DOKAPON! Sword of Fury

This game is not very good. I'd honestly say it blows chunks even. I really wish this was not the case as I really like the aesthetic, the music, the designs, basically the everything about the game except for the actual game part. I like Dokapon Kingdom, a future entry in this series, a lot. You throw mud at your friends, your friends throw mud back at you. Sometimes the game carpet bombs you out of nowhere, sometimes the game smothers you in love out of nowhere. There was a balance to the potential cruelty that could happen to you so it doesn't always feel like you're having sand kicked into your eyes. It helps keeps you invested. You get to Sword of Fury on the other hand and you're getting carpet bombed.... and that's it. Anything good that you want to happen to you in this game you have to earn. This doesn't inherently sound like a problem, but as I mentioned before, you are actively getting carpet bombed without any sort of constraint. Wallace is dropping nukes on players for 4 days straight and they WILL kill you unless you're heavily invested in magic. The random encounter events, on the rare chance they do bother to show up, are just "diarrhea forever". Weekly events that actually affect players are always "diarrhea forever." The enemies are on some straight ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ where way too many of them have spells that break pieces equipment or break your magic options. They could also have nonsense that puts you to sleep, essentially leaving you for dead or their first offensive option to perform is a finisher which is more or less instant death once you hit the second chapter. The game is also horrifically balanced. Whoever comes out as the winner of Chapter 3 gets an item that gives you an extra stat point per level up. None of the other players even get a chance to sniff that item until the very last chapter moments before the game ends. The player with that item will steamroll most, if not every, encounter and the game in general. Magic is also far and away the most powerful means of offense in the game. Basic Magic will one-shot enemies without much friction. It stays like that for the rest of the game as long as you continue to invest in it at a decent rate. There are barely any enemies that will challenge you magically assuming you are bothering to keep the stat up. On the other hand, enemies will much more frequently just blast your ♥♥♥♥ smooth off if you invest in attack over Magic. Then there's the dungeons. The first couple are alright, but they show signs of the big glaring annoyance they all have. The precise number you need to actually progress further. Let's say the boss of the chapter is 5 spaces away. You roll a 6. You're SOL as you can't just, cut your turn short, you have to move all 6 spaces so you end up moving around in a circle right before where the boss is. You roll again. 3, same routine. You roll again. 2. etc, etc. It is absolutely terrible. It's especially bad in Chapter 8 because the thingy you need to grab is on a board that is essentially just a straight line forwards with some dreadful trap spaces that will shoot you out of the dungeon if you land on them. You can end up on a space, roll a 2 and 2 spaces in front and behind you are a trap space, so you're just ♥♥♥♥♥♥. The enemies in Chapter 8's dungeon are atrocious too so you don't want to fight them more than you have to. Chapter 8 genuinely is one of the worst things I was subjected to in a game and it was coming hot off the heels of Chapter 7 with its darkness gimmick, which I thought was also one of the worst things I was subjected to in a game. The big issue with this game is that there's no nuance. Yes, this game is meant to be mean. That should (mostly) be done on the accord of you and your friends. Not from the game deciding to kick you in the nuts for nearly 40 hours straight. Whenever I was having fun for a moment, the game swung a bat at my nuts. Not the other players in friendly competition. Me and the 2 other people I was playing the game decided we should stop swinging at each other and just try and beat the game as fast as we could because the game would just non-stop ♥♥♥♥ fury on us. There is no nice to balance out the mean in this game, or at least not anywhere near enough of it. It is solely just mean, mean, mean, mean, MEAN. I am aware there are "secret settings" that could potentially alleviate some of these issues, but I think it should be expected that the default experience is good, yes? That and I personally believe it should be more appropriate to play the game as it is when playing it for the first time and not what it "could be" in ideal conditions.

This game does a lot of the great Dokapon things but it is horribly, painfully slow in anything. It also lacks some of the strategy the later games have. I don't see any reason to play this over Dokapon Kingdom.

This is a review by someone who played Dokapon Kingdom Connect, for 40+ hours, with 4 human players. Aka, the true Dokapon experience. With the same group, we started Sword of Fury (or Fury for short), made our characters, and were met with being instantly made broke for the story by the King of Dokapon, and were tasked with killing the king. This was turn one. By week 3, we had all died several times. Lost our money. had a fighting tournament. Had one player killed by an assassin. Two of us were murdered by a super tank, and someone was given a inventory full of pudding. I have never laughed so hard in my life. If you can get a group of 4 human players, this is better than any other party game. It's a long haul game, but it is WORTH it.

Great game, but fair warning, you'll want to turn end-of-game bonuses off. otherwise the person who dies the most auto-wins.

Literally Magic+Speed and (damagebooks + (x) spinning wheel AND YOU'RE UNTOUCHABLE... Don't use books if u want to actually have fun. I promise you but goodluck. Overall I recommend the Dokapon Kingdom more than this "sword of fury".

If you find yourself burdened with too many friends, Dokapon: Sword of Fury might be the perfect solution. Originally released on the PlayStation before receiving its GameCube remake, this title disguises itself as a charming, multiplayer, colorful RPG. However, beneath its "chibi" art style lies a ruthless board game designed to dismantle even the strongest of social bonds. It is a unique hybrid that blends traditional dungeon-crawling with the chaotic sabotage of Mario Party, creating an experience where the goal isn't just to save the kingdom—it’s to ensure your friends lose everything in the process. First, let's talk about the basic controls. In this game, players will take action in an order that is randomized at the start of the game. On a player’s turn, they can take a few actions: use an Item/Spell, Check, and end the turn by walking. First, we start with walking; this is the main way for the player to move their character by spinning a wheel, where a random number from 0 to 6 determines how far they walk. Next is the "Check" option. Basically, this option is for you to see the map and find where you want to go. Lastly, you can use Items and Spells, which can be bought from the Item Shop and Spell Shop, respectively. Now that we know the primary actions, we can look at the two main scenes: the board scene and the fighting scene. The board scene is where we perform the previously mentioned actions, like using spells or items, and moving. Meanwhile, the fighting scene happens when you walk onto a monster space, a boss/mini-boss space, or the same space as another player. It will cut to a fighting scene, which starts by picking a target (if there is more than one) and tossing a coin to see who goes first. The combat system functions much like "Rock-Paper-Scissors." In combat, there are two sides: the attacker and the defender. Each side has four options to choose from. The attacker can use Attack (normal attack), Finisher (deals massive damage), Special Skill (depends on the character), or Magic (deals magic damage). The defender must predict what the attacker will do to survive or counter. Their options include Defense (reduces Attack damage), Counter (if the opponent uses a Finisher, it deals massive damage back to the enemy), Magic Guard (reduces magic damage), or Surrender. The fight ends after someone surrenders or loses. Afterward, you can punish the player who loses to you, though if they surrender, the punishment will be much softer. This game has a lot more to offer, but I suggest you try it for yourself. You can practice with a bot before playing with a friend or players online. If I have to rate this game, it would be an 8/10. Thank you for reading.

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