Fit check
Is Choice of Kung Fu worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who want a text-led fantasy story
- Kung-fu fans who want rival battles and chi-based abilities
- Players interested in romance and political choices within a fantasy narrative
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players expecting visual scenes or audio will hit a wall at the entirely text-based presentation.
- Players seeking direct, action-oriented combat may stop at the choice-driven novel format.
- Readers wanting a single fixed storyline may not suit the choices involving romance, identity, and political allegiance.
Our take on Choice of Kung Fu
The bounce point is the presentation: players expecting illustrated scenes, animation, or sound effects encounter text alone. Those looking for direct combat controls may also stop at the choice-based story structure.
What is Choice of Kung Fu?
Choice of Kung Fu is a fast-paced, text-based interactive fantasy novel in which decisions determine the story's direction.
The protagonist can pursue mastery of kung fu, use chi to manipulate universal energies, defeat rivals, seek romance, and aim to become the Imperial Champion. Character choices include playing as male or female and pursuing gay or straight relationships. The story also presents political alternatives: fighting foreign invaders or opposing the Emperor. Reaching the required status grants the right to ask the Dragon Sage a question. This immortal figure speaks only once every hundred years. The game uses no graphics or sound effects, presenting its fantasy world entirely through text and relying on the player's imagination.
How Choice of Kung Fu plays
- 01Choice-driven story
- Player decisions determine the direction of the interactive novel.
- 02Chi manipulation
- The protagonist can use chi to influence the universe's energies.
- 03Character identities
- The story allows male or female protagonists and gay or straight relationships.
- 04Political allegiances
- Players can oppose foreign invaders or rise against the Emperor.
- 05Dragon Sage question
- Becoming Imperial Champion grants the right to question an immortal who speaks once every hundred years.
Choice of Kung Fu compared to similar games
Choice of Kung Fu presents a text-based fantasy novel built around personal choices, chi, romance, political allegiance, and a question for the Dragon Sage. Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition is an RPG with exploration of a dangerous city, characters, and a soundtrack, while Back to the Dawn is an RPG focused on prison escape, fighting, investigation, and survival.
Choice of Kung Fu: platforms & release
Is Choice of Kung Fu worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who want a text-led fantasy story. Skip it if: players expecting visual scenes or audio will hit a wall at the entirely text-based presentation.
Where can I download Choice of Kung Fu?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Choice of Kung Fu's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Choice of Kung Fu on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
