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A truly unique take on ragdoll combat. TURN BASED ragdoll combat.

Let me start by saying this: This game is by no means a hand holder, even with tutorials and moveset libraries you can create yourself or have inputted by a config.

When I first played the game, it was like 2012 or 2013 where I started to actually play the game, I found it on a whim when browsing online for the typical searches of "Best sandbox games to play"; I happened to get into Garry's Mod and Terraria, as well as other games, and no game during that experimental phase of "Random ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ go!" really peaked my interests as much as Toribash did.

Turned based animation crafting that manages to also simulate fighting and sandbox styled DIY gameplay WITH ambient styled music that wasn't an ear violation everytime I booted up the game was really fun.

There were things I just didn't know how to do at the time such as creating texture packs, flame forging, and creating mods for the game that I would say I have the capability to now, and more, yet there's one thing I prize to notice and acknowledge above all else after coming back to the game on and off and that is, how much I loved just randomly relaxing in the fight and starting from a blank slate (as bad as that would be in a lot of mods I like to play.)

Here are some of my favorite gamemodes that were popular when I was playing if we go by servers being more than 10 people:

Boxshu, Aikido, Greykido, Aikido Big Dojo, Ninjutsu (You start in the air.)

For fun gamemodes there was a lot of parkour and stunt maps such as assassins creed mod and those were always fun to do (even if you didn't really know how to run all that well.)


But if there was one thing I could say this game does well even to the detriment to others gameplay, that would be the fact that you have freedom.


Freedom to mod, change gravity, change how the map looked, how easy or difficult you would like things to go from fracturing at worse to full on exploding, shaders and atmospheres (that were added into the game recently I believe within a couple years.) and much more like changing how even your tori (your character) had looked.

If there was one thing I could mention just in case anyone who is new to the game has absolutely no idea what they're doing, here's a few links for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A17R-2RtDTs&list=PLEFmHCQRBf0CdsFtAL9N5g5fHZ6HwTqap (For Non Link Clickers): How To Play Toribash Series - ConCon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ezVu0-GxrI&list=PLEFmHCQRBf0B68XcxjseSOq6XJZx-L18h (For Non Link Clickers): Toribash Move Tutorials - ConCon

I found these a long time ago and with focus and doing a bit of tutorial delving yourself or just DIY'ng and having a more real approach I.E studying from real life martial arts and examples (Im looking at all of you mma fighting mod players LOL.) that is also highly applicable since there are mods that try to have the numbers as close to real simulation as possible so players can actually attempt to do some really fun and difficult but highly rewarding gameplay.

If you're someone like me who was able to find this game on a whim too, it's really fun, it's what you'll expect from the videos, and there's tutorials already in the game for you to attempt so you don't look like you're learning how to move for the first time I.E (Shoveling everyone out of the box strategy or falling on the ground and DQ'ing because of your elbow strategy LOL.)

Give the game a try, it's great, it's fun to play solo by crafting your own animations with Uke and just learning, if the lobbies are highly active I would avoid betting lobbies and just look for casual non-ranked play until you're comfortable.


Just remember, the game is separate from the players, if you ever have a problem with the players don't blame the game, you can craft your own fun from this game, and when you grasp that understanding there are some things you will just do while playing that will make you absolutely say "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I DID THAT?".

What are you waiting for? You're faster than this. Don't think you are, know you are. Come on. Stop trying to hit me and hit me! ~ Morpheus

Here's my goodbye for the review:

AVERAGE TORIBASH LOBBY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12u1nA7bXzc (For Non Link Clickers:) Matrix - Neo vs. morpheus Full 1080p HD @YouINeedIMe on youtube.