Action! Kung Fu! Stickmen? If you want to play a game that makes you feel like a badass, I found the game for you. One Finger Death Punch.

One Finger Death Punch is an action brawler where you only use 2 buttons, the left and the right mouse button, to defeat hordes of enemies coming at you. Easy you think? Not really. The game is surprisingly challenging especially if you don’t get into the rhythm of it. And don’t think you can just button mash. The game strongly discourages it. Button mashing usually leads to you missing attacks and leaves you open to attacks from your enemies. But when you get into the feel of the game you can’t help but feel awesome; especially when you take out a Brawler, an enemy that requires you to hit him with a series of clicks in a certain order to kill him.

While you are mainly unarmed in the game, you are able to pick up weapons dropped by enemies you defeat. These include bows and daggers, which can be thrown at enemies far away as well as kill tougher enemies in one shot. You can also pick up a variety of melee weapons like swords, staves, and even a broom at one point, that allow you to have a further reach to take out more enemies faster.

The main game mode of the game is a Mob mode where you have to just straight up defeat all the enemies that come at you. To break it up a bit, they have other “game modes” scattered between,
including a Timed mode (kill everything before time runs out), a Defender mode (deflect knives being thrown at you), a Smash mode (toss enemies into buildings and items), a Light ‘Blade’ mode (fight with a light saber), and many more modes. There is even a Boss mode which puts you against a single tough enemy.

The aesthetic of the game is quite interesting. The general graphics make the game look like it is older than it is; kind of like an old arcade game or old console game. The general overall feel of the game feels inspired by old martial art films. They even have a game mode that is sort of homage to this where everything is grey with a film grain. Even the music and sound effects contribute to this. One of the things I enjoyed most about the aesthetic of the game is that even though your character is just a stickman, you can tell that he is actually doing various martial art moves. The game switches between a few different forms of martial arts: Flying Crane, Eagle Claw, and Shaolin Tiger. They even have a Drunken Master form which seems to only be used in the Boss mode.

All in all, One Finger Death Punch is an addicting, fun beat them up that makes you feel awesome for just pressing two buttons. And I can’t wait to try to get a perfect score on all levels. I definitely recommend it. It’s a fun game for an awesome price.

You can buy it on Steam, Desura, or Xbox 360.

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