Sifu is satisfying as it is unforgiving. The difficulty may deter impatient players like myself, but what lies past the difficulty curve it is a very satifsying game that makes me feel like the kung fu master as portrayed in movies I love such as Enter the Dragon.

It took me an entire playthrough on student mode to practice the timing of the gameplay, but once it clicked, I was able to weather the storms of the standard difficulty and survive this journey. I would love a martial arts hack and slash, but the experience I got with the relentlessness of this game was very much enlightening.