If you've played Naruto...

[Drumrush7]

As a Naruto fan(not major), I had come across two 360 Naruto titles called Rise of a Ninja, and The Broken Bond. The game uses RPG elements you would likely find in a Kingdom Hearts game. These are the best Naruto titles out there and I was wondering if anybody plays these games, or watches/reads this series. I'll tell you more about the game when you post reply's.

[BillzNoLongerHere]

I own Rise of a Ninja. It's pretty fun, although the combat is UNFORGIVING. Not a single battle is a cakewalk, granted this improves your skills faster, but only if you want to play as Naruto in versus.

Personally I'm more of a Lee guy, but I appreciate that Kiba and Chouji actually got into this game(usually these two are ignored despite being present for the Rescue Sasuke arc of part 1, one of the best bits in the series).

On that note it's a shame Rise didn't allow you to play as multiple characters, but as with most Naruto games you are forced to play as the lead character and the lead character only.

My last complaint is enemy variation. The first time a bandit attacked me I thought "Oh, that's kinda neat...they gave him his own voice, move set and everything." but as it turned out the bandits would be the main enemy you fight in the game with the odd ninja and recognisable character thrown in for good measure.

I hear Broken Bond fixes many of my complaints about Rise(play as more than one character for sure, I need confirmation on the other two issues), but I haven't got around to buying it yet.


EDIT: Zach/Mods, can you please move this thread to the Other Games subsection, as this appears to be a gaming thread. Many thanks.

[Drumrush7]

Let me give you my take on Broken Bond.

Broken Bond definitely fixes several issues of Rise Of A Ninja.

The biggest to point out is that mouth movement has been added, but it's meant for the Japanese language.
Luckily, the language is available along with English subs.

You can play as more than one character, but it must be under a team.
You do play as Naruto most of the time, but you do get to play as some of the other characters as well, using their unique abilities in battle, getting past obstacles, and finding goodies.

The game does have occasional hiccups here and there, and the missions can get boring and repetitive.
There is some more enemy variation this time around, but some of them
look the same.

It doesn't detract from character personality and follows the best episodes of the original series.
All-in-all, Broken Bond is a good game.
I'll also say that the 360 versions are the best Naruto games.

If you watch Naruto, or have watched anything related to it, then you should get this game.