Kung Fury (2015) was a fantastic short, one that was met with critical acclaim so it's not all too surprising that a video game adaptation was created.
Video game adaptations are usually terrible, they're usually barely connected cashgrabs but to its credit Street Rage is far from that. In keeping with the retro 80's theme of the movie it looks like an old school arcade title and it really works.
The game itself couldn't be any simpler, you have two buttons essentially just being attack left and attack right. Playing as Kung Fury or one of his three friends you survive for as long as you can being besieged by criminals, soldiers, robots and ninjas. Each enemy type requires a different combination, namely for example 2 attacks for the soldier leaders and forward, back, forward for the stealthy nurses.
Considering the simplicity you'd think it would be easy but that couldn't be further from the truth. Not only is it very addictive but it's utterly merciless and gets real difficult real fast.
I personally have put many hours into it and though it's a one trick pony it's entertaining enough to steal plenty of your attention.
Simple addictive fun.
The Good:
Very addictive stuff
Has a real charm about it
Great pick up and play fun
The Bad:
Not much content
Steep difficulty curve
Things I Learnt From This Game:
All these hours and I still don't know what the red ninjas do
The simple ideas are usually the best
Video game adaptations are usually terrible, they're usually barely connected cashgrabs but to its credit Street Rage is far from that. In keeping with the retro 80's theme of the movie it looks like an old school arcade title and it really works.
The game itself couldn't be any simpler, you have two buttons essentially just being attack left and attack right. Playing as Kung Fury or one of his three friends you survive for as long as you can being besieged by criminals, soldiers, robots and ninjas. Each enemy type requires a different combination, namely for example 2 attacks for the soldier leaders and forward, back, forward for the stealthy nurses.
Considering the simplicity you'd think it would be easy but that couldn't be further from the truth. Not only is it very addictive but it's utterly merciless and gets real difficult real fast.
I personally have put many hours into it and though it's a one trick pony it's entertaining enough to steal plenty of your attention.
Simple addictive fun.
The Good:
Very addictive stuff
Has a real charm about it
Great pick up and play fun
The Bad:
Not much content
Steep difficulty curve
Things I Learnt From This Game:
All these hours and I still don't know what the red ninjas do
The simple ideas are usually the best
