



Punch Club tells the story of a fighter who has seen his father murdered by a shadowy figure and is now trying to balance the complexity of life with the need to train hard to become good enough to avenge that monstrous act.įight Club, The Teenage Mutant Turtles, Rocky and more are referenced as the narrative progresses, but the development team is wise enough never to focus on any of the classic movies, instead taking small bits from each of them to enhance the atmosphere and the motivation for progress. Punch Club was created by Lazy Bear Games and published by tinyBuild and is offered on the PC and mobile devices. The actual fights in Punch Club are both complex and often frustrating, but they do manage to offer plenty of interesting choices for those players who are willing to spend the time to try out the various combinations and find the best mix to take out their opponents. The protagonist is driven by his need for revenge to live in a crap apartment and to consort with some unsavory characters while spending most of his time either earning money through low-level jobs or moving between activities that make him more powerful when it comes to brawls. Punch Club might be interpreted as a sly commentary on the difficulty of sticking to a long-term gym schedule on the complex decisions that a fighter needs to make when he steps into the ring with a new opponent.
