Ninja Blade
Description:
Ninja Blade tells the tale of Ken Ogawa, a ninja that is trying oh-so-hard to be just like Ryu Hayabusa of Ninja Gaiden. He jumps out of helicopters, shuns stealth, and fights all sorts of nasty creatures. A parasitic outbreak has hit Tokyo, turning everyone and everything into destruction pleased monsters bent on turning the entire planet into a pile of rubble. The only hope, naturally, is Ken.
This tale is told owing to a series of cutscenes and quick-time-events (sequences where the player is required to push a series of buttons as they sparkle on the screen to interact with a cutscene) in a honestly traditional anime fashion. With voiceovers that switch between English and Japanese and a splintered storyline, Ninja Blade toes the line between something mainstream America will be familiar with and a tale that feels foreign.
If youre going to play Ninja Blade, it?s for the really ludicrous and over-the-top action that closes out each level. Ken Ogawa doesnt just kill these parasitic monsters of the night. He ends them with the kind of stylishness fantastic B-movies are made of. What?s the best way to kill a giant spider With a wrecking ball, of course. Cars and rubble flying owing to the air aren?t just debris. Theyre platforms to run atop and jump off. These are all played out owing to quick-time-events to keep the player engaged, not that you really need any encouragement. These kill moves had the entire IGN editorial office cheering at their sheer lunacy.
System Requirement:
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP / Vista
- Processor: Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or equivalent Athlon 64
- Memory: 1 GB
- Video: 3D-graphics adapter with 256 MB memory, compatible with DirectX 9.0c (GeForce 8600GTS or Radeon HD2600XT)
- Sound: Sound device compatible with DirectX 9.0
- Free hard drive space: 4 GB
- DirectX 9.0c
- Device for reading DVD-ROM
