Best Naruto game in the ps2 system.
This game literally is a stand up from everything the prequels build upon.
-Story Mode
The story mode is now bigger and the maps got redesigned, the world feels way more alive. You will still walk alot in empty areas but thats where the charm lies, it makes you feel like you are really travelling a world. (There is a fast travel system so it helps the travelling).
Story mode combat was also upgraded for better. Now the encounters aren't random and you can just run or stun the enemies to ignore it. You will want to ignore the fights cause the combat system its still unfun but i advice to not to.
In story mode the character now have levels and stats like in RPGs and you will need to level your characters so you can progress in the open world, so you can't always be ignoring the enemies. Only if the combat system was actually great this would be such a fun system to explore.
When you finish story mode, you then can explore a big dungeon (could be smaller) with a new character but after you complete it, you will need to complete everything again but with the main characters. This dungeons is a bit annoying and you will need to farm xp to get through it.
Also in story mode you encounter named enemies from the series, after you defeat them you unlock them in free mode. With a roster so big you will fight alot of them so it would be a good opportunity to try out the big roster this game offers but you cant. There is no character selection screen when you fight them, you can only fight with the character story mode allows you to add to your party. So this is a big missed opportunity to make this games better.
-Side Modes
This game only flaw compared with the prequels is the lack of classic naruto story. There is no side modes, only free battle. The lack of side modes can be excused when you have so many missions to accept in story mode.
Roster
Roster takes a big step up ahead with newcomers to naruto games in general. It adds missing characters that should've have been in the last game and adds more new cool characters. The only thing is probably missing is the naruto transformation from Ultimate Ninja 4 but in this game we get a new one so its ok.
Combat
Combat is not deep, there isn't really a combo systems but every character has atleast 4 diff combo routes and its cool to see they perform diff moves. Majority of the characters have 3 ultimate moves and this is were the charm of the game lies, its cool to see all these moves over and over again.
There is one combat system that ruins everything. This combat is not deep but could be fun in high level if not for the substitute system. The AI will always be escaping everything you throw to them, there is no limit to how many times you can substitute and if you want to substitute urself be ready cause you will need luck to land it.
Combat is fun and you have alot of characters but this substitute system will annoy you alot.
-Collectibles
Collectibles make a comeback so nice touch.
This game literally is a stand up from everything the prequels build upon.
-Story Mode
The story mode is now bigger and the maps got redesigned, the world feels way more alive. You will still walk alot in empty areas but thats where the charm lies, it makes you feel like you are really travelling a world. (There is a fast travel system so it helps the travelling).
Story mode combat was also upgraded for better. Now the encounters aren't random and you can just run or stun the enemies to ignore it. You will want to ignore the fights cause the combat system its still unfun but i advice to not to.
In story mode the character now have levels and stats like in RPGs and you will need to level your characters so you can progress in the open world, so you can't always be ignoring the enemies. Only if the combat system was actually great this would be such a fun system to explore.
When you finish story mode, you then can explore a big dungeon (could be smaller) with a new character but after you complete it, you will need to complete everything again but with the main characters. This dungeons is a bit annoying and you will need to farm xp to get through it.
Also in story mode you encounter named enemies from the series, after you defeat them you unlock them in free mode. With a roster so big you will fight alot of them so it would be a good opportunity to try out the big roster this game offers but you cant. There is no character selection screen when you fight them, you can only fight with the character story mode allows you to add to your party. So this is a big missed opportunity to make this games better.
-Side Modes
This game only flaw compared with the prequels is the lack of classic naruto story. There is no side modes, only free battle. The lack of side modes can be excused when you have so many missions to accept in story mode.
Roster
Roster takes a big step up ahead with newcomers to naruto games in general. It adds missing characters that should've have been in the last game and adds more new cool characters. The only thing is probably missing is the naruto transformation from Ultimate Ninja 4 but in this game we get a new one so its ok.
Combat
Combat is not deep, there isn't really a combo systems but every character has atleast 4 diff combo routes and its cool to see they perform diff moves. Majority of the characters have 3 ultimate moves and this is were the charm of the game lies, its cool to see all these moves over and over again.
There is one combat system that ruins everything. This combat is not deep but could be fun in high level if not for the substitute system. The AI will always be escaping everything you throw to them, there is no limit to how many times you can substitute and if you want to substitute urself be ready cause you will need luck to land it.
Combat is fun and you have alot of characters but this substitute system will annoy you alot.
-Collectibles
Collectibles make a comeback so nice touch.