Punch Club
About
Punch Club is a cross between sports management and The Sims, packed together in the retro pixel-art style. The plot is based on the 1980s and 1990s action movie staples and is full of ironic references and quotes from them. You play as a young boxing prodigy whose father was murdered by a stranger. Your goal is to become a great sportsman and win a tournament, but also to investigate and avenge your father’s death. The player controls his character around the clock, making him exercise, eat, go to the job, buy food and other items, and interact with other characters.
Working out will improve the boxer’s main characteristics, such as strength and stamina, moving him towards his goal. But there are also essential Sims-like attributes like hunger and happiness that wear down during activities and need to be replenished. Money is also essential and can be earned by performing jobs and quests or by winning boxing matches. Before each fight, be it a match or an assault by a street gang, you choose a number of skills that the boxer will use this time. Completing quests will earn you favors from the other characters that will help you to advance the central plot and find the murderer.
System requirements for Xbox One
System requirements for Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04
- Processor: 1 GHz and up
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
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System requirements for PC
- OS: Windows XP and up
- Processor: 1 GHz and up
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Toaster
- Storage: 1 GB available space
System requirements for macOS
- OS: Lion (10.7)
- Processor: 1 GHz and up
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Any
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System requirements for PlayStation 4
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Punch Club reviews and comments
The problem is, there are also "secondary" stats that are used in your fights that you have to put an equivalent amount of time and resources into, and, worst of all, a very scant amount of time to actually work with. This effectively creates a constant grind, but...that's all. The grind is all there is. You aren't grinding in order to build up some vague dream of fun in the future, you aren't grinding in order to come to a satisfying payoff, you're just grinding. Empty, pointless grinding. It's like having a real tedious job except you don't even get paid. Depressing.
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Favorite Thing: I like the concept and the off-the-wall story and events.
Least Favorite Thing: It's grindy. Really, really grindy.
Date Completed: 2018-02-15
Playtime: 10h
Enjoyment: 7/10
Recommendation: If you don't mind a little (or a lot) of grinding then yeah.