Okay so I recently bought Naruto: Ultima Ninja Storm a game developed by cyberconnect, a japanese country that has exclusivity for the Naruto IP on PS consoles..... because i heard it was somewhat similar to Naruto: Rise of a ninja....a game developed by Ubisoft that was only for Xbox 360 thanks to cyber connect. The thing is, the Ubisoft game didn't sell well because Naruto's audience isn't in America....but Ultimate Ninja Storm did because it was on PS3.

But the quality difference between the two is simply astounding. In Rise of a Ninja you're placed in a sandbox world with a ton of side missions and the story is told while you do main missions and stuff, and while you're doing that you earn cool abilities that assist you in the sandbox world....in the Ninja Storm game you're placed in an sandbo world where you have to go to mission fronts to take on a mission...which is basically just skipping straight to fighting. While in rise of a ninja you would have to actually explore and do platforming to advance...in the ninja storm game you just fight and all the abilities are given to you, such as walking up walls, on water, running super fast, etc...giving you no sense of progression.

The story is told way better in Rise of a Ninja, honestly someone new to the Naruto universe would be so confused if ninja storm was the first game they played....the combat is actually challenging and feels rewarding when you pull off a jutsu in Rise of a Ninja....Ninja Storm's combat gets very repetitive after awhile honestly. 

It's just a shame that a Western Dev treated a Japanese IP better than a Japanese dev, it's a shame Rise of a Ninja never made it to the PS3 otherwise I'm confident that Ubisoft would've made more sequels...cause honestly the Ninja Storm series is getting milked like a CoD game at this point. I bought Generation...won't even bother buying 3....since Ubisoft stopped making Naruto games cyberconnect took away the open world from the naruto games and made them very linear and recycling so much shit from earlier games it cringeworthy....

welp at least it was better than the Bleach game which sucked all ass....seriously the budget probably was 1.5 at most.

And what's even worst is how cyber connect uses the same engine...combat system for the most part....and other shit for almost ALL of their games. Like jesus be ambitious for once. Are Japanese devs really this scared to take risks?

Well you can just imagine what us dotHack fans are feeling.

The Ultimate Ninja Storm series isn't about its sandbox mode (that part actually gets worse with every new entry). It's about its solid combat gameplay. I like it because it doesn't have traditional 2D or 2.5D fighting mechanics and instead gives a lot more freedom.

I think they are pretty awesome for bringing us anime games when no one else will.

The sandbox was the best in the first UNS game. It only got worse from there. The reason I keep playing the games is for the awesome fighting mechanic. It's no Budokai 3 but it gets the job done.

Bummer dude (seriously the budget probably was 1.5 at most). That sounds worse than Naughty Bear.

Ubisoft is in my opinion, a different kind of gaming company. They will try things nobody else touches. Its something I like about them.

Can't really praise them for localizing the games when it makes sense for them, because the fanbase of gamers who would buy Naruto games ARE on PS3...

It's just that jesus, Ubisoft totally did a great job with the IP while they simply milk it. It's just sad.

I bet the next installment will be just like the last with SUPER minor adjustments to the combat.

Sorry to hear about your crippling terminal lack of judgement. Cyberconnect is probably one of the best japanese devs at handling anime and they prove it with their Naruto series and the newest JoJos Bizarre Adventure game. They also have much better mechanics than the Ubisoft game.

Nah, the Ubisoft games were better.

The open world aspect of the Ubisoft games shits all over the "open" world aspect of the cyberconnect games.

I'm not calling the Cyberconnect games bad, just milked, familiar, and "safe" and not better than the game the Western Devs made with the same IP.

Are you seriously trying to complain that it's harder to follow the story of the Cyber Connect games for non Naturo fans? Well duh. Rise of a Ninja takes place at the very beginning of the series. Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 takes place in the middle of Shippuuden like 400 episodes later. Unless you expect them to start from the beginning for every game, of course the later ones will be harder to follow.

At any rate Clash of Ninja is better than either of them.