This isn’t a review. It’s a rant. You have been warned.
I was excited for this game. I really was. So much so that I preordered it and bought it on the day of release (a rare thing for me), and put it in my PS3. Yes, I loved it at first. PS3 graphics on a CyberConnect2 game? Yes please!
Except it sucks. They took everything that made their Narutimate games on the PS2 awesome and REMOVED THEM COMPLETELY.
The Ougis are horrid. In the PS2 games they were cinematic. In Storm 2 they’re…just super powered regular moves at best. The Awakenings are useless, you need to have an orange life bar to activate them, and you can’t use items or call for support at all. All you get is a different jutsu to use, and no ougi.
Oh, and when the Awakening wears off, you’re WEAKER than before, in a powered down state. This means, of course, that you’re low on health (orange life bar), you’re weaker, and your opponent will have no problems taking you out in this state.
Good going, CC2, you did a great job here. Really, you did (this was sarcasm if you missed it).
The ‘Ultimate Adventure’ mode is horrid. The only GOOD thing about it are the cinematic boss fights, though they are replete with some pointless Quick Time Events (QTE) that don’t really add much to the fight at all.
But, hey, you get Minato! YAY!
…or not. Why do they keep putting him in their games? They must be fanboys or something. At least this time he had a voice actor…
So, in closing of this rant, I say…avoid. This. Game. It’s horrible. The LBP2 game engine will make a better fighter than this trash!
