this is to keep on rolling and attack an enemy before the stop happens which is annoying and is harder to focus on than you think due to the other issues all hitting you at once.

And now the mother of all issues with this game, deflecting. This son of a bitch doesn't work. It's not that you can't deflect, no you can easily deflect. It's that if 2 enemies attack you, which is very frequent. More often than not, they will attack you so you can only deflect ONE of them while the other will hit you no matter what. This is terrible. The ganking of the enemies ruins this feature so much as if one enemy hits you, usually 2 or 3 more will start to attack. You attack one enemy and then the enemies approach you, deflect to counter them and woopse either 1, the enemy you were hitting suddenly breaks the stun lock you put him in for no fucking reason and hits you almost instantly, stun locking you. 2, the enemy attacks in different intervals so you can't deflect them all. Or 3, you get lucky and only 1 or 2 enemies attack you in a way where you can deflect it. Maybe if you're extremely lucky you can just attack the enemy and the RNG doesn't decide to randomly screw you over.

So many issues with this otherwise great game don't just make the side things annoying but effect the main game. I just can't recommend it. It's a blast at first, but it gets boring. Money is too hard to come by to buy new skills and items, the inconsistenties in this game are too extreme at moments, the deflect system that is pressured on you doesn't work enough with the rest of the game, and overall a giant amount of design flaws. You can tell they understand how to make something more fluid in areas like how nice the rolling is. The rolling part feels so nice, you can change direction easily with no worries. The X and A spamming also works very well. I don't know what it is about it but all the combos go how i'd think they'd go. Which makes it easier to use them. The fluidity and challenge that this game possesses isn't fully taken away. What deals the final blow between recommended and not recommended is the pricing, 10 dollars does not match this game's quality and how much content it has fully. Yes it has a lot of effort put into it and I feel bad almost for not recommending this game, but it's true. I'm usually overaly critical on games but on this one, i really think these are really bad design choices. So if it's on sale? Get it. If not, save it as this game's not a short gem. It's a game most people play for 0.5 hours then go "Coll gaem, thums up" and never play it again.

Covid-19
Covid-19

this guy beats me up and sleeps with my girl friend. jokes on him ive been playing this game for 3 weeks well they have been off together making babies. well now i have learned enough kung fu to finally beat him up and win her back.

best game evr taught me to stand up to bullys

Joe Brisado
Joe Brisado

It's not a bad game. I kinda like it. It is not a refined triple A Final Fight/ Streets of Rage beat'em up genre but it's kinda good game. It might be a bit repetitive and require a little grinding until some stages are finished at full score but overall, it's a good game. It keeps going on sale all the time, so if you can get more than 75% off, it's totally worthy and more than worthy if you've got a pair of joysticks to cherish some two player action with a friend.

Diamond Duck
Diamond Duck

I'll keep it simple and to the point.

I have played a few hours of this game before at a friend's house prior to buying it and can safely say (not counting later levels, as I'm yet to tackle those) that this is one of the best and most original reinventions of the Beat 'em Up genre available out there.

The combat system is simple but surprisingly intuitive and INCREDIBLY satifying. The game as a dedicated, timing based (but not frustrating) parry button that allows you to easily simulate the kind of 'combo-parry-combo-break enemy's parry' choreography that you usually see in a Kung Fu movie.

It also has a CO-OP campaign and upgrades, and the default difficulty is proper arcade hard, but the game is so satisfying that you'll be coming back to repeat the (short) levels just for fun. This is one of those games that mechanically is super satifying and lends itself to repeated play (just like games like Dark Messiah, Just Cause, F.E.A.R. or Tony Hawk).

It's a shame that, indie game or not, games like these still fall under the radar. I usually play this listening to a music playlist and that works pretty well.

This is definitely an hidden gem. Get it, you fool!

gaowang44
gaowang44

作为国产动作游戏,我要给一个大大的赞,从游戏性打击感来说,都是不错的,但是难度却比原本的中文版提高了,但从一个动作游戏来讲,玩法和新颖度来讲 我觉得做的蛮好值得推荐,剧情短小,很有血性,很爷们,还有主题曲《风卷残云》也赞一下,听的我夜血沸腾的。希望能有更多国产用心的产品出现。中国这么悠久的历史,这么热血的江湖,用心做会有很多好作品的。

Tyrantam10
Tyrantam10

So I'm a huge hack & slash fan of any sort & this game is fun to play on co-op, well usually games that have co-op are awesome. With that being said, the game does have it's pro's & cons as with any other game - but it's all a matter of opinion at the end of the day.

Pro's :
*Fast paced monk smashing action
*Awesome wombo combo coordinated attacks (in co-op of course)
*Very challenging - especially the master DLC edition
*Runs smoothly on almost any computer
*Lots of powers to unlock

Con's :
*As much as I love this game, there are some major flaws
*Gets quite repetitive after a few hours of game play
*Takes way too long to earn coins to buy upgrades
*The royal guard is way too OP - gets rather frustrating when they spam the same attacks

Overall I would recommend this game ONLY if you are a hack & slash fan, if not then I don't think this game would do you justice, it's great & if it's on sale, I would recommend getting this game. Just rather sad that there is so much more improvements that can be made regarding this game.

Asstacular
Asstacular

This is without a doubt the best kung fu game ever. It's the most fun I've had in a while playing a beat em up. It's also surprisingly hard.

CapnDestrukto
CapnDestrukto

This game offers a lot of fun, especially when played with a friend. Beating the hell out of bad guys never gets old. Very simple combo system, but the acrobatics are fun to watch and sometimes it brings laughter, especially when surrounded and enemies start flying all over the place "like jackie chan movies". The gameplay is easy to pick up and learn, but the game itself is surprisingly difficult. You cannot just go punching and kicking blindly. but you also need to learn how to pull timed deflects and evades. Also, enemies get tougher over time, and you have to follow certain patterns to break their guard. It gets very challenging when fighting mixed waves of enemies, each with their own style and powers, and each needs special combos to defeat, this is when it gets difficult, but rewarding as hell. The graphics are very nice, reminding me of good old ps1 and ps2 days.
The game does not stand for itself, and i find myself playing it for about 30 or 40 minutes, or during breaks, or whenever i don't have enough time to play longer games "like the open world ones", but still, i highly recommend it to anyone who likes beat-em ups and old school games.

Doctor Whomst'd
Doctor Whomst'd

When I first saw this game, I was interested. A midpoint between traditional beatemups, Arkham counters and more technical, fast-paced combat like an actual character action games, with aesthetics of classic kung fu movies. And for the first few levels, I was hooked, getting exactly what I thought I would. But in the later levels, when thing started to get more difficult, the flaws of the game began to show through.

See, in any action game, from Aces Wild to God Hand to Bayonetta to Arkham City, performing defensive moves and counters is supposed to turn the fight around and put you back on the advantage. At first blush, the "deflect" parry move in this game would seem to do that, stopping most (but not all, we'll get back to that) enemy attacks, as well as putting the enemy in a flashing green state which allows the player to recover health when striking them. However, the recovery time that the player has when performing this parry is actually longer than it takes some enemies to recover from it, and it also locks the player in place in such a way that chasing an enemy knocked back by the parry is difficult.

Next, we have "red moves" (they probably have an actual name but I can't remember), which cannot be interrupted by normal attacks and are either difficult or impossible to parry. There is a plan in place for these- the Chi Moves, essentially super, performed by pressing both attack buttons together, differ depending on the position the player is in before performing them, but all share the property of breaking the "armor" on red moves, as well as doing additional damage- this is called a Critical Strike. However, once again we run into a subtle but drastic problem with frame data. Despite red moves having some startup (usually), there is also significant startup on a Chi Move. It is all too common that you will see a red move coming a mile away, hit X + A to start your big lad kick, and get blown out by the move you were trying to counter. Plus, your ability to build and stock Chi meter is often outpaced by the rate at which enemies throw out red moves.

These are just two examples out of the game's mechanics, but hopefully you understand where I'm coming from and that I'm not just complaining about the game being hard. It's fine to have a difficult, fast-paced action game, but it's important to always give the player a few advantages over the enemies when they're expected to fight dozens of mooks and strong bosses. Conceptually, Kung Fu Strike is there, but the devil is in the details.

Joker
Joker

Kung Fu Strike - The Warriors Rise:

Kung Fu Strike is a very fun game with cool acrobatic fighting moves to look at. This game is nothing for casual gamers tho, because the difficulty is even on the lowest pretty hard. If you learn the block and the opponents tactics nothing will stop you from feeling like Bruce Lee or Jacky chan! The only thing I have to criticize is the price. I bought it on sale for not even a Euro. (Not even a dollar) But I think the game is not worth 10 Euros (11 Dollars)

8/10

Timbs gon dip.
Timbs gon dip.

Fun for a few minutes, then as more enemies come into the level it becomes a game of 'dodge' rather than a game of 'beat everything up in sight'.

Yeah, pretty boring.

Rachel
Rachel

I've downloaded this game today and so far - I'm loving it! Interesting storyline + each fight is interesting in its own way.

Hardshot Dave
Hardshot Dave

Co-op'd this one with a friend, and it had us saying things like, "Pretty cool, I guess," and "Not bad, I guess." It definitely feels like an old arcade game, which is what they were going for. Unlockable items/skills are a nice touch, but overall the game just feels a little stale. I found myself mashing buttons through waves of enemies that were longer than my attention span. My friend may have liked it a little bit more than I did, though. You can watch our experience in the video below.
https://youtu.be/FGnwurVmg8U

Carbon
Carbon

Kung Fu Strike - The Warrior's Rise. what a wordy title. That aside this game is best played with a controller as the keyboard layout is confusing and clunky. Clunky because the keys are spanned between 2 hands on a keyboard sans mouse. that means that the mouse which would be good used in a game like this isn't even being utilized for fighing. Onto the controller aspect. I have a Rock Candy X360 controller and have found no issues using it to play the game. Ok graphics, and Ok musi- wait i dont listen to the music in games cause all gaming music is garbage well save Skyrim. My point is this is a fighting game best played with a controller then a keyboard.

Smackm0nk3y
Smackm0nk3y

Its an ok game that looks and plays like an old arcade Kung Fu game. It can be very difficult at times. Grab it on sale.

J-Dog
J-Dog

If you want a satisfying coop brawler to play with friends and controllers that is a laugh out loud good time, look no further. Even though it jumps out at you as ridiculously over the top epic kung fu ass whipping fest at first, It actually has a skill based fighting system and you can purchase new abilities with XP...it starts off easy and can be enjoyed with casual company, but the pace eventually picks up and with serious gamer friend, before you know it you are celebrating close victories or againizing defeats and retrying a level - easy to learn, tough to master, and some bosses that will stomp your ass. It is in my library category "Hall of Fame local coop games" which only has about a couple dozen out of a ton I have tried.

DrWolfenhauser
DrWolfenhauser

This was actually very interesting. I liked how it was more 3D arena based fighting instead of just sideways although it had a boss who was kind of just a side way fight.

The story was a little mediocre and could have been more interesting. But the gameplay was really fun. I really liked how it was reminiscent of those Asian style movies & shows (like the 1s you'd see on SBS). The combos are varied-ish but I just loved the overall feel and the way it played. I mostly played it with a friend but the game does get very hard even with a co-op partner, it reaches levels of artificial difficulty to make things annoying.

Overall it was still fun even for what we played. There's a demo you can try before buying too.

GodEyes
GodEyes

This small indie game will provide you:
- Lots of skill moves and items.
- Personal bodyguards.
- Real challenge in each level.

You may finish the campaign in 20 hours, but you'll need 40 more to get all the skill moves, items and bodyguards, and an additional 50-100 hours to get all the S rank in each level.

It's a long way but you'll not get bored with that.

=> One of the best kung fu game I've ever played.

Hydra
Hydra

I like this game and at the same time I don't. A kung-fu beat'em up with a medieval china flavor that is hard as nuts, on the paper everything is there, but o'boi if you even want to finish this game you're going to have to train and practice because it doesn't hold any punches. The problem is that some levels are so frustrating you might dread to replay them over and over until you pass and I would assume many players did actually quit as the game eers on the unfair side of difficulty at times, something less patient people would call "bullshit".

However the whole thing is actually more fair, its possible to block all these attacks, its possible to finish the game, its possible to do these S ranks, but only if you dedicate yourself to mastering the game, learn patterns and train with the utmost dedication. I personally just finished the game and couldn't be bothered with the rest, but this was enough for me to appreciate what people completing the game on hard managed to accomplish and also why some people legitimately gave up.

Recommended : If you are looking for a tough challenge and want to put the time necessary into it.
Not recommended : If you want to blow some steam, or want to enjoy a nice story.

Cheesetoken
Cheesetoken

Much better then it has any right to be. Super fluid and fun combat alongside a lovely art style. Would recommend, especially if it's on sale

Eins Zwei Spamurai
Eins Zwei Spamurai

Important note: this game is more a fighting game then anything else, so playing it with a keyboard is very painful (even tho it is possible if you're stubborn like me). A Controller, sadly, is very much recommended.

I've picked up this game on a whim (which I almost never do) and I was instantly blown away. This is BY FAR the BEST brawler game you can have for the money you spend. It has one of the most smooth and visceral combat systems ever, that looks and feels phenomenal (even if the textures are not that detailed). The game is fully 3D but it has most mechanics taken from fighting games, so the difficulty goes up very very fast, be warned. This game requires perfect execution and a lot of patience to get all the moves into your muscle memory. It's split into multiple levels, each with it's own unique set of enemies that provide a different challenge and the sheer amount of different enemies is insane, not to mention the many bosses that have completely unique mechanics.
If you love fighting/brawler games and you don't shy away from difficulty...this is a MUST buy at any price, I promise you won't regret it. I'm just sad AF to see that the devs are probably gone and we will never see a sequel to this masterpiece.

And if you're every wondering why the industry is in this current state of crappy game after crappy game, it's because mindblowing, small games like this one barely sell any copies while the same triple A garbage, regurgitated over and over again sells millions...

Andy
Andy

Best arcade-style beat em up ever!
everything, from sound to controlls, is incredibly sharp and satisfying.
Can be hard at times but this is what I love about it.
Simple but challenging.

Botany
Botany

Ingredients
150g salted butter, softened
80g light brown muscovado sugar
80g granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg
225g plain flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
¼ tsp salt
200g plain chocolate chips or chunks
Method
STEP 1
Heat the oven to 190C/fan170C/gas 5 and line two baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.

STEP 2
Put 150g softened salted butter, 80g light brown muscovado sugar and 80g granulated sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy.

STEP 3
Beat in 2 tsp vanilla extract and 1 large egg.

STEP 4
Sift 225g plain flour, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda and ¼ tsp salt into the bowl and mix it in with a wooden spoon.

STEP 5
Add 200g plain chocolate chips or chunks and stir well.

STEP 6
Use a teaspoon to make small scoops of the mixture, spacing them well apart on the baking trays. This mixture should make about 30 cookies.

STEP 7
Bake for 8–10 mins until they are light brown on the edges and still slightly soft in the centre if you press them.

STEP 8
Leave on the tray for a couple of mins to set and then lift onto a cooling rack.

RECIPE TIPS
FREEZING THE BISCUITS
If you’ve frozen the biscuits, take them out and arrange them on a lined baking sheet. Once defrosted, pop them in a medium oven 190C/170 fan/gas mark 5 and heat for 2-3 mins to crisp up. Don’t leave them too long or they’ll dry out.
STORING DOUGH
You can keep the uncooked dough in a sealed container in the fridge for up to two weeks. Simply take some out, dollop on a lined baking tray and allow to come up to room temperature for 5 mins before baking

Fresh
Fresh

Dopest game Iv eva played ma mane!

M.K
M.K

Average.
You can give it a try on sales.

fuzzymickael
fuzzymickael

The closest thing to the chain fighting from Arkham Asylum that I have found in a standalone game. It's very much like a classic Shaw Brothers kung fu movie in game form!

dragonlady763
dragonlady763

I enjoy this game. Great beat em up game with a great story. I love the kung fu fighting style. One of my favorite fight games.

ChungusCake
ChungusCake

Feels like a classic beat ‘em up akin to Double Dragon with some more modern gameplay touches, and some pretty nice animations, sound effects and visuals to boot.

However like any classic beat ‘em up this game is seriously tough, meaning you’ll be playing levels over and over again just to scrape by at times. The difficulty alone is really the deciding factor for whether or not you’ll enjoy this game. That being said the game is super cheap, and frequently goes on sale, so it’s definitely worth a purchase if you’re interested in it in the slightest.