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About the new Naruto Connections
2 years ago
Ehh... CyberConect2 has always pleased me with excellent games with interesting plots and gameplay. But my interest warmed up even more when I played Solatorobo, even though I knew about it since the release of Naruto Storm 3 Full Burst in 2013. This year we saw 2 games from this company at once. The first is Fuga 2. Continuation of the “Legendary” game about furries in tanks. The gameplay has been improved and the plot is interesting. Half a year later, Naruto Connections comes out. It would seem, what could go wrong?.. Everything went wrong... For the first time in my life, I am disappointed in CyberConnect2...
So what's wrong? Well, in principle there are no critical errors with it. The game still plays cheerfully, it also has a couple of new game mechanics, which has already become a tradition for each game in this series: adding something new for this game. For example: simplified controls, or the results of emotions with each completed level. Useless but pleasant little things. However, I would also like to talk about the plot of this game, since, in my opinion, it is the main problem of this game. The plot is divided into 2 parts: History and “Special History”. In the first case, the plot tells about 2 seasons of Naruto. But the “special story” is a plot related to Boruto, but we’ll talk about it later. So what's wrong with the plot? Yes all! How can I explain this to you?... The plot of this game: they simply took the plot lines of the past 4 Storm games, chopped them up, fried them, salted them, peppered them, ate them, digested them, shit them out, this whole bunch was crushed by dung beetles, their balls became part of the earth, from from the same land a flower grew, and then a tree, which represents the entire plot of this game. However, the fruits on this tree are hard and bitter. Do you understand? They just took and copied most of the levels from previous numbered games and shoved them into the game, and it’s all extremely poorly optimized. FPS can drop to 20, or 15, for some reason unknown to me. The QTE moments were made too casual that I didn’t even need to try. There you just need to collect 1 big star to open the “secret factor”. Moreover, some levels, where in essence there are fights with bosses, are essentially not fights with bosses, but ordinary battles. Some plot-important or emotional fights were turned into scenes from anime footage, for example: Sakura and Chie vs. Sasori. Instead, it's Naruto vs Deidara. I'm not interested in this fight at all! However, even here the developers were lazy and removed some important plot points, as Madara was able to cope alone against the 5 kage. This just doesn't make any sense!
Okay, what about the “special story”? I expected that I would finally learn at least part of the plot from Boruto, which is where the anime stopped without filler. BUT NO! Catch an original plot with a boring villain and a torn out context about some “Zero”! What "Zero"? I want to know, without fillers, the main plot with “Kara” and these same Ootsutsuki! Where is it all? Why put this into the game? Or do they think that this will not be enough? So the game is already small compared to other past games! If you compare Revolution or Storm 4, then these games are worth the money. I've played them for about 40 hours, and there's still quite a lot of content in it, in addition to all the extras. modes in Free Combat. And here? I've already completed the "story" in 10 hours. I’m even afraid to imagine how long “Special Plot” will last, probably even less.
And about additional content. And I would like to touch not on some costumes (yes, the costumes are cool as usual), but on the “nostalgic soundtrack” package. And what do we have in it? Only 5 openings from the Naruto anime? That's all? What's the point if they're never used in the game? For comparison, Super Robot Wars 30, when you bought a set of soundtracks, you not only received a lot of different original music for each remixed version, but also supplemented with another set of music as a gift for the purchase (and you can also change the soundtrack yourself to your taste , if so desired). So the question is: what is the point of this set?
This is actually the first time CyberConnect2 disappointed me and didn't live up to my pre-order expectations. The Steam store currently has a score of 39%, which is “mostly negative.” While this may only be the first time they've made a mistake, it could already be a sign that the quality of the game will be lower. Also happened with Blizzard\Activition or Rockstar (Although I don't play GTA or RDR). And yet, in the future, I will be more careful before purchasing and I always say that before buying, you should wait for the game to come out, download the game as a torrent, try it out, and then, if you like it, you can buy it.
Rating: I initially thought it would be a 7.5 of 10. But due to the lack of plot from the Boruto anime series, I decided to give it a 6 of 10. Very disappointing.
So what's wrong? Well, in principle there are no critical errors with it. The game still plays cheerfully, it also has a couple of new game mechanics, which has already become a tradition for each game in this series: adding something new for this game. For example: simplified controls, or the results of emotions with each completed level. Useless but pleasant little things. However, I would also like to talk about the plot of this game, since, in my opinion, it is the main problem of this game. The plot is divided into 2 parts: History and “Special History”. In the first case, the plot tells about 2 seasons of Naruto. But the “special story” is a plot related to Boruto, but we’ll talk about it later. So what's wrong with the plot? Yes all! How can I explain this to you?... The plot of this game: they simply took the plot lines of the past 4 Storm games, chopped them up, fried them, salted them, peppered them, ate them, digested them, shit them out, this whole bunch was crushed by dung beetles, their balls became part of the earth, from from the same land a flower grew, and then a tree, which represents the entire plot of this game. However, the fruits on this tree are hard and bitter. Do you understand? They just took and copied most of the levels from previous numbered games and shoved them into the game, and it’s all extremely poorly optimized. FPS can drop to 20, or 15, for some reason unknown to me. The QTE moments were made too casual that I didn’t even need to try. There you just need to collect 1 big star to open the “secret factor”. Moreover, some levels, where in essence there are fights with bosses, are essentially not fights with bosses, but ordinary battles. Some plot-important or emotional fights were turned into scenes from anime footage, for example: Sakura and Chie vs. Sasori. Instead, it's Naruto vs Deidara. I'm not interested in this fight at all! However, even here the developers were lazy and removed some important plot points, as Madara was able to cope alone against the 5 kage. This just doesn't make any sense!
Okay, what about the “special story”? I expected that I would finally learn at least part of the plot from Boruto, which is where the anime stopped without filler. BUT NO! Catch an original plot with a boring villain and a torn out context about some “Zero”! What "Zero"? I want to know, without fillers, the main plot with “Kara” and these same Ootsutsuki! Where is it all? Why put this into the game? Or do they think that this will not be enough? So the game is already small compared to other past games! If you compare Revolution or Storm 4, then these games are worth the money. I've played them for about 40 hours, and there's still quite a lot of content in it, in addition to all the extras. modes in Free Combat. And here? I've already completed the "story" in 10 hours. I’m even afraid to imagine how long “Special Plot” will last, probably even less.
And about additional content. And I would like to touch not on some costumes (yes, the costumes are cool as usual), but on the “nostalgic soundtrack” package. And what do we have in it? Only 5 openings from the Naruto anime? That's all? What's the point if they're never used in the game? For comparison, Super Robot Wars 30, when you bought a set of soundtracks, you not only received a lot of different original music for each remixed version, but also supplemented with another set of music as a gift for the purchase (and you can also change the soundtrack yourself to your taste , if so desired). So the question is: what is the point of this set?
This is actually the first time CyberConnect2 disappointed me and didn't live up to my pre-order expectations. The Steam store currently has a score of 39%, which is “mostly negative.” While this may only be the first time they've made a mistake, it could already be a sign that the quality of the game will be lower. Also happened with Blizzard\Activition or Rockstar (Although I don't play GTA or RDR). And yet, in the future, I will be more careful before purchasing and I always say that before buying, you should wait for the game to come out, download the game as a torrent, try it out, and then, if you like it, you can buy it.
Rating: I initially thought it would be a 7.5 of 10. But due to the lack of plot from the Boruto anime series, I decided to give it a 6 of 10. Very disappointing.
