Shinobi for PlayStation 2

Pros: It brings some moments of fun slashing action,cool music and excellent atmosphere
Cons: Control issues,camera,falls to death,shameless use of the name...

Shinobi, what a series of games. Starting in the arcades, before making a trip to Sega's Master System, then onto it's successor the Megadrive/Genesis as well as two outings on the handheld Game Gear, the series came to a grinding halt after Shinobi ...

Pros: Stylish.
Cons: Design is horrid. Game's all about falling to your death.

It's a scientifically proven fact: Ninjas are cool. Recently, a friend and I have been getting into the Japanese anime series, Naruto about, go figure, ninjas. So since Episode 8 ends on a stinking super-cliffhanger, it completely got us amped...

Pros: The graphics are alright; the special moves with akujiki do make the game interesting.
Cons: Too hard; bad camera controls; monotonous game play; easy deaths and frustrating levels.

First off, I've always been a fan of Shinobi from the beginning at the arcade all the way to this point. So...I'm somewhat biased. To begin this "dissertation" of the game we are focused not on the character ninja himself but rather a sword called, ...

Pros: Excellent character control; very fast graphics; stylish animation.
Cons: Final boss too difficult to be any fun!

Many reviews complain about the absence of any save points in the game and normally I would agree wi ...

Pros: Addictive, and very challenging, with a great visual style.
Cons: Repetitive, and may frustrate many gamers.

Introduction: There are very few 3D games being released these days which skip all the fancy stuff we don't really need, and go straight for the simplistic, more abbreviated gameplay approach, reminiscent of old 2D classics, which most games are in ...

Pros: Awesome action, classic feel, fun story.
Cons: Less than stellar backgrounds. Old school difficulty.

Do you remember Shinobi? Back from the hallowed age of first gen mainstream consoles, back during a time when games were made differently, a time I look back on fondly.

Shinobi is a little slice of that era, packed up in some of the best...

Pros: Decent music, old school and hardcore, slick controls, character design
Cons: Graphics merely passable, bosses are sometimes too hard to be fun, lock-on kinks

Intro:
I must make one thing clear before I continue this review. I am a Sega fanboy. Pure. I eat everything they make right up and even though I can recognize when a game is crap, this fact can make me biased to forgive to some extent. So please...

Pros: Looks great, ninja-rific, fast and furious gameplay
Cons: Camera problems, extremely difficult, jumping

Backdrop
You're Hotsuma, the leader of the ancient Oboro clan of ninja. One day a massive earthquake hits and reawakens an evil sorcerer who was defeated by your ancestors. He comes back and kills your entire clan. Things get even worse when...

Pros: Cool ninja with a red scarf
Cons: Mind numbingly difficult.

Concept: A game featuring a ninja that sports a huge red scarf. Graphics: Average PS2 graphics. So ...

Pros: great ninja game with an easy to use control system.
Cons: same story line from every ninja game. power ranger pose at every fight.

When I first got the game, it looked great. When I first played it, my opinion was quite the same, it was fun to play and the graphics were pretty good compared to the other games out at the time. Then I got to the second group of enemies... At ...