Gatt - GamerX: Every once in a while there comes a game that is so low radar most don’t even know what it is. This was my initial reaction when e-mailed a code for Kung Fu Strike from 7sixty. I hadn’t heard anything on development as I had gotten no previous press releases but I figured, “Hey what the heck lets give it a go.” Though I played the game on PC, being it’s an XNA game it was designed for 360 and the XBLA, so with full controller support, the game is very appealing. After playing through the game, I realized something – I didn’t even know how fast time was passing while playing it! And that’s when I knew I had one of those rare games on my hand that just gets everything right for what it is.
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.
I bought this game out of whim and it's really is pretty addictive. Although you really need to use an X box controller (I used a Razer Onza) to really enjoy it since there's no ingame options to change any of the controls.