I vaguely recall reading about the aging mechanic in this game a while back, thinking 'oh that sounds like a cool idea, but a bit unforgiving for my tastes personally,' and then promptly forgetting about it. Five minutes in to this video and I'm making plans to buy it.
I guess this is another game going on the list of games Dan has played and I've bought. This includes just cause 2/3/4, littleandbig, skate 3, pain, mirror's edge, universe sandbox, red dead redemption, Gta 5, far cry, saints row 3, assassins creed black flag, gang beasts, blood dragon, half life 2 and more.
@Gary Baldi have you played this game? i think the game strikes a really good balance when it comes to difficulty. Switchting between a lot of weaker foes and only a few strong ones. it doesnt "just dump houndreds of enemies and increase health" repetitive animations is something i feared when starting the game, and of course you do see a lot of strings get repeated from enemies. Which is 1. a gameplay thing because it helps you learn and perfect the game and 2. its actually not that bad. There is a lot more variety in animations than i expected.
@Gary Baldi You must be someone that just doesn't like roguelike type gameplay. It's a great game, just not your style, which is understandable. I found that getting better and making the fights look cooler was a fun experience. The animations never really got old or repetitive to me.
@Gary BaldiI think its not a fair assessment that this game gets repetitive. I do agree finishing animtions can get pretty repetitive but they are not the "main way to kill". You get a lot of interaction through different moves and combos and are in no way forced to kill with executions, it is often enough not even faster. Especially on the lower lvl mobs of which you fight more in one combat encounter. Also where are those "repeated rooms"? this game has pretty well detailed lvls and routes. I do see, however, how this game CAN be played very repetitive (using the same combos into finisher works fine for a mayority of this game) and the fact that the game kinda puts the player in charge of making it diverse and interesting might feel blant. But since the game gives you a lot of options to diversify combat and make it very interactive i think its unfair to call it lazy in any way or form
@Gary Baldi u sure you played the game? you can lit. kill them in 2-3 hits without a finisher. This is mostly even faster than a finisher animation. But to hell with it. you do you man
I really love the red opening credits tutorial thing. That is so absolutely Shawscope style kung fu movie openings, where it's just the actors showing off their moves in an abstract space as a vague way of either showing the backstory or a passage of time.
I’m so glad this video exists. I’ve had Sifu for two months now and it set a high ass bar for the rest of the year’s game of the year contenders. Seeing Dan discover a game I’ve been obsessed with for weeks felt validating and exciting in a bunch of different ways
I love this game! But be warned, it is VERY hard. If spending time learning perfect dodges and running through levels over and over again is not your thing you should give it a miss 😂 But it is very satisfying and incredibly rewarding when you beat levels without dying.
I haven't watched your channel in years, at some point I lost an interest in doing what I enjoyed and just stopped watching youtube or playing games or doing anything else. I remembered you a couple hours ago, and since then I've been watching your videos, and it brings back the nastalgia I had when I was younger and still gives me the same feeling of happiness I used to feel watching your videos. Thank you for making such amazing videos, and for keeping the style that I loved and still love :)
I had to look up if this game was made by the same people who made Absolver, because it looks so similar and I loved that game. Turns out it is, Sloclap you beautiful bastards, you haven’t missed yet
@Gary Baldi yah even cod people are fighting back against the company, look what happened to battlefield. I don't purticularly like Grindy games too but if people enjoy it and it's fair and fun for them, whatever that doesn't mean it shouldn't exist, it doesn't affect me there is lot of games out there for people like me. If the company is getting greedy most people will notice it and fight back.
As someone who had 100% completed this game, which was very difficult, let me tell you and anyone else something. Once you have beat all the bosses.. do it again. But this time on their second phase, once you break their stance. Don't kill them. I repeat, once you see the execute thing, resist the instinct to hit it to finish the fight. Instead, keep breaking them down until you've broken their stance atleast once and have nearly emptied their health. (If you accidentally completely empty it, you'll auto kill them and have to do it again, sorry) Then, you'll see a D-pad option once they are near to breaking the second time. Press that, and something special happens. Especially after you've done it for all the bosses.
So idk if you noticed it or not because I didn't see you ever use them, but there are jade dragons throughout the level and when you see one you can use it to access the ability menu without having to die to unlock new abilities, they also replenish health. If you did use them or know about them already I'm sorry for telling you something you already know.
This looks like the kind of game where I'd get way too frustrated and overwhelmed. It LOOKS amazing, but unless it gets an easy mode it's huge skip from me.
After completing this game and rewatching the video that made me bought it the muscle memory of the game makes this a lil harder to watch. XD *Defect sound is recorded into my brain.*
@@ADTillion Valve is such a mixed bag of disappointment and frustration. It's pretty much the only company I have ever actually wanted to help. If I could I would hire A ridiculous number of writers and developers to set out on creating three entirely new games. And for the actual store I would try working with people like Jim Sterling to work out ways to curate the fucking ridiculous amount of garbage that slops onto steam. I dislike Steam being the only big fish in the water but at the same time I can't shake the feeling that something is VERY wrong with epic. That and I won't join in that bullshit exclusivity stuff. If a game goes epic exclusive then it's immediately off the table for me. I recently had a moment of clarity and decided that any company (in gaming) did something that in my eyes was immoral then I won't buy from them. No ubisoft, activision, rockstar, and no timed epic exclusives.
@@---Kai--- Amen to that. I live by the same Creed. Haven’t played any triple A stuff by any of those for a while and don’t plan to until they go bankrupt. One problematic company did go bankrupt, Telltale, but it was revived and the new folk claim they will avoid abuses for the next game, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
@@MixterChestnut It absolutely does matter what platform is used by the customer. If it's a company that makes money by predatory monetization then I will not support it. I'm of course referring to fortnight. Shoved full of addicting microtransactions that activates one's brain in the same way as casino style gambling. I will NOT support this. And on that point of better deals for devs: Steam has a much larger crowd than epic meaning selling on steam would mean more money than only selling on epic.
@@---Kai--- *Fortnite I think that person is referring to percentage of revenue share, not volume of sales. Like movies, games expect a certain amount of revenue at launch to avoid immediate bankruptcy, afterwards relying on promotions and media buzz during peak periods to keep the money coming in, and in such cases the percentage they get to keep in order to cover operating costs does matter. Epic also puts exclusives front and center while the steam algorithm can bury your game among a slew of lookalikes. Nintendo also gave better deals than valve, but of course, there are more worldwide PC players than Switch ones. Also, while steam is more widely used, Epic still has millions upon millions of users. Simply looking at how many folk are on Fortnite is a fraction of the total number of people that have it on their PC and get notifications for any new exclusive that comes out. I know because I use epic to get tons of free games, though I’ve never bought anything on it with real money. I prefer just getting codes off of Prime gaming, or Humble store.
This game also has incredible mod support. You can play as Neo, a power ranger, or my personal favorites the multiple Daredevil suit options.
Oooh that's interesting, I'll have to look into them.
So I'm buying this game now.
Not only can you play as a power ranger, you can play as a power ranger *who is fighting putties*
Don't forget the most important one though. Yes you can play as Shaggy from Scooby Doo.
@@pickledgoblin I just saw that one in a video. Strange but also excellent.
This is one of those games id love to see Dan come back too in a couple of weeks and show how much he's learned and become a kungfu master
Or it could be like Fallen Order where he gets steamrolled by the easiest optional boss fight.
It would be like when he revisited Super Hexagon
If I was a goon and the woman I just killed with a 2x4 got back up with grey hair… I’d be pretty terrified.
I vaguely recall reading about the aging mechanic in this game a while back, thinking 'oh that sounds like a cool idea, but a bit unforgiving for my tastes personally,' and then promptly forgetting about it. Five minutes in to this video and I'm making plans to buy it.
I guess this is another game going on the list of games Dan has played and I've bought. This includes just cause 2/3/4, littleandbig, skate 3, pain, mirror's edge, universe sandbox, red dead redemption, Gta 5, far cry, saints row 3, assassins creed black flag, gang beasts, blood dragon, half life 2 and more.
BuT LeT's pLaYs HuRt tHe SaLeS oF tHe ViDeO gAmEs
Add in Outer Wilds for me
@@Drewbydrew does anyone say that????
Dan has too much fun in Just Cause for me to ever play it. He just gets it on a different level that I could never achieve.
I agree with every bit of this
Damn, that Oldboy corridor fight reference lets me know this game knows the classics.
@Gary Baldi have you played this game? i think the game strikes a really good balance when it comes to difficulty. Switchting between a lot of weaker foes and only a few strong ones. it doesnt "just dump houndreds of enemies and increase health"
repetitive animations is something i feared when starting the game, and of course you do see a lot of strings get repeated from enemies. Which is 1. a gameplay thing because it helps you learn and perfect the game and 2. its actually not that bad. There is a lot more variety in animations than i expected.
@Gary Baldi You must be someone that just doesn't like roguelike type gameplay. It's a great game, just not your style, which is understandable. I found that getting better and making the fights look cooler was a fun experience. The animations never really got old or repetitive to me.
@Gary BaldiI think its not a fair assessment that this game gets repetitive. I do agree finishing animtions can get pretty repetitive but they are not the "main way to kill". You get a lot of interaction through different moves and combos and are in no way forced to kill with executions, it is often enough not even faster. Especially on the lower lvl mobs of which you fight more in one combat encounter.
Also where are those "repeated rooms"? this game has pretty well detailed lvls and routes.
I do see, however, how this game CAN be played very repetitive (using the same combos into finisher works fine for a mayority of this game) and the fact that the game kinda puts the player in charge of making it diverse and interesting might feel blant. But since the game gives you a lot of options to diversify combat and make it very interactive i think its unfair to call it lazy in any way or form
@Gary Baldi u sure you played the game? you can lit. kill them in 2-3 hits without a finisher. This is mostly even faster than a finisher animation. But to hell with it. you do you man
I really love the red opening credits tutorial thing. That is so absolutely Shawscope style kung fu movie openings, where it's just the actors showing off their moves in an abstract space as a vague way of either showing the backstory or a passage of time.
Dan, even though you don’t get as much views as you used to, keep making videos, you’ve been funny since 2011.
I’m so glad this video exists. I’ve had Sifu for two months now and it set a high ass bar for the rest of the year’s game of the year contenders. Seeing Dan discover a game I’ve been obsessed with for weeks felt validating and exciting in a bunch of different ways
So does the game really restart completely if you die in later levels?
@@A_Toastonawhiteplate yh but you can start on levels you beat
The idea is 6o do a single level really well
@@chindvids so if I die in level 3 I still have level 2 unlocked and don't have to start at the complete beginning?
If there ever comes a time where I don't hear
"zoom zoom zero"
I shall shed a single tear
I still miss the questionable tree row.
Can we get a nerdcubed completes on this please :3
I remember a Time when there were only like three of those and that makes me feel old as fauq
7:27 oldboy reference. Now I must buy this damned game
once I saw that hallway I was like "wait is that?" and then they went to side scroller and I literally squealed
I love this game! But be warned, it is VERY hard. If spending time learning perfect dodges and running through levels over and over again is not your thing you should give it a miss 😂 But it is very satisfying and incredibly rewarding when you beat levels without dying.
Sounds like Dark Souls.
My kind of game.
added to the list of amazing-looking games I'd never know exist without dan
Sifu means "teacher" or "master" in Cantonese. Lots of kung fu movies use the word.
Ok, 10 seconds in. I'm getting this game.
Ok that Oldboy homage is pretty damn cool
I wonder if the speedrun intentionally dies a bunch in order to get the higher damage?
I haven't watched your channel in years, at some point I lost an interest in doing what I enjoyed and just stopped watching youtube or playing games or doing anything else. I remembered you a couple hours ago, and since then I've been watching your videos, and it brings back the nastalgia I had when I was younger and still gives me the same feeling of happiness I used to feel watching your videos. Thank you for making such amazing videos, and for keeping the style that I loved and still love :)
Damn I haven't watched Nerdcubed in so long. glad to see he hasn't really changed
Would love to see a follow up of you closer to the end of the game; once you learn the fights, flying through the levels is addicting
I had to look up if this game was made by the same people who made Absolver, because it looks so similar and I loved that game. Turns out it is, Sloclap you beautiful bastards, you haven’t missed yet
theres even an absolver easter egg in this game ^^
Damn I love how great the free-flow cobat system is- how it feels, and how applicable it is
@Gary Baldi there is a reason why people love these type of games or it wouldn't do well in sales otherwise.
@Gary Baldi yah even cod people are fighting back against the company, look what happened to battlefield. I don't purticularly like Grindy games too but if people enjoy it and it's fair and fun for them, whatever that doesn't mean it shouldn't exist, it doesn't affect me there is lot of games out there for people like me. If the company is getting greedy most people will notice it and fight back.
@Gary Baldi oh ok i got it.
As someone who had 100% completed this game, which was very difficult, let me tell you and anyone else something.
Once you have beat all the bosses.. do it again. But this time on their second phase, once you break their stance. Don't kill them.
I repeat, once you see the execute thing, resist the instinct to hit it to finish the fight.
Instead, keep breaking them down until you've broken their stance atleast once and have nearly emptied their health. (If you accidentally completely empty it, you'll auto kill them and have to do it again, sorry)
Then, you'll see a D-pad option once they are near to breaking the second time. Press that, and something special happens. Especially after you've done it for all the bosses.
So idk if you noticed it or not because I didn't see you ever use them, but there are jade dragons throughout the level and when you see one you can use it to access the ability menu without having to die to unlock new abilities, they also replenish health. If you did use them or know about them already I'm sorry for telling you something you already know.
This gives me some serious sleeping dog combat warm fuzzies. I need to play that again. And get this when it's on sale.
This looks like the kind of game where I'd get way too frustrated and overwhelmed. It LOOKS amazing, but unless it gets an easy mode it's huge skip from me.
i sadly cant tell when but an easy mode for this game is coming along with other accessibility options. (.... and a hard mode....)
Devs confirmed the other day that difficulty options are early next month!
7:23
Sick Oldboy reference
omg I would LOVE a completes or streams of you playing this game. The replayability is great too.
After watching this, I so very badly want to watch Dan play Absolver. It's like if this game and Dark Souls had a baby.
I am not good at playing these types of games but looooove watching them, I hope you at least do a live stream! 😌
That death aging is very interesting. Will have to check this out
the only complaint I have of this game is how close the camera is it feels real claustrophobic
Dan, please make Sifu into a series!
hear me out, Slow Clap should make a rouge-like Star Wars game where you play as a Jedi during Order 66.
5 minutes in and I’m not watching any more of the video. I’m going to play this game!
Use the focus (L2). I always forgot to use it to begin with.
If you really like dodges take a look at Way of The Passive Fist. In that game 90% of your moves are dodges.
Can't say how many dozens of hours I've put in trying to get good endings..need Sean and Yang still and my real age is also going the fuck up!
holy shit if there ever was a game I'd love you to complete on the channel this might be it next to outer wilds, but you did that one already
Genuinely a fantastic game, wish I could play it.
Damn man I need to see more of this game holy hells bells
Pretty sure they got those chairs from Elden Ring
nerdcubed completes sifu!
This seems to be a banger, I've not heard if sifu before but I'm definitely checking it out now 👍🏻
This looks like Hatred meets Absolver
edit: so apparently its a Sloclap game, that explains the Absolver connection lmao
if Insomniac make a Daredevil Game this what they should be taking notes from.
okay the billie piper joke got me
3:31
You will try...
This would be an amazing completes series
id love to see more of this pls
I need this to come to the switch now
Stream this or else I will have to unleash my kung fu moves on you
After completing this game and rewatching the video that made me bought it the muscle memory of the game makes this a lil harder to watch. XD *Defect sound is recorded into my brain.*
Wow. It's like the combat you pretend to be able to do in games, but actually doing it.
Sifu means 'master' in Chinese and is therefore an honourary and not a name.
cant wait for the epic games exclusivity to end for this one, looks like a lot of fun
I’m not one for fighting games, but holy shit that looks incredible. I might actually pick this up
Just platinumed this masterpiece
God a nerd completes of this would be amazing
new completes or permadeath?
i love this game, But it’s so fuckin hard.
this game is cool as hell
Damn. Just saw that this was another epic exclusive.
You can get it on PlayStation instead, but that’ll depend on where you place Sony on the ethical scale between epic and Valve.
@@ADTillion Valve is such a mixed bag of disappointment and frustration. It's pretty much the only company I have ever actually wanted to help. If I could I would hire A ridiculous number of writers and developers to set out on creating three entirely new games. And for the actual store I would try working with people like Jim Sterling to work out ways to curate the fucking ridiculous amount of garbage that slops onto steam. I dislike Steam being the only big fish in the water but at the same time I can't shake the feeling that something is VERY wrong with epic. That and I won't join in that bullshit exclusivity stuff. If a game goes epic exclusive then it's immediately off the table for me. I recently had a moment of clarity and decided that any company (in gaming) did something that in my eyes was immoral then I won't buy from them. No ubisoft, activision, rockstar, and no timed epic exclusives.
@@---Kai--- Amen to that. I live by the same Creed. Haven’t played any triple A stuff by any of those for a while and don’t plan to until they go bankrupt.
One problematic company did go bankrupt, Telltale, but it was revived and the new folk claim they will avoid abuses for the next game, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
@@MixterChestnut It absolutely does matter what platform is used by the customer. If it's a company that makes money by predatory monetization then I will not support it. I'm of course referring to fortnight. Shoved full of addicting microtransactions that activates one's brain in the same way as casino style gambling. I will NOT support this. And on that point of better deals for devs: Steam has a much larger crowd than epic meaning selling on steam would mean more money than only selling on epic.
@@---Kai--- *Fortnite
I think that person is referring to percentage of revenue share, not volume of sales. Like movies, games expect a certain amount of revenue at launch to avoid immediate bankruptcy, afterwards relying on promotions and media buzz during peak periods to keep the money coming in, and in such cases the percentage they get to keep in order to cover operating costs does matter. Epic also puts exclusives front and center while the steam algorithm can bury your game among a slew of lookalikes.
Nintendo also gave better deals than valve, but of course, there are more worldwide PC players than Switch ones. Also, while steam is more widely used, Epic still has millions upon millions of users. Simply looking at how many folk are on Fortnite is a fraction of the total number of people that have it on their PC and get notifications for any new exclusive that comes out. I know because I use epic to get tons of free games, though I’ve never bought anything on it with real money. I prefer just getting codes off of Prime gaming, or Humble store.
this video made me zoomzoom my zero
Please a completes series of this, please!!!
daniel pls play the new stanley parable im begging 😭
Hello procrastinators came back??? Dan I love you
Been back for years
i hope he streams it
*Patreons, not Patreon's.
Got a commercial for kung fu training dummies under this video...
sifu isn't the name of a person, it means teacher or knowledgeable person, fyi
this game is gorgeous!!
Play through
I wish I was good enough at video games to enjoy this game. I definitely am not
Love ya Dan!
This looks sick, will you be streaming it?
Can we pretty please get a Nerdcubed completes?
As someone who eventually 100% the game with a no hit run, it was kinda fun sure.
You gotta play this on stream, you just gotta
this game looks fucking incredible but I'm not gonna buy it because I know I'd suck lmao
Dan can you please upload more of this maybe if you want I wanna see more
Great video and great game
Bro is about 3 months late
i hope that this comes to switch someday
Please do more!
hey
I want a fucking completes of this
this reminds me slightly of metal gear rising somehow but idk how lmao maybe the healthbars idk?
moar
NerdCubed completes please, thanks yeah ta
This game looks epic!!! Might have to invest haha
Please make this a seris
Why do your videos get so little views? Are they shadow blocked or something