If there’s one thing I’ve noticed about PC games recently, it’s that we’re
continually being distanced from other players. Back when levels looked like
they’d been clumsily tacked together out of cardboard, we’d run at each other
with a whole array of crazy weapons, getting into the thick of it with rocket
launchers, chainsaws and pretty much anything else that made a huge gaping hole
wherever your crosshair was pointing. Nowadays however, with our shiny graphics
cards that can process huge environments, we’re encouraged to submerge into the
shadows and watch the world through our battered rifle scopes; finger poised
over the mouse button to strike. Where is the physical contact? The glorious,
honourable, enthralling dance of hand-to-hand combat? Well, if you’re willing to
take a step on the slightly crazy side for once, and experience something
original; it’s just about to smack you in the face in the form of Rag Doll Kung
Fu.
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