Sifu

Overview

From Sloclap, the makers of Absolver. Sifu is a third-person action-adventure game set in a contemporary Chinese city, but with some light magic elements mixed in. The player's goal is to take revenge on a group of five assassins who murdered his family. By defeating enemies and progressing through the game, the player can learn new moves to use against increasingly difficult enemies and situations. However, the player's aging accelerates every time he dies, making him forget certain moves and losing vitality in exchange for stronger attacks. When the player dies enough times, he is forced to restart the game from his home as a 20-year-old student. But by spending enough experience, the player can permanently remember certain new moves through the following time loop.