![]() ![]() I would have liked the game to feature more of the great cinematic action that the series is known for. These sections are interesting shorts that I wish there was more of, since the Ninja World Tournament isn’t something I would class as having a proper story and this section gives a sneak peek at what Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution‘s true story potential could have been. The highlight of the story for Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution for me was the Ninja Escapades section, an area of the game that contains three episodes based on how the Akatsuki was created, a backstory for the Uchiha clan and a small short with Obito and Kushina. The Mecha-Naruto section, while short, is a bit more entertaining, reverting mostly back to the old formula of the one-on-one fights of old, with an amusing story that does just enough to be an enjoyable play through. It becomes painfully obvious that the mode reuses the general plot, and so the story is nothing more than dry and unexciting. This will keep clocking up until you hit S rank, along with isolated challenges and battles to participating in that unlock from beating the previous tier. The issue I found is that there is no real meat to the story, and so the main interest from this mode is the actual tournament fights. Beating the first tier (D) finishes the game and unlocks the Mecha-Naruto short story, but also lets players re-enter the Ninja World Tournament again, this time at a higher rank than the one you finished before. ![]() The problem is that the story doesn’t go anywhere you are simply exploring the island, doing errands to get the various hidden village ninjas to be accessible for your team, buying tools from the shop and attempting other countless challenges. The main bulk of the game is the Ninja World Tournament, where players pick their favourite hero – limited at first, but more are unlocked as you begin to discover them in Ninja World Tournament – and battle against others in a newly implemented four-way battle system (more on that in a bit). What we have here in Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution is, to be brutally honest, all filler, but not in a good way. An original story is all well and good, but there isn’t really enough of it here, especially for people who are used to seeing some of the amazing looking action scenes from all the preceding games. Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution’s story is one that was overseen by Masashi Kishimoto, the manga’s artist, with some of the additional stories actually penned by him to give more background to specific characters. Storylines for anime games, such as previous Naruto titles, can have issues with repeating the same material in the sequels, which cause them to suffer from déjà vu and unoriginality. Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution takes a step away from the anime and manga plotline and goes with its own original story. Currently, the latest game staring the orange and black suited Ninja has just arrived, but is Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution really a revolutionary entry in the franchise’s long running history or is it simply the next logical step to take the series in? Put on your Hidden Leaf headband and let’s find out. It looks like the company isn’t stopping there with its properties, as Dragon Ball Xenoverse was recently confirmed to be heading to PC through Valve’s Steam platform, but I am getting ahead of myself, since that’s the future for anime games on Steam. ![]() It looks like Bandai Namco was happy with the sale results after trying the waters with a PC release of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst, which to my account was the first big anime licensed title to hit Steam. ![]()
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