By avoiderdragon:Whenever an indie game comes out with pseudo-retro graphics, some people groan due to the saturation of the market. However, a lot of them do turn out to be really good games since they’re mostly a refinement of old standing formulae of game development in genres that used to be ignored upon the advent of better graphics and other technologies. As long as indie developers put effort into it, then they come up with a pretty good game, so long as they don’t run out of funds. Fist of Awesome is one such title that stems from this idea of refining what’s already been there for decades.
Hardcore Gamer: The new Humble Weekly Bundle has dropped and if you’re thirsting for some classic beat-em-up action, you really should check it out.
Chalgyr's Game Room writes:
Please note that this review is for bearded folk only; those of you that do not have said beard must spend an eternity ever wondering what it is like to be so blessed by such awesome chops. Fist of Awesome is a manly-man's game; it makes those Old Spice commercials seem like a group of frail little school-girls huddled up around the newest fashion doll (now with 8 opposable joints!). In the world of video games, Fist of Awesome is Chuck Norris; that fist hidden in Chuck's beard? It is a Fist of Awesome. If you do so happen to have a beard, please, pick up the nearest fallen tree to use as a tooth pick and come right on into this wonderful land of bear-punching goodness.
Greg Micek writes: "We've got 30 minutes of Nathaniel’s beard playing First of Awesome; a side scrolling alternate history beat-em-up that was funded on Kickstarter in 2012. It’s been receiving some mixed reviews since being released on Steam earlier this month, so instead of reading a bunch of fancy words, why not watch someone else play it and decide for yourself?"
