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Not for the emotionally unstable.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Shinobi is a fast-paced, action packed, hack'n'slash dash game, that takes constant concentration or else you'll pay the price. Don't get me wrong, I love Ninja games like the Tenchu series, and who doesn't like a super-cool ninja going around to slash his zombie clansmen around a basically devastated Tokyo, while posing like a bad-... at that? You've heard the graphics are great, sound is great, story line passes, but then there is the game play. Controls are easy to handle once you've become accustomed to them. No problem there, that's like with any new game right? But in this situation, it's basically crucial. Now you'll have to maneuver over countless lava beds, pitfalls, borderless walls with pitfalls (and that's all to intensify the game play) WHILE combining your attacks to make a "Tate Combo." Sounds easy? Play this game for three days and you'll understand. And no matter how good you are with killing your enemies, NO amount of health or Yin will save you from falling to your doom. Say you get so far into a really hard level...and fall...now you'll have to restart all over again, and endure that same difficulty. No save point in the middle of playing so you'll HAVE to restart to the exact place. Sounds fun? Not really, it's basically stressful and full of sweaty palms, blood-shot eyes, and yells at the television. However, I've been having the game for a while now, and I still haven't beaten it, but I do eventually enjoy going through previous levels and try to regain my sanity, or play something else. Some other advice, don't expect to beat the game in a week (or two) cause it won't happen. Patience, stamina, and some serious concentration is required for this game. I don't know what SEGA was thinking, but here it is for all to enjoy.

Sega What happened to Yuzo Koshiro ?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi 3 are Masterpieces. This game is far from that. Difficulty is not based on skill but rather on how long will u play before u smash the controller over your head. I played this game until the last boss with the strategy guide. I could not beat the last boss, this is actually only the second time I have not been able to finish a game in my life.

Yuzo Koshiro synonymies with Streets Of Rage and Shinobi, made some of the best 16-bit Music. Why did Sega abandon this guy?

It's worth checking out if u are a fan of the original Shinobi, but this is not Joe Musashi.

What happened to killing enemy with shrunken, in this game your shrukens are good for nothing. Also blocking has seemed to have disappeared. That's what really frustrated me about this game there were little things that could have been tweaked.

Overall it's still a good action game but not up to par with the rest of the series.

awesome game...love the sega references

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

there's not much to dislike in this game, except for the fact that those dogs are REALLY FREAKING HARD. if you havent played it you obviously dont know what im talking about, but there are these dogs where you can only damage them from the rear (actually you can only damage about 1/8th of thier body, the rest is armor that cant be penetrated.) other than that its a solid game. great graphics and all, and if you remember the sega game, the telephone poles and billboards break away just like in the original games (in too many cartoonish looking pieces, only 128 bit effects rather than the 16 bit effects found on the sega game.) and if you like martial arts movies, the story lines basically like the premise of those movies (your dojo/master has been killed you must avenge thier deaths.) again not much to dislike

I wanna be a ninja!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

See, I just dont see the point in writing reviews of products before they come out. Can someone explain that to me? How to you know that this is gonna "rock" or "rule" or anything of the sort? Well, I know...I own it and have played it extensivley since it was released on the 13th of november. I like this game...quite a bit actually. While the first level seems a bit slow, it is all a set up to get you familiar with the controls and the system of movement. This game is a visual masterpiece.
With an impressive frame rate, and a blindingly fast character, prepare to be amazed.
Gameplay is just as frenzied, fast, and furious as the visual presentation. The levels are quite large, and in later levels can get quite complex and difficult to traverse. The story is engaging as well, and the voice acting is pretty well done too. This game is not one for the casual weekend gamer. Shinobi will require you to invest some time in it...most evidently in the later levels. With your sword hungry for blood, you need to keep eliminating enemies in order to keep it satiated, if not- it will turn on you and start to deplete your energy. So you need to find a balance between fighting the enemies and just rushing past them to the end of the level.
I read a review of this game in a popular playstation magazine, and was startled that it got less than glowing reviews. This game is one in a long time that actually presents a challenge and isnt easily beaten, and I, for one, like that. I love a game that gives me fits of frustration and ups the tension level, give me a challenge...after all, I shelled out 50 bucks for it...it might as well give me my money's worth right?
I cant really describe this game in words, you should purchase it, rent it if you want, in order to get the gist of what I am trying to say. Renters beware...once you get this game, you wont want to take it back to the store. Buyers...keep this one at home...dont loan it out, you might not get it back. Its just awesome. Beautifully presented, Brilliantly executed and Blazingly fast..yep! I wanna be a ninja too!

Shinobi returns...with a Vengeance!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Shinobi's Back!! You all saw the commercial; now reap the benefits that it's finally out. One of Sega's oldest and under-appreciated franchises returns on the PS2 in 3D. Those familiar with Shinobi will be surprised to find out that this Shinobi is not the Joe Musashi of the past, but a new ninja named Hotsuma of the Oboro clan. Shinobi starts again in a new direction and with a new character. But the classic game play of the past titles is retained, this time in glorious 3D.

A 3D Action platform game, Shinobi is heavy on action. Like 90% action, all the time. The other 10% is cinemas and platform skills. No running around looking for a key to open a door, this game is fast and furious. Unlike the Shinobi's of old, your primary weapon is your sword and not the shuriken. You have a cursed enchanted sword that grows stronger with every enemy cut down, and thirsts for blood...if you don't satisfy its thirst; it soon feeds off your own life. The shuriken still remains, and is used to stun enemies at long range...of course, the multiple shuriken toss while flipping is present, but in 3D. Ninja magic is here as well, and you can now run along walls and stick to them like Spiderman.

Graphics are sharp and look great, and the game moves very smoothly. There is a hint of the jaggies once in awhile, but for the most part, the textures are great. Sound is spot on, and music is reminiscent of the Shinobi style music of games past. One of the coolest features of the game is in the combat, as you can dispatch enemies with Tate (pronounced Tah-tay). If you have 4 or more enemies, and dispatch them all within a certain time period of each other, a very cool sequence awaits you. All the enemies are "frozen" and while Hotsuma sheaths his sword, they fall apart in pieces. It's hard to describe, but you must see it in action to appreciate it. Trust me, you will want to dispatch them in Tate after you do it once. In this sense, and the soul feeding of the defeated enemies and style dispatching of enemies reminds me of Devil May Cry. And that's a good thing.

The story is told through CG sequences and looks great. Extras abound, including the chance to use Joe Musashi once you unlock him! Sega and Shinobi are back!!

Kick ... - all action !!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Got the game the day it was released and this is definately a "MUST HAVE" game; Not just for those who played the original Shinobi series. The game is quite difficult and it can get frustrating at times. This doesn't make the game less fun or lose interest. This is one of those game, you'll be playing till your thumbs starts hurting and you have to take a break. Game graphics are Good but not spectacular. Sound is above average and keep you into the game. The camera angle at times need to be adjusted but not a major issue. Haven't completed the game but the plot is interesting enough to keep you going. The only people that would dislike this game, are people that like saving all the time. Sega has done a very good job bringing back an all time classic for the next generation system(PS2).

osum game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game is asome.you will fight your way throu hords of ninjas but,I think it should be rated T.the 2nd BOSS is alomost invicible you`ll still get a kick out of this game.it should still get a 5 star rating.wy donn`t you trie it your self.

Shinobi on Crack

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

What on Earth were they thinking when they did the camera angle system?!!! I'd give it a 5 if it wasn't for that! That's the major downside to an otherwise great game. The camera control is waaaaay too touchy. Shinobi on crack! Besides that, no complaints. Graphics are excellent, story rocks, weapons are sweet. If you get frustrated with camera angles, I strongly advise you rent this one first.

Shinobi is A DOPE GAME, On The Real.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 06, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The way that the video game is made cannot be expressed by mere words. This game is absolutely mind-blowing. The graphics and gameplay are divine. The camara angles get a little off-kiltered, but they can be easily fixed. I definitely recommend this game to those who love a challenging ninja game where you can slice, dice, chop, mince, cut, and slash you foes. Tate is especially kewl. A must-have. Catch you laters, OKayPlayer->

Camera Is horrible, Game is incredible, it's a real shame.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Basically the minute I played this the first thing out of my lips
is WOW..this game, oozes style, charisma, charactor, personality
and all around bad-assness..no one can touch Hotsuma, nobody.
this is basically, a fast as lightening, demanding skills type
of game, back to the old school,your required to "Tate"
tate means to attack four or more enemies in sequence, within a certain amount of time, if you do this, your able to see a tate sequence, basically, he's hit the enemies so fast, that he poses in the middle of the screen, puts his sword on his back, and they split in half, or explode into blood. it's totally cool,
this game even has an anime like feel to it, to those who say the backgrounds aren't alive, what do you expect? this is a throwback to the old school, it doesn't have to have them, truthfully, I think the levels are large, and rewarding, you can run against walls, double jump, shadow dash, and leap onto the next wall, this game, doesn't require alot of backtracking like the resident evil series does..it's just straightforward, and I for one, like that, you've got shuriken, you can double jump, and throw eight at a time, there is really only a few varieties of enemies, and they're basically just cosmetically changed, there is some impressive ones, don't get me wrong, but it does get monatenous eventually, espeacially because "Tate" is so unforgiving, you need skills of speed to hit all four, and if you mess up, well then you won't score so well at the end of the level, scoring is important to open up hidden charactors, and other secrets.
my real complaint, and it's unfortunately "HUGE" is the camera, you can hit l1, and have it center the camera, and even push down, hit l1, and you can imediatly view those behind you, but the camera you've got to work with the right analog, and from time to time, you "Will" get lost,in a game this fast, the enemies will ruthlessly tear into you, and there is extra points for no damage, basically, there is alot of cheap hits, and you've got to have the skills of a surgeon, this game is incredibly challanging, and you will spend hours in it, it's got a great replay value, the problem? i'm bringing it back, because although the control is PERFECT. the camera is not, and for me, the camera is such culprit..it ruins the presentation..I wan't to get perfect scores, and it feels like it's not possible, I love this game, and just wish they could have implemented a better camera system, as I said, it's a real shame, can I recomend it? Sure..cause this is probally the second best PS2 game to date..just know what your getting into, and this isn't for kids, it's not to violent, but it's incredibly frustrating, but don't believe the low reviews either from the gaming magazines, or websites, this game is incredible..in fact, i'll probally end up buying it again soon enough, lastly, the controls, are dead on, as I said you've got to be a surgeon, and they give you a scalpel, to people looking for a VERY challanging, and rewarding game, with ton'sa cool, this game "CRUSHES" devil may cry..in all ways..this one actually calls you to it. BUY THIS, imediatly..i've been gaming for sixteen years, and this is one of the best games of all time.

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