Ninja Blade
About the Game
In 2011 a small village in South America is attacked by unknown creatures. Upon inspecting the survivors, a new type of hook worm is discovered and classified as “Alpha-worm”. These parasites cannot be countered with any known medicine and spread through the blood stream of their victims, rewriting their genetic code and turning them into much stronger monsters. They escaped the research facility and the situation quickly became uncontainable, resulting in the drop of an atomic bomb on the site.
Gameplay & Core Systems
But as opposed to the previous outbreaks, the parasites are spreading much faster and only a few days after the first infection, the first sky-high level-5-infected are sighted. players takes on the role of Ken Ogawa and quickly finds himself without his team-mates and betrayed by his own father. Bound to duty but driven by revenge, players controls him from a classic 3rd-person-perspective through the nine, very long levels. A great part of the game plays similar to Devil May Cry 4 with players using his three different kind of swords (balanced, slow and fast) as well as a over-sized throwing star to deal with the infected, using the available combos. All the weapons are upgradeable in several stages by using the Blood Crystals that all killed enemies drop.
Standout Features
- Since Quick Time Events play an important role, their difficulty level can be adjusted independently from the one for normal gameplay.
- Blood Crystals: At the end of the level, players is rated based on several factors, gaining him additional Blood Crystals or unlocking new customization options like a new emblem or a suit for Ken.
- There are also jump-'n'-run-elements included, requiring players to use wall-walk or swinging on rails to advance through the level.
- Quick Time Events: The game also calls itself an interactive movie and this is where the second core gameplay mechanic comes into play: Quick Time Events.
- The levels are designed like one big boss fight where players encounters the final boss of the level right from the start and follows him or is chased by him through hordes of normal enemies, jump-‘n’-run-passages and intermediate-bosses.
- From this moment on, players just need to follow the instructions on-screen and watch the carnage unfold.
Presentation & Atmosphere
Since then there have been several contained outbreaks all over the world which have all been stopped by the G.U.I.D.E.-squad, a special forces unit consisting of Ninjas especially trained for these outbreaks.
Display support includes HDTV 720p, HDTV 1080i, and HDTV 1080p. Audio support includes Dolby Digital.
