A game made up of cliche
Basically, Ninja Blade is the forgotten child of Ninja Gaiden. No love, or attention for the game. Although a game like this might be a smash oversea, it doesn't really appeal to western gamers interest.
The story is basically just there for you to do a bunch of crazy, law of gravity, defying stuff that no one else can do because your a Ninja. You'll hang upside down on airplanes and jump hundreds of feet and land without a scratch. You won't just be watching though, you'll be interacting by quick time events! And there is allot of them, the game is filled with these things. So much, so, you'll find yourself getting annoyed by them within the first half of the game.
The combat does what little it can to keep you from getting bored by giving you different weapons with different effects. Through in some flashy combos and a few more weapons to collect and you've go Ninja Blade, and every other clone. Oh, and there's quick time events. Ofcourse there is going to be giant bugs with large health metersthat take forever to get down, apparently it's amust have in games.
After you have beaten the game, there isn't much for unlockables, except for the weirdest one, the ability to customize your ninja's costume color with whacky designs. It is as much fun as it sounds. Overall, the gameis simplistic at best. It feels more like a Frankenstein of different games put together withno rule heart of it's own.
Average Critic Score: 6.8