A game where action and brutality truly shine, featuring excellent design and fluid animations.

Yakumo is a great character, and his wide array of weapons adds a dynamic element when facing challenges.

When playing as Ryu, you really feel the difference in power; it feels like you’re playing as a legendary and powerful ninja master.

The bosses leave a lot to be desired; there are very few of them, and only a handful posed a real challenge.

I thought the level design was very good, with changes in atmosphere and verticality in each one; however... I would have liked a greater variety of enemies.

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Great hack and slash game. Despite his design being way less cool than ryus, yakumo plays quite nicely. The new systems like the quick dodge and parry flow very well. Combat is brutal and beautiful to look at.

However, the enviroments are extremely bland and forgettable, and even though its a fun game the "team ninja" feeling is missing. (I dont know how to describe it.)

The biggest problem i have with the game is, that they should not have added ryu. He does not work well with the new/generic combat, and his kit is generally undecooked and boring in comparison to yakumo. He does not feel half as cool and powerfull as in other titles.
They even put some idiotic looking armor plates on ryus butt! Why??? And made walking on water way less cool.

They should have had faith in their skinny edgelord, because they just did not have it when it came to buff edgelord ryu.

If you want to play as ryu or have to choose one game get Ninja Gaiden 2 Black instead. otherwise solid game.

Master Ninja is totally ♥♥♥♥♥♥. As it should be.