Ninja Blade- is just plain fun and enjoyable to play and is having in your collection.
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: From Software
Platform: Xbox 360
Rated: Mature
Released: April 7, 2009
Visuals:
The visuals for Ninja Blade are quite nice to look at and are easy on the eyes and what I mean by that is that their are not to many technical issues with the visuals and when their are some issues like frame rate problems they will not strain your eyes and some of these frame rate issues are minor and do not have much of an effect on the gameplay and again these frame rate issues are just really minor and might only happen in some parts of this game but again they are just minor. and the detail's to the environment of Shanghai is just remarkable and even the detail to all the non-playable-character's even the main character Ken even though you do not get to see is face at all but the detail of him and his black ninja garment's are all nicely done well in detail. Now I'll talk a little bit more about the beautiful environments that you go through Shanghai and you go through the roof tops of the city, to the highways and tunnels as you travel through and taking down baddies and a couple of boss battles which kind of look great, you also travel through the under underground area of the city and fight through a high rise office building and you also get to fight enemies on a plane in mid flight and even take on boss in this part is where the game will have some noticeable flaws, but the overall visuals for this are still stunning and great to look at. their are some noticeable copy and past to some of the enemy non-playable-character's which kind of get a little repetitive to look, but the art style and visuals are still great and not that bad at all. So in short for the visuals for Ninja Blade is that their are some noticeable bug and issues but they are just minor and the visuals are just simply great to look at.
Audio:
Now the audio for Ninja Blade is pretty good and where the strong points are for the audio in this game are with the voice over work, the soundtrack/musical score and most of the sound effects for the game are all just plain great and they are great that it only had one flaw to it and it was the fact that at time's the voice over work in the cut scene or when in between objectives just got over powered by the games sound track/ musical score or even the games sound effect or the back ground noise, which at times can be a pain in the butt if you play your games with the volume down a bit at night but maybe you are not the type and this may not apply to you but even though regardless of when you play your game and if you play with the volume up a bit or low a bit their are time's in this game where it will be hard to hear some of the character's talk in the cut scenes and in between objective's when you are in a mission, so basically this is a real pain but not a big pain. So regardless of the only flaw I found with this games audio and it is still pretty great and still is not that bad it will not render you from playing this game. So in short for the audio for this game is that it is just plain good enough except for that one issue with the voice over work getting over powered by the in game music or sound effects and still the audio is still great.
Gameplay:
Now the gameplay for Ninja Blade is quite interesting and quite impressive and you have this game that starts you off playing as a character by the name of Ken which is part of an elite special forces that is lead by his father and are ninja's and is over seen by an a American corporation or something along those lines to take on some of the toughest and unnatural or in-human of circumstances, and when the city of Shanghai starts to be over run by an parasite that is in-human and can take over the human that it takes as a host and the story at the beginning of the game is a little confusing at the beginning but every thing gets explain as you go through the game. So as playing as Ken you get to carry three kinds of swords which give's you a ton of fighting combination's which will keep the hack and slashing in this game fresh and you have got some Prince of Persia style to help you get from one ledge to another by running on the walls which is pretty cool and you get to take on an array of boss's from big ugly one like giant spider's to couple of human host that as been taken over by a parasite, so the combat in this game is pretty great and will keep you entertained and along with the story of the campaign this game will keep busy for about 12 hours or so maybe less or maybe less. Their is a feature in this game that keeps you in the when you think you have time for a breather after a mission and you get to a cut scene and when you think you can take quick rest guess what that does not happen because you have quick time event that keeps you in that game and for me I guess I'm one of the few that actually like this because for me it's something I don't get to see or do a lot in game where it keeps playing when I should be taking a break but that is just me and for most you might not like it and if you did not it that much before well in this game the quick time events come in every cut scene and you will know when it is about to happen when the in game camera goes to a close up on Ken's eye like his spidey sense was tingling so I guess we can call Ken's special sense his ninja sense and with the quick time events this could be an issue for some or it could be fun for other's. So in short for the gameplay for this game is that it is fun and it will keep busy for some time and quick time events could be fun for some and might be a pain for other's so the game play is just fun.
Overall:
So the overall point is this game is worth checking out because you should be able to find this game for about $9.99 or less used and maybe new if it's on sale and their might be a few places that might be selling it for a bit more like around $40 dollars or less but definitely pick this game up and it's not bad and it is worth playing and despite some minor issues the game is still great and fun to play.
8.5