This game is for Fighting fans, Naruto fanatics, and overall alot of fun. If it wasn't for that darn Camera.
User Rating: 8 | Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm 2 X360
I got this game as a rental and I wish now I didn't. The game lasted me more hours then I had anticapated, around 30, and in fact was one of those games I didn't want to give back when I finished simply because the fighting mechanics are so much fun. If you've played a Naruto game before then you'll be familiar with the basic premise, you play as Naruto (or one of this MANY friends) and its your mission to save the world essentially. After a long, and rather confusing story you'll find the game as a whole to be pretty great. I'll admit there is ALOT of reading, not all is voice acted, and only if your a real Naruto fan will you find yourself pouring over the dialouge and taking the time to read every dialouge box. As for everyone else about 4 hours in you might find yourself ignoring whatever is going on simply to get to the grit of the game, THE FIGHTING. Yes although this is an action adventure style game in that you go from town to town discovering new things and scavanging for items a bulk of the game is fighting. Now this does not mean either of the parts of the game fall short, in fact they blend very well. The transition from adventure scenes to fighting are done smoothly and they allow you time to prepare and gather your strength and items you'll need to come out on top of the battle. However this game suffers from one HUGE flaw if your like me and loved Naruto Rise of the Ninja and The Broken Bond then this game may take sometime to get used to. The Camera is this games only hinderance. Its a stationary camera which means as you walk you have no direct control over the cameras angle and that can be unforgiving at times when your looking for items or even looking for your friends to strick up a conversation with. Had the same moveable camera found in Rise of the Ninja been used for this game I think it easily would have been worthy of a solid 9.0, that being said this is still a great title in the Naruto Universe and worth picking up for any Naruto, Fighter, or Action Adventure enthusiast.
