History VideoGame / WayOfThePassiveFist

* UnwittingTestSubject: The Wanderer was one for Doctor Dyson, the experience being so bad that the Wanderer doesn't want anyone to suffer the same way ever again.

* MartialPacifist: The Wanderer of course

Heavily inspired by 90s [[BeatEmUp Beat em ups]] like VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime, you must parry, dodge, and counter your way through sun worshiping fanatics, gangs, cybrogs, plant monsters, and more using the Way of the Passive Fist, tiring them out to knock them down with ease.

The game was initially released digitally on March 6, 2018 for [[UsefulNotes/Steam Steam]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxONE. On April 11, 2019 it got a digital release for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch as well.

The game was initially released digitally on March 6, 2018 for UsefulNotes/Steam, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxONE. On April 11, 2019 it got a digital release for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch as well.

The game was initially released digitally on March 6, 2018 for Steam, Playstation4, and XboxOne. On April 11, 2019 it got a digital release for the NintendoSwitch as well.

The game was initially released digitally on March 6, 2018 for Steam, PS4, and Xbox One. On April 11, 2019 it got a digital release for the Nintendo Switch as well.

* BeatEmUp: Though it arguably plays more like a RhythmGame of sorts where you must recognize enemy attack patterns and counter them accordingly to tire them out and knock them over with ease or (in the case of cyborg/robot enemies and bosses that can't be tired out) build up a high enough combo to perform a LimitBreak with his bionic arm to defeat them.

* BeatEmUp: Though it arguably plays more like a rhythm game of sorts where you must recognize enemy attack patterns and counter them accordingly to tire them out and knock them over with ease or (in the case of cyborg/robot enemies and bosses that can't be tired out) build up a high enough combo to perform a LimitBreak with his bionic arm to defeat them.

* PlantPerson: Thornbjorne is

* UnwittingTestSubject: The Wanderer is one for Doctor Dyson, the experience being so bad that the Wanderer doesn't want anyone to suffer the same way ever again.

* DesertPunk: justified as Zircon V is very close to the sun.

* ThePowerOfTheSun: The reason why humans settled on Zircon V was to harness the power of the sun, and it's revealed that there are even crystals that contain solar energy in the mines below. Tanner, the head of the sun worshipers, uses this to fire a beam of intense solar energy at The Wanderer. [[spoiler: Dyson also utilizes solar energy lasers in his fight as well.]]

* CatchAndReturn: Some enemies can throw projectiles like knives and bombs at the Wanderer, who can catch it and throw it right back at them.

* {{Cyborg}}: The Wanderer is one with his bionic arm, as well as Breen with his motorcycle wheel arm. You encounter several other cyborgs later on as well.

Heavily inspired by 90s [[BeatEmUp Beat em ups]] like VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTurtlesInTime, you must parry, dodge, and counter your way through sun-worshipping fanatics, gangs, cybrogs, plant monsters, and more using the Way of the Passive Fist, tiring them out to knock them down with ease.

* LimitBreak: Parrying, dodging, or countering enough enemy attacks in succession will build up a combo, letting The Wanderer perform a super punch, grapple, or gravity well attack with his bionic arm depending on how high the combo is. This is crucial for defeating bosses and later, enemies that can't just be tired out.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Bad Biker Breen's Motorcycle wheel arm. He can kick up sand with it creating a temporary sandstorm, and launch it across the ground at The Wanderer.

''Way of the Passive Fist'' is a BeatEmUp developed by Household Games. Taking place on Zircon V, a planet too close to the sun, you play as The Wanderer, a mysterious blue-haired man wearing a gas mask and a shawl hiding a bionic arm. The Wanderer is skilled in the martial art known as the [[MartialPacifist Way of the Passive Fist]], which focuses on parrying, dodging, and countering an opponent's attacks.

One morning after defeating a huge man with a motorcycle wheel for an arm named Breen, he notes that the MadScientist [[BigBad Doctor Dyson]] is back at it again, and journeys across the deserted lands of Zircon V to stop his plans once and for all.

* BeatEmUp: Though it arguably plays more like a rhythm game of sorts where you must recognize enemy attack patterns and counter them accordingly to tire them out to knock them out with ease or (in the case of cyborg/robot enemies and bosses that can't be tired out) build up a high enough combo to perform a LimitBreak with his bionic arm to defeat them.

* Cyborg: The Wanderer is one with his bionic arm, as well as Breen with his motorcycle wheel arm. You encounter several other cyborgs later on as well.

One morning after defeating a huge man with a motorcycle wheel for an arm named Breen, he notes that the MadScientist [[BigBad Dyson]] is back at it again, and journeys across the deserted lands of Zircon V to stop his plans once and for all.

!!''Way of the Passive Fist'' contains examples of the following tropes: