{"id":3464,"date":"2022-07-11T15:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/11\/review-f-i-s-t-forged-in-shadow-torch-frustratingly-close-to-metroidvania-greatness\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T15:14:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T15:14:41","slug":"review-f-i-s-t-forged-in-shadow-torch-frustratingly-close-to-metroidvania-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/11\/review-f-i-s-t-forged-in-shadow-torch-frustratingly-close-to-metroidvania-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch – Frustratingly Close To Metroidvania Greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"

And here comes a giant fist!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get it out of the way. FIST: Forged in Shadow Torch<\/a> on the Nintendo Switch is a frustrating game. Not in the sense that it\u2019s difficult, but rather that it is so frustratingly close to being something great and doesn’t quite make it. Like doing a pole vault and you crack your ankle on the pole. There\u2019s a lot of good stuff in here, but a mixture of the game falling short of its potential and the Switch hardware struggling to keep up makes this one a bit harder to recommend.<\/p>\n

Developed by Shanghai-based TiGames in conjunction with Sony\u2019s \u2018China Hero Project\u2019 initiative, FIST launched on PlayStation consoles and PC in 2021 before now making its way to Switch almost a year later. It’s a dieselpunk Metroidvania<\/a> in which you assume the role of an anthropomorphic rabbit named Rayton; a former pilot who has to take up ‘arm’ to fight back against the legion and their elite squadron, the Iron Dogs, who have occupied his home of Torch City. The arm in question quite literally being a giant arm that straps to Ray\u2019s back \u2014 the eponymous FIST.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Review: F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch – Frustratingly Close To Metroidvania Greatness<\/p>\n

And here comes a giant fist!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get it out of the way. FIST: Forged in Shadow Torch<\/a> on the Nintendo Switch is a frustrating game. Not in the sense that it\u2019s difficult, but rather that it is so frustratingly close to being something great and doesn’t quite make it. Like doing a pole vault and you crack your ankle on the pole. There\u2019s a lot of good stuff in here, but a mixture of the game falling short of its potential and the Switch hardware struggling to keep up makes this one a bit harder to recommend.<\/p>\n

Developed by Shanghai-based TiGames in conjunction with Sony\u2019s \u2018China Hero Project\u2019 initiative, FIST launched on PlayStation consoles and PC in 2021 before now making its way to Switch almost a year later. It’s a dieselpunk Metroidvania<\/a> in which you assume the role of an anthropomorphic rabbit named Rayton; a former pilot who has to take up ‘arm’ to fight back against the legion and their elite squadron, the Iron Dogs, who have occupied his home of Torch City. The arm in question quite literally being a giant arm that straps to Ray\u2019s back \u2014 the eponymous FIST.<\/p>\n

Read the full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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