Furi

It's overall a pretty good game, but the optional final boss is an absolutely miserable experience

A euphoric synthwave album that comes packaged with a pretty good game

One of the tightest and most well designed action game ever made. Every single boss fight is a challenge (okay one isn't but it's more of a story thing). Mechanics are very well refined and used in a variety of ways. Almost no attacks feel unfair, but similarly, very few are easy to dodge, at least at first. It's a game that feels like it wants you to get better and will actively work with you to get you there. All without holding your hand or ever feeling like you're playing a tutorial.
If you've already beaten this game, I definitely recommend giving the "Furier" difficulty a shot. I think that's where the game's true brilliance shines best and although its hard, beating the main difficulty should be enough to make you up to the task.

Played the heck outta this back on Xbox way back when it first launched and had a total blast getting my ass handed to me on repeat. The Edge is a genuine skillcheck/IRL level up moment and I'll treasure it forever. Furi absolutely rips, its got simple but incredible combat, excellent boss and area design, and as everyone already knows, an unbeatable soundtrack.
It just really falls apart at the VERY end: The Beat is a narrative pushover but an extremely frustrating bullet hell platforming section, and The Star being one of the worst experiences I can't bring myself to finish.
At least The Flame is a solid enough DLC.
All told, worth the money and skillchecks.

Simple fun game. Every encounter is a boss fight. No 'hamster wheel grinding for loot' loop or any of that rubbish.

After beating it several years later, I can conclude I like this game. It can be frustrating but once you get the hang of the boss attack patterns, everything is smooth sailing. Simple mechanics, yet very engaging gameplay. Amazing soundtrack. I like it.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☑ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☑ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☑ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☑ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☑ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☑ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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