Indie Corner: Claws of Furry

Welcome to our review of the brawler called Claws of Furry.

Punch and claw your way through forty fast-paced levels of pure mayhem, while honing your Ninja Cat skills, in order to rescue your Master from the evil claws of an unknown enemy.

Claws of Furry Claws of Furry creates a blend of today’s fast-paced action with classic arcade Beat’em up badassery. With four distinct environments with unique enemies, the challenge is always evolving. Multiple modes such as Rogue-like and Arena, and unlockable outfits with unique bonuses, will keep you coming back for more. Fear not the rogue-like though; with the Pussycat mode, you can play the game with checkpoints in every level, in a classic linear adventure. This will not make it much easier though, fast reflexes and a keen eye are required in order to survive the journey to free your Master. You don’t have to take this journey alone though; you can have a group of up to four people in local co-op!

For my gameplay, I mostly played solo and I must admit it felt a little dull. Enemies were very repetitive and boring. You have the ability to throw fish and most enemies can’t come close so you can finish them from afar. If they do get closer, just uppercut em upwards and keep mashing the button.

It does get harder, the boss fights involve some real brawling, but most of the time, I felt like it was mostly button mashing. The main attraction of the game was clearly directed at the co-op play and I asked my godchild and his younger brother for the assist.

Suddenly this dull and boring game became a source of laughter and fun. Especially the youngest was always laughing. While playing together, we always went right in, try to punch or slash the enemies as quickly as possible so they were unable to even hit us. Even boss fights were a lot easier.

The one thing we all disliked, being unable to skip conversations had by characters on screen. Sure, you need to follow the story, but when you fail to beat a boss, you need to see the convo every single time. I was not the only one annoyed by this, we all disliked this and while it did not annoy us enough to stop playing, it did bug us enough.
Claws of Furry is meant to be played with friends and was less fun while played along. The rogue edition where you just have 1 life was very unforgiving and might be the best part about playing alone. It hones your best skills and forces you to really use your best brawling skills. It needs to be freed up by clearing the first level first, which is not that much of a task, but still is out there.
In conclusion, Claws of Furry was not the best of games, but more like a fun occasional brawler, the money is in its co-op mode and not that energetic when playing solo.

6.5/10

Tested on Nintendo Switch