Pass the Punch
Pass The Punch follows the story of Rush, a resident of New Atlas, as she fights the dastardly villains King Crab and Red Velvet, who are hell-bent turning Rush’s favourite hangouts into lifeless, corporate…
Pass the Punch is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Sumo India, released 10 December 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and iOS.
What Pass the Punch is
Pass the Punch is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Sumo India and released in 2020. It was published by Sumo Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pass The Punch follows the story of Rush, a resident of New Atlas, as she fights the dastardly villains King Crab and Red Velvet, who are hell-bent turning Rush’s favourite hangouts into lifeless, corporate franchises. It’s up to Rush and her three friends to claim back their city for the people! The residents of New Atlas can transform into powerful beings with abilities based on their everyday lives. Rush is a gym owner who transforms into a lightspeed boxing champion and her buddy Claud is a LARPer whose foam sword grants the ability to turn into a badass berserker. Players can choose to fight as Rush, Claud, Beetle or Wizard to battle hyper-aggressive hot sauce bottles, disco-dancing…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Pass the Punch launched on 10 December 2020, within three weeks of Cyberpunk 2077, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Omori and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. It arrived 7 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Cyberpunk 2077, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Omori, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
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