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If you search for Naruto games on the internet, you are bound to come back with a massive list of results.

Due to the popularity of the amine, Naruto has made his way onto just about every console or device imaginable. The games do vary in style and execution as they have been developed by different teams. The Ultimate Ninja series is more fight-centric and has always been tied to the PS3. Ubisoft created their own series for the Xbox that focussed more on adventuring. Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 however, has for the first time been released on both consoles.

A bit of background goes here. Naruto Uzumaki isn’t just an ordinary child ninja. Sealed inside him is the most feared demon of them all, the Nine Tailed Fox. Because of this, Naruto is ostracised by his fellow villagers who remember the devastation caused by this beast when it was free. What follows is Naruto’s tale of trying to gain acknowledgement, acceptance and ultimately trying to master the Nine Tail’s power to become the strongest ninja in history.

NS: UNS2 picks up three years after the original Ninja Storm finished. Naruto returns home to the Hidden Leaf Village after three years of training with one of the legendary Sannin – Pervy Sage.

The Ultimate adventure mode walks you through the Shippuden series but makes some minor alterations to the original storyline for the sake of gameplay. As you move from one fight to the next you unlock 44 playable characters (including Lars Andersson from Tekken 6).

At times during the campaign, you will take control of other characters from the series to complete parts of the storyline. As the game gets progressively more difficult your fighting skills will be put to the test, as will your ability to respond quickly to button prompts during boss battles. Between fights, Naruto travels through a multitude of static environments filled with not-so-wellhidden, helpful goodies. These can be used to tweak your battle plan amongst other things and come in the shape of bird poop and flowers. Go figure.

Fighting is very much a tactical affair, and knowing when to use what move is crucial. Timing is also key, as pressing the block button at just the right moment will see you teleport behind the enemy’s attack, allowing you to get in a few sneaky smacks. Some characters can transform into an alternative version of themselves, gaining a massive power boost for a limited time. A chakra gauge allows you to perform a select number of ninjitsu special moves in a row. Once it is depleted it can be recharged by holding the button down. Engaging your chakra in the middle of a button mashing combo can lead to a rather impressive finisher, while tapping another button immediately after you channel chakra enhances your basic abilities.

If the campaign gets a bit much, Free Play mode is essentially a fighting game thrown in for free. Choosing from over 40 characters you can fight against the computer, or a friend. Scarily addictive.

For those who have a penchant for all things online, fear not! The game allows you to participate in online battles too. Trying to out-think another human opponent is so much fun, and finding a ranked match is easy. Expect a tough challenge though; these guys can get a little hard core.

The only thing that appeared too often on the screen was the wording “loading.” Going between areas, between dialogues, at the start of fights, it’s everywhere! Running up and down the village can get a little tedious when after every little view, it has to load the next screen.

With so many  Naruto games on the market, you would imagine that a definitive one would have been made by now, but the real choice in which title you go for will comes down to personal preference. The Ninja Storm series is heading in a linear direction. It contains less deviation from the path of the story with unrelated tasks and more emphasis on preparing for the battle. Ninja Storm 2 assumes that the player knows the world of Naruto fairly well already. To fully enjoy this game, the player should already have a sound knowledge of the world of Naruto but necessarily be a skilled expert to get results from the fighting system.

The game throws aside your expectations and doesn’t care – it is what it is. It is an acquired taste then, but one that can certainly be rewarding, for the right person.

At A Glance:

Fans will go absolutely nuts for this thoroughly entertaining brawler.

Developer: CyberConnect2

Publisher: Namco Bandai

Distributor: Megarom

Platform:

Xbox 360

PSP

It is amazing how the creation of a single person can sometimes fertilize the imagination of thousands. Thus, a large part of the heroic-fantasy is more or less directly inspired by the work of Tolkien. The world of The Lord of the Rings is now available to all kinds, and there are more and more video games that have been adapted from this universe. The real time strategy game passing by the MMO or the beat’em all, the success of the movies obviously inspired game developers. Today, it is Pandemic which is responsible for adapting this epic by applying a recipe that has been proven with the Star Wars Battlefront series.
Frankly, graphics have not changed enormously since the Star Wars Battlefront series that was released on the previous generation of consoles as you may remember. However, we can forgive many things because the game was destined to the multiplayer mode, but there are textures bugs and aliasing effects that we should not find in a game of this magnitude.
Even if it is possible to take away the camera, the fighting still somewhat confused and it was often difficult to understand where is the action. A slight scramble and your character will fall to the ground and you will have to get him off the ground with difficulty. This draft aspect is embarrassing in the singleplayer mode, but it quickly becomes unbearable in the multiplayer mode.
It should take you six or seven hours to be done with the two campaigns. It’s short, but the title is primarily aimed to the multiplayer mode. Thus, it is possible to find 13 maps of the singleplayer scenario in online games with 16 players or in split screen with 4 players. Unfortunately multiplayer mode only offers four gametypes that have absolutely nothing original.
We find the music of the movies and the voices may not always be the ones from the incumbent doublers, but they generally stick well to the characters. However, it would have been easy to relinquish few lines; it is particularly horrible to bear the chatter of the Ents.
Tolkien fans may be surprised: between the alternative ending that makes the One Ring to Sauron and the presence of Orcs sorcerers on the battlefield, we cannot say that the universe Lord of the Rings is respected by the book. For those who are willing to overlook these inconsistencies, it will be delighting to find the highlights of the saga through the most epic battles.
The Lord of the Rings fans and Battlefront players certainly had placed too much hope in this Conquest. In conclusion, the game suffers from a few gameplay flaws that prevent it from matching to its models. With fighting sometimes a little confusing and its multiplayer mode that could leave many players wanting more, Conquest is not the hit that was expected. Overall, it must be recognized that all beat’em fans will certainly be happy to indulge their passion with other players online.

Guitar Hero III hit broad choice of systems, this includes the PC system for the very first time, and with mixed results the game has many features also game play elements which you will find in consoles. It presented many troublesome issues that were unique to PC, such as slowdown and serious lag this will cause huge problems in the game play.

Guitar Hero Aerosmith is an exit from the other series, the focus is on just particular band opposed to using a varied mixture of tracks. The track list offers a great array of the history of the band, going back at least three decades to the present year. Regrettably there are few noticeable omissions, such as Deuces Are Wild, Janie’s Got A Gun and some others.

Besides the Aerosmith tracks, you get some “openers” these tracks start out with each tier that leads to the Aerosmith tracks. The “openers” are covers and openers of rock tracks new and old, back in the 70’s to the 90’s. The most recent track is “Sex Type Thing” by STONE TEMPLE PILOTS.

Each stage represents different periods of the bands career, starts from the humble beginnings when they played in the bars leading to their Super Bowl and beyond. Each tier gets introduced with a short video this features interviews with band members relating that part of their career.

Certainly the ultimate pleasure that you will receive when playing Guitar Hero Aerosmith depends on exactly how much you love this band. Yet there are tracks from different bands, Aerosmith dominates the song list.

Additionally, PC version has some issues with lag and slowdown; this means you will have to scale its graphical settings very low to keep the lag minimum. Unfortunately, with all graphic toned right down, slowdown is still an issue, causing missed notes flowered by a lot of frustration.

Graphically this game looks same as your console version that if you’re PC is able to handle the specs. The interface of the game is clean and clear, it has an avatar of Aerosmith while performing onstage every time you play the bands son g, and they look very garish and frightening.

CONCLUSION:

Aerosmith Is not everyone’s cup of tea mostly fans will enjoy but others might pass. Regrettably the Problems plagued the PC version will make gamers avoid the game. Unfortunately the same problems experienced in Guitar Hero II has prevailed again these issues are performance and lag. The game identical to Guitar Hero III, except the added Aerosmith avatars, making it looks a bit scary. The game gives an excellent retrospect of Aerosmith’s career, offering new and old master tracks out of their story history, the band also threw in few tracks from different artists. On the other hand a few tracks are missing, yet some are included that don’t make much sense. Making a Guitar Hero game with just one artist is very gutsy move, especially one that appeals to certain fans only. Also the PC version comes with some technical problems making it impossible to play some times.