recapture arcade brawler magic
'Sifu' recaptures arcade brawler magic with a boxer's grace
The rogue-like elements are served up with a twist. Players can choose to either give up and start over, losing abilities that aren't permanently unlocked with experience points, or get back up and age up. Every decade lost brings increases to damage while decreasing available health. The challenge becomes finishing levels -- including grueling boss encounters -- without defeat. The game remembers the lowest age at which you beat a level when entering a new level, a sort of "save state" for future runs until you can beat levels flawlessly.