Review: Fury Unleashed (PlayStation 4)

Fury Unleashed is a combo-driven rogue-lite action-platformer – each kill you score increases your combo. Hit certain thresholds and your damage resistance and healing powers will kick in! It’s a game you can even beat in one, ultimate combo.

Pros:

• Decent hand-drawn graphics.
• 1.5gb download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Roguelike shooter gameplay.
• 2D perspective.
• Tutorial level.
• Local co-op support.
• Blood-on/off.
• Online leaderboards with filters.
• Four difficulties-easy and hard initially then unlock the further two.
• Four comics (worlds) to unlock and play.
• Game is played across the window panes of a comic book.
• Fast travel between window panes.
• Plays like a twin-stick shooter.
• Levels/loot/enemies/events randomise every run.
• Banging Rock soundtrack.
• Chests-loot inside can be equipped or turned into ink.
• Ink-used to level up at the end of a run, get skill points to pump into stats.
• Skill tree-unlock/upgrade stats, you can downgrade as well as upgrade.
• Breakable objects for loot in the levels.
• Combo counter that rewards health orbs.
• Ranged and melee attacks.
• Can air dash and double jump.
• Optional side quests for rewards.
• Miniboss encounters.
• Cool as hell weapons like nail guns and alien blasters.
• Rewarding.
• Good variety of enemy types.
• Big boss battles.
• Comic book style pop-ups.
• Full stats/bestiary/items found section.
• 11 characters to unlock.
• End of level breakdown.
• Customize a character and load out.
• Addictive.

Cons:

• No invert axis or sensitivity sliders.
• Only one control layout.
• Easy difficulty disables most trophies.
• RNG.
• Enemies can shoot through walls.
• Hard to always see your health.
• Difficult.