Kung Fu Chaos

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Choose one of eight unique characters and fight it out on crazy interactive movie sets
• Every great move from Hong Kong is at your disposal -- gigantic leaps, hair-raising stunts, ten-against-one fights and more
• Unleash your most humiliating insults while you beat your opponents with punches and kicks
• It's even wilder and more fun when you're playing in multiplayer mode against your friends!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000086JXC
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: February 25, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,902 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Do you want to party like it’s 1979? Well pull up a seat grasshopper, and get ready for Kung Fu Chaos, a silly but fun party game that's basically a kung fu movie simulator. You pick one of eight fighters to "act" in various fighting scenes interspersed with party games--think Powerstone meets Fusion Frenzy. After a scene is finished, you can replay the level as a 1970’s kung fu movie, complete with commentary from fictional movie director Shao Ting.

Kung Fu Chaos has solid single and multiplayer play. In single player mode, you can play the Ninja challenge, which pits you against a clan of mysterious evil Ninjas. If you unlock enough areas in the Ninja Challenge, you can choose a character and jump into the single player Miniseries challenge, which has unique tasks for each character. If you opt for multiplayer, you’ve got the 12 level Championship game, where up to four human players can duke it out. There are also Battle Game, Freestyle, and Rehearsal modes, which can be played in either single or multiplayer.

The graphics and music are decent, not extraordinary. The game has a fun deformed-cartoon style, and the music includes both the theme from Enter the Dragon and Kung Fu Fighting. The voice acting is good too, especially during cut scenes and when characters taunt each other. The frame right stays smooth no matter how many characters are on the screen, which is good, but sometimes there is so much fast action on the screen (especially during multiplayer play), that you can easily lose track of your character.

Those who approach this game as a pure fighting game will be disappointed. The moves are fairly simple, and all of the players only have one special attack. It's meant to be played with pals: get a few friends together and it becomes a terrific kung-fu romp. Fight in Chinese restaurants, ancient temples, and spooky graveyards. Duke it out on a raft in the rapids while a T-Rex is chasing you. Save a princess, and just for laughs, hurl said princess at your enemies. Beat up ninjas in one scene, and throw life rafts to them in another. Power-up by successfully taunting your foes, and hear the baying donkey when you fail. This game is made for a party, and it's undeniably fun.--Bryan Karsh

Pros:

• Cheesy kung-fu movie style, complete with taunts
• Strong multiplayer and single player games
• Funny as a poorly written fortune cookie

Cons:

• Simple moves will disappoint fans of fighting games.

Product Description

Kung Fu Chaos is the fun brawler game that makes you the star of your own kung-fu movie!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of BAD reviews but it was fun to play, February 28, 2003

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K. Tran (Temple City, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Not many good reviews of this game, but I don't think the reviews are being fair. OK. This game does have bad moments such as the multiplayer, but I think the single player mode is interesting and fun. For example, they have some mini games in between levels such as throwing the princess at other players to knock them down. Other mini games include catching as many stuntmens from the roof as possible while trying to avoid being hit by falling cows, tables, and chairs. There is some replay value because you need to complete some levels with 5 stars to unlock hidden levels or characters. If you don't believe me, just rent the game and find out for yourself.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You make kung fu movie, February 28, 2003

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Ryan K. Hibbert (Riverton, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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As a huge fan of Kung Fu movies and just movies in general I found this game to be very amusing. First off the fighting in the game is solid. It is also great for those button mashers out there when you are playing in Battle game, but when in the ninja challenge it pays to know the combos. The game play is very straight forward and offers a good break from your standard fighting game. The closest game I could compare this too is super smash brothers on the gamecube. The game has a lot of depth and many unlockable modes of game play. The miniseries are great and when you unlock them it adds for some great diversion from ninja challenge. In battle mode you have team challenge or free for all and within those modes there are five different ways to play them.

You must first play through ninja challenge to unlock many of the play modes and battle modes as you earn 3 stars or more you can unlock the next level in ninja challenge. The levels are huge and very fun to play through. Though most people will be able to obtain 3 stars in ninja challenge you don't unlock much unless you obtain a perfect 5 stars on levels. This is a challenge and will put you to the test on most levels (though there are a few that you can easily do 5). The single player mode offers a lot but it is the multiplayer mode that really offers up the most fun. Pick up some friends and start saying "I know kung fu" .... This is especially fun to do if you don't want to listen to the games sound track. The game allows the use of the custom soundtrack feature so you can rip your own soundtrack to this wild and wacky kung fu movie. When you are done kickn' your friends trash sit back and watch a great edit of the scene you just made. These are hillarious and I will say it is one of the first games that make you want to watch the replay. So if you love Kung Fu and great lines like "There you are minding your own business when suddenly, ninja clan attack!" This is for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shocking, but ridiculously fun nonetheless, November 20, 2003

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Sinless Knight "S. Knight" (Virginia Beach, VA, USA) - See all my reviews

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When I first saw article reviews for Kung Fu Chaos, I was almost certain that it was a stupid game. One day, a friend brought along with two others, this title over to my room to play on my xbox. I almost wanted to smack him senseless for such imprudence. However, after playing this game for five minutes with four players, I was hooked! The game moves at lightning fast speed is extremely laughable along with entertaining. Gameplay never seems to slow down, and the game almost never grows boring. Even playing a 1 player game is a blast, given the fact that the computer A.I. is so clever the player will be challenged to their limits. By the way, the custom soundtracks system is excellent!! The game takes full advantage of the custom soundtracks system, so the player never really needs to worry about hearing the same-old boring dull tunes. After borrowing this game, I quickly ran out and grabbed a copy of it for myself! Anyone looking for gameplay debt similar to "Powerstone," needs to look no further. Kung Fu Chaos has come to save the day!! I can hardly wait for the sequel.