Thunder Ray Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published October 4, 2024 · Updated September 30, 2024

Thunder Ray Review, Step into the ring and experience the adrenaline-pumping action of our retro arcade boxing game, but with a modern twist! Get ready to throw jabs, hooks, and uppercuts as you face off against a roster of colorful and eccentric opponents. The game features meticulously crafted HD animations, bringing each character to life with stunning detail and fluid movements.

Thunder Ray Review Pros:

Glorious graphics.
801.9MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Two controller layout choices.
Three game modes – fighter path, forgotten duels, and survival rumble.
The fighter path has three difficulties – rookie, contender, and beast.
Excellent cutscenes and voice work.
Opening tutorial for the controls.
Has excellent presentations.
In-game, it’s like a super fast anime-like boxing game.
Boxing gameplay.
The controls allow you to punch high, punch low, hard punch high and low, block, and dodge. As you deal damage you build up a super attack.
Cool slow-motion final hit.
Huge neon graphics pop up.
After a match, you get a rank and time taken.
You can change the difficulty after each match.
Every opponent is memorable.
Simple easy-to-learn controls.
The controls show on the loading screens.
Fast loading times.
When your opponent is down you smash X to get health back.
Takes a lot of inspiration from the story to the view of it all from the classic NES game Punch Out.
You win by three knockdowns or a ten count.
When building your special attack there are three stages of it each dealing different amounts of damage and animation. You can trigger it at any level.
Combo counter.