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Platform: Xbox |
Developer: Just Add Monsters |
Publisher: Microsoft |
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Genre: Fighting/Party |
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ETA: Spring 2003 |
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Kung Fu Chaos Kung
Fu Chaos is Microsoft’s latest attempt at a first-party fighting game,
following the awful Kakuto Chojin.
While Kakuto Chojin tried (unsuccessfully) to borrow a little something
from almost every previous big-name fighting game from Tekken to Mortal
Kombat, Kung Fu Chaos is using a fresh approach to fighting games. With
an actual story to drive the action, providing plenty of game modes, and
using a cartoony graphical and gameplay approach that does away with
M-rated bloodshed and makes the game more of a fighting game for not
only adults but also the younger family members too, Kung Fu Chaos
promises to be a much better fighter than Kakuto Chojin. Here’s
the official game info straight from Microsoft, who’s hoping to get
everybody Kung Fu fighting this spring: Kung
Fu Chaos is a funny and broadly appealing brawler game, inspired by the
'70s Kung Fu movie era. You fight as one of 9 characters (3 unlockable),
whose looks, moves and taunts are derived from the movie icons they
represent. Your quest for movie stardom places you on the dynamic set
and when the cameras start to role, you fight with over the top, Hong
Kong-style combat including leaps, flying limbs and multiple opponent
style action. It's Kung Fu action for up to 4 players, set to the
musical backdrop of appropriately themed anthems. Features: Smack Attack and Kung Fu style Combat: Pummel friends with slick combat moves, treachery, and taunts. Combat
involves physical and verbal attacks (taunts) for added game play
challenge. 70's
Kung Fu Style Characters and Humor: Characters
are a witty reprise of classic 70's movers and shakers and traditional
martial arts film icons. Nine characters are available to choose from (3
are unlockable). Each character designed to look, fight and hurl abuse
in its own kick-butt manner. Film
Sets as Environments: Twenty-one diverse levels. Moving
film sets provide dynamic and interactive environments in which to
fight. Accessible
but Deep: Rewarding and humorous fighting experience for first time players and non-fighting gamers alike. Characters
possess a discoverable and diverse set of fight moves that can be
mastered for added fun and competition. Music: Features
hallmark songs including Kung Fu Fighting, Enter The Dragon and others. Six
Game Play Modes: Ninja
Challenge - Choose an actor and fight your way through a clan of
mysterious evil ninjas on a series of spectacular movie sets! You must
play Ninja Challenge to unlock levels and characters for the other modes
of play.
Battle
Game - Choose a character and fight against your co-stars on the sets
and in the scenes of your choosing. You can either choose to fight
against AI, or up to 4 players can fight against one another on a single
Xbox.
Championship
- Choose a character and fight against your friends or the computer
through all three scenes of a single level. You can either choose to
fight against AI, or up to four players can fight against one another on
a single Xbox.
Variety
Game - Choose a character and get ready for a wild ride! Each
character's journey is different, and you never know which scene or
options you'll wind up with. You have to win in each scene to advance to
the next.
Freestyle
- Fight in an open arena against AI or with up to 4 players on a single
Xbox. The perfect place to perfect your Kung Fu technique.
Rehearsal
- Learn the basic battle moves to improve your Kung Fu technique. That’s a lot of gaming features on the way. While it looks and sounds promising right now, it’s hard to really get too charged up right now about Kung Fu Chaos because of two factors.
First, the game has been delayed from
its release much longer than expected; and second, Kakuto Chojin
doesn’t exactly give gamers the greatest confidence in what to expect
from Microsoft fighting games. Despite all that, what game action and
graphics I’ve seen on demo discs and on the official Kung Fu Chaos
website, it has a fighting chance of turning out a lot better than
Kakuto Chojin. It really shouldn’t be able to get any worse. -
Lee Cieniawa (January 22, 2003)
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