Furi

Furi is an action shoot-'em-up video game developed and published by The Game Bakers, taking place in a retro-futuristic world and consisting entirely of boss fights.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) You read right in the beginning, there are no small enemies, no random encounters, none of that nonsense. Instead, like Shadow of the Colossus, it's all boss fights, only these bosses are on a much smaller scale and have you fight in intense combat instead.
 * 2) A very interesting gameplay design, where it combines both shoot-'em-up and bullet hell styles with hack-'n-slash style gameplay, combining both very well in each of the boss fights.
 * 3) Speaking of the bosses, all of them are unique, with their own environments, move sets, and so on. Some will attack you closer, some further away, and some will even use your own attacks against you in defense, making all of them very dynamic and interesting.
 * 4) The Edge is probably the best of the bosses, as you can't use your gun and only use close-quarters combat instead, then he changes his area after his second faze and uses an oar that shoots fire, forcing you to react quickly, dodge and block precisely, and strike when the time is right. Also, both parties cause a lot of damage with each hit, making it perhaps the most dynamic fight in the game.
 * 5) Interesting graphical style that takes a retro 80s style of color mixed with cel-shaded graphics
 * 6) Awesome music, with every boss having their own environment and battle themes, and it has an interesting techno style to it.
 * 7) There's three endings in the game. If you take The Song's offer and stay with her, that leads to a secret ending. Otherwise, there's two others depending on whether or not you decide to fight the final optional boss.
 * 8) Speaking of optional bosses, there's also a DLC boss called The Flame which adds to the challenge and if you beat that one and all the others on the highest difficulty, you'll unlock a secret boss named Bernard that's an amalgamation of all the other bosses.
 * 9) Pretty good voice acting for the most part.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The story, while secondary to the game, is pretty bare bones and has no real substance to it. It's literally just boss fights and the attempt at a story seems unnecessary for the most part.
 * 2) The main character, Rider, doesn't talk at all and doesn't display any real personality.
 * 3) While the bosses are all unique, some have frustrating difficulty spikes, especially The Scale, The Line, and The Star (which is probably the most unfair and unfun boss in the game, thankfully it's optional), and The Beat is a bit too easy by comparison.
 * 4) Some of the voice acting is pretty bad.
 * 5) The walking segments before and after each boss are pretty pointless. Sure, they do an excellent job setting up the atmosphere for each one and the music is great, but there's no collectibles, no reason to explore, and a button that makes you auto-walk, making it even more pointless. They could've just as easily made these cutscenes.