The first, second, third, fifth, tenth, twentieth ... Thirty-eighth game of "Naruto" saw the light! Such an incredible event, "Country of the Games" can not ignore - hurry to share the details.
However, in the direction of sarcasm: Broken Bond still very different from the typical anime adaptations. Firstly, we have played well. Secondly, it did not the Japanese are workaholics, and Canadian studio under the patronage of Ubisoft. Last year's Rise of a Ninja (read the review in the "SI» № 251) taught us not to be surprised gaydzinskomu origins - both Western games are not distinguished from native Japanese. Including the original voice acting, and would seem inappropriate not the characters on the signs and inscriptions in English on the menu. But the descendants of the samurai Broken Bond has inherited not only the atmosphere but also all the sores of the genre: a boring mission in the spirit of "find my dog" (see the Naruto series from 136 to 220), regular run-ins with the ninja class "street punks" (see those same series) and the combat system, designed for preschool age children (see the majority of the 37 previous games). Broken Bond, like Rise of a Ninja, is not beyond the genre, but it squeezes all the juice from the source.
The new game continues to retell the story of boyish anime series from the very place where we stayed in the Rise of a Ninja. The backbone of the heroic team up again with Naruto cheerful, amorous Sakura and Sasuke melancholic, but this time play an important role and the rest of the adolescent ninja - Sikamaru, Nedzi, Kiba and other things. Here are mentioned almost all the events of the second half of the show: there is a battle with Itati in the hotel, and the search for Tsunade, and the pursuit of the quadruple ninja from the Village of Sound, and, of course, a fatal fight with Sasuke. The last time these narrative scenes were accompanied by insertions of the anime, but now all the videos only on the engine, and at the same commercials at times are interactive. Remember, for example, when Tsunade drove a giant knife in the head of the snake Manda? So here the player himself directs the blade in a stylish interactive screen saver.
 | |  | Free to run on any wall is possible only in Konoha. In the rest of the world "has, as usual, look for the wall right shade | | Spetsumeniya Nedzi briefly illuminates the invisible traps. Perform a jutsu to complex levels have every half minute |
It is worth to remark: if on Naruto you do not know anything, feel free to turn the page - there is no sense to take a game where the plot is fed from the middle and all the characters were presented a year ago. Anime, however, watch the same is not necessarily enough to pass Rise of a Ninja.
Gameplay is like a year ago, is composed of the elements of 3D-platforming and fighting game.That sig on the boards over the deadly water and go around the trap opponents, then switches to fight and fight with the bandits alone. Fighting paying much attention: there are even online battle mode and fight the two players from one console (everything, just like last year), but before us is not Virtua Fighter: the depth in the fighting there - they are simply spectacular. At each character has only a dozen combos yes to two or three superpriema-jutsu. They are designed as fun mini-games and could easily deprive the opponent's half as much health - who was the first time to perform this trick, he usually wins. Plus the usual blocks, throws, evasion and throwing daggers, kunai. Diverse, beautiful, fascinating. But after a couple of weeks after buying Broken Bond (the most hard-nosed hold out a month) back to these fights you do not want.
 | |  | The heroes themselves jumping from branch to branch, and you just choose the direction of flight and bypass the traps | | To graphics Ultimate Ninja Storm too far - since the Rise of a Ninja engine has not changed |
Much has changed markedly platform component of the game. At this time the levels run a whole team of heroes, among which you can switch at any time. This, incidentally, is also used in battle: Naruto won - and he immediately replaces the friend who has a different set of combos and their jutsu. Various techniques are useful in the "general" world (recall of «RPG-shaped" structure of the game: all kinds of "underground" and "fights with monsters" loaded as individual levels, beyond which all the action takes place in an open "common" world) . So, Sikamaru trained to lead his shadow and use it controlled with the buttons hard to reach places, causing Naruto clones and folds of these improvised bridge over the river, Tedzi rolled into a ball and punches the wall. All tricks must be used every five minutes, and it's the truth, the order of annoying.
As before, the game world is not safe and is composed of several pieces of bands - with traps, enemies and invisible walls. Locations are connected by the system of fast movements: the characters get on specially marked trees and whitefish from branch to branch to the destination. This freedom of movement, as before, only in the village of Konoha - that it remains the main point of issue of job and collect valuable bonuses. After the attack the village of Orochimaru appears before the player half ruined, but it makes little difference: in front of us all the same extensive and detailed scenery for the anime series.
 | |  | Now you can play at least for Sasuke, even for Sikamaru | | Control slugs and giant toad is impossible, but with interactive videos |
Single player campaign went far longer than the first time, but it's expensive cost - between plot fragments rastasovali a fair amount of pointless quests.Naruto on the goodness of his heart helps repair the houses, collect flowers and looking for lost fireworks. As a result of the game, do not say anything, turned out quite long. But monotonous.
In Broken Bond enough new fans to the show did not manage to get bored: the characters more interesting missions, the story is filed more skillfully ... In all respects a sequel bypasses the issue last year, but not so distant from him, to be called a full new game.
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Naruto is already nine years old, but the manga, launched in 1999 and successfully continues to this day. Love the episode, not only in Japan but also in the U.S., where the show so far only the first part of the anime. The plot of the second begins after the events of Broken Bond: the narrative is interrupted by two and a half years, the characters have matured, and the show became more grim. Updated Naruto Shippuuden subtitle received in America has not yet started. So while the material for the third game in Ubisoft get enough, it will probably not be soon - just a couple of years, when the U.S. goes into a new season. However, for the grown-up Naruto can play right now. For example, in Japanese Narutimate Accel for the PS2.
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