Ninja Issen (忍者一閃)

[h1] Ninja Issen Review [/h1] [h3] Do You Have Ninja Skills at Platforming? [/h3] [hr][/hr] Kiba is a revived Ninja in a Cyberpunk futuristic city that has lost his memories and needs to jump and slash his way to the truth! Can you help him find out what happened? [h3] About This Game [/h3] [hr][/hr] [h2] Storyline [/h2] The story is told in a cartoon style, which is really cool. It makes you feel like you are reading a Comic Book! The rebel scientist Hanzo found Kiba's body in a dump and restores his abilities using high tech weapons. His presence has been noted and Kiba is immediately attacked by armed robots! The question is: why? You will have to play to find out! Overall, the story is good and the ending is really interesting. [h2] Gameplay mechanics [/h2] It’s a 2D platformer that plays really well. You have a basic sword attack and special abilities both for attack and defense (4 for each). There is no basic defense, but you can slash some incoming shots or teleport to avoid others. Teleport and special abilities consume SP. Once your HP bar gets to zero, you die. In order to use the special abilities, you have to unlock them. After that, you can upgrade the abilities after each level using the points you have collected. Every level has a different set of hidden collectibles for you to find. Some add to the story, while some are funny quirks. There are 9 levels, each of them with bosses and minibosses. Save points and recovering points are well placed. The pace is changed mixing horizontal sections, vertical sections, elevators sections and spaceship maneavering sections. Each level has a rating system based on number of attempts, highest combo and time to beat. After you beat the game, you unlock a stage selection and a hardcore mode (play it all without dying). [h2] Visuals & Audio [/h2] If you like pixel art and Comic Books, the visuals are incredible! You can choose to play in regular style or retro style. Audio is really good, but for some sections it did need a bit more variety. Maybe because of the difficulty that leads to multiple attempts, it felt like there could be a second or third beat for each level. [h3] Pros [/h3] [hr][/hr] • Great story. And great way to tell through comics! • Awesome graphics!! Option for regular or retro is really neat! • Plays well. Not perfect though... sometimes it's more chaotic than precise and there are some bugs. • Sound is great. Repetition can get annoying in some parts though. • Hidden collectibles add story and some funny comments. • Upgrades to manage difficulty are a great idea and very well implemented! • The attacks and mechanics were very well thought and implemented! • Spaceship stage is an awesome idea! Nice change of pace! [h3] Cons [/h3] [hr][/hr] • Cannot change controller settings. • Some sections are really unbalanced. First boss being the most troublesome one. • There are enemy screen attacks that simply cannot be avoided. • Respawn takes over 10 seconds. This becomes very clear and annoying in areas with instant death. • Cannot choose to replay levels unless you beat the game. • Enemies killed does not impact grading, so it’s better to just rush to the end. • Many unskippable story parts right after a save point, which is a dread. • After consecutive attacks, there are random bugs in enemy hit detection, which leads to unfair combo chain breaks. • There is no restart from save point option in the pause menu. If you choose to restart, you have to play it all over again. I found this out in the final boss fight! • Some English mistakes. [h3] To Be Improved [/h3] [hr][/hr] • Chapter 1 - Boss has unavoidable screen attacks. Took me over 8 attempts and I don't even know how I did it (pure luck). Over 56% players gave up on stage 1. The boss needs to be fixed. Either move for a later stage or remove the unavoidable full screen attacks (like the jump). Also make the tell for each attack more evident. It is not possible to tell the difference besides the laser attack. • Chapter 3 - When your feet touch the poison even slightly, you die. It gets annoying, because it is on the pixel level, so low jumps lead to death. • Chapter 3 - Respawn becomes annoying (many instant deaths and over 10 seconds to try again). • Chapter 4 - Bug - Spaceship exploded and suddenly there were no more enemies. I suppose I was almost at the end and they simply did not respawn. • Chapter 5 - Story gets in the way of poison filling part (instant death). You have to keep skipping the story every time you die. • Chapter 5 - Elevator part could have some enemy waves. • Chapter 6 - Boss Bug - Leave one of the eletrical enemies alive and the boss will stop evolving. • Chapter 9 - Do we really need to read the final dialogue without being able to skip every time we try to beat the final boss? • Chapter 9 - Final boss is boring and unbalanced. Many screen attacks impossible to defend. You will only win by sheer luck. First boss stage is ridiculously easy and then it's impossible to beat. Terrible design choice. • General - Achievements - Some achievements use the written number, while others use the single digit number to refer to chapters. Choose one way of notation and use it for all. • General - Story getting in the way is a recurring issue, because some save points are just before unskippable dialogue or boss animations. It's an issue when you die frequently in an area. • General - Some English mistakes, like when you rescue Asran and get back to base (refer to my screenshot) or the boyfriend shotgun description. • General - Bugs that break combo chains - Out of the blue, enemies don't get hit by your Ninja attack and manage to hit you and break the chain. Happens even with special attacks. • General - Since stages have hidden items and grades, players should be able to replay them instead of being forced to beat the game or start a new game and do everything all over. • General - Controller - Allow us to change the control buttons. For specials, L2 and R2 would be better than L1 and R1, but we cannot change. • General - Standing over enemies is the best way to fight. I don't know if this was intended or not. On the one hand, it makes some enemies way too easy. On the other hand, some enemies are basically impossible to beat without doing it. [h3] Conclusion [/h3] [hr][/hr] There are many small improvements to be made, but the overall game is great! The first boss difficulty needs to be fixed as soon as possible! If you like challenging platformers, you will have fun! The ending is very interesting! So keep on pushing to get to it!! Time to beat: 6h Rating: 9/10 Played on SteamDeck Reviewer: [b] green [/b] I'm green 🍀 [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38888018-United-Critics/] Please follow [b]United Critics[/b] for more quality reviews.[/url]

Hard, but challenging. "I am ninja master'

액션 좋고, 난이도 조금 어렵습니다. 그러다, 게임패드 구매해서 해보았더니, 거의 다른 게임 수준의 타격감과 시원시원한 느낌을 주네요~! 게임패드 필수게임!

재밌습니다。조금 매운 구간 있습니다。떨어지면 즉사하는 구간 개 킹 받습니다

This game made me grateful for snacks and drinks and staying in on a Friday evening.

개인적으로 직접 오락실 아케이드 게임을 직접 하던 세대는 아니고, 이후 에뮬레이터를 통해 조금씩 접해온 세대입니다. 스팀페이지 뒤지다가, 거기서 거기같은 고전게임 느낌의 새로운 인디게임들 사이에서, 진짜로 그 당시의 명작같은 그래픽과 연출보고 흥미가 생겨서 게임을 해보게 됬습니다. 일단 전반적으로 게임에 대해서는 굉장히 만족스럽게 즐겼습니다. 아케이드 게임 특유의 감성을 충실하게 갖춰주고 있는 게임의 그래픽, 사운드, 세계관 모두 옛날에 아케이드 게임을 직접하면 이런느낌일까 생각이 들게하는 즐거운 경험이었습니다. 특히, 스팀에서 보다보면 레트로 컨셉을 빙자해서 불편함만을 강조하고, 부족한 조작감, 연출, 그래픽들을 모두, "레트로"라는 마법의 단어로 퉁쳐서 숨겨버리려던 게임들과 다르게, 레트로가 가지는 낭만과 특징들을 그대로 현대에 가져와서 불편하지 않고, 동시에 너무 쉽지 않도록, 현대에서 예전의 그 느낌이 날 수 있도록 고민하신게 느껴지는, 부지런한 고민이 들어간 스팀에 몇 안되는 "레트로"장르의 게임이라고 생각합니다. 또, 게임 후속 지원과 관련해서도, 사실 이전에 플레이 하다가 막혀서, 게임을 접어뒀다가 오랜만에 해보니 그 사이에 개발자님이 적극적으로 이용자들 피드백에 대해서 반응해주시면서 업데이트를 많이 해주신게 바로 보일 정도였습니다. 다른 스팀의 흔한 레트로 게임들이랑은 다르게, 그저 느낌을 내는게 아니라, 직접 그 당시의 감성과 즐거움을 담아내고자 고민하신 것 들이 직접 느껴지는 재밌는 게임이었습니다. 즐거운 게임을 이렇게 만들어 주셔서 감사합니다. PS.다른 리뷰들을 보다보니, 1인 개발로 제작하신 게임에다가, 기사 같은거에서는 직접 CRT모니터로 플레이가 가능해 보이던데, 한번쯤 가능만 하다면 CRT모니터로도 플레이하며, 레트로한 그 느낌을 즐겨보고 싶네요.

Una explosión de acción y plataformas, que nos transporta a un mundo cyberpunk, oscuro y lleno de neones brillantes. Controlamos a Kiba, un ninja con habilidades especiales como teletransportarse y lanzar shurikens, mientras recorre niveles llenos de enemigos que requieren precisión y rapidez. El combate con katana es ágil y satisfactorio, y la combinación de los controles, con su respuesta rápida, te permite disfrutar de cada momento de acción sin sentirte sobrepasado. Los gráficos pixelados, aunque sencillos, transmiten un aire nostálgico, mientras la atmósfera cyberpunk le da una identidad visual sólida y vibrante. Lo que realmente destaca es su jugabilidad, porque se siente fresca y desafiante, pero nunca injusta. Las batallas contra jefes son espectaculares, exigiendo atención a los patrones de ataque, y la habilidad de teletransportarse añade una capa de estrategia que no es común en este tipo de juegos. Los gráficos retro se ven geniales en la pantalla, y la música electrónica y energética da el tono perfecto para la acción sin sobrecargar los sentidos. Trama: 7/10 Jugabilidad: 8.5/10 Gráficos y rendimiento: 8/10 Aspecto sonoro y accesibilidad: 7.5/10 **Nota Final: 8/10 – Ninja Issen es una propuesta refrescante para los amantes de la acción retro, con su mezcla de combate rápido, plataformas y un estilo visual encantador que nos hace recordar los grandes clásicos, pero con un toque moderno. Si te gustan los juegos que desafían tus reflejos pero que se sienten justos y divertidos, no puedes dejarlo pasar.

기술 잘 사용하면서 플레이하면 고수 된 느낌들어서 재밌음 가끔 발판이 좁거나, 아래 발판이 잘 안보여서 착지를 어디로 할 지 미리 알기가 조금 어려워서 몇번 트라이함.

マスクをつけた赤い忍者に、真ん中で刃を突き刺すようなメインビジュアルの通り、中身も日本の忍者ゲームなどへのリスペクトが随所に見える作品です。 内容的には、一人で多数の相手に無双するパート、大型のメカと戦うパート、敵の施設に侵入するなどして、仕掛けを突破するアスレチックをこなすパートなど、その時々で何を遊ばせたいかがはっきり出ており、メリハリがついています。 攻略の難易度については、術が長いクールタイムこそあれど強力で、基本の必殺技となる一閃が比較的低コストで、威力、移動力共に便利なので、かなり攻撃的なプレイができ、タイトルの通り敵を一閃できて楽しいです。また、一見これクリアできるのかと思う個所も、手順や動きを考えれているうちに勝てる、ほど良い歯ごたえです。 時々ある、先の足場が画面外にあって確認し辛い箇所は、二段ジャンプやワープ、一閃などを使ったり組み合わせることで、滞空（確認）時間を延ばしたり、着地点を変更することで緩和できますのでお試しあれ。 張り付き可能なオブジェかそうでないかの見分けがつきにくい箇所が時々あったり、移動能力は高いものの、ジャンプの起動がやや硬い（それ前提でバランスはとれていますが）など、やや粗削りな部分もありますが、作中の会話もユーモアに富んでいて魅力的な作品です。2Dアクション、忍者ゲー好きにもっと知られてほしい一本です。 あと、クリア後にステージ選択して遊んだり、高難易度のモードを遊ぶことができます。 ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー ↓強化のおすすめ [spoiler]パワーアップは、他の方が書いているように攻撃力アップ、 あとは他の基本ステータス、一閃の強化がおすすめです。 術は未強化でも強めで、強化してもまだクールタイムが長く、 道中なら最悪待機で再使用可に戻せるので、後回しでも良いかと思います。[/spoiler]

크게 어렵지 않도록 배려한 흔적이 엿보이는 가벼운 액션 플랫포머 게임. 후속작이 나와야할 것처럼 끝났는데 후속작이 나오는지는 모르겠다.