In Cobra Kai, we follow the story of Miguel Diaz and Johnny Lawrence, a shy Hispanic boy that becomes the first and most outstanding recruit of the Cobra Kai dojo and the dojo sensei itself. It's an intricate story about overcoming your fears becoming your best self, with some badass fighting scenes here and there. The video game, available on all main platforms, is an old school beat 'em up with some RPG components like a skill tree. Both share a lot of pop culture references and comedic elements, but is that enough to make a game that does the series justice?

Unfortunately, no. Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues is an okay game from a gameplay perspective, but that's all. It looks rough around the edges, and the animations are so clunky and unreliable that most of the time, you end up missing all your hits and ruining your combos. To be honest with you, we rarely care that much about the visuals, but when it comes to licensed games, you need to make a great first impression not to be taken as yet another half-assed cash-grab attempt.

If only it looked better and was more in line with other modern games of the genre, no doubt more people would be talking about Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues.

Although Miguel and Johnny are the main characters in the series, there are 8 playable characters in the game, and it won't take you long to be able to use them. If you choose to represent Cobra Kai, you can control Johnny, Miguel, Tory, and Hawk; if you go the Miyagi-Do way, there's Daniel, Sam, Demetri, and Johnny's son Robby. And they are voiced by the same actors!

If you give it a chance, this game will grow on you after a few sessions, just like Johnny's methods grew on Miguel, Hawk, Aisha, and the rest of the kids. Reviving fallen allies is a great incentive to improve your combos, and with almost 30 stages, that's more than enough to keep you entertained for a while, especially since you can do separate playthroughs and represent both Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Do. For a side-scrolling brawler, there are plenty of skills to learn and hidden items to find, so that's another reason to replay every stage, defeat hundreds of thugs and collect as many coins as you can.