#platform fighter
#platform fighter
by Amr (@siegarettes)
When Umihara Kawase Bazooka was announced, I was skeptical. The franchise has had its share of left field outings and cameos–to mixed success–and I wasn’t sure that the series’ signature wire action physics would translate to the hectic pace of a platform fighter. Well, after a strange, staggered release, Umihara Kawase Bazooka is finally here on the Switch and I can confidently say that my concerns were mostly unfounded–at least as far as the singleplayer goes.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Curly joins me to take a look at Roof Rage, a platform fighter in the style of TMNT Smash Up or Super Smash Brothers.
by Amr (@siegarettes)
Roof Rage has a strong pitch. It brings the aesthetics of Asian martial arts films and melds them with the acrobatic combat of platform fighters. It feels almost obvious. It helps that each of the genres have become so culturally ingrained. The flow of the game feels familiar thanks to my time with games like Smash Bros and Rivals of Aether, and each character front loaded a lot about how they play through the use of martial arts archetypes. It’s mostly successful, though it stumbles at times, failing to interrogate certain aspects, or communicating its ideas inconsistently.
