Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Reviews
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<img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="23670" data-permalink="https://press-start.com.au/reviews/2016/02/12/naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-4-review/attachment/b_story-11/" data-orig-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_STORY1.jpg" data-orig-size="2000,160" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="B_STORY" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_STORY1-300x24.jpg" data-large-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_STORY1-600x48.jpg" class="size-full wp-image-23670 aligncenter" src="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_STORY1.jpg" alt="B_STORY" width="2000" height="160" srcset="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_STORY1.jpg 2000w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_STORY1-300x24.jpg 300w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_STORY1-600x48.jpg 600w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_STORY1-560x45.jpg 560w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" />Having never played the previous Ninja Storm games, Number 4 tells an abridged version of the manga (and anime). For people who have never followed Naruto before, this is a quick and dirty way of catching up to the entire series, but the story given in the main mode is highly pruned and streamlined to the bare essentials. There are a lot of gorgeous cutscenes that carry the story well enough, and the well acted English AND Japanese voices add to the story. However, if you are a casual fan or one who barely dabbles in the series, this game isn’t necessarily the best starting point for you.<img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="23676" data-permalink="https://press-start.com.au/reviews/2016/02/12/naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-4-review/attachment/screenshot_0004_layer-1/" data-orig-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer 1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer-1-300x80.jpg" data-large-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer-1-600x160.jpg" class="size-full wp-image-23676 aligncenter" src="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer-1.jpg" alt="SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer 1" width="1500" height="400" srcset="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer-1.jpg 1500w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer-1-300x80.jpg 300w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer-1-600x160.jpg 600w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0004_Layer-1-560x149.jpg 560w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" />Bare essentials means, well, bare essentials. There’s a lot of back and forth and a lot of lost side plots as the game attempts to be the Ultimate Ninja Storm wrap up. This is also the fourth and final game in the series, so it does start off from where the last one ended. The series itself however is lengthy and complicated, so having the bare essentials is quite a positive thing especially for those who just want a sort of quick synopsis of the overall plot, and the story as a whole, while streamlined, is still manageable to follow and contains enough character development and strong voice acting to make it worthwhile.<img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="23669" data-permalink="https://press-start.com.au/reviews/2016/02/12/naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-4-review/attachment/b_presentation-13/" data-orig-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_PRESENTATION1.jpg" data-orig-size="2000,160" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="B_PRESENTATION" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_PRESENTATION1-300x24.jpg" data-large-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_PRESENTATION1-600x48.jpg" class="size-full wp-image-23669 aligncenter" src="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_PRESENTATION1.jpg" alt="B_PRESENTATION" width="2000" height="160" srcset="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_PRESENTATION1.jpg 2000w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_PRESENTATION1-300x24.jpg 300w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_PRESENTATION1-600x48.jpg 600w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_PRESENTATION1-560x45.jpg 560w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" />Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 (UNS4) is absolutely gorgeous. The traditional anime style translates very well to gaming, and this could easily be one of the best looking games I’ve played this year. The fighting style animations, the huge boss battles, the amount of particles on screen during fast paced fights are beyond insane. In fact, it’s almost a little too overwhelming, as there can be so many things on screen at once that it can be hard to track your character(s). It’s especially overwhelming when you throw in huge elemental attacks and beast boss battles, and the frame rate does suffer somewhat. I noticed significant slowdown during particle-heavy segments, which would lead to a bit of input lag. However, it wasn’t a huge issue, though the online modes were not tested to see if this issue was as severe.<img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="23675" data-permalink="https://press-start.com.au/reviews/2016/02/12/naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-4-review/attachment/screenshot_0003_layer-2/" data-orig-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer-2.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer 2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer-2-300x80.jpg" data-large-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer-2-600x160.jpg" class="size-full wp-image-23675 aligncenter" src="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer-2.jpg" alt="SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer 2" width="1500" height="400" srcset="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer-2.jpg 1500w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer-2-300x80.jpg 300w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer-2-600x160.jpg 600w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCREENSHOT_0003_Layer-2-560x149.jpg 560w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" />Cutscenes are absolutely gorgeous, and while some may balk in the length of many of these (long dense cutscenes break up the story mode gameplay segments often), they’re so well animated that it’s hard to skip any of them. While environmental destructibility is sadly quite limited, they remain varied enough<img decoding="async" data-attachment-id="23668" data-permalink="https://press-start.com.au/reviews/2016/02/12/naruto-shippuden-ultimate-ninja-storm-4-review/attachment/b_gameplay-13/" data-orig-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_GAMEPLAY1.jpg" data-orig-size="2000,160" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="B_GAMEPLAY" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_GAMEPLAY1-300x24.jpg" data-large-file="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_GAMEPLAY1-600x48.jpg" class="size-full wp-image-23668 aligncenter" src="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_GAMEPLAY1.jpg" alt="B_GAMEPLAY" width="2000" height="160" srcset="https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_GAMEPLAY1.jpg 2000w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_GAMEPLAY1-300x24.jpg 300w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_GAMEPLAY1-600x48.jpg 600w, https://press-start.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/B_GAMEPLAY1-560x45.jpg 560w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" />If you’re not turned off by the lengthy cutscenes and hard to swallow mythology, UNS4 does contain a robust and fun fighting engine. The majority of attacks are limited to one button which may sound repetitive and shallow, but with a mix of elemental attacks, chakra and Storm attacks the combat quickly becomes less repetitive and more strategic. For newcomers it can definitely be a little overwhelming, especially with the sheer amount of everything that’s happening on screen at once, but it’s a fighting system that’s very fun and very rewarding. Story mode is consistently broken up between cutscene and gameplay, and for the most part follows traditional fighting game campaigns by conducting fights on a 3D plane, sometimes throwing different objectives into the mix. While QTE’s are rarely a good thing, they actually work in UNS4, as not only they are NOT linked to a fail state, but nailing them quickly enough will unlock more Stars which will unlock Secret Factors, alternative or secret cutscenes that contain extra bits of story.
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is a fantastic fighting game and a love letter to the series. And yes, it runs swimmingly on the Deck!
A great end to the story and a fun Naruto themed fighting game that fans won't want to miss out on. Even if Naruto isn't your thing I would still say it's worth a try.
Overall
Even the strongest of opponents always has a weakness
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is not for everyone, but to its credit it doesn’t try to be. This game shines with pride knowing it gave it’s all to celebrate fans of the Naruto Shippuden anime and doesn’t look back. At its worst Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is just as good as any of its predecessors and at its best it only made things better. It’s functional, fun, and crammed full of enough different modes to satisfy anyone interested in giving it chance. Anything beyond that is just a matter of taste, but if you’re even bothering to wonder about a Naruto tie-in video game, that really shouldn’t be much of an obstacle.
Let’s get this out of the way right now. I have zero experience with the Naruto franchise, which is quite remarkable given how long the franchise has been around and the many years I’ve been covering the industry. This could be viewed as a good or a bad thing. Good, if you are like me who is evidently late to the party, jumping into a series that has come to an end. Bad, if you are fan looking for the kind of review that compares this Naruto game with others in the series. Regardless, you’re getting my impressions of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 from the perspective of a Naruto noob.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 proves to be a great fighter with a good story and good characters. If you are a fan of the series, or looking to try a new fighting game, give Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 a shot!
Easily the best looking anime fighter on the market today, the fourth and final entry in the Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm series proves to be a highly entertaining one as it parallels its stupendous presentation with substantial longevity and an easily accessible brawler.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 refines the gameplay to the absolute best of the series and offers a large roster of playable characters. Unfortunately, it squanders all of that potential with a short and poorly presented campaign fought against buggy AI, a forgettable Adventure Mode and online matches that are plagued with connectivity problems. The Ultimate Ninja Storm series sadly does not end on a high note.
If, like me, you fell off the Naruto bandwagon during the early parts of Ninja War, it’s a great way to put a few hours in and still know how the whole narrative ended up playing out.
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 is a fitting finale for the game series and for fans of the anime. With a great range of content, a huge roster, and spectacular visuals, this is certain to be a hit with those who have a history with the franchise. Unfortunately for outsiders though it’s likely to remain a beautiful yet incomprehensible brawler.
Stunning to behold and hugely enjoyable to play, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 can sometimes prove frustrating, but once you get to grips with it and master its combat, enjoying the blistering battles that ensue is a joy. Close to Six Paths Perfection, you might say.
Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 rounds out the story for fans in one of the best looking and best playing entries in the series.