Going backwards instead of forwards.
posted by Alugami (JERSEY CITY, NJ) Mar 15, 2012
Member since Jan 2012
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We all love our anime, respectively, and just like we hate it when big movie companies come in and destroy what we love about our favorite shows, we also hate it when games don't live up to their show counterparts. More so in games because this is where it really matters. You're thrust-ed into a world and expect to be able to play to the fullest of the creators ability. This is not the fullest of their ability. As someone who has owned all three Naruto Ultimate Storm games I am very disappointed with its latest installment, and here's why.
(Yes I jacked this format from GI, its the best one for reviews, bleh.)
Concept: Take Naruto and 72-playable characters and stick them in a game where they brawl until their heads fly off.
Graphics: Use the same exact character models from the first two games and then add a couple more. Take the environments from the first two games and then... add two more.
Sound: All your favorite sounds and superb acting from both English and Japanese voice actors.
Entertainment: You might find this entertaining if you just play with someone in your household.
Playability: Playing online usually results is spamers, and playing single player results in NPCs who have way to much boosts which often results in lowering the difficulty. Once you beat the story mode and gain all 72 characters you won't touch the single player again.
Replay: Moderate
There are several reasons I say this game has gone backwards from its first predecessor. In the original games you were given three health bars, sideways wall fighting, button mashing, not limited substitutions and a functioning, unique, single player. This game, like the one before it, takes all these exciting elements, previously not given in any other Naruto game and trashes them. The single player looks like it was done by someone who doesn't even care... "Here we've sectioned off fights in the Naruto universe and everyone you fight gets a + attack bonus for whatever reaso
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