Furi

Furi kicked my ass, and I loved it. There was laughter, there were tears, but most of all, there was a goddamned great game. The combat is extremely taxing, but fair, and the narrative is surprisingly rewarding. If you’re a masochist, Furi is the game you’ve been waiting for.

Truly organic, high quality boss fights in action games are kind of a lost art that only a few developers still put effort to retain. Furi is fully concentrated in this kind of battles and unquestionably succeeds. Its boss battles are intense, lengthy, challenging and unpredictable while also fair, fun and never exhaustive.

A tight and empowering boss rush. [Issue#177, p.79]

FURI is a great game with it's hardcore gameplay, the great electro music OST, and its nice graphics style. If you hate try 'n' die games, and value great storyline and exploration, you might be better off looking elsewhere.

A tough game, full of good action but also with a lot of trial and error inside. If you are not afraid of going through exhausting boss battles, then do not hesitate.

Furi is an interesting game, if not an essential one. When it works it nails that moreish blend of challenge and reward. However it's easy to find yourself being frustrated.

Furi is going to find its audience, that much is certain, but the real shame here is that with a couple of tweaks, that audience could have wound up being far larger than what it likely will be.

Furi is a fantastic game for anyone interested in challenging combat games. It focuses on creating a deeply satisfying game where you are forced to master the combat system until you are unstoppable, and tells an interesting story along the way.

Furi is pretty fun overall, though the auto-walking sections between the actual fights might drag the pacing a bit too much.

*Soundtrack great *Graphics okay *Story is just there to be *Gameplay is dodging, melee/ranged attacks, parrying Normal difficulty is challenging but you can play it on easy difficulty to simply enjoy the music

The game is cool, yes, but one question: WHY THE HELL SPEND 9 DOLLARS? TO STOP AT THE THIRD BOSS? SERIOUSLY?! THIS BOSS IS THE MOST TERRIBLE IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, EVERY PHASE STARTS WITH SHOOTING THE SHIELD AND DODGING ATTACKS! THIS IS WORSE THAN THE BOSSES IN DMC 2!

Furi is a 'roaming' beat-em-up that consists of a number of one on one encounters against a variety of enemies and, let me tell you, this game is difficult right from the opening fight. By itself this wouldn't be a problem but each of the fights is pretty long and dying means restarting the whole thing all over again, and that includes the tutorial section with the first encounter. Add to this the fact that the combat, while competent, relies a little too heavily on memorising the different attacks of each enemy (meaning it is a far cry from the flowing combat of the top games in the genre, such as Bayonetta or DMC) and it all made for a frustrating experience that I tired experience that I tired of pretty quickly.