Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations

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Summary:

I have the first two Naruto's and as a big fan of the anime/manga I was eagerly awaiting the next release. Unfortunately, it is not all that I have come to expect in the series. The one thing that I enjoyed from the previous games was that it was a "free roaming" game that allowed you to explore the towns and areas while revisiting the epic battles from the anime. The new edition strays from that formula and has you select from a set number of characters in order to view his/her back story.

Upon selecting a character this is what happens.

You see a few few cut scenes... then a fight. . . then more cut scenes to summarize the anime. . . then another fight. This is repeated until you complete the chosen character's story, where you see a video that is basically taken from the anime. In my opinion, the cut scenes fall short of conveying the epic story line of the anime.

Personally, the game gets very repetitive and for a person who already knows the anime I find the recap to be unnecessary. The free roaming to me is what made the game fun because it allowed for breaks between each battle, plus you get to "experience" the Naruto World.

Recommendation:

If you do not own the first two games or are new to the series feel free to pick up this one up. It has the largest set of characters for you to be able to use, but I would get the first two games because they are more fun overall.

For all others I would hold off until the price drops some or rent the game.

Other Note Worthy Changes:

The battle mechanics does follow the same as the previous installments. . . it is pretty fast pace but now instead of being able to substitute you have a meter that only allows up to 4 consecutive substitutions until the meter replenishes. Meaning the AI tends to just run away when their meter runs out or performs a 20 plus hit combo on you where you can only watch the beating.

For all the battles, they got rid of what I call the "face off battles" where you had to hit a series of buttons to perform an attack/action. I missed that especially in some of the more memorable battles. Example the fight between Sasuke and Danzo would have been awesome to see Sasuke shut each eye (after a series of button presses), but the fight between each is just a basic battle that you could have performed in free battle.

I really hope this installment is just to hold fans/non-fans over until the next full installment, where you can explore the several new towns/areas that the manga has shown.

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I love this game i dont know y people hate this game. I am a big naruto fan and i can say i like this game.

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Intro

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After playing Naruto Shippuden Ninja Storm 2 in one and half years ago, I was excited about this new installment from the series, but it ended up with disappointment. It is still a fine fighting game. However, this is way beyond my expectations.

Story

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The story is based on the manga / anime from Naruto Shippuden. Story mode is divided into 11 tales, which are inserted with slides, videos to present the story-line in a brief and simple style. Not much to complain if gamers are a fan of the Naruto series but new-comers may be lost with the lack of details. Free-roaming, quick-time events in boss fights from last title are taken out completely in the story mode, which is a huge disappointment.

Gameplay

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Gameplay has been improved since the last title. Graphics are more about the same as Ninja Storm 2 but control has been better, especially the use of substitute tools. There are more than 70 characters to choose from. Command list is always simple and easy to pick up.

Other

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Other than story mode, there are free battle, survival mode, tournament, slightly improved online mode to choose from and extend your playing hours.

Verdict

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Naruto Shippuden USG is a average fighting game but I expected something more. It even takes a few steps backward from Ninja Storm 2.

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Well, because of my love towards Naruto, this game keeps me hooked on. Amazing cut scenes from the anime, the incredible number of playable characters and much more. I love this game and recommend it to everyone who loves Naruto, because this is the game, which you'll have fun with for a very long time, Long live Naruto, long live storm series !!!

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If you followed any of the pre release information on this game then it was already known that this game was created for multiplayer combat experience. The only reason why the free roam component was left out is because they covered all Shippuden in UNS2. If you follow the anime series you would know that UNS2 holds about 2-4 years of content from the show. The only way for we couldve got free roam on this game wouldve been if they just covered content that we already own or to create a completely different story that currently exsist, which wouldve been weird. At the point where UNS2 ends to now has only been about a year and thats with giving fans months and months of filler due to the fact that the anime and the manga are too close to generate episodes regularly. As of this week they are about to start another filler campaign on the show so thats why its not a free roam game. But thats the free roam explanation.

The multiplayer aspect of this game is great, that is if you liked the combat system from the last game. They have made only one change in combat that I can see and thats in the subsitution jutsu. Now you get four substitutions after that you have to dodge and run unless you stand a 20 hit combo to your life meter. I like it because I found it very difficult to pull off the sub jutsu in UNS2. Story aside the multiplayer gives you access to over 70 playable characters, which IMO is unreal! Its true that some of the charcters are very similar to other characters on the roster but getting characters like the Masked Man, who is the real Tobi, is enough for me because I hated Tobi until he awakened. You also get tournament mode which allows up 8 player VS in one room which is great. My Biggest and only gripe about this game is when your connecting to match. You can tell within the first ten seconds if your going to get into a game or not but somehow you game cant tell. Ive waited up to four minutes for the game to tell me I can get into a match, which is unaceptable. They had the same problem in UNS2. They need to fix that Ive taken the game out a couple of times because of waiting I.. Hate.. That so much!

Over all I think its a great game. If you want to play with almost every charcter from this series in one game this is definitely for you. If thats overrated to you can most certainly wait 2-3 years for them to have enough content to make a free roam game. If you like playing against friends and players online And a 70+ roster And the chance to slap up the young annoying Naruto with older-cooler Naruto this game is a must have.