Hotsuma, clad in his futuristic black armor and bearing a long red scarf (which make him look awfully similar to Hanzo from the Samurai Shodown fighting games), has a lot of interesting techniques at his disposal. The mechanics of Shinobi are the best thing about the game, though you won't realize this at first. There's definitely no shortage of pure action in this game.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's However, this Shinobi does have a thematic similarity to its predecessors, insofar as this is not a game involving stealth-you won't be spending any time sneaking in shadows here, but instead you'll be busy chopping up and chopping down droves of otherworldly foes. Unlike those games, this Shinobi is a fully 3D game that has much more of an emphasis on close-quarters hack-and-slash combat than on ranged shooting. Other than the fact that its main character is a ninja, Shinobi actually has very little in common with other games in the series, such as the original arcade game and the Sega Genesis classic, Revenge of Shinobi. As Hotsuma, you'll have to battle through numerous stages filled with occult adversaries. The combination of these elements makes for a game that can be very satisfying when it isn't frustrating, though in any event, Shinobi could have used more time in development so that its action could have stood out better from the game's assorted shortcomings.
The game, inspired by Sega's classic ninja action series, is notable both for its extreme level of difficulty and also for its highly responsive control mechanics. So if you're expecting a challenge from Shinobi, then at least you know what you're in for. And in the case of Shinobi, Sega's latest 3D action game, the main character, Hotsuma, has it even tougher than usual-he'll be constantly fighting off the demonic remains of his former clansmen. Yet these enigmatic, highly trained, highly disciplined, emotionless Japanese assassins probably have a pretty difficult life, what with all the skulking and assassinating and running around. It's a well-known fact that ninjas are cool.
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