Here in the west, we don’t see too many games from China. That makes Qooc Soft’s Kung Fu Strike: the Warrior’s Rise quite a unique game. Part brawler, part historical epic (the only genre of story legally permissible in China these days), this game certainly looked promising in early screens and videos. Plus, co-op! Sadly, poor balancing and several other issues threaten to defeat Kung Fu Strike before it can achieve gameplay glory.
Game Critics: Very few games actually make me want to take my console or computer and chuck it out a window in sheer fury. Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise not only pushed me to that point , but did with regularity. The game's Steam page may sound like it's boasting when it claims that the game proves a challenge even on Easy, but it's not. Kung Fu Strike is hard: unrelentingly, unremittingly, and unforgivingly hard.
IVG: I did enjoy Kung Fu Strike for a while, but at 800 MS Points a pop, I would be hard pressed to recommend buying it. There are better XBLA titles out there that could use those points.
The first round begins and already Kung Fu Strike is starting out behind the eight ball. By providing limited to no story, Kung Fu Strike gets caught with a roundhouse to the gut as it fails to keep the gamers caught up in the reason for all this fighting. There are no stories about having to defend your temple and honor against an onslaught of Kung Fu competition, no stories about rouge fighters and their love interests that turn into revenge.
