Sifu First Mission

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Published on March 10, 2022 6:55:30 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI1Srt3Dzh8

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Sifu (2022)

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In a city in China, a group of five martial artists consisting of Fajar "The Botanist", Sean "The Fighter", Kuroki "The Artist", Jinfeng "The CEO", and Yang "The Leader" attack a martial arts school, massacring all of the students. Yang then confronts the school's sifu and demands he hand over the knowledge he seeks, revealing himself as a former student. The sifu resists and is killed by Yang, who subsequently finds the sifu's child and orders Fajar to kill them. However, the child is revived thanks to a magical talisman, though its power is limited as every time it is used, the user will suffer accelerated aging.

Eight years after the attack on the school, the child has become an accomplished Martial Artist, training him or herself to take revenge on Yang and his subordinates. The Martial Artist tracks them all down one by one, killing them after their duels (though it is possible to spare them on subsequent playthroughs). Eventually, the Martial Artist confronts Yang himself, who reveals he was originally banished from the school for attempting to use the Talisman to save his wife and daughter, which motivated him to kill his sifu in revenge. The Martial Artist and Yang then battle, with the Martial Artist eventually becoming the victor.

If the Martial Artist killed any of the targets, it is implied that they failed to follow the teachings of "Wude" and are revived back to their original starting point eight years in the past.
If the Martial Artist spared all of the targets, they eventually succumb to their wounds inflicted by Yang and die, but by following the teachings of "Wude", they achieve enlightenment. A post-credits scene then shows a sifu tending to their students with the Talisman in their possession, implying the Martial Artist survived, presumably revived by Yang as thanks for sparing him and to seek redemption for his sins.
The game is developed by Sloclap, who previously released their debut fighting game Absolver in 2017. Unlike Absolver, Sifu does not have multiplayer as the team wanted to focus on developing the gameplay and need not to spend time developing the infrastructure necessary for online games. The game was inspired by kung fu movies starring Jackie Chan, where Chan was shown defeating multiple enemies single-handedly. The term "sifu" (Chinese characters 師父) refers to "master" in Cantonese, and the combat style featured in the game is based on the Bak Mei style. The team consulted Benjamin Colussi, a Bak Mei kung fu master to ensure that the game was authentic. The game emphasizes "mastery through practice", a key value of kung fu which is reflected through the aging system.[6][7] The game was also designed to be difficult and features a sharp learning curve, as the team felt that players would not gain a feeling of mastery if the gameplay experience is too easy.[8]

Sloclap officially announced the game in February 2021 during Sony's State of Play livestream.[9] The team initially planned to release the game in 2021, but it was delayed to the following year to further polish the game and avoid overworking the team.[10] Sifu was released on 8 February 2022 for Windows via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, with players who purchase the Deluxe Edition having access the game 48 hours earlier, and receive a digital art book and the original soundtrack composed by Howie Lee.[11] A retail edition of the game, titled Sifu: Vengeance Edition, will be released by publisher Microids on May 3, 2022.

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