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I have never played a game that makes me laugh out loud as much as Kung Fu Chaos. It has such a fantastic sense of humour that with each new round you will be laughing at both the funny in-game touches and the comical director's remarks. Even now I am grinning at the thought of all the amusing aspects of what is one of the finest games to come to Xbox yet.

Chinese film director Shao Ting has gathered a bunch of kung fu actors together in order to create his busting blocks masterpiece and it's up to you to help him put it together. The game is divided into over 20 hilarious levels, which are a mixture of full blown beat 'em up levels set in dynamic, scrolling locations and mini-games that are by turns ingenious, addictive and hilarious.

When you load up the game, take a moment to watch the intro - a very stylish sequence of battles introduces the stars you will be controlling, to the awesome tune of Kung Fu Fighting. The catchy theme from Enter the Dragon (the tune they use for that crazy gambling opportunity show, Banzai!) also features in the menus, meaning that there is never a dull moment. The presentation is fantastic - the menus are easy and quick to navigate and every screen keeps the style of the traditional kung fu movie theme that is so brilliantly used.

The quirky and comical characters on offer to play as include Master Sho-Yu, Ninja Fu Hiya, Xui Tan Sour and Captain Won Ton. There is even a character called Monkey! Each looks so stylish and perfectly spoofs the kung fu stereotype it is aimed at as well. It's not absolutely necessary to head to the Rehearsal section first, but it is very useful and helpful. This teaches you the basics of combat, including a number of combo attacks (of which there are more than 30, which is very impressive for a comedy beat 'em up of this nature). You can jump, punch, kick, counter, block, taunt, perform special, unblockable moves, spin and slide. From these basic moves a range of cool combo moves can be learned and built up.

The combat system is easy to get to grips with but holds hidden depths for the experienced player. Blocking plays a key part, but if red streaks appear around your opponent's hands it means they have initiated an unblockable move - your only chance now is to counter as there is a momentary delay in pulling off the special move. If you counter successfully you can follow up with a kick and punch combo to knock your opponent to the floor. Anytime during your attack but before your opponent hits the floor you can perform a taunt. This damaging verbal assault will cause them to be stunned for longer and it also gives you a glowing orb above your head. Do this three times and you'll be capable of pulling off your unique and totally lethal super attack.

The super attack is brilliantly powerful, unblockable and almost inescapable - each character has their own attack that fits in with their style. For example, with Chop & Styx, a farmer with his baby son in a backpack, the baby lets out an ear splitting cry that warps the air behind you and causes anyone caught in the sound field to implode in a splash of blood! Xui Tan Sour lets loose with her throwing knives, which fly around and slaughter everyone on screen. Each super attack is as stylish and satisfying as it is deadly. Another important aspect of combat is being able to pick up and throw a downed opponent - in fact, lobbing opponents over the edge of whatever you are stood on is the quickest way to dispatch of them. You can also pick up practically any object in the scenery and throw it at your opponent, which will knock him to the ground. This includes tables, chairs, crates, barrels, vases and even chickens and melons! Comically in some scenes you can pick up chairs with people still sat at them and lob them at your enemies!!

The graphics are absolutely awesome - they may not look particularly special from the screenshots, but wait until you see it in motion. The cartoon style is spot-on and the animation of all the characters and enemy ninjas is perfect. Each character is so distinctive in their personality, fighting style and array of moves that it is clear how much thought and imagination has gone into their design. However, the most impressive graphics lie in the scenery, which more often than not is destroyed as you progress. In one of the first levels, the bar you are brawling in completely collapses, at which point you leap onto a passing barge, which flows along a bit until you head up some steps and onto a big cage swinging from a crane. This then falls into the water and you must run for it as the unstable pier you ended up on begins to sink. In the brilliantly named Gigantic Crack you are fighting your way across a sinking ship that has hit an iceberg and in Enter the Dino you are beating each other up on a fast moving raft that is being chased by a T-Rex! The T-Rex is brilliantly animated and actually bites into the raft, lifting it into the air as he runs - you and your enemies don't care though, you're too busy fighting! Other classic scenes that you film include Big Trouble On Little Iceberg, Fish of Fury, Close Encounters of the Worst Kind and Climbing Fish Falling Turtle! There are so many nods and winks at various film classics like Tomb Raider, Titanic, Jurassic Park and Independence Day, not to mention all the kung fu movies it sends up too.

Just as good as the graphics are the sound effects - all of the punching and kicking noises are brilliant, all the creaking and crashing of collapsing scenery, the splash as you fall in the water and the other background noises are spot on. The various taunts that each character makes are very funny and perhaps best of all is Shao Ting, who makes various comments throughout the level. Personally I think he's very funny, but if you get tired of him you can turn him off in the options menu. The music is very good, although it sits in the background and is dominated by the excellent sound effects.

As well as the main levels, there are a host of very simple mini-games that are stylishly presented and a hell of a laugh. The first of these sees you saving stunt men that are thrown from the top floor of a bar room brawl, whilst avoiding the cows that also get thrown out (!) You must catch the stuntmen with a trampoline that you hold above your head but not get flattened by the cows. In another game there are four of you stood on tall, swaying platforms attempting to knock each other off by lobbing an ugly princess around! Another game sees you sliding around on an iceberg, each with a life preserver that you must use to bounce your opponents over the edge and into the icy water. Other types of levels are the backstage fights, where you must defeat as many enemies as possible within a time limit and brief training sessions, taken from the Rehearsal section. The balance and variety means that you will never get bored.

There is also a very clever system in place, meaning that it won't take too long to get through all the levels but to complete them will require much more commitment. A star meter at the bottom of the screen measures your performance in each round, gradually filling up as your kill count grows (or as you succeed in other objectives in the mini-games). You must get 3 stars to pass but it is only when you get the maximum 5 stars that you will have fully completed the level and doing this is often very challenging, especially in the main combat levels where you must go flat out, killing at a very fast rate to get enough points before the level ends.

Despite the very strong and entertaining single player game, Kung Fu Chaos is at its best in multiplayer mode. There is a Battle Mode where up to 4 of you can compete against each other and because of the way the game has been designed it is not split screen; you are all there on the same screen, scrapping away. You can have a Free-For-All or a Team game and you can play with any combination of 1 to 4 human and computer players. There are even five different game criteria, based around number of lives remaining, number of kills, keeping your mojo, style and defeating wooden dummies (most of which must be unlocked in the main game.) You'll have to get 3 stars in every level to unlock them for Battle Mode and then you can share the frantic fun with your friends.

But wait, there's more! A Freestyle Mode allows you to practice fighting as long as you like in an open arena and as I mentioned the Rehearsal is a simple and very effective training section. Finally there is a Miniseries, which must be unlocked gradually, as each character has three challenges that are based around the main game levels, but often with a new twist. For example, Master Sho-Yu attempts to save the stuntmen whilst blind drunk, so the screen is woozy, his movement is blurry and the action keeps slowing down and then speeding back up again! And as if this wasn't enough, there are a host of extras to unlock including 3 more characters, amusing cast bios and island scenes, plus a Championship Mode where you fight against your friends or the computer through 12 rounds of the game, with the person getting the highest overall score winning the championship. As for criticism, well I simply don't have a single bad word to say about this game; it is absolutely fantastic.

Kung Fu Chaos is the most hilarious, enjoyable and original game to come out on any console in a long, long time. This is the kind of game that has universal appeal - the gameplay is so simple and yet so much fun, so it's easy for anyone to pick up and play, but there is plenty of depth and challenge for those that want to complete the single player game. It looks wonderful, the sound effects, music and humour fit the game perfectly and as a multiplayer game it's one of the most enjoyable and addictive titles I've ever played. This is unmissable fun that will keep you and your friends fighting and laughing for a long time to come.

Reviewed by Geoff Holland for AceGamez (All Rights Reserved).