Ninja: Shadow of Darkness

THE GOOD:
Entertaining for the first ten minutes.

THE BAD:
Everything after the first ten minutes.

SUMMARY:
This game sucks sewer water! Don't spend a penny on it. It may look good in the trash can, but do yourself a favor and just leave it in there for some other sap. Even if you spot it for under $5, it isn't worth it, don't even rent it!
This game has nothing to do with being a ninja, other than the fact that you look like one, and have a sword attack. When you die you have to repeat the whole level and you have limited continues (3 I think), so if you want to beat the game you must perfect the earlier levels and beat them with your continues intact, so that you may get to a save point. The game looks 3-D but is really a converted side scroller, sometimes you die, because you can't see where in the hell you are going, sometimes because you can and it looks like you were jumping the log and gap and bomb,...

O.K this game is one of the toughest that you will ever see. Without the use of cheat codes, it is almost impossible to defeat. But if you like a challenge, then this is the game for you. Horde after horde of enemies of varying strengths comes after your skin. Also, you can’t just run away; you have to kill each and every one of them to advance into the next area. And these are just the easy parts...

Review Scores:

Presentation: 7/10

This game is fairly presented, even though we might have expected something more from the developers of Tomb Raider. You play a young ninja, who has to fight a lot of enemies to avenge his ... whatever. You have to pass a lot of levels, facing countless foes and avoiding seemingly endless obstacles and traps.

Graphics: 8/10

The graphics are decent and quite good. In fact, if it weren’t for them, this game would have bombed totally. The FMV sequences, though not too many, are...