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. 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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