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I get that there’s a grind to it, but I think most games like this put a carrot on the end of the stick. Grinding through Sifu felt like just being beaten with a stick. I think it's also worth noting that Sifu was developed by a European development team and some aspects of the game do come off as culturally tone-deaf. I suggest checking out this article by Khee Hoon Chan for more about that aspect of Sifu. There are so many games out there that do what Sifu does only better. Honestly, if you want a punishing grind where your efforts will actually pay off you’re probably better off just taking a Kung-Fu class in real life.","2025-02-08T09:12:09.048127-05:00",{"id":192,"logo":952,"name":953,"slug":954,"tags":327,"bluesky":26,"twitter":954,"youtube":955,"facebook":954,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":956,"website_url":957,"score_format":46,"average_score":78,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":958,"news_editor_email":959,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":260,"reviews_editor_email":960,"editor_in_chief_email":961,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FShackNews-Logo.jpg","ShackNews","shacknews","Shacknewsgames","Gaming News on the Cutting Edge of Technology.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002F","Canton, OH","tj.denzer@shacknews.com","bill.lavoy@shacknews.com","asif.khan@shacknews.com",{"id":963,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":964,"author":965,"original_score":971,"normalized_score":972,"review_url":973,"review_date":378,"summary":974,"created_at":975,"updated_at":975,"author_id":966,"last_edited_at":975,"outlet":976},83238,128,{"id":966,"bio":26,"name":967,"avg_score":968,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":969,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":970,"claim_token":26,"article_count":848,"claimed_by_user_id":26},6610,"Karl Smart",68.15384615384616,"2025-02-25T12:00:40.46806-05:00","2026-01-22T14:40:22.603637-05:00","3.0\u002F5",60,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F2022\u002F02\u002Fsifu-review\u002F","Sifu is one of those games that sounds amazing in concept but is flawed in its execution. Playing as the unnamed martial arts master feels badass when it works, but once those deaths start to pile up, Sifu becomes such a punishing game that, more often than not, it will see you rage quitting the game for something more balanced and refined.","2025-02-25T19:20:40.380109-05:00",{"id":964,"logo":977,"name":978,"slug":979,"tags":26,"bluesky":980,"twitter":981,"youtube":65,"facebook":982,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":983,"website_url":984,"score_format":77,"average_score":47,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":985,"stats_updated_at":986,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":987,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":410,"active_authors_count":515,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":987,"editor_in_chief_email":987,"published_authors_count":988,"published_reviews_count":989},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FThe-Outerhaven-Logo.jpeg","The OuterHaven","the-outerhaven","theouterhaven.net","TheOuterHaven","Theouterhaven","http:\u002F\u002FTheouterhaven.net is an independent media outlet bringing you brutally honest coverage of video games, anime, manga.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theouterhaven.net\u002F","2026-02-17","2026-02-18T13:36:24.504381","Keith@theouterhaven.net",56,609,{"id":991,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":988,"author":992,"original_score":218,"normalized_score":947,"review_url":999,"review_date":378,"summary":1000,"created_at":1001,"updated_at":1001,"author_id":993,"last_edited_at":1001,"outlet":1002},78730,{"id":993,"bio":26,"name":994,"avg_score":995,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":996,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":997,"claim_token":26,"article_count":998,"claimed_by_user_id":26},5575,"Jason Coles",72.912,"2025-02-05T21:49:09.693766-05:00","2026-07-28T12:33:21.71057-04:00",137,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F2022\u002F02\u002F06\u002Fsifu-review-ps5-pc-ps4\u002F","Sifu is a game that I wanted to love. I had high hopes for it being one of my game of the year contenders, but it left me feeling intensely deflated instead. It's a game that confuses the precise mechanical difficulty of Sekiro with a forced difficulty brought on by simply giving bosses armour. I find myself irrationally angry with Sifu. Sifu is a game that had exceptional potential, but squandered it on the wrong lessons.","2025-02-10T15:03:02.268008-05:00",{"id":988,"logo":1003,"name":1004,"slug":1005,"tags":100,"bluesky":1006,"twitter":1004,"youtube":1005,"facebook":1004,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":1007,"website_url":1008,"score_format":46,"average_score":1009,"default_timezone":48,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":49,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":1010,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":1011,"editor_in_chief_email":1012,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheSixthAxis-Logo.jpg","TheSixthAxis","thesixthaxis","thesixthaxis.bsky.social","All the latest videos gaming news, reviews, guides, and opinion.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thesixthaxis.com\u002F",73,"aran@thesixthaxis.com","dom@thesixthaxis.com","teflon@thesixthaxis.com"]