Overall 7.5 Graphics 5 Sound 3 Addictive 3 Story 2 Depth 5 Difficulty 6
3
Monotonous and pathetic ending endings
This.. is not a good game. You control one of four ninja? warriors, one of which, a giant tengu monster, seems easier to lose with than the others. One is a werewolf, which looks odd paired with the two ninjas in this game. Each character is very different in attack and look, and there is no repeat boss fights, which was welcome. That's about the only good thing I can think of.
There are special moves, and you had best learn them, because quickly the combat descends into cheap, repetitive attacks from you and your opponents. The bosses and fights start out decently enough, but by the end of the 1st fully played stage, you might just want to stop. Liberal use of your special 'hit all enemies' attack (you get one a life) is often a mercy rather than something to hold out to use.
No stages or music were memorable. I wasn't sure what was going on with the story, traveling to unrelated locations (ala Streets of Rage) but nothing really linked the bosses to any plot.
There is a strange 'bonus' round at the end of each level, where after choosing a random enemy to play as, you fight a cpu controller player - who is extremely good. They will special move you into the ground, while you try to fight back with such heroically named characters as 'Sickle', who has a sickle for a weapon. Once you go through all 6 stages, you will again have to try and beat a cpu enemy with a regular vanilla enemy of your choice. And if you fail this final mission, that's it, you just lost the game. Wonderful. Unthanks for playing.
Graphics 5 Sound 3 Addictive 3 Story 2 Depth 5 Difficulty 6
Review Rating: 2.5/5
Submitted: 09-10-13
Review Replies: 1
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