Solving problems with violence is all that he’s good for. From the comics the player guides Fury through, we can see that the character initially doesn’t have much value. The art is gorgeous to match the comic-style source material, with bold colours and familiar yet memorable designs which evoke the sensation of reading a Modern Age graphic novel.īut here’s the ingenious conceit there’s an overarching story of Fury’s artist, John Kowalsky, struggling with expressing his creativity and losing faith in the value of Fury as a concept. The game’s levels are structured like chapters of a comic book, with each panel being a procedurally generated room of enemies that Fury needs to shoot dead. Fury is a stoic hero who solves problems by shooting them and has his bearings around every form of weapon imaginable, and so his prowess takes him to all sorts of universes, namely a vaguely Amazonian jungle, a fortress ruled by future-robot-Nazis and an alien mothership. The premise is that players take control of Fury, a generic comic book action hero in the vein of Flash Gordon or Turok. Let’s talk about Fury Unleashed’s story first. But it’s one of those games which is all-around competent, and then one little thing tips it over into greatness. And Fury Unleashed isn’t an exciting, original concept either, despite its long period of Early Access and the developer’s close communication with fans. I’d noted that its developer, the rather ordinarily-named Awesome Games Studio, previously made Yet Another Zombie Defense, a game which while competent also recognises its lack of originality in its title. though predictable rouge-lite mechanics and fantastic gameplay momentum. In my notes I’d written that it plays a little like Metal Slug and a lot like Comix Zone, I’d written that it has interesting. This isn’t how I anticipated starting this review. Each level will have its distinct comic book feel as well as enemies.Fury Unleashed is a far more heartfelt game than I expected it to be. Levels are hand designed and are procedurally generated. Choose the skillsets that will match your playstyle, change the appearance of your hero, heck, you can even use your own face graphic. You can also go through the game alone or with a friend in local co-op sessions.Ī lot of customizations are available for your hero. If you would want to breeze through the game, choose the easy mode, and set the parameters. The hard mode will be the ultimate challenge. In fact, you are able to finish the game with just that combo, you just have to play the game flawlessly.Ĭhoose the difficulty settings that will suit your skills. If you kill your enemies quickly enough, you are able to create one epic combo. The author, John Kowalsky is having a creativity slump, and it is up to you to help. Players will be battling inside the pages of a living comic book. The game is a combination of modern roguelite platforms and old school platformer shooters. If you enjoyed Contra, Metal Slug, Dead Cells, and Rogue Legacy, then you will surely enjoy Fury Unleashed. Fury Unleashed is an action, adventure, role-playing game that is developed and published by Awesome Games Studio.
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