Furi

Not to be confused with Mount Furi.
Furi
Developer(s) The Game Bakers
Publisher(s) The Game Bakers
Director(s) Emeric Thoa
Producer(s) Emeric Thoa
Designer(s)
  • Benjamin Le Moullec
  • Valentin Livi
  • Steven Slater
Programmer(s) Nam Hoang
Artist(s)
Writer(s) Audrey Leprince
Composer(s)
Engine Unity
Platform(s)

Release date(s)
  • Microsoft Windows & PlayStation 4‹See Tfd›
  • WW: 5 July 2016
  • Xbox One‹See Tfd›
  • WW: 2 December 2016
Genre(s) Action, shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player

Furi is an action shoot 'em up video game developed and published by indie studio The Game Bakers available for download on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game takes place in a planet on a colorful, retro, sci-fi universe. The game also boasts an original soundtrack.[1]

Gameplay

Furi is a fast-paced action game with Hack and Slash, twin-stick shoot 'em up, and "bullet hell" elements, consisting entirely of boss fights. The player's character goes by the names, The Rider and The Stranger, and the gameplay consists mostly of dodging bullets, parrying attacks, attacking the bosses by melee or shooting, and quick time events. The game is set in closed world environments, but exploration could still be done within them to reveal unique dialogues and plot points. Much of the game's story progresses through these interactions, along with fully animated cutscenes occurring typically before and after every boss fight.

Plot

A mysterious man known as The Stranger spends his existence receiving endless torture within a highly advanced prison, composed of ten islands floating in orbit above a planet's surface. At the beginning of the game, an enigmatic man wearing a rabbit costume who is known as The Architect, frees The Stranger, gives him a sword and gun, and encourages him to fight for his freedom: "The Jailer is the key. Kill him, and you'll be free." The Stranger must navigate each area, wherein dwells a single powerful guardian who exists only to prevent him from escaping: The Chain, a sadistic staff-wielding jailor who tortured The Stranger; The Strap, a prisoner armed with a laser cannon on her head driven mad from her imprisonment; The Line, a wise old man who wields a sword longer than his body and can manipulate time; The Scale, a vengeful diver armed with twin harpoons; The Hand, a noble knight who was responsible for imprisoning The Stranger in the first place; The Song, an angelic woman armed with twin crossbows who conceived the prison; The Voice, the architect who designed the prison; The Burst, a sniper and master tactician; The Edge, an oar-wielding warrior who dedicated his life to fighting The Stranger; and The Beat, a young woman who strives to guard the final door.

Upon defeating The Beat, The Rider is freed from the prison and is able to wander along the planet he was imprisoned from. The Rider realizes that his mere presence destroys all physical structures on the planet, including living things. Upon further exploration of the planet, he meets The Architect, who claims to have designed the prison to protect the planet, but wished to escape it with The Rider so that he could see his daughter again, who was outside the prison. Later exploring the planet more, The Rider ventures into a structure which holds an attachable device he uses to fly off the planet and into space to meet The Star, the mothership who created The Rider, and many other clones like him.

The game contains two normal endings, and a secret ending.[2] When facing The Star, the Rider can decide to either assimilate the planet or refuse to obey the mothership, thus prompting the tenth and final boss fight against The Star. By assimilating the planet, The Rider allows The Star to send out an army of other Riders like him to invade the planet. By refusing to obey the mothership and canceling the invasion, The Rider battles and destroys The Star, preventing the planet from being invaded. The secret ending can occur by accepting The Song's offer to stay in her sanctuary-like section of the prison, where she will provide for The Rider. She claims that this will make her the hero of all her people.[3]

Furi Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Carpenter Brut, Danger, The Toxic Avenger, Lorn, Scattle, Waveshaper, Kn1ght
Released July 5, 2016
Genre Electronic
Length 1:33:38
Producer The Game Bakers

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic(PC) 76/100[4]
(PS4) 77/100[5]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid7.5/10[6]
EGM8/10[7]
Game Informer6/10[8]
Game Revolution[9]
GameSpot8/10[10]
IGN6.8/10[11]
PC Gamer (US)86/100[12]
VideoGamer.com7/10[13]

Furi received "generally favorable" reviews, getting a critic score of 76 based off 12 critics on PC, and a 77 based off 37 critics on PlayStation 4 according to review aggregator Metacritic.[4][5] The game received similar Metacritic user scores of 7.3 on PC and 7.5 on the PlayStation 4 as well. [14][15] James Davenport of PC Gamer gave it an 86 out of 100, claiming it "is only held back by rare bugs and poorly designed difficulty spikes."[16] Jeff Marchiafava of Game Informer gave it a 6 out of 10, citing a lack of engagement in the environment and unforgiving difficulty as being detrimental to its success.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Furi Original Soundtrack, by Carpenter Brut, Danger, The Toxic Avenger, Lorn, Scattle, Waveshaper, Kn1ght". Furi. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  2. ↑ "Furi Endings Explained". One Angry Gamer. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  3. ↑ Duck360Gaming2 (2016-07-06), Furi: All Endings (PS4/1080p), retrieved 2016-12-04
  4. 1 2 "Furi for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Furi for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Devore, Jordan (5 July 2016). "Review: Furi". Destructoid. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Carsillo, Ray (6 July 2016). "Furi review". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Marchiafava, Jeff (14 July 2016). "Furi - A Stylish Fight With Frustration - PlayStation 4". Game Informer. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Blondeau, Elias (5 July 2016). "Furi Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Brown, Peter (9 July 2016). "Furi Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Rad, Chloi (13 July 2016). "Furi Review". IGN. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Davenport, James (6 July 2016). "Furi review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Orry, Tom (4 July 2016). "Furi Review". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Furi". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  15. ↑ "Furi". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  16. ↑ Davenport, James (July 6, 2016). "Furi Review".
  17. ↑ Marchiafava, Jeff (July 14, 2016). "Furi".

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