Peter Lopez
Pure NintendoReview: Punch Club (Nintendo Switch)
Published 6/28/2018
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PS4 / Linux / 3DS / Android / PC / iOS / Mac / XONE / Switch - 1/8/2016
Punch Club
Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon. Punch Club is a boxing tycoon management game with multiple branching story lines. Your goal is clear, but how you get there depends on whether you want to legitimately climb the rankings, or take the more ridiculous, shady route. Along the way you'll want to focus your talents. Will you take the Way of the Tiger, the Way of the Turtle, or the Way of the [other one?]? Your strength, accuracy and agility all depends on whichever Way enlightens your path. Do you have stripes, or flippers? And every decision will matter, especially in your social life. You'll be juggling friendships, love life, work, recreational time, relationships, and possible stardom, all alongside your gym time and fighting aligators. It's not all just pumping iron, you know.
- Developer
- Lazy Bear Games
- Publisher
- tinyBuild
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40–100
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The critic average is 70 across 17 scored reviews, with a 60-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the Below 70 band.
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90–1002 reviews · 12%
80–895 reviews · 29%
70–792 reviews · 12%
Below 708 reviews · 47%
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Nindie SpotlightNindie Spotlight Punch Club Review
Published 5/28/2018
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60
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Read originalJordan Rudek
Nintendo World ReportPunch Club (Switch) Review
Published 5/25/2018
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60
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Read originalJon Mundy
Nintendo LifeReview: Punch Club (Switch eShop)
Published 5/24/2018
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60
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Read originalCarlos Santuana
TheXboxHubPunch Club Review
Published 4/9/2017
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80
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Read originalTracey
PS3Blog.net[PS4] Punch Club Review
Published 4/6/2017
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80
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Read originalBen Stegner
Nintendo LifeReview: Punch Club (3DS eShop)
Published 2/10/2017
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60
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Read originalMatt Wilhelm
GameGrinPunch Club Review
Published 2/18/2016
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80
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Read originalMark Richard
TechRaptorPunch Club Review – Ain’t Gonna Be No Rematch
Published 1/29/2016
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Read originalPatrick Anderson
COGconnectedPunch Club Review – Pound for Pound, This Rookie Fighting Sim is No Lightweight
Published 1/23/2016
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