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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Reviews

The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4. Play as the legendary Shinobi Joe Musashi, master of the ninja arts. After finding your village burned to the ground and your clan turned into...
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SHINOBI: Art Of Vengeance Critic Reviews

SHINOBI: Art Of Vengeance has been reviewed by 30 critics and currently has a 'Mighty' rating. Read and browse them all to learn what the top critics in the video game industry are saying.
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And again, no switch 2 native version (the S1 one looks shite due to the low res).

At this point, I seriously don't know what the fook Nintendo is doing, yet another game that I have to buy on my PS5...
 
Pre-ordered it as soon as I could to incentive more games like these to be made.
I just need a good Golden Axe, Altered Beast, e-Swat, Decapattack and Quackshot...
 
I am interested in this game and have special memories of playing the old games, but just noticed on Steam that even these types of games are doing that shit thing of charging more so you can play early. Fucking hell.

I didn't actually realise it was releasing so soon either, so that was a nice surprise at least.
 
The demo was super fun so I was in regardless.

Currently wrapping up another Hollow Knight playthrough. Shinobi will be a great palate cleanser before Silksong.
 
I've wanted this game since it was announced. The demo was fantastic. Glad it's reviewing well, but I'm not surprised considering the developer on this one.
 
Demo was good and made me want to get this day 1. I don't care for MC/Review #s, won't change my mind.

Giallo Corsa said:
And again, no switch 2 native version (the S1 one looks shite due to the low res).

At this point, I seriously don't know what the fook Nintendo is doing, yet another game that I have to buy on my PS5...
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At this point Nintendo is just a machine for their exclusives. I don't see the point playing 3rd party games on there unless you don't have the other Consoles.
 
Thinking of getting the digital deluxe now. 10% off with PSPlus. What's another $10?

Blood Borne said:
In what world is Ninja Gaiden Ragebound better than Shinobi Art of Vengeance?
IGN sucks.
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I guess its a reminder that both of these reviews were written by two different people.
 
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saintjules said:
Thinking of getting the digital deluxe now. 10% off with PSPlus. What's another $10?



I guess its a reminder that both of these reviews were written by two different people.
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Yea I got the digital deluxe. Wife works overnight the next 3 days so it's an easy decision for me. Sometimes these extra early access days line up with my wife being at home so there's no point in buying it. I think DS2 was the last one that was like that.
 
As much as I enjoyed Ninja Gaiden it was *far* from a masterpiece, the demo for Shinobi was already more impressive so I expect big things in the full game, looks like it delivered, already had my physical copy pre-orderd, Year of the Ninja continues 🥷🏻
 
Men_in_Boxes said:
I'd grab this if it averages a 93 or higher Metascore. The demo had potential.
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I can't tell if this is a joke or not. If not, this actually happens in real life? What does 93 even mean, what if it's 92? How does one play a full DEMO and not know to the point of a metacritic score having to decide at the very hard precise cutoff of a 93?

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saintjules said:
Demo was good and made me want to get this day 1. I don't care for MC/Review #s, won't change my mind.



At this point Nintendo is just a machine for their exclusives. I don't see the point playing 3rd party games on there unless you don't have the other Consoles.
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or you want to play it portably.
 
TerribleAtThisGame said:
I can't tell if this is a joke or not. If not, this actually happens in real life? What does 93 even mean, what if it's 92? How does one play a full DEMO and not know to the point of a metacritic score having to decide at the very hard precise cutoff of a 93?

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Got to set the bar somewhere, right? These aren't my types of games (used to love them as a kid) so I'll occasionally check out a highly regarded one.

The demo is not the same as a full game. The people reviewing the title have experienced the full game.
 
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It's funny, I trashed Shinobi and praised Ragebound hard when both were announced. Art style and all. I flipped big time after playing the demos. Ragebound was cool but Shinobi was like yea that's the shit. Art style also doesn't translate well and looks really cool in motion.
 
TerribleAtThisGame said:
It's funny, I trashed Shinobi and praised Ragebound hard when both were announced. Art style and all. I flipped big time after playing the demos. Ragebound was cool but Shinobi was like yea that's the shit. Art style also doesn't translate well and looks really cool in motion.
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Yea I played like 20 mins of the demo and turned it off I was already in. The art stye I loved right away though.
 
I'm glad I preordered this eons ago, I had a good feeling about it. Haven't touched the demo either, so I'm pretty excited. It's really cool seeing Sega bringing back older IPs and they're solid. Keep it up Sega!
 
Solrac said:
Did they mention the length? I don't remember where I read it, but some previews mentioned 3–4 hours for the main story.
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One review I watched stated the number of stages to be around a dozen. That seems like a good length to me for this sort of game. It took me over half an hour to initially beat the first level in the demo and I spent much longer on that going back for secrets and attempting high scores in Arcade Mode.
 
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vaibhavpisal said:
Problem is you are depending on reviews to make a decision for you instead of going by what you played in demo.
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A demo isn't enough of an experience to fully assess a product.

I'm sure you've all watched a trailer to a movie and said "Eh, looks decent. I might see it."

Same concept applies here.
 
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