Way of the Passive Fist

EDIT: THERES AN UPDATE TO THE REVIEW AT THE BOTTOM, PLEASE STAY AND READ, THERE IS NO REASON FOR YOU TO DO THIS TO YOURSELF. HOW DOES THIS SH*T HAVE A POSITIVE RAITING!!!!??? i swear people reviewing as of late are braindead. Let me start by painting you a picture: According to the achievements, less than HALF the players defeated the FIRST boss (game released in 2018), and i understand it... why? because of the main mechanic, more on that later, since i always leave the worst for last. MAIN MECHANIC: In this """brawler""" YOU DONT have a main attack to harm enemies (!?!?!?!). So how do you fight? You shuolder check, parry and dodge untill your enemy gets tired, at which moment you can use the same button you use to shoulder check, which THEN becomes a hit which insta kills said enemy..... so much for the "passive fist" i guess. Theres ANOTHER attack which is a special move, which consists of your mechanic arm one-punching the SH*T out of your enemies (more "lore breaking" or "plot bending" of the "passive fist" thing) BUT.... how does this Special Move WORK? well... you have to charge up a combo in order to use it ONCE. In order to charge the SM bar you have to chain combos of parries and dodges and tired-1HKOs (notice that i dont mention shoulder check, because they dont charge the bar, if you use it, you drop the combo). RPG NON BRAWLER There are some RPG elements in this game, namely XP and upgrades you unlock through that.... BUT: - There is NO grinding, XP is obtained at the end of each stage, at which moment the rating (bronze, silver or gold) awards you a fixed ammount of said XP. The rating is decided by how long of a combo you got going on that stage. -Say you finished a stage with a silver medal, but you want/need more xp, so you go back to that stage and get another silver medal, because of any of the 100 things that can cut your combo... you dont get the XP again, only way to redo a stage and gain more XP is to get to the next rating KEEPING THE MECHANICS MENTIONED ABOVE IN MIND lets go back to the bosses, imagine this: 1- boss with melee and ranged attack 2- the boss can attack you while you are fighting with another enemy 3- your basic attack (shouldercheck) DOESNT do damage and the boss DOES NOT get tired from parries, WHICH MEANS you can only harm him with the SM (pay attention now). 4- so there you are trying to chain a combo of parries, dodges and tired-1HKO when you: -get hit by your opponent or the boss---> drop the combo, you cant use the SM, you cant damage the boss -shouldercheck anyone because you are trying to make your way to the boss to use the SM you charged---> drop the combo, you cant use the SM, you cant damage the boss -miss a parry or a dodge because the enemy randomly decided to change its pattern of attack and leave so you can fight another enemy----> drops the combo, you cant use the SM, you cant damage the boss -miss a 1HKO punch because you had a tired enemy to "kill" and another one decided to rush in front of you knocking the tired one out himself THEREFORE NOT ONLY making the tired one unabailable for killing (one less free hit you could combo) but ALSO converting your 1HKO into a shoulder check----> drop the combo, you cant use the SM, you cant damage the boss GET IT? the boss becomes a puzzle game of charging a SM which is your only way to down his health UPDATE: it gets WORSE. As you may have already guessed, while you move around, most of the fighting is done stationary (unbrawler like), for you need to be still to parry and dodge (its not moves you do, is key, for parrying and dodging), well... as you continue, the game will introduce sections of CONSTANT RANDOM ENVIORMENTAL DAMAGE. So.... you were building up a combo, but something is about to fall on you... YOUR CHOICE (not choices): drop the combo through no fault of your own, but because its either drop the combo OR get damage AND drop the combo AND AS IF ALL THE BULLSH*T i mentioned about the bosses wasnt enough, on the second boss, minions spend MOST OF THE TIME RUNNING AWAY FROM YOU, so you will be struggling to even get a combo going while the boss (which remember, you cant normal damage) peppers you with an instant and targeted (no matter how far you are) beam THIS GAME IS ABSOLUTE DOGSH*T... only recommendable for masochist players who look down on people who just want to have fun.

Overall recommended if on sale and you like beat-em ups. The main campaign has 10 levels and is a fun 2 hours. The combat is a simple mix of parrying and dodging. Parries add to a combo meter that can be spent on supers. There are about 10 base enemies with their own different colored variations with their own attack pattern. There are 5 bosses and 3 of them aren't well designed. Their main gimmick is to parry attacks to build your super to be able to damage the boss; however, the game's combat is based around fighting one enemy at a time, rather than usual crowd control. Those boss battles throw that away and have multiple enemies attack you at once instead of taking turns, which you are not given any tools to deal with it. The other two bosses were fun, the final boss particularly so because they were just the boss. The New Dawn game mode is an extra prologue campaign and it is very poorly designed. The first boss exemplifies how the game does not support engaging multiple enemies at once, but they keep doing it anyways. He actually pissed me off enough to write this review.

格挡反击+动作清版，还挺好玩的。清版游戏常见的杂兵换色也因为攻击节奏的不同而不会有太强的重复感。敌人前摇明显，按键的判定也比较宽松，所以难度不算高。系统虽然单一，不过清版游戏流程本来就短，在玩腻之前早就通关了。

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sekiro type beat :shockstatus:

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Simple mechanics, yet oddly satisfying. No fancy combos in this beat em up, you just parry and dodge, having a successful streak charges your mechanical arm and you can do a powerful attack. Pros: -Good art, animation, music and atmosphere -Adjustable difficulty -Replayable for scoring -Very fluid and responsive Cons: -require patience -no fancy stuff

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Household Games read every true beat em up fan's mind and came up with the game the world needs: ultimate parry timing simulator. The aesthetic, music, and responsiveness are all topnotch, as is the lore, they nailed the feeling of true old school belt scrollers of the 16 bit. An abundance of accessibility options also lets you tailor the game as easy or as insanely difficult as you want, and the roguelike game mode cements the value proposition feature and mode wise. This is a no brainer for anyone into the genre. Don't let the playtime on steam fool you, I crushed the ♥♥♥♥ out of this on console and will here too one day. A game so good I bought it twice.