Sifu: What every shortcut does and how to unlock it

Sifu has released worldwide on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and last generation consoles, and is being praised as one of the best games of the year so far but how do shortcuts work in the game?

On Metacritic, the review aggregator website, the game has a score of 80 from 66 critic reviews, while it has a score of 8.1 from 279 reviews from gamers.

That’s a high score for the kung-fu adventure, which puts you in the shoes of a young man seeking vengeance for the death of his father, while adding in a unique ageing mechanic that sees your character age up each time they die.

It is a remarkable beat ‘em up that combines gorgeous graphics, unique gameplay systems, and a really satisfying combat loop.

Each fight you have is difficult by design, to add to the jeopardy of potentially dying and ageing up, which is why the shortcuts exist.

A clever piece of help for the player allows you to use shortcuts to bypass swathes of a stage and potentially go right into the big boss fight right at the end of the level.

If you die in a stage, you will be taken back to the start, so you’ll have to utilise shortcuts if you want to make it all the way through in one flawless run, as the developers intend you to do.

Look at our guide to unlocking every shortcut, as well as a quick rundown of what every shortcut does.

There is just the one shortcut in The Squats.

When you load into the first stage, inside the apartments, you can bypass the stairs and find a locked glass door.

You need to defeat The Skull Brothers to gain the key for the door and it’s not possible for you to miss the fight, as it’s a key part of the stage.

Beating them will also give you the keys for the metal gate.

Going through the glass door will see you meet four different