Karate Survivor (PC) (Demo)

Overview: A survivor game where the player character is fights enemies similar to being in a Jackie Chan movie.

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20241021:
Back to randomly choosing demos (as opposed to focusing on Metroidvanias), I decided to play Karate Survivor.

Setup: Controller.

Steam Game Time: 66 minutes

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First Impressions:
This game is awesome! Because I was catching up on work last week, I didn't have much time for demos. As such, I tried to play as many demos as I could today. In particular, I was intending on playing one about every twenty minutes. I could not, however, put this one down and I was shocked to find I played it for 66 minutes before stopping.

Although many advanced upgrades are blocked in the demo, the demo still features a variety of awesome attacks inspired by Jackie Chan movies:
- throw items at enemies (e.g., plates, bottles)
- use everyday objects as weapons (e.g., broom, bread)
- roll over surfaces (e.g., countertops)
- push objects into enemies (e.g., shopping cart)
- use the environment to attack enemies (e.g., open a refrigerator door)

While progression is slowed by upgrades, I believe this is typical in survivor games. Unfortunately, the only survivor game I am currently familiar with was a temporary game mode for League of Legends: Swarm. What I felt was different between this game and Swarm is how the upgrades help defeat higher difficulties, but that skill or correct choices are sufficient in succeeding at the lower abilities. In contrast, the progress in Karate Survivor feels slower, which is not fun.

Overall, while I was hooked, I think the game needs to be tweaked. Items feel so much stronger than attacks, but I think the gameplay needs to revolve primarily around the attacks. I think with the right tweaking this game could be 5.0 or over. As it stands, I'll give it a 4.8.

Demo Rating: 4.8 out of 5

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Karate Survivor (PC) (Demo)

Relevant Links:
Karate Survivor (Steam Store Page)