By Sam Coles:
Anime and Japanese games have never got on with me; maybe it’s the pure
weirdness of the stories and the absurdness of the fighting which I don’t mind
because I like the spectacle of the fights. Naruto Shippuden hasn’t swayed me
in favour due to its repetitive gameplay and lacklustre content, but it’s not
all bad.
There is a story of sorts in the “Ninja Escapades” mode where you play
through three scenarios which are accompanied with cutscenes which are
beautifully animated and are well directed with decent voice acting and nice
cinematography are a nice addition to the usual fighting game formula.
The first episode is fairly lengthy but unfortunately the other two are
ridiculously short and the final episode is just a cutscene there is no
gameplay at all. You’ll go through one on one fights which has a similar
feeling to the recent version of Jo Jo’s Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle on
the PS3, that it’s on a weird camera angle which slants to side, it’s not a
problem it’s just a bit of an odd design decision.
You also get the Super Ninja Tournament mode which entails you going through
several fights where you can be pitted against three other people in an arena
fight which can get crazy with the ridiculous special moves, but the animations
do get boring after a while accompanied with the same line every time. Fight is
not determined how much health is depleted, but is determined of how many orbs
you have stolen from your enemies and that will make you win and you can then
use those orbs in the island hub area where you can upgrade your moves and you
buy different ninja gadgets.
So in this mode you can also go into two on two fights and you have free
movement in each fight so it gives you freedom and flexibility in the arena but
it does cause confusion because the camera will go nuts sometimes. The main
problem I have with this mode is that the A.I. is not very smart because
they’ll constantly spam the same attack or they don’t move at all they’ll just
stand there waiting for you to hit them.
Overall this game is entertaining in parts, but unfortunately it’s marred
with A.I. problems, stiff animation and a lack of content it’s fun with
friends, but on your own it’s a frustrating romp.
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