Path of Kung Fu
Last updated: 2025-04-03
- Engaging, innovative combat system is generally enjoyable.
- Authentic Wuxia world creates immersion.
- Developers are responsive and dedicated.
- Game feels unfinished and lacking content.
- Story lacks freedom and impact.
- Unappealing, generic character art.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 81%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 17%
- Protest reviews
- 2%
- 61%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 39%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 2154
- Negative points
- 3733
- Gameplay points
- 528
- Perf. points
- 32
- Rec. points
- 1035
- Misc points
- 176
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Engaging and innovative combat system | The combat system is a highlight, featuring unique weapon characteristics, diverse skill designs, and satisfying combos. The real-time combat provides a good sense of martial arts action, with some reviewers comparing it favorably to fighting games. The system allows skilled players to overcome higher-level opponents through skillful play and parrying. | 41% |
| Generally enjoyable and addictive | The game is generally enjoyable and addictive, with a decent story and art style. Many reviewers found the game fun, engaging, and worth purchasing, especially considering its reasonable price and the developers' consistent updates. Some reviewers noted the game's accessibility and suitability for casual players. | 41% |
| Good foundation with high potential | The game has a solid foundation with potential for expansion, offering a good degree of freedom and a rich storyline. Reviewers appreciate the ability to make morally questionable choices and the inclusion of Steam Workshop support for future content and modifications. The game's framework feels like it can accommodate a lot of gameplay content. | 31% |
| Authentic Wuxia world immersion | The game successfully captures the essence of Wuxia novels, immersing players in a martial arts world with a unique open-world design and a beautiful ink-wash painting style. The game's plot is surprisingly amazing, standing out among many Wuxia games. The game creates a realistic martial arts world where players are thrown into a corrupt novice village and can choose to be a 'hero' according to their own values. | 24% |
| Responsive and dedicated developers | The development team is highly responsive to player feedback, consistently updating and optimizing the game. This dedication and willingness to address concerns have led to significant improvements in the overall gaming experience. The frequent updates and positive attitude of the developers are commendable. | 18% |
| Excellent domestic Wuxia game | The game is praised as an excellent domestic martial arts game that captures the 'flavor of Jianghu' found in traditional martial arts novels. Reviewers appreciate the game's unique qualities and encourage the developers to add more content. The game is a good Wuxia game. | 10% |
| Appealing characters and romance | Many reviewers enjoyed the large number of female characters and the ability to romance them. The character development was well done, and the reviewers found no significant issues with the plot. The game features a village full of quirky characters, which the reviewer found interesting. | 8% |
| Rich storyline and detail | The game features a rich storyline with a substantial amount of dialogue and text, creating an immersive experience. The game world map is large, and the game has a high level of overall completion. The game has a dark and heavy plot. | 7% |
| Meaningful choices and guidance | The game attempts to guide players towards different playstyles through dialogue options and offers selectable difficulty levels. Side quests are engaging and avoid the feeling of repetitive grinding, with task hints providing a balanced experience without being overly intrusive. The characters have distinct personalities, allowing players to experience the complexity and warmth of human nature on their journey. | 6% |
| Highly immersive and captivating | The game is very immersive and has the potential to be a masterpiece upon completion. The reviewer found the game so engaging that they played it to the point of neglecting sleep and meals, indicating a highly captivating gameplay experience. The game has excellent music. | 5% |
| Well-developed characters and story | The character development is well-done, with notable transformations in characters. The plot and writing are very good and evoke a sense of the Jianghu (martial arts world). The storyline is engaging and has a strong Jianghu flavor. | 5% |
| Improved after plot modifications | The game has improved to a 70-point level after plot modifications. The development team responded to negative feedback by modifying the controversial dark storylines shortly after release. The plot has been revised and is now great. | 5% |
| Workshop enhances replayability | The Steam Workshop integration significantly enhances the gaming experience. The workshop feature allows for replacing character art, which helps the characters feel more alive and distinct, enhancing the story's immersion. The potential addition of Steam Workshop support in January significantly increases the game's replayability and modding possibilities. | 4% |
| Nostalgic and distinctive style | The game is reminiscent of a mobile game with a similar art style played long ago. The background music is reminiscent of the classic game "Xuan Yuan Sword: Tian Zhi Hen", evoking a sense of nostalgia. The game has its own style in UI design. | 4% |
| Mods improve character art | The "刀剑成熟时" mod is highly recommended for its high-quality character art that aligns well with the original game's style and character design. The reviewer finds the "Clear and Cool", "Cao Boss", and "Emerging Lotus" character art mods to be visually appealing. | 4% |