Sifu is Sloclap's follow-up to Absolver and it's due out this year for PC, PS5, and PS5. Here's what you should know.
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All playable March 5.
“Sifu” is the perfect PS+ game for me. I’m not sure I’d like it so I’d never buy it. But I would like to try it.
It’s perfect for me I already purchased it on PC and it’s a game I would play more i think on console.
…remember when we were told a digital future would mean purchase would be cross-buy. That lasted all of 2 seconds if at all…
Yeo will nab that , might not play it for a while but will get round to it.
I respect these arty type passion projects and this one has the gameplay to boot
Will be patched to high heaven by now and most probably bug free
Peace everyone & this time, especially, to all martial artists
I’m proud of you Xxx 😚
Same. I always wanted to play but was apprehensive. I wished there was at least a demo
Sloclap is closing the book on Sifu with the final update now available on Nintendo Switch, and the reveal of the studio's third title.
The developer did a great job creating a martial arts game with situational attacks, breakable objects, weapon fighting, etc. Not perfect but hitting all the right notes.
Can't wait to see what they do next. A side view fighting game would be awesome. Most fighters today from mortal Kombat and Street Fighter haven't changed their core fighting much and have become stale. Just added light effects with the hits and other modes. But not improved the fight engine. Sloclap has a combat engine that is very good to turn to a fighter next.
I had high hopes for Sifu, bought it a while ago, and while I enjoyed it, I really lost interest once I unlocked all the moves. It’s just too linear IMO, in that you’re playing through the exact same levels each time, with every enemy in the exact same location. I thought the boss-fights were too big of a difficulty bump compared to the rest of the levels, with usually just 1 way to exploit in order to beat them, so instead of it feeling rewarding and using all your fighting moves, instead it felt like you had to just abuse 1 tactic in order to overcome that one boss.
Like I said, I enjoyed it quite a bit until I unlocked every move (permanently), but after that the linearity of the levels just kinda killed my enthusiasm to keep going. It also didn’t help that sometimes it felt ‘unfair’ in that either I was getting hit when I felt I had done what I had to do to parry, block or evade that hit, or that my punch/kick didn’t do what it was supposed to do. Just minor complaints, but in a game where every hit counts and can make or break your run, it just felt like it became less fun as a result.
Still a solid 7, and I think I might not have gotten everything out of it (yet?) that it has to offer, and clearly many other folks seem to love it. It does a lot of stuff well, but for me it was just a bit too linear I guess. I also would have liked (far) more interactivity in the environment, plus some other changes.
I appreciate they included Mandarin and Cantonese as voice-options post-release. That’s very good and I wish far more devs would include more language options in their releases.
Something about the level design of "The Club"/level 2 made it stand out. Music, enemy/item positioning, and flow from one fight to the next. Trying to beat the same enemies just a tiny bit faster was fun on that level.
They've honestly given this a great deal of support post-launch. Awesome to see they showed that level of care in their project to keep updating it like that. Haven't played it yet, personally. But, their commitment to this title certainly has my attention on them as a studio. I definitely plan to pick it up at some point.
It's on sale 60% off now (PlayStation Store). :) I think that's the lowest it's ever been: $15.99. ;)
This could quench my beat 'em up thirst!
"The announcement trailer shows a seemingly rapidly ageing fighter as he punches his way through hallways, Oldboy style,..."
I said the same the day it was announced that the hallway fight reminded me of thr movie Oldboy. Seems that many agreed with me then, and now an article is describing the sequence in the way. I wonder if that was the intent of the developers.
The idea of dying and coming back to life but age excellerated, is a cool idea. Knowing that you have a finite amout of deaths before old age make you incapable of fighting any more. A few games coming out are using a time loop, Deathloop, Returnal, 12 minutes, and Sifu to name a few off the top of my head, I hope the idea doesn't become stale too quickly from being over used. Not now of course but if more game continue to use the concept it be get worn out fast.
Finally, when I think of Pak Mei (Pia Mei) I never think of Kill Bill V.2, but rather Fist/Clan of the White Lotus.
It’s coming on PS5 twice so you know it’s good.
Liked this showcased demo. Reminds me of movie Oldboy in one scene where is a fight in narrow passage.
Old Boy and The Raid....looks like almost Teken... But not.