NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM Revolution
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution is not as revolutionary as the title might suggest, but I think it’s the step in the right direction.
The disappointing thing is lack of canon story mode in the game. Instead, we have Ninja World Tournament, Mecha-Naruto Story and the Ninja Escapades. The Ninja World Tournament is just mode, in which you thrive for championship in a tournament consistin of 4-characters brawl. Initial ranks of the tournament are easy, but difficulty rises gradually. Also, you can roam the island (the bigger progress you made in the tournament, the more areas you can visit), doing challenges, missions and events. Even thought it has absolutely nothing to do with canon storyline, the mode is quite fun to play, some friendship events are hilarius.
– Real player with 482.3 hrs in game
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This is one of those games I’m highly indifferent about. Looking back, I wouldn’t call this game a bad game at all, in fact I quite enjoyed it. The “story” is comprised of four short stories with some (easy) fights peppered in that expand the lore in the naruto world through the story of the Akatsuki, Itachi and Shisui, a unique story about the new character “Mecha Naruto”, along with a 10 minute movie about team Minato which I quite enjoyed. Overall, this will take maybe 2-3 hours to complete. Which is quite a bit less than I’d expect for a game with such a steep price tag. The replay value is unfortunately nonexistant unless you are looking for the two achievements given for achieving S ranking on the Itachi and Akatsuki mini story lines. However, if you didn’t already get these achievements on your first playthrough as these fights are quite easy, you will without a doubt get it on your second. There is also the “Ninja world tournament mode” which I enjoyed quite a bit. In this mode, you can select a character of your choosing (with the exception of all the young characters, which kinda sucks) and duke it out in a four-player brawl against NPCs. Unfortunately, there is no online mode for this. This is really awful since like the rest of the NPCs, they are quite easy to defeat, and offer no real challenge. I will admit by the S+ tournament I was sweating a bit at the intensity, but the difficulty is entirely due to major NPC buffs in the form of a constant “true awakening form” and not a more advanced AI. That being said, I still won it on my first go-around which really ruins the fun of the game. This will most likely take about 5-6 hours to complete (basing off my own time). And overall, you’ll get about 7-9 hours of gameplay out of the story if you play to completion. Such a small playtime leaves something of a bitter taste in my mouth considering the price tag of this game. However, if you’re seeing my play time, you’ll notice I have 100+ hours in this game as of writing this review. This is due to this games' bread and butter, the online mode. However, unfortunately enough for the online mode, the online community has depleted in the two months since this game has come out. This has made finding someone to fight almost a chore and you really have to just open the game and cross your fingers that you’ll find someone. Speaking from personal experience, now that the game is about 2 months after launch, it is a very common occurence that you will find noone to battle.Near the games' launch, the online was solid and all you had to worry about was a tiny bit of lag since so many people were on the servers. However, even now that not so many people are using the servers, the lag is still existant if not worse. This is a huge no-no in my opinion for a 1v1 fighter to have any form of lag. Especially to the point of making the game near unplayable at points. This raises a secondary issue in the fact that even if you manage to find someone to play against, that person might have a laggy connection and make your game either near impossible to play, or make your game crash entirely. In total, this game was very fun. But now that the main focus of this game, the online, has fallen into an abyss, I would advise against purchasing this game. Still, for all the fun I had, I think this game is great. 8/10, buy it if you have a time machine or you love wasting money for a couple hours of fun.
– Real player with 167.7 hrs in game
Ninja Girl and the Mysterious Army of Urban Legend Monsters! ~Hunt of the Headless Horseman~
There is good and bad with this V/N.
Pros:
God tier art quality! The characters are absolutely gorgeous, and leave you craving more. It almost makes it unbelievable, because 2 of the girls are supposed to be hardened ninjas, trained from birth to push their bodies beyond their limits, and to expect death at any time. Yet they look like perfect china dolls, with no scars, perfect skin and hair, and still have their teenage innocence. Obviously not realistic. At least the perfect appearance of the 3rd girl who isn’t a ninja can be explained.
– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
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是茉宫 我冲了 你呢
キセリ確認 即購入完了
OMG it’s Kiseri Shut up and take my money
– Real player with 8.1 hrs in game
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4
Amazing graphics, great gameplay, fun game overall. 10/10 if you have friends coming over and an extra controller to play with them :D
– Real player with 77.4 hrs in game
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amazing game i loved the shit out of this game cause you can keep fighting for hours apon hours at a time and keep trying new combos
– Real player with 76.3 hrs in game
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst HD
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst is perhaps the most extreme example yet of Namco Bandai’s attempt to appeal to the converted and only to the converted. Here’s a game not simply for any old Naruto fan, but for Naruto fans who are completely up to date with the story and characters as they currently exist in the anime/manga episodes and are seeking a new way of experiencing previously explored plotlines. If you’re not up to date, then not only are you going to struggle enormously with the story as depicted in the game’s early stages, but you’re going to ruin what you’ve not yet seen of the TV series. Unfortunately, due to gameplay that is as unwieldy and bloated as its title, Full Burst is not an acceptable way to get yourself up to date with this franchise.
– Real player with 1017.0 hrs in game
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst
I’m really amazed with how good this game is and it totally worth a shot, even if you are not watching Naruto Shippuden, the game itself it totally awesome and i am sure you will get a little bit curious about the Anime/Manga serie ( I’d recommend you to watch some episodes to get into the story of the game and make it more enjoyable) , the story mode start out after the battle against Pain (The Leader of The Akatsuki) following the anime/manga story untill the 4th great ninja war.
– Real player with 666.0 hrs in game
NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER
This review is purely based on my personal experience as a solo player.
Pros
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You can build your customized ninja with 4 different roles.
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Fun to play with friends or as first time.
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Plenty variety of characters “Masters” with their signature moves included that your ninja can learn. Also their 2D art it’s pretty cool.
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It’s fun to run over the walls and jump from them since your ninja will always use Chakra concentration automatically.
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Some events from time to time and you get cool stuff.
– Real player with 678.1 hrs in game
To be fair, this game honestly has one of the best combat mechanics in any game I’ve ever played thus far, and I’d wanna see more games with similar mechanics to it. The game also features some neat character customization and give some cool rewards for events which are completely achievable for anyone. So with those said, the problems lie elsewhere.
1. There is a jarring amount of bugs - although you cannot expect a game to be completely bug-free, this game has jarring amount of it. Examples include but are not limited to a) Screen dimming after a cut scene b) Ability indicators would display cooldown when inflicted by certain skills despite being entirely unaffected and c) Severe latency issues with the host.
– Real player with 297.7 hrs in game
Cyber Shadow
Cyber Shadow is a very good platformer that does its job quite well by offering a balanced and a fun experience. The fact that it’s been developed by a single person makes this game even more noteworthy. It has sweet sprite work and a basic gameplay that turns into a more complex one as you progress. It’s mostly linear, but you can revisit the previous areas later on to get some HP and SP upgrades for Shadow. However, it certainly does not qualify as a metroidvania title.
The story, when you think about it, is very good. You’ll probably won’t grasp what’s going on on your first playthrough since it can be cryptic at some points, but the more you think about it, the clearer it gets. It basically starts off with an explosion and Shadow, the protagonist, wakes up with cybernetic enhancements and sets out to rescue the rest of his clan from the hands of the mad Dr. Progen. As you progress, you learn more about the characters and I’d easily say that it is very interesting.
– Real player with 21.1 hrs in game
Side scrolling action that starts fun but simple before giving you double and wall jumps, parry, a downward strike to bounce off enemies, sprints with a lunging invulnerable slash all leading to more interesting movement. Boss fights are varied in style with good looking enemies, though are pretty easy to beat (even when going for each of their achievement challenges). Good art though not that unique as the future dystopia setting and level backgrounds is fairly common, great soundtrack. There are more hidden pickups that will increase your health or SP for your special attacks but your health mostly increases automatically from beating mid level bosses so you aren’t overly punished for not finding every hidden thing like you would be in most games that do that. The only more difficult parts tend to come from some of the SP increasing items you need to backtrack for.
– Real player with 20.2 hrs in game
Ohayou! Beginner’s Japanese
Very good game! A good way to get started with the basics of the Hiragana and Katakana alphabet. Comes with flashcards with playable pronunciation. Nice choice of options to learn with romaji or sounds. Would recommend for a beginner.;
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
Gameplay
The game offers you virtual study cards of each katakana and hiragana where you can check the pronunciations and how to write them.
Apart from “study cards”, there are 2 mini games where you have to either match the japanese letter card to either its sound or its written pronunciation (か = ka, etc.). Beside this, there isn’t much to this “game”.
Sound
Some katakana and hiragana pronunciations were kind of weird. The letters that had “a” and “o” sounded too similar for no good reason and some others like “he” and “ho” were voiced in a way lower volume and from what it seemed to be a different person.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Akane the Kunoichi
This game. OH BOY, this game. I’ve finished it. Darn, I even got all the kimonos! (bonus items)
I’ve made it a point to at least TRY finishing it before writing a negative review, so I know what else is wrong with it. Well, ended up finishing it all.
Still won’t recommend this game to anyone. Ever. Unless I really want to see them raging.
To start this off, I’ll say this doesn’t SEEM like a bad game. It doesn’t even look so bad either. It only occurrs to you how bad it is when you start playing it. And this pisses me off the most. It could’ve been a good game, all it needs are some minor fixes…
– Real player with 11.1 hrs in game
So, the revealing portrait of the protagonist you see in the store page only appears on the title screen and when you use your ninja magic. I think it’s cute. I don’t really care what other people think of it. Now, let’s talk about the game.
Our heroine is a plucky ninja with a secret crush on a samurai, who gets kidnapped Double Dragon style in the opening cutscene by a rival ninja. She sets out to rescue him, and to kick any butts standing between her and her true love.
This is a pretty simple platformer, which seems to be aiming for the style of the old school platformers like Shinobi, or maybe the original Ninja Gaiden. The art is chibi style, the sound is basic but functional, and there’s gamepad support.
– Real player with 5.7 hrs in game
SENRAN KAGURA SHINOVI VERSUS
If not for this game, I would never have given Senran Kagura another chance after watching the anime adaptation’s first episode.
A great game by musou game standards (A single overpowered character batting aside hundreds of weaker foes).
While there are some downsides to the game, it’s easily my second favourite title of the genre after the Dynasty Warriors spinoff, Samurai Warriors. Battles are fast paced and at some times challenging; the 22 playable characters all manage to feel distinct even though the combo maps only differ a little for the most part; the soundtrack is really, REALLY good!
– Real player with 58.5 hrs in game
Don’t think of this series as just a vehicle for sexy characters. As much as the aesthetic and vibe of the sexy anime schoolgirls, every other aspect of the game is given close attention and is high quality. The soundtrack is gigantic and full of extremely catchy and intricate hard rock tunes. The sheer amount of voice actors and how many lines they all recorded is massive. The controls and battle mechanics are ridiculously fluid and fun. The story is voluminous.
The good:
Fighting through the levels can become more like a dance given all of the choices you get for how to slice and dice your enemies. You can launch them in the air and follow up with a mid-air combo, you can instead work through big groups with ground combos or use special attacks which are saved up for by getting more combo hits.
– Real player with 51.8 hrs in game
NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM
I want to point out that I don’t actually have 60+ hours played on this game. By the in-game timer I have around 25 hours, but this game sometimes doesn’t close properly and Steam still thinks it’s running even when you’re playing other games. I’m sure you can get around 20 hours of solo playtime if you go for every mission, collectible, and bonus conditions for the missions.
There are a large cast of playable and support characters that each have their own cool techniques and comboes to see. The whole aesthetic of the game is enjoyable and if you’re a fan of Naruto, it doesn’t disappoint. And, when it comes down to it, you’re getting this game because you’re a fan of Naruto and you want to relive some memories. It’s not a competitive and technical skill-oriented game. It’s a simple fighting game with a Naruto gimmick. That was enough for me to enjoy it, despite my numerous other problems.
– Real player with 60.2 hrs in game
In my opinion, this is the worst Naruto Storm game so far.
This game allows you to do everything you could’ve dreamt of as a kid when it came to Naruto game. You can explore Konoha, talk to different characters. Climb on a huge tree together with main characters, fight huge bosses like Gamabunta, Manda and Shukaku and so on and so on. But as good as it sounds, each of the named aspects has its flaws.
Sounds pretty good at first, doesn’t it? But after few hours, you start to realize:
Konoha is pretty much an empty sandbox. There is not nothing to do besides running around and the game forces you to waste your time there even if you don’t want to by making you do 3 missions: play the game for 20 hours, make 40000 steps in Konoha village and destroy 1000 objects. Each of those activities felt like a chore that you don’t want to do. You could say “don’t do it if you don’t like it”, but if you want to experience true final ending which is a short cinematic of Naruto departure, you can’t ignore those.
– Real player with 53.5 hrs in game