Sifu

Vengeance isn't something to be undertaken lightly. Vengeance demands sacrifice. It demands determination. Will. Focus. Blood. Sifu taught me though, that vengeance also demands perfection. And that failure will always come at a cost.You've spent 8...

Sifu's combat delivers the sort of kinetic thrills we've seen in plenty of action movies, but rarely get to pull off in games. Its dynamic, bone-crushing encounters are worth the price of admission, even if its camera occasionally drop-kicks the...

Every now and then a game is announced with such a weird concept that you would never believe that it could work. Thankfully, that is not the case for Sifu. From developer Sloclap, the studio behind Absolver, Sifu is a unique take on both roguelikes and...

The pain is excruciating; despite all my training her kick slipped through, shattered my ribs and I can feel myself dying as blood fills my lungs. But this is not the end – with each fatal error I am gifted life, but at the cost of time.I rise...

Sifu is a gorgeous, original and intelligent brawler whose self-confidence is leveraged by its masterful ageing mechanic and super tight...

Mastering Sifu's combat system takes a high degree of dedication and practice, but like a true martial artist, you must push through the practice pains before you reap any rewards.

Even the prime aging system feels little more than a dispensable gimmick, divorced of any real impact on gameplay. The game is not without some salvageable bursts of satisfaction, of which there are plenty to just about counter its middling level design and uneventful narrative alike. It’s for that reason why Sifu is spared from any less graceful a status than that of being inconsistent, rather than wholly underwhelming.

Sifu is a challenge worth taking on and overcoming. It’s a story of vengeance with a little heart at the end, and though it might not land perfectly, it’s got a lot of style and action to back it up. Vengeance, as it turns out, is not always worth it. But if you like climbing a mountain of challenge, Sifu is.