SIFU

 PlayStation 4
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 91 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 71 out of 91
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 91
  3. Negative: 14 out of 91

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  1. GamingWithUno
    Feb 12, 2022
    10
    Everything about this game is so enjoyable for beat-em-up enthusiasts. From the story to rouge-like pace. The only thing that could use work is the camera during fights, only a minor isssue though. I personally have been waiting for a game just like this! A spiritual relative to Fighting Force, Tekken Force, Sleeping Dogs, and Batman Arkham in regards to combat. Have fun learningEverything about this game is so enjoyable for beat-em-up enthusiasts. From the story to rouge-like pace. The only thing that could use work is the camera during fights, only a minor isssue though. I personally have been waiting for a game just like this! A spiritual relative to Fighting Force, Tekken Force, Sleeping Dogs, and Batman Arkham in regards to combat. Have fun learning defense and timing! :)… Expand
  2. Gerardo2004
    Feb 13, 2022
    10
    Good game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. arrivist
    May 3, 2022
    9
    I didn't like it at first, but once you study the bosses (use a YT guide) it makes sense and then you can really kick some ass. Played through several times already. Great game; hope a sequel is as good, if not better!
  4. Fox45
    May 7, 2022
    9
    A game that really surprised me! A very fun and good gameplay, an incredible level design and very beautiful! An excellent soundtrack that perfectly fits every moment of the game. One of the negative points (if not the only one) is the poor performance on PS4. There was one time my game lagging during gameplay and several times during the pause menubut other than that I loved the game.A game that really surprised me! A very fun and good gameplay, an incredible level design and very beautiful! An excellent soundtrack that perfectly fits every moment of the game. One of the negative points (if not the only one) is the poor performance on PS4. There was one time my game lagging during gameplay and several times during the pause menubut other than that I loved the game. Congratulations Sloclap.… Expand
  5. frozenpinky
    Feb 13, 2022
    9
    When it first came out it was a 7 out of ten. The story, animations, control and intuitive fighting was a 10 out of ten. The concept of dying/re-spawning/aging/gaining strength but losing health is great, too. But your age doubling every death and the game ending when you reached the age of 70+ was frustrating, because you have to repeat entire levels while also losing your upgrades. SoWhen it first came out it was a 7 out of ten. The story, animations, control and intuitive fighting was a 10 out of ten. The concept of dying/re-spawning/aging/gaining strength but losing health is great, too. But your age doubling every death and the game ending when you reached the age of 70+ was frustrating, because you have to repeat entire levels while also losing your upgrades. So that was a 5 out of ten. But now that there’s an easier difficulty and I can play it without breaking my TV, it’s a 9 out of ten! It’s awesome to finally see the entire game. It’s beautiful and wild!… Expand
  6. Chain_Affinity
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    Don't believe the hype.....................................................
  7. aaron1234567
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    one of the best game I've ever played five levels sounds short but its far from it the replay value is amazing
  8. cyberrowan
    Feb 20, 2022
    1
    repetitive and boring game that lasts two hours
    horrible ps3 graphics
    fair and sometimes unpleasant playable quality
    a bad product well sold if it didn't have the marketing campaign behind ps5 this game would have an average 40
    As I say, unpleasant to play, short and with graphics from another century.
  9. galanteo94
    Aug 15, 2023
    9
    Un clásico, dentro de unos años se recordará con nostalgia e interés. Estética suprema y jugabilidad excelente, corto pero rejugable.
  10. Lozabia42969
    Feb 22, 2022
    10
    This game is perfect, the artwork, the soundtrack, it's a game too well done, I love the originality of not dying but suffering a consequence for it. The difficulty is challenging, at first you get hit from all sides, but once you learn how to play it becomes addictive. I LOVE YOU SIFU
  11. Ebola8MyFace
    Feb 17, 2022
    10
    One of the hardest games I have ever played, but also one of the most viscerally fun and rewarding ones too. I love this freakin' game!
  12. YokoHugo
    Jul 28, 2022
    9
    Gggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggvgggggggggg
  13. Wendel4235
    Feb 17, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O melhor game carton de todos os tempos simplesmente incrível e muito bom pra passar o tempo todo jogando… Expand
  14. alashourx
    Feb 16, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Beginning of Sifu you will feel like you are the best and cannot be takin down like you are the actual boss of the game but then the real gameplay begins the game will no more take full focus on the story but the gameplay is amazing you will be the one who is takin down now you will no longer be the boss but then as you get better you will be the badass you were on the first mission it's really amazing I give a nine just because the game is a bit hard and you need to practice some moves and learn the moves of every boss to actually beat them other then that great game… Expand
  15. Sifu34
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The best beat map in my life. The combat system and animations just amazed me with their sophistication. It was like being in a Hong Kong action movie. Cut scenes in the best traditions of cinema. Pleased with numerous references to films, situations and techniques of hand-to-hand combat from them. I liked the art style, as well as the locations worked out to the smallest detail. Trampled snow is simply gorgeous. And even the character's voice and utterances change with age. I really like to walk and look at the details on the levels. Looking at them, you begin to imagine how the inhabitants of the level of their life and daily routine live. Here is a guard at the entrance to the club, and next to him is a table with laid out cards and the game is clearly not finished. Most likely, the partner in the game went to the toilet or for cigarettes. Or the gymnastics coach we fought. He had a gym bag and water bottles next to him. I just imagined how she periodically drank water from them because of the heat and to wet her throat while talking to her audience of students, and then with a bag she goes to change. The music conveys the mood of the locations very well. I hope in addition they will add the ability to choose opponents from those that have already met in the red training room. For example, the bosses that you have already met and mini bosses. Some people say that there are few levels, but I disagree. There are as many levels as there are antagonists. As for me, this is just the golden mean. Better fewer levels, but very elaborate, than many, but empty. There is something to criticize the game for. The camera sometimes turns completely in the wrong direction where I want and I have to periodically fight with it while they beat me. It happens on the wall. I parried and the enemy pushed me to the wall, where I stop seeing him, as well as myself, including. In a game where everything is built on the reaction, this is a problem. The only way out is not to stand against the wall. There are sometimes annoying bugs that will get you stuck on the level. It's doubly disappointing if before that you played better than ever and you have to lose this progress and replay again. It's good that this is very rare and if you understand how it was caused, then you can simply avoid repeating these actions. With the advanced training regimen, I will give it a 10. Hope for Sifu 2 in ancient china.… Expand
  16. Realonethegoat
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    sifu is hard game but it very easy to get into a learn how to play you should try it
  17. anbl
    Mar 29, 2023
    10
    game with one of the best combat systems good difficulty and good challenges
  18. Andystyle
    Feb 22, 2022
    8
    Good Game!! worthy of a 7 out of 10, Hard Bosses and good level design, keeps you on your toes
  19. Maximilia00
    Feb 24, 2022
    0
    I've heard a lot of arguments about the game's difficulty, but the problem is that the only thing that works in the game is the staging. Everything else is a bunch of lapses in implementation and idea.
  20. Nathan912
    Nov 26, 2022
    10
    Un juego único y desafiante una preciosa historia y un personaje increíble si te gusta cobra kai tienes que probarlo.
  21. JesseDillinger
    Feb 1, 2023
    9
    The combat is so fun and challenging. Sure there's only 5 levels but you're gonna spend hours beating them and perfecting your runs. The game looks great too. I had a great time playing Sifu. Getting the platinum trophy for it was a fun little challenge.
  22. RayJai
    Jun 5, 2023
    10
    Extremely stylish and awesome Kung Fu beat-'em-up !!! Super fluid 3D animations !!! Love the very rare voice option for CANTONESE (yeap, Hong Kong's Cantonese, not China's Mandarin), hearing foul swearing in your native language is always super cool LOL !!!
  23. Slanderus
    Sep 4, 2023
    6
    This game does not respect your time, and fundamentally misunderstands how to present the systems that are the core to its function. Overly punitive and stingy with reward the game presents tedious challenge as the only motivation to complete it. The sound design lacks punch, ironically, with the hits and blocks sounding more like the sound of folding laundry than mortal combat, and theThis game does not respect your time, and fundamentally misunderstands how to present the systems that are the core to its function. Overly punitive and stingy with reward the game presents tedious challenge as the only motivation to complete it. The sound design lacks punch, ironically, with the hits and blocks sounding more like the sound of folding laundry than mortal combat, and the central hook of aging as you respawn only to become weaker and weaker is as head scratchingly counter intuitive as it comes.… Expand

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Metascore
71

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Gaming Age
    Feb 8, 2022
    100
    Sifu on paper looks like a short title, with it’s five stages you would think it will be a short weekend experience and you will be done. However, it is so packed with content that even though you think you’ve mastered a level, a discovery at a later stage will force you back to an earlier stage. It’s varied arsenal will have you constantly replaying certain sections just to see how different a score you can get (such as the hallway fight in the first level which encapsulates the feeling of a certain fight scene from the movie Old Boy). I read somewhere that the devs wanted action sequences to feel like a Jackie Chan movie, and given what I’ve seen they’ve definitely nailed it. Although most players’ experiences will at first look like the credits of a Jackie Chan movie, through persistence and patience, their encounters will start to look like the final cut of the film.
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  2. GAMES.CH
    Feb 8, 2022
    75
    SIFU is very realistic beat-’em-up-game from Sloclap, the dev’s from the action RPG Absolver, which already included different martial-art fights. They worked together with Kong Fu Master Benjamin Colussi to make the fights in SIFU as realistic as possible. The skill level required to beat this game is very high and you need to be patient and consistent to progress. Epic finisher moves, great story, nice music, but not a game for casual gamers.
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  3. GAMINGbible
    Feb 6, 2022
    70
    Like Master Onion himself, Sifu has layers - and the closer you get to its centre, the more you understand its own structure, what makes it and its many obstacles tick. The closer you get to it, the clearer the details between the deckings. And just like a peeled onion, it might well make you cry. There’s no shame in that, here - but you’d best accept up front that it’s not going to get any easier, or sting any less, the more you slice into it.
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