G'day there guys and gals!Without a doubt, Naruto Shippuden Generations is bound to make the fans happy but where it lacks, the game is able to make up for most of it.
For a game that has been in development for nearly 2 and a half years, it makes it a shame to see what little effort has been put into the Campaign. While the game does show some excellent cutscenes never before seen (and some videos involving Killer Bee rapping fool ya fool!) this makes each Campaign story a little more bearable. Featuring 10 different stories (Such as Zabuza and Haku, Minato, Gaara ect) each story has a set of about 4-7 fights in each, all starting with an easy fight to more challenging and difficult setting areas and abilities.
While it was quite intriguing to see these extra fighting scenes (such as Naruto V Sasuke at the Final Valley during the 4th Ninja War) these clips were kept to about two minutes or slightly more.
What is most dissapointing is the loss of free roam and side missions. In the previous game, free roam (while limited) was still active; allowing players to travel, journey, puzzle solve and simply work their way towards a mission or an active quest. In this however, you see a simple photo taken directly from the anime with text and voiceover and press A to continue on. These little moments can last from up to 10 seconds to a few minutes, both being slightly irritating and pointless.
Multiplayer, while still the same greatness, is nothing short of some lack too. While gamers can choose to have tournements versing COMP players, online matches tend to have more issues. This time around, players can choose how to connect; Region, Language and Connectivity is now an option to create a safer and easier way to play against friends. However, Region limits you down to only your country and not Plate Boarder (Example: The AUS Plate includes Australia, New Zealand and parts of Indonesia) and even then, it tends to link directly to whatever comes first, which can be a weak or strong link.
And joining a random online match spells horror for the non-host.
Lastly, gamers now can shop for in game items in seperate parts of the main menu, including what your substitution log says as you use it, what weapon kit you'd prefer to use and view all the clips you have unlocked in Campaign, as well as Ninja Info Cards (Which can help out with special abilities granted during online play), titles and so on.
To put it simply, Naruto Shippuden Generations is definitely a worthy game for fans of either the show, manga or simply fighting games. For newcomers, head back to the originals. With such amount of work to graphics, gameplay, its up to you to decide whether the losses weigh up against the fruit.
Out of 10, I gave Naruto Shippuden Generations an 6.5/10
Good Points
+Fantastic new scenes
+Upgraded fighting system
+Waaaaay more characters
Bad Points
-....its pretty much the same content
-Short Campaign
-Multiplayer bug issues
-Text scenes mostly unneccessary
Naruto Shippuden Generations is out now for the standard price of $68
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