60 Second Review of…Kung Fu ChaosMark's Review: When it comes to many console games,
I like to watch. So I watched my kids play Kung Fu Chaos, watched
them run to the Xbox right after school to continue to play it,
and watched (and heard) them burst into giggle fits over some of
the humor. This game wins on a couple of points: It's held their
interest far longer than most Xbox games, and it features the 70's
hit song Kung-Fu Fighting. The game loses by being far too
cutesy, however. I know Tom's into the cutesy console stuff, as
witnessed by his unconditional
love of Dark Cloud 2. I need realism in my games. For instance,
guns should shoot deathbeams. That's realistic. Kung Fu Chaos is
the type of game that if it had guns, and I don't think it does,
then the guns would shoot vegetables, probably rutabagas.
Tom's review: The Gex-style cultural references and
chop-sockey cinema riffs are good for a quick yuk, but they're ultimately
inconsequential. What really counts here are a) the solid fighting
system, which is fairly simple, but also fairly deep, and b) the
outrageous backdrops and surprisingly interactive environments.
I don't like Kung Fu Chaos because it's cutesy; I like it because
it is, at last, a suitable Powerstone replacement. And apparently
Mark's kids haven't figured out how to fire Lucy Cannon's shotgun,
because that spray of buckshots doesn't look like anything I've
ever seen in a salad. March10, 2003 |
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