In actuality Kung Fury: Street Rage feels more like a rhythm game than traditional beat ’em up. A simple look at screenshots would even suggest that is the direction the developers went. But as has been stated in the past, most video games based on movies are terrible, and while Kung Fury: Street Rage isn’t the worst film to video game translation that has ever happened, it probably isn’t the adaptation fans were hoping for.īased on the film with the Street Rage as a subtitle, the expected choice would be a beat ’em up in the aforementioned style. This would be perfect for an ’80s style beat ’em up arcade game like Double Dragon or Streets of Rage. Robots, Vikings, Nazis, Dinosaurs and Kung Fu are ingredients that are begging for Kung Fury to be adapted into a video game. But this is fine since this gives context to throw in Vikings and dinosaurs into the showdown against the Nazi regime. Unfortunately, using 1980’s computer hacking techniques do awry and Kung Fury ends up going too far back in time. Expressing an opinion on the internet these days is bound to start a fight, but we can all agree that Hitler sucks and traveling back in time to end the Third Reich is a good idea. Kung Führer, ends up causing trouble in Florida so Kung Fury decides to travel back in time to kill Hitler. During a deadly confrontation with a ninja in a back alley, Kung Fury’s partner is sliced in half, but a convenient series of unfortunate events unlock his true Kung Fu powers, signifying he is the chosen one. Kung Fury is the name of the protagonist, a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department. People who watch Kung Fury tend to have two different reactions: this is the stupidest thing they’ve ever seen or it’s the greatest film ever made where each part is better than the last. It was released on YouTube and other streaming platforms where it can still be viewed for free. It has a relatively modest budget as far as movies go which was funded through Kickstarter support and is an homage and parody of martial arts movies and ’80s cop films. Kung Fury is a 2015 film that runs approximately 30 minutes in length. We even have a beige computer with a floppy disk drive. All the classic systems are down there collecting dust, so in an effort to improve the cleanliness of our work space, we dust off these old consoles every so often and put an old game through its paces, just to make sure everything stays in working order. The basement at the Hardcore Gamer office has a section known as the Crust Room, with an old grey couch and a big old CRT TV. On sale it would be a fun lark for genre fans, but full price may be pushing it a bit.Member the games you used to play? We member. The beat-em-up mode has its own flow, and characters like Triceracop and David Hasselhoff do make it novel, but whether that will keep your attention over top-notch play may vary. The problem, though, is that both are a bit watered down and not as compelling as their inspirations. What fascinates me about Kung Fury, is that aside from its weirdo array of characters who play quite differently and its odd humor, it has its own takes on both styles in one package. What I love is that while Streets of Rage 4 and quite a few others hold up the classic end of the spectrum, there’s One Finger Death Punch 2 off in the other direction offering its own simplified but pretty delicious take. Two distinct beat-em-up modes, some wild characters, and a taste for ridiculousness help, but the quality of play is merely averageĪs a major lifelong fan of beat-em-ups I’m happy that after a shaky start the Switch has amassed a pretty impressive line-up of them.
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