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Naruto: The Broken Bond Review
Summary
Building on the success of Naruto: Rise of a Ninja, this new action adventure takes the story to a deeper level within the Naruto Universe.
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this game is seriously so unbelievably amazing yet sooooo frustrating because of how close to perfection it is! it had everything in place to be easily the best naruto game of all time!
on one hand, the gameplay has never been topped! the fighting gameplay is super dynamic and intense, the fact that you do real-time hand signs to perform jutsu is so cool, running around takes a bit to get the hang of but when you do you feel ALIVE, even the minigames feel so good to control and DAMN the amount of cool mechanics you can do in this fun open-world is simply awe inspiring! on top of that, the environments, skyboxes and colours are GORGEOUS and oozes xbox 360 times all in your face! it also uses music from the anime and that’s EPIC.
it’s truly a fantastic time and a solid comfort game.
however, on the other hand, it excels very poorly in story and presesentation. the main story is solid in a vacuum but i will never understand why it’s so weirdly rushed and half-baked for the sake of nonsensical filler, it makes zero sense. the ratio filler has over the main plot is OBSCENE and wouldn’t have needed to be there if ubisoft cared to flesh out the main story enough! despite the pretty environments and stylish UI, the presentation is quite miserable. character models are so stiff, broken and sometimes disproportionate, like HOW DO YOU MESS UP NARUTO’S FACE THAT BADLY!? oh and don’t even get me started on the sannin QTE sequence, like what the ACTUAL *** happened here!? were they even trying!?
the impeccable gameplay keeps this game from being unfun or boring, but these flaws frustrate me beyond everything because i can easily picture the perfect game it was so damn close to being! with that said it’s probably the best part one naruto game and one of the best naruto games in general. hell, it’s probably the naruto game i feel the most passionately about. i highly recommend this game to any naruto fan for its beyond stellar gameplay.
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Best naruto game
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IGN Review