[Review] Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution

Naruto Shippuuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
Platform: PC
Genre: 3D Fighting
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Bandai Namco

For me, Naruto Shippuuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution is ‘standalone’ expansion for the previous game which is Naruto Shippuuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst. It is similar to any Games company that had released the improvised version into standalone version such as Square Enix with Final Fantasy XIII-2 or Koei Tecmo with Warriors/Musou Franchise (Hyper, Z, Xtreme Legends etc), Bandai Namco also do the same thing for Naruto Shippuuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution but as standalone sequel this game contents are very few compare with the previous game simply said it would be good if this game release as expansion for Full Burst in PC version.

I can said that this game should become an expansion because you will not get continuation for the main story after the event from Full Burst, only flashback story (Escapade) that somewhat connecting to any character and uniquely you can enjoyed this kind of story only in this game only (Not release on any medias such as Anime or even Manga Version).

Other selling feature beside the flashback story (Escapade) in this game are additional character & ultimate movement. For the new characters, there’s only two additional new character: Mecha Naruto & Shisui Uchiha; and for ultimate movement, now we can use ultimate movement for tag team mode.

  
System Requirements
System requirements for this game are not much different than the previous game, it still needed good gaming rig in order to run this game very smoothly.


Minimum
OS : Windows (XP, Vista, 7 & 8)
Processor : Dual Core 2.3 GHz
Memory : 1 GB
Graphic : 512 MB VRAM with Pixel Shader 4.0
Hard Drive : 8 GB

Maximum
OS : Windows (XP, Vista, 7 & 8)
Processor : Dual Core 2.5 GHz
Memory : 8 GB
Graphic : 1 GB VRAM with Direct X 10
Hard Drive : 8 GB

Gameplay

Game modes in this game are mostly dominated by fighting (1 vs 1, 1 vs com & tag team). Any modes that this game offered are:

• Ninja World Tournament: Ninja World Tournament is similar to any fighting modes in this game, the different is you can unlock some rewards such as characters, money & accesories for customizing your favourite characters. By completing this mode once you can unlock Mecha Naruto Story.

• Online mode: Already explained

• Ninja Escapade: Untold stories and exclusively release only on this game.

• Free Battle: Have some modes such as: Training, Survival, Tournament, VS & Challenge modes.

Pros & Cons
 
+ Escapade & Tag Team Ultimate Movement  are the only feature that interesting, especially for those of you that love Naruto.
- There’s no significant improvements from previous game.

Sephiawind’s Score

Story 2/5

This game really lack the main story and Escapade mode contents are too few.

Gameplay 3/5

Game modes are dominates by fighting only.

Graphic 4/5
Not much different compare to previous game.

Sound 4/5

Same like graphic, no significant improvements in this part.

Replay Value 3/5

Boring, really lack the main feature which is the story itself.

3.2/5

Conclusions

This game is really boring compare to Naruto Shippuuden Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst, even any modes that this game offered can’t put additional score. Well you don't need to bought or play if you're not fans of this series, but if you're actually a Naruto fans then you should play this (Escapades is a must for Naruto fans).