I finally beat: Naruto – Rise of a Ninja

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It crashed a lot.  A ton.  So much that I skipped a few of the side missions near the end just to bring the game to a close.  It was incredibly frustrating.  Imagine a game filled with obsticles and traps, but instead of killing you they would hard freeze your system.  Then you would have to stand up, walk over, hit the power button and reset the console, wait for it to load, log back in, wait for it to load, boot up the game, wait for it to load, pick a storage device, wait for it to load, load your save game, wait for it to load.

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Naruto Progress Report #1

Alright, brief:

I recently learned the ability to sping and dash around corners (think skidding in a racing game).  I also recently leveled up my exploration skills such as running up walls.  Combined this has really opened up the main hub world and given the game a very Crackdown or Spiderman 2 feel.  I didn’t have a crash during my last playtime experience,…but I’m still holding my breath.

And Saving Often.

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don’t tell me the ending to: Naruto – Rise of a Ninja

I’m going to be naturally a little bitter about this game.  It crashes on me nearly every time I hit a log.  I’m not sure why, but it is all the more frustrating to have to do every trap filled platforming sequence perfectly, or be forced to reboot the system.

But, I’ll try to explain the game based on merit as if it worked perfectly.

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Naruto:Rise of the Ninja = 30 hours of TV in 6 hours of Gaming

Naruto:Rise of the Ninja = 30 hours of TV in 6 hours of Gaming

Naruto:Rise of the Ninja was my greatest hope of being able to catch up on all my anime in 1/5 of the time. The game follows the first 80 or so episodes of the Naruto animated TV series, so if the game tells the complete story of those episodes, then i can have the entire story without the hassle of actually watching the show. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out the way that I had hoped. Continue reading