Furi

 Switch
Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. Worth Playing
    Jan 17, 2018
    70
    Furi looks gorgeous and runs well on the Switch, but its unforgiving gameplay may be too much for some. The gameplay can become frustrating and monotonous, but anyone who's willing to be challenged will be thoroughly entertained with Furi.
  2. Meristation
    Jan 12, 2018
    70
    It's a good port with the same experience. Nice music, fantastic art design and throbbing gameplay. The walking simulator part is the only bad thing within the game.
  3. Pocket Gamer UK
    Jan 12, 2018
    70
    It has a few problems, but if you're looking for a sharp action game with plenty of challenge, Furi is for you.
  5. Nintendo Life
    Jan 11, 2018
    70
    Furi's series of dauntingly challenging boss fights are capable of turning all but the most committed of player into a gibbering wreck. It's a deceptively clever game that combines shooter and and beat-'em-up mechanics, all wrapped up in a stylish anime-influenced shell. It's not for everyone, with numerous difficulty spikes and an over-reliance on repetition. But it's refreshing to see a game rewards patient observation and persistence, as well as mastery of a carefully calibrated control system.
  6. XGN
    Jan 25, 2018
    60
    Furi is a great mix of hack and slash with a bullet hell. Where the game performs really great on the action level, the game misses the mark when things get quiet. Still it is a very enjoyable game, but it has its flaws.
  7. FNintendo
    Jan 22, 2018
    60
    Thanks to its well crafted gameplay and a high quality visual environment, Furi will certainly please veteran fans of more old-school styles of play. Where it fells short is when it come to its difficulty level, which often feels too frustrating and its lifespan, which turns out to be too short.
  8. The Digital Fix
    Jan 11, 2018
    50
    If you want a minimalist, reaction-based action game with style and a kick-ass soundtrack, go for it. If like me you equate playing a game to reading a good book, then it's definitely not for you.

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User Score
7.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 56
  3. Negative: 11 out of 56
  1. djdnauk
    Jan 17, 2018
    9
    its a great port, those saying it has worse music or frame drops than other version either havent analysed it properly or are spouting othersits a great port, those saying it has worse music or frame drops than other version either havent analysed it properly or are spouting others opinions (theres one review on youtube that recorded the audio with issues, the actual game doesnt have audio issues at all... & the developers themselves stated furi on switch runs at a very similar frame rate to the ps4 version, which is close to but not locked at 60fps) the only real difference is the switch version is portable which could be a huge bonus if you want that & it has slightly blurry textures compared to xbox one & ps4, but the difference is minimal you can see this in online comparisons.

    the reviewer below saying the frame rate drops below 20-30fps is lying as far as im concerned, ive not seen that and neither has any other reviewer shown that to be the case so far.    … Full Review »
  2. hypernewbie
    Sep 9, 2018
    0
    Just play more devil may cry for the 8 hours you would've spent playing this game. Thank me later. You're welcome.

    It really tries hard to    Just play more devil may cry for the 8 hours you would've spent playing this game. Thank me later. You're welcome.

    It really tries hard to be an action hack and slash game in the style of capcom, but the designers don't actually understand what makes the Capcom hash and slashes actually good. They added the part where you need skill to play, but forgot to include the part where you actually WANT to play.

    The controls are floaty as **** and don't feel good. Enemy animations are really stupidly unclear. For example, look at DMC3 Cerebus. Cerebus paws draw back for horizontal swipe, raise vertically before vertical smash. Cerebus dog head shakes and sits back before launching forward, and roars before ice comes down. This makes visual sense. For a player that hasn't seem something before, the animations here have so few keyframes that the only way to know what to do is if you've seen that attack before. In which case the animation and art is LITERALLY not doing its job.

    Another key problem with this game is the fundamental misunderstanding of design here with regards to flow. A lot of the time there's choice for how to deal with every attack. Eg. in DMC3 there's a safe approach, a less safe action, and super just-frame action using some bit of some move that lets you do more damage, for EVERY single move. Here what the designers did is like a scissors paper rock approach. Boss does thing, the ONLY thing you can do is this. Boss does this, here's my exact counter. Boss does this, the ONLY thing I can do is this. There's very very little choice. This is like an open world game where the open world is just one linear tunnel, like a narrative choice game with only 1 choice, like an RPG game with only 1 linear skill tree. The whole POINT of these games is so you have a whole kit of choices to deal with each attack.

    If the designer is reading this review, run this algorithm over your entire game:
    For i = every boss in this game:
    For j = every attack the boss can possibly do:
    For k = every button on the gamepad
    If you can't use button K to effectively deal with action j of boss i:
    Add a possibility for button K to effectively deal with action j of boss i to the game    … Full Review »
  3. zenxpowert
    Jan 15, 2018
    7
    A really fun game to play on the go,
    However,
    Cons: -Too much motion blurr -Bad Port -Glitches -Bad sound quality compare to other    A really fun game to play on the go,
    However,

    Cons:
    -Too much motion blurr
    -Bad Port
    -Glitches
    -Bad sound quality compare to other platforms
    -Drops under 30-20 fps

    Pros:
    -Bosses are challenging and each one can be approched how you want.
    -Each of your abilities allows you to play how you want (exemple range/melee)
    -Game is not repetitive but you will die and restart over.    … Full Review »
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