I find SIFU an incredibly well put together game, the combat is crisp, sharp and with the soundtrack the game offers, it’s a very well put together package. I do understand why the developer’s have made the game this way, they want you to learn and master every element or they’ll punish you if you don’t or more to the point can’t. SIFU does have a small training area which is found by interacting with the training dummy in the hub area but for me, it served more confusion than clarity where-as going out into the areas in the game you learn the hard way.īut for me, the game is to hard at the start, it feels more like other games optional “prove yourself” areas than an opening level, you are mobbed in nearly every section which makes things feel overwhelming and with no accessibility options, which I grant you could be exploited there is no clear way anyone with disabilities could enjoy this game.
Then, however, you go into the first area as your main character and get your ass kicked consistently by near enough everyone you come across. you go through the tutorial level as a fully maxed out badass fighter who can’t die which makes you think, oh this might not be that be bad, I can do this game. The combat does have a steep, hard learning curve which is more like a spike than a curve. Weapons also play a very important role and give you an incredible advantage especially against a group of enemies who could easily otherwise very quickly overwhelm you. This causes you to learn the game, learn every enemies’ location, attack pattern, strategy, absolutely everything as whatever age you complete an area at is the age you go into the next area as meaning it’s a very wise decision to master a level going in to the next one at as younger an age as possible to stand a better chance of completing it. If you die 8 times consistently then fall at the age of 30 you will be 38 when you resurrect and so on.Įvery time you age a few years you then hit harder but as a consequence you have lower health up until the age of 70 where any death after this point is a game over where you lose all XP and any skills that haven’t permanently unlocked. Learning through failure, learning by dying which is combined with a resurrection mechanic I haven’t come across before.Įvery time you die, which you will do a lot especially at the start, you can then come back straight away allowing you to continue the fight, however, this does come with a penalty as you age upon death.Įvery time you die you age by 1 year for every consistent death you have so if you’ve died 4 times at age 23 you will then be 27 when you get back up. SIFU’s combat is pristine, it’s sharp and requires precise timing to take down even basic enemies, never mind the tougher ones but that’s where the beauty of SIFU lies.
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