One of the projectile weapons, ripped straight from the glaive in Dark Sector. This is Ken Ogawa, your generic ninja hero. Brushing that off as coincidence, we quickly realised that the script isn’t going to push any boundaries either, as the second character to speak plainly quips, “WHATEVER!” before launching himself out of the aforementioned chopper. Within seconds, our hopes were shattered, as the Tokyo city skyline filled with futuristic helicopters that aren’t just fond of the designs in Ninja Gaiden II, they mimic them to a perverted level of admiration. For one, we hoped the game would offer something different, something that didn’t adhere to the ‘How To Make A Ninja Game’ guidebook with overindulgent ease. With this in mind, we approached Ninja Blade without passing any quick judgements. With Devil May Cry 4 forcing players to retrace their steps and Ninja Gaiden 2 offering a noticeably more mainstream and unimaginative adventure, it’s hard not to argue that hack ‘n’ slash fans’ best days are behind them. The success of such franchises hasn’t played out to the advantages of this type of game in the long run though, as current gen updates have been little more than a graphically superior re-run of adventures past. Titles such as Devil May Cry, God of War, and Ninja Gaiden all brought their own sense of brutality that often left players wide-eyed and licking their lips with the lust for blood.
The hack ‘n’ slash genre excelled on the last generation.
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