Furi

A rare boss marathon video game emerges featuring only intense boss battles, but also annoying walking simulating cut scenes in between, with a poor sense of direction and tanky controls. I get that they represent the slow break between fights but they could had been designed better.

Furi is an action game with gun and swordplay, as well as bullet hell segments. There is a goofy black man with a purple rabbit suit playing a role of narrator, split personality and unnatural presence, as he can warp anywhere pretty easily.

The cel shaded artstyle alongside the character designs are well met, and the fast paced action is very well programmed as each available movement is responsive, and boss attacks are varied, fluid and stylish.

Parrying in here is very satisfying, and sometimes you will need lightning reflexes in order to counter strike with massive damage. Your nameless protagonist is explained by the rabbit suit man to escape his prison, and after each fight, he will mumble philosophically a bit, and then brief you on the next opponent.

As observed by the special thanks section of the end credits, Game Bakers has very good taste with inspirations, thanking among others Hideki Kamiya, Shinji Mikami, Goichi Suda and Hidetaki Miyazaki for their very memorable products.

I’m sure they were referring among other products to Metal Gear Rising, No More Heroes, Dark Souls and God Hand then. Furi is a difficult journey with memorable boss fights in an otherwise non sensible presentation, and I recommend it for the hardcore gamers.

Rating: 7.7