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Ninja Blade is an action-fighting-cinematic game that I picked up today. It's disappointing, to say the least. It's visually appealing, but it just gets stupid after a while. It starts when you learn how to surf on missiles. It quickly went from fun to 'What-the-feth-ville'.

Then I got to my first chase scene. Oh man, this is so badly executed. Why does the camera focus on your character from the front? Yes, I know there's a Big Bad Evil Guy (tm) chasing me, but I can't outrun him if I can't see where I'm running!

Then there's the Quicktime events. Now, I love me a good Quicktime event, like the simple ones in Resident Evil and God of War, but COME ON! I seriously have to press buttons to catch things and I have to mash a button to open a trapdoor? What? There are just far too many QTEs in this game, and after a while, they just get annoying.

Finally, the main character. He's some guy, who is also a ninja and an emo. Seriously, he's worse than that guy from Naruto, only instead of a terrible Americanised anime character, he's Cloud who's traded his silly hair and sword for a full-body black suit, a sissy haircut, and scarred wrists. He is a horrible, horrible character who should be replaced via downloadable content.

In the end, the game is God of War with more QTEs, more of a GRIMDARKCRAWLINGUNDERMYSKIIIIIIN setting, and frustrating controls.

Cheese, if your looking for a ninja game then pick up a tenchu game, some of the best around

or, if you need the best game just wait until modern warfare 2 is released

I preferred Ninja Gaiden myself. It's so hard it's not funny, but I still enjoyed the challenge.

As for Modern Warfare 2, I think I'll wait until the initial price goes down. Being such a big release for this year, it's going to cost at least $100 or possibly more. After all, the Diablo II Battlechest is still $120 and it's several years old now.

meh, feth the price, i pre-ordered the prestige version for £120 lol, all you get extra: pair of half decent night vision goggles and a funky games tin

allthough, ill have to order ODST aswell at some point -_-