Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™: Out of the Shadows
Ok, a warning beforehand: I am biased toward anything Turtles. It doesn’t matter if it’s a turd with a red bandana, I am bound to like it. With that out of the way, let’s get this review trucking.
Out of the Shadows is a freeflow combat beat ‘em up loosly adapted from the 2012 Nickelodeon reboot of the series. If you haven’t seen that yet, give it a shot. It captures much of the old magic in a more modern and sensible jacket than the 80s cartoon. The game however, wears a different coat. The Turtles all have a more realistic look; they look like genuine mutants. This is probably the most striking feature of the game, because it departs from the appearances we’s come be familliar with.
– Real player with 178.6 hrs in game
Read More: Best Ninja Beat 'em up Games.
The Good:
Having all four brothers on-screen regardless of player number is major, providing much needed atmosphere that, for many TMNT games, was lacking if you were like me and didn’t have enough friends interested in going to the arcade.
The dialogue is great, and goes even further to bring the atmosphere together.
The animations for the turtles are super, and so are their individual fighting styles. I certainly believe RedFly when they say they are TMNT fans, as it’s evident in the care they took to make each turtle feel like an individual and contributing member of the group.
– Real player with 63.8 hrs in game
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
A great, modern beat em up that dared to be different instead of relying purely on nostalgia and making a carbon copy of already existing games. This game is basically everything I wanted Streets of Rage 4 to be.
Positives:
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Decent story. (Not that stories in a beat em up ever mattered)
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Very fluid and satisfying gameplay. When you get the hang of the mechanics and skills, you can do some awesome combos, linking the different attacks and abilities together. The fact that you can attack in 360° instead of being forced to a 2D pane doing only left/right attacks is a welcome change. There is a bit of ‘automatic lock on’ for the moves to help with this, but you still feel in control of the character. Sending enemies flying and watching their rag-doll bodies fall/smash against the environment is never not satisfying.
– Real player with 38.4 hrs in game
Read More: Best Ninja 3D Games.
Disclaimer: A copy of this game was provided by the developer.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a beat em up about a chinese fisherman/monk fighting the japanese pirates with a staff.
The main appeal is the satisfying, fluid and responsive combat. It has good skill expression with three different attacks that later get upgraded each with two different stances, a 360 degrees parry skill that requires good timing and can reflect enemy projectiles back at them and a dodge. Once you upgrade the attacks, you can fly across the screen with a kick and feel like a real Shaolin monk jumping and weaving attacks between multiple enemies. The use of magical seals disrupts enemies in an area that in my opinion make the game too easy even on the hardest difficulty. The enemies have a visual indicator, a brief shining light and take some time to execute their attack which usually makes them easy to defeat one on one. The only unfair element is sometimes ranged enemies shoot you from outside the screen. You will fight them in small groups in a locked zone until you defeat them and new enemies that need to be approached in a different way are introduced progressively. Finishing off the last enemy in a locked zone comes with a satisfying blow and slow motion.
– Real player with 11.6 hrs in game
Tale of Ninja: Fall of the Miyoshi
I like that there is a ninja game and thank you for that whoever, I think the game would be a great one to this list:
1- cursor lock(this one is a must)
2- unique animations that make feel like a ninja. I don’t want to be rude, but right now a big proportion of the animations look like mobile to me.
3-controls:
1- full controller support.
2- free controls adjustments for keyboard&mouse and controller
some people are OK with the default controls and some are not I think this would satisfy all kinds of people
– Real player with 36.9 hrs in game
Read More: Best Ninja Action-Adventure Games.
I was originally looking for a game , Tenchu and this came up. It was alright - entertaining and will finish all maps. Hoping for fighting style improvements and more maps in the future.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
Aragami 2
My experience with the game was very good. Finished it once in a lethal two player coop run, and then once again in a solo pacifit/stealth run. Both of my playthroughs were very relaxing and pleasant. The game world is pretty and the soundtrack is charming at times. Stealth gameplay is very solid yet not too tedious. Storytelling and dialogue is minimalistic, but it provides a good setting for the gameplay.
It is about 5 times longer than the first installment, the level design is more open and diverse, and the graphics are stylized but beautiful in their own right. It compares well to the “normal” difficulty of the original game, but I would prefer a setting to make visual and hearing perception distance of enemies greater than it is. Your character is less squishy than it was in the first game, but if you mostly play this for stealth, you will only notice when surviving a nasty fall here and there (though not always).
– Real player with 76.1 hrs in game
Despite the bugs and issues, this game had in the beginning, it was fun to play with friends.
– Real player with 28.7 hrs in game
Aragami
Masterpiece of stealth
– Real player with 44.1 hrs in game
“…it’s built around a fantastic and incredibly fun core that is unlike anything else out there and I hope to see more DLC, or even a sequel, in the future. It hooked me pretty badly – I just couldn’t get enough. I loved waiting for my moment to strike, then pulling off the perfect execution of teleports and takedowns, only to fade back into the shadows before anybody saw, or even fixing a mistake swiftly by taking out any alerted guards with precise ferocity.”
8/10
Full review at https://darkzero.co.uk/game-reviews/aragami-shadow-edition-pc-review/
– Real player with 27.0 hrs in game
Otokomizu～漢水～
This game is an absolute delight. It is a cheap game though and I would only recommend it at a price point of around 10 bucks. I paid 13.50 CAD and feel it was money well spent.
You need a particular mindset going in, however. Things you should know about the game.
It’s comprehensible, but it’s not super well translated.
Movement and control are very tricky, and take a while to get used to.
There is almost no animation in the game. Characters will rotate, but there’s very little moving of limbs and stuff.
– Real player with 5.3 hrs in game
Kusoge.
+Learning to correctly orientate your character and effectively using the different poses is fun for a bit.
-There is not much in terms of a story.
-Be prepared for this playing the exact same song over and over till you are sick of it.
-Certain levels will be frustrating in difficulty.
– Real player with 5.2 hrs in game
《Drifting : Weight of Feathers》
《Drifting : Weight of Feathers》
A third-person-action game with a special emphasis on aerial-combat. Players need to utilize grappling hook and acrobatics to fight enemies, solve puzzles to progress through each level.
Features
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Third-person fast-paced action
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Fluid animation and versatile control system
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Customizable hair options for Faye
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Physics based puzzle solving
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Parkour on whale! ヽ（・∀・）ノ
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Steep learning curve, very hardcore! Play with caution! Σ( ° △ °|||)
Download 《Drifting : Weight of Feathers》 demo and experience it yourself!
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout
I do recommend this game, albeit with some caveats.
G.I. Joe: Operation Blackout is an old-fashioned third-person shooter with 17 missions, across which you get to play as twelve characters total (six each for the Joes and Cobra). The game is obviously a love letter to the original 80s cartoon, and given the comments the developers make in the art book, they worked with what they had and would’ve make a more robust game if given the choice. If you like G.I. Joe and don’t boot up the game expecting a triple-A title, I think you’ll have a good time.
– Real player with 17.7 hrs in game
I honestly couldn’t tell you why this game got so slammed at release. I picked it up in a Fanatical Platinum bundle and powered through the whole thing in one sitting - and it was worth every penny. Definitely a budget title, but between the self-aware humor, earnest appreciation for the IP, and damn fun action (even the vehicle sections!), Operation Blackout might actually be the first genuinely GOOD G.I. Joe game!? It basically is like if Volition’s Agents of Mayhem was a linear action game rather than a sandbox grind, and it works so much better as a result!
– Real player with 10.2 hrs in game
Mini Ninjas
Mini ninjas,
one of my personal favorite games from my childhood
Opening the box to the wii and my grandmother having purchased all my siblings a game was an amazing christmas morning and i wanted to play immediatly being the only actual “gamer” out of all my siblings…
this wasnt the case though as wii sports was already being booted up whilst we all looked like a bunch of maniacs all wanting to play ours games, but first i had to wait as i was the youngest and everyone was getting 1 hour to try out their game in order of age so that everybody could play (and prefferably co-op games only my parents said) 5 hours later as im the youngest it was finally my turn and with multiple breaks like dinner and family stopping by it was already pretty late, not only late but my bedtime and not a co op game, so there i go not having played the game i was looking forward to all day… well i did play the game that day actually which follows up a way to long cycle of me secretly playing games at night troughout my entire childhood…
– Real player with 43.6 hrs in game
Steam is home to a lot of crap, and I do mean a lot.. But it also is home to a number of hidden gems that no one really talks about much.
Mini Ninjas is one of those gems. A bit of an imperfect one, sure, but a gem nontheless. And like many hidden gems, it doesn’t get a whole lot of attention.
The game is kinda an action adventure game, with small elements of RPG and stealth. You play the role of a ninja named Hiro, who is tasked with finding all his lost friends and saving the world while he is at it. A lot of pressure, I know, but then you are a ninja with the power to control the elements, so it shouldn’t be too hard (Which kinda is a problem for the game, I’ll explain later)
– Real player with 38.6 hrs in game
Samurai Simulator
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1440340/Cannon_Foundry_Simulator/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1403850/Mars_Colony_Builder/
You are a young warrior training in the art of bushido. Born in the turbulent times, you cross the country to find your life’s purpose in service to one of the powerful Daimyo. Find a lord whose ideals you hold dear, pledge allegiance to him, and lead his family to victory in the struggle for influence and power. Become a true legend among both samurai and local people. Make the right choices and defend your honour to live to old age and train your followers! Rise through the ranks or… start your own clan!
Samurai Simulator is an expansive life simulation game set in feudal Japan and inspired by the best RPGs on the market. Travel through a huge, open-world and perform various quests. Through them, you will gain experience that will allow you to develop your skills, and become a powerful warrior through one of several extensive skill trees. Feudal Japan is full of untold mysteries. Spread the glory of your lord across the region and you may also have to prove your strength against deities and local demons.
Be a lone traveller or build your clan, and your disciples and supporters will fight alongside you during the most demanding battles. Meet historical characters and perform interesting and complex tasks for them. Let the whole country know your name, so your clan becomes the most powerful clan in the region!
Game Features:
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An open world full of mysteries just waiting to be discovered
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Extensive RPG mechanics inspired by the classics of the genre
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Lead the samurai through his life and become a legendary warrior!
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Be whoever you want to be: a lone warrior, an army commander or village, castle or city owner