Furi is a really short game, but it knows exactly what it wants to be, a great fighting system, with parrying that feels so good, great bosses, level design and ideas.

Story? It’s simple, nothing deep or complicated but it does the job.

And honestly. at first i hated the walking simulator between each boss because i just wanted to get back to fighting, but after every boss i became more and more impressed by the gorgeous worldbuilding that in the end, I didn’t want it to stop.
every boss has their own theme and style, with an absolutely amazing soundtrack that fits perfectly.

But i have to say that the final boss really disappointed me it was too easy that it didn't feel like it's an endgame boss,
Still, everything leading up to that point was genuinely impressive.

If you enjoy short, hack-and-slash games, Furi is absolutely worth a try.

Big thanks to KayZier for gifting me this incredible experience!

Pretty good overall, but it definitely has its negative quirks, if you are into this type of game, however, I think the positives outweigh the negatives, and it's worth giving it a chance. Combat and parrying are satisfying, the movement is fluid and decent with one exception I'll mention later, and although nothing changes about them throughout the game, they never start to feel boring. The bosses are all unique and a good amount of a challenge, sometimes feeling a bit too challenging, but you get the hang of their attacks and patterns fairly quickly, and with a bit of persistence will understand how to fight them soon after. The visuals are simple but nice, the plot is quite interesting, though there's not a lot to it, and the OST is fantastic.

Now, for the not-so-good parts, the dodge/dash is less than ideal, the distance feels unintuitive, in close combat encounters, it often feels like it's not going the direction you want it to, and the worst part, the dodge is actioned on button release, because the game uses the same button to charge a long dash. This makes dodging have a slight delay that is hard to get used to, and will have you late-dashing or dashing right into damage many times. It gets better with time, but never great.
One other thing, on many occasions, it feels like the game simply doesn't respect your time, in between bosses there are long, empty and painfully slow walks, where you can do nothing but watch the main character walk the slowest walk you've ever seen for minutes with nothing else to do (pressing the dodge button at least makes him walk by himself), also certain boss animations and fight stages feel like nothing but a time waste, that repeat every time you get downed, which will fuel frustration.

this game is in theory a very cool and fun game, and im not complaining about the controls. it just feels like a walking simulator in between fights, and the fights get a little repetitive quite quickly. still very cool game though, but not for me