Nah, I was prepared for this because it wasn't a numbered entry. A lot of people tend to forget about Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations and Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
They really only had to combine all the past games, up their resolution, and then add on what they wanted for the new story. How someone decided doing something other than that was a good idea is beyond me.
Yes, a completely stupid concept, they could've done Boruto Kara Arc instead of Special Story, and called it Storm 5. The only explanation that I have, is that they really want to go big for Storm 5, like maybe going back to an open world format like Storm 1, and they needed this game as a stopgap for the 20th Anniversary celebration.
My biggest issue is that the history/story mode is just storm generations all over again BUT this time they added the boss battles form past games lol, Trading the 3D cutscenes for a slideshows of scenes from the anime was absolutely horrible idea as well.
Generations didn't catfish you tho. Connections has a few boss segments and then cut the fuck out of the other boss segments and made them regular matches. Storm gen didn't do that to you. Ninja Storm 3 is better than this POS attempt
I actually have a theory that the English re-dubbing may have been done with AI, it sounds downright uncanny/perplexing, literally had me cringing and scratching my head at points with the voice inflections used.
What the hell?! Screenshots from the Anime instead of fully rendered cutscenes?!?!?! I was thinking Connections story mode would be the culmination of all the Ultimate Ninja Storm Games combined in a seamless storytelling flow. Thank you for this video, was about to buy this game. This is a solid pass.
If you bought Storm 4 on release you have no reason not to buy this one. This is everything storm 4 had to offer on launch including all the 20-30 dollars worth of dlc characters that came later. You cant compare a Full 3 years of updates Storm 4 content wise to launch Connections. Storm 4 was $50 on launch (not including what that would be equivalent to today factoring inflation) not to mention Road to Boruto was a $20 dlc, and you had Gaara and Shikamaru's tale which were 10 bucks a piece and then finally you got TWO characters for $8. Overtime you paid upwards of 100 dollars for Storm 4 and the only reason you are getting bargain deals is due to value drop over time. Connections gives you every single DLC character you paid for in 4, while recapping the story in a much more digestible format (Storm 4 didnt do that) Then its also giving you a wholy new and unique Story that isnt adapted from the anime with its own new characters. On top of that you are getting at least 10 new characters, several new Team Ultimate Jutsu, a revamped Customization system, updated game mechanics while also having the crisp new gen graphics as well. Its well worth $60 as it is, and its going to get updates and DLC just like Storm 4 did as well if not even more.
@@xvoidxhunter2129”If you bought storm 4 on release you have no reason not to buy this one.” Uh, yes you do. It’s called owning storm 4 already lol. This game is just storm 4 again with an admittedly better battle system and a handful of Boruto characters. A $20 dlc sold as a $60 game. As for your “digestible story mode”, people like the storm series specifically because of its excellent story mode with cutscenes and cool boss fights like in storm 2, 3, and the second half of 4. Making it a boring abridged story with no cutscenes and recycled boss fights, some of which are arguably worse, isn’t a selling point.
My theory: Cyberconnect tests each system with a side Storm game (Generations, Revolution and now Connections) filled with old mechanics from the main series but had mini game/new fight mechanics to see how fans will like and hate things to improve the next game (Hell it's obvious now look at the surveys) then they focus on the main title 2 years later. PS3: Generations: February 23, 2012 Storm 3: March 5th, 2013 PS4: Revolution: September 11, 2014 Storm 4: February 4, 2016 And now we have Connections: November 17, 2023 so I see a Storm 5 coming 2025/26.
As someone who has played these games with my friends since Ultimate Ninja Storm 2... the flow of the combat in this game feels so broken, chakra recovers way to fast meaning there is no strategy to how you use the resource anymore, they've removed flick moves and rebranded them pretending they've done any work and in the process removed chakra shurikens. You get caught in a combo without substitutions once... You've lost the match to an infinitely looping combo, at least I had *Some* hope before. I wish instead of porting all the flick moves to be the second Jutsus they left it as is and just actually gave the characters second jutsus, even if it's recycled fireball jutsu or something along those lines that would've been better. And if they wanted to steal the chakra+shuriken input for second jutsus, couldn't they have just changed it to a hold input instead of removing it from the game. All they needed to do was take storm 4 and add more characters and story, instead they were actively reductive removing features and characters. They sparsely added new characters so they could sell the rest off in a predatory season pass... more than disappointed.
It’s just Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 basically. But with more stuff from Boruto. 8:27 also this just…..like how the hell did they let this slide. Did they use the first take and called it a day. Why didn’t they just reuse voice lines from prior games.
They removed some Justus and you can’t even choose between them anymore. Since the tilt is removed some cool moves like itachi’s crows are gone. And there is no snake Jutsu for orochimaru!!!! I simply do not understand why they removed core features like choosing Justus. You can only choose de ultimate. That make noooo sense
I hoped that they would add a lot more cutscenes to the history mode and also streamline the history more. I didn't like the story mode from storm 1 so I hoped that connections would give me a better experience. Buit I am really sad to see that they haven't improved the history mode but that the quality actually decreased.
I mean better then what we got in generations it's more like a beginning anime scene and just words no dialogue straight fights so I can't people saying history trash I can't believe your better comparing this game to generations or revolutions which honestly that mecha naruto story was not it.
STREAMLINE IT MORE? Thank god you didn't work on this, they cut literally 70% of the boss fights and you want MORE gone. You shouldn't be allowed to talk with takes this bad.
After playing a little of it I like it I can't front but again that's only cause I think about generations and revolutions and compared to that game yeah connections is it
In storm 4, I tried to manage the fact they completely removed the blood splashes in the gameplay and replaced them with unnecessary explosions and also the fact that the places that where went to be pure black, had tints of purple, like sasuke and itachi’s Amaterasu and Naruto’s Sixpaths mode truth seeker orbs. Like tf and now me seeing that that made the blood black, like tf🤦🏽. Was this game made for 8yr olds or what, cuz wtf did cc2 just drop.
exactly, also i never liked all the particle effects that storm 4 added, and i always felt that they made the fire and water effects kinda worse looking. i mean it doesnt look bad per se, it has more detail, but i feel it doesnt mesh as well with the simple cellshading style compared to earlier storm games.
@@helenhomunculus5044 Storm revolution had a little balance. I know the fact that storm 4 absolutely tramps it in graphics. But they shouldn’t made it so over the top in explosions and make it a little bit realistic.
@@helenhomunculus5044 Strom 1 had better fire effects. If you notice as well, the jutsus where much bigger, much grander like in the anime. Eg jirayai's bring down the house jutsu. In the other entries the jutsus look so tiny.
The audio mixing stuff I noticed immediately. The stereo panning and placement is completely different during the Ultimate Jutsu. In Storm 4 the Almighty Scream had Naruto and Sasuke hard panned to the sides to create a stereo distance, and in this they're both dead centre mono.
@@narutofan4545 "Six Paths - Almighty Scream" is the team ultimate between SP Naruto and RS Sasuke. They combine the attacks they used against each other in the final battle.
I think that issue persists since the very first Ultimate Ninja STORM (not as noticeable as in STORM 4, I believe), if I'm not mistaken, because I've always noticed (especially when playing without headphones) that the audio mixing is horrendous - sometimes it's too loud, other times it's too quiet, and every now and then the audio either gets cut, becomes mute or plays in the wrong speaker, I feel like. There's something extremely wrong about the audio mixing in this series - it's unbelievable no one ever bothered to fix it and kept releasing the same game with broken audio mixing over and over again.
History mode feels like something they planned to do fully in development, like they originally planned to have everything in there given from how the opening of the game is like (you can't even play half of those boss fights anyway) it's almost like they planned to have everything from the previous games into one but didn't have time and just kinda did a quick sideshow. The encyclopedia in the game is also impressive, including characters birthdays, height, what kinds of Justus does what and by who used them in the anime/manga.... Although some of it is missing like I don't see they have kakashi listed as a Justu user for shadow clones even though he clearly used it in the land of mist ark.....
You were never promised the entire storm game series on one disc. It is essentially a summary and you get new characters and you get a new standalone story. Incessant bitching and complaining does nothing for you or society as a whole.
I think bykings who makes ones justice one and 2 do a great job for the budget they have. The combos you can set up are some of the best for 3d anime fighting games. Would say the combat from connections is improved ontop of 4 and you can tell they learnt alot from demon slayer. Biggest issue is you can't even invite a friend in connections !!
Idk if you've seen, and sorry if it's already said here in the comments, but regarding the "wake you up!" line, the Eng VA for Naruto came out and said she did not record that line and even if she did, the VO director would not let that line go through. So now the question is if they even did the re-dubs or if it was some sort of AI... Scary stuff man. And sad :(
I was hoping for this game to flop since the first announcement. I can't understand why many RUclipsrs are saying this game is worth it just because they changed a few things in the mechanic and added 10 characters. Removing the boss battles from previous games and things that made the other games unique, was what killed this game. I dont see any reason to play this one instead of the others
@kollie79 so there's no point of this game existing. The real deal when they announced it, it's that they sold this as the definitive and complete naruto story. How can this be complete if they remove elements from the story?
The game has a bunch of new gameplay features and he didn’t mention one that was specific to this game because he doesn’t know what was new from storm 4
@@philipinoboy1381 it’s busted for having more combos instead of everything being an ender? The only bad thing is the dmg which will more than likely be fixed
I wouldn't say the voice acting was delivered poorly, I'd say the voice direction was done with mediocrity as its goal. It seems to me as if the lines were dubbed without context so the actors didn't know what feel to give the lines, rather than the actors don't know how to act. Yuri Lowenthal just did Spider-Man 2, there's no way you can say with a straight face he can't act.
Not only that, he's always been a phenomenal voice actor. Look at the Persona games where he's Yosuke. Heck he put his all as Sasuke at the end of Storm 4's regular story mode.
@@GMindset959Man, Just allow people to enjoy what they like, it's not harming anyone, and please don't say "But the sub is the authentic experience!", because this won't matter in the long run when it's simply a matter of preference. And: P.S, just please don't reply, saves you time because I won't reply.
Even if this game turned out okay, I still wouldn't bother. I'm just tired of the Storm series. I wasn't a big fan of them originally but I did respect the games and their great story modes, but man can we please get something else? Shinobi Striker had the right idea I think, you know a Naruto Xenoverse type game but the focus on pvp and lack of content killed that game for me. I want to see a new Clash of Ninja, a return to the Ubisoft duology, an action RPG like DBZ Kakarot, or hell just something brand new like a 2D tag fighter. Just no more Storm please. Give us something new or refreshing and come back to Storm later.
It genuinely felt like this game was made to rush the anniversary of Naruto instead of actually celebrating the franchise. It looks fun but man $60 is too much to ask for this when every Storm game before it had better offline content. Weirdly the online is somehow better in netcode for Connections but worse in everything else from what I've seen.
I agree. I think this game was rushed just to release for naruto's anniversary. I don't understand why nobody has learnt from sonic 06 that rushing a game to release for a anniversary is a BAD THING.
60 is a perfect price for a launch title and Connections offers just as much offline content as Launch Storm 4 did. Road to Boruto, Shikamaru's tale, and Gaaras tale were all DLC that came further down the line and you also paid 30-40 dollars for that alone on top of the $50 launch price for Storm 4.
One of my biggest issues is the fact that we have none of the new generation from boruto. Don't have the new kage but they added the kara members that makes absolutely no sense. I have a feeling they're going to give us a full game next and this is just like maybe a celebration of Naruto but I give this a six out of 10
They have all the main characters from the big recent arcs in the manga. I’ll give them that at least. Knowing CC2, they’ll probably add the side characters in as an overpriced DLC.
They have the new Kage, the only ones they are missing are Chojuro and Kurotsuchi who werent playable in Storm 4 either. But you have Boruto era iterations for Naruto, Darui, and Gaara.
@xvoidxhunter2129 To be fair both of them were assists and should have just been made into full characters especially considering they show up in boruto as well
@@KantaCrowe I agree, but i dont think anyone is feenin for some Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi, or Chojuro DLC as much as they are Fusion Boruto, Ishikki, Urashikki and Toneri
No animated cutscenes?????? They skipped half the fights in the show? Bad audio??? You might as well buy the legacy edition for cheap and get the full experience for just a few dollars on sale
Not surprising considering it’s a full priced game. As if I’ve played Storm 4 at all in the last several years. 😅 This should have just been an update to said game. I guess there’s a player base still? One button combos and no strategy involved at all. It’s a pretty game Storm but this wasn’t needed AT ALL. Nothing was changed enough mechanically at all to warrant this in my opinion. Combos now have actual routes? Oh yes that’ll be $60 History mode has more slideshows than fights! Storm 4 was bare but this? Abysmal 60 FPS? An update? Nope that’s a new feature for $60 😅
Definitely returning my collectors edition now. It was an impulse buy thinking that it would have everything from the 1st 4 games put into 1. But seeing how bare bones it is, it's pathetic, 5-6 years production for what ? Ill probably keep it in its box for a week or so to see if theres any updates on the rumored MMO mode thats supposed to be added, but its not lookin good. Why cant companies just realize that making good games is what sells 🤦🏻♂️
No crossplay, no rollback netcode (and this is gonna be live service, talk about an easy win), wall fighting and jutsu clashes from storm 1 still missing, instant awakening from storm 3 still missing (wouldve really benefited some of the garbage tier characters in this huge roster), same graphics since PS3 just slightly more particles (arguably worse than storm 1 somehow?). Putting the botched story aside, they literally did nothing to fundamentally change the game or combat. Not giving them the "win" of finally adding proper combo strings in their SIXTH release of the same fighting game franchise.
@@tochukwuudu77632 has a huge lack of single player content so i disagree (despite the good story mode and epic moments)generations and 4 last longer.
Yea, I've been saying this is basically a cash grab. Like in history mode, the most disappointing one ever, they cut out SO MANY boss battles in all the Storm games. Like, Kakashi Vs Zabuza was one, Naruto Vs Sasuke from Storm 3, 4th Tail Vs Orochimaru, Kages Vs Madara etc. Plus, if they have time freaking add the opening scene with the Kages and Madara(and no lie...new scene for that split sec) why NOT put it in the boss? Kakashi Vs Obito in Storm 4 should've been an ACTUAL boss fight but didn't even make it in connections either. Yet, they had the audacity to put a new scene of them fighting in the opening smh. Special story i was hoping for a QTE with Naruto and Sasuke but nope. Failed QTE isn't there as well and it's like a truly 💩 mode and laziness. Online(gameplay which i do like) is like their only saving grace smh
This is going to sound extremely biased but I hope they’ll make a new clash of ninja game in the future. Storm games are cool but the clash of ninja series has always had more variety when it came to game modes and combos
I would LOVE a new Clash of Ninja game. I was just doing some of the story from Clash of Ninja 2 earlier today, though I really miss Clash of Ninja Revolution 2
Ninja council was my first Naruto game and storm generations was my favourite growing up. I remember back when storm 3 was being announced and we all wanted customization offline and online so I’m happy that they put a ton of customization options in for characters but the story mode was very upsetting they could have just cut and pasted storm legacy into the game and also the “original story” but it feels so rushed even though there has been like what 7/8 years since storm 4?
One of my biggest issues with the storm games is the difficulty. I've always felt they were way to easy and just there for a story experience. Easy enough to where I got bored and just couldn't enjoy it. The only difficulty option I ever recall was just for free battle. Is that still the case with this game? I've never seen a review where people talk about this either just how great the games are.
You’re playing a Naruto game. How hard do you want it to be? Of course it’s for the story experience if you’re playing the story. They’re not meant to be difficult at all.
@@kylespevak6781 Exactly! I'd like it to be more than a story mode full of punching bags. They could at least add in a difficulty option like any other game.
Yeah, the fact that this game didn't add the other genin from Boruto's class other than his team and a few villains is ridiculous. Plus the history mode didn't cover ANY of Boruto's story, not even the Road to Boruto story from Storm 4. That's ridiculous, especially since the characters go so far as to include characters like Kiwaki, Delta, Koji Kashin, and Jigen
Would it have k!lled them to use the cutscenes? If they felt it too much work, they could have just used the already made anime scenes and just input it directly into the game. This game to me felt rushed and a cash grab. I hope Storm gets made and released and slaps, cuz this game can’t be the last storm game, like tf. I would have preferred to even play some of fights in boruto than some crappy deadass history mode done wrong. Damn CC2, who hurt you🤦🏽
No Free Roam No Cutscenes matter of fact why didn't they ripped it from the anime like how RONA and BB Developers did truly it is not that difficult at all
It's the Dragon Ball Z Kai of the Storm games. Everything is quicker and certain things weren't fleshed out. Especially when they didn't add enough. Canon or not, don't show us characters as enemies but not add them to the game as playable.
I don't own any naruto games. Recently bought a Nintendo switch, which Naruto games would you guys recommend? I was thinking of getting Connections but have been seeing lots of bad reviews.
If the Naruto story is important, I would say get legacy. As someone who’s a huge Storm fan, I cannot see why Connections would have anything that the OG series doesn’t offer. But you’re a fan of Boruto and it’s cast (like I am), then I’d say go for it - just be warned that the Naruto history mode in connections is real low effort.
If you Want To Relive The Whole Storyline From Beginning To End Get The Storm Trilogy And Storm 4 Road To Boruto that way you get the whole experience.
@logiclunacy606 True But Those are Kinda Filler Games I'm talking main Series Games. But it's cool you didn't forget those games I have a Soft spot for Revolution.
1:30 id like to add demonslayer as a candidate for one of the decent anime games. Makes sense since its also from cc2 tho. As far as collection gameplay wise its actually good but content wise cmonnnn man they removed friend invite for gods sake. They havent learned from removing endless the first time since 4
This might just be me but i’m kinda mad we still don’t have Toneri or at least a boss fight where you fight him on the moon we got Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata from The Last but no Toneri
The thing that turned me off for this game are those lame slideshows on the story mode which started in Storm 4. Storm 2 and 3 were so good because they where fully animated.
I think the mechanics are a good change and the fights are more fun than ever. It’s just up to you if you wanna pay full price for playing multiplayer again
On the topic of the voice work, several voice actors have been coming saying they've done multiple takes on character lines. And unfortunately it seems the fault is on bandai's side as well
What I'm liking from gameplay videos I've been seeing is that combo crafting is much more expansive. Being able to continue your combo when your opponent is in the crumple state or that more moves, such as throws, ninjutsus, etc. result in more ground bounces make me excited to revisit older characters. It always irked me that when I hit someone with Haku's ice ninjutsu and the opponent crumples, all I could do is throw shurikens or charge my chakra during that time (If I'm wrong about this detail, I'd like to know so that I could up my game). And thankfully, regaining chakra and subs are way faster in this version. The game seems much faster overall. That being said, on the surface, the lack of fresh content and the inconsistent quality of that content makes this $60 release feel like it has poor value. Most people aren't going to care about getting all the juices out of the mechanics to justify such a high price. Hell, for those who do care, it still seems like a hard sell.
I hate having to constantly chase my opponent only for them substitute and keep running away. There is nothing to force the opponent to engage with you until they feel like it. Substitute needs a MUCH longer cool down for spamming it. But I dunno, these complaints don't matter. The devs don't give a sh- about people's opinions
@@ggmasterguiltygear6315 And in this version, the AI LOVES running away and throwing out projectile ninjutsus. And they can do that more efficiently due to the auto chakra recovery. I like the auto recovery in general for the sake of improving the flow of things, but yeah subs need to take a hit. And maybe for the chakra back dash to consume more chakra or travel a shorter distance. Constantly feels like I’m playing that one friend who recommends Hyrule Temple every time and just runs away when it comes down to 1v1, and their game plan is to simply wear down your patience. In general, these changes to gameplay are the most drastic the series has probably ever taken and I appreciate that. The Boruto story mode was also way more high quality than I thought it would be. A filler thing got me to feel something which is strange. Very slow first half, though.
Thank you so much for mentioning the re dub. It was so bad, it ruined all the fights. Not to mention the removed important parts of the boss battles, like the flash backs mid battle un the naruto vs sasuke fight from storm 2.
I haven't played a Naruto game since Storm 3. I didn't like Storm 3 that much due to a lot of characters missing, which they did get eventually in other games. But also the story had an aprupt ending, due to the anime/manga still ongoing. Storm 2 was really the last Naruto game i felt was a satisfying experience. What i'd like to see is a proper story mode. Where you walk around the areas, do side missions, mini-games, etc. Similar to Ultimate Ninja 3, Storm 1, Broken Bonds, Rise of Ninja, something along those lines. If possible from the beginning of Naruto till end of Shippuden. I don't care about Boruto but if they add in Boruto content, that'd be cool too! Some characters i feel are still missing, that i'd like they added in. Kurenai, Anko, Shizune. They were in the Ultimate Ninja games, so i think they should return in the Storm games. Also would like Zetsu, Spiral Zetzu, Kinkaku and Mangetsu. Zetsu is the only akatsuki member still not in the game and Spiral Zetsu was pretty op in the war. Kinkaku could fight alongside Ginkaku, we don't really need both since Ginkaku only used wordplay. Mangetsu could take place for all the swordsman, since he can use all their weapons. Then it'd feel like we've got all the important fights in the war arc covered. Could maybe add in Kurotsuchi and Chojiro as well, considering they become kage later and Darui is already playable. I can think of many more characters like team Dosu and so on. But these would be the most essential imo.
It’s alot of characters missing , for this to be the largest roster , 10 new characters overall out of 130 + , and ppl complaining more about the story when we been playing the same characters and move sets for 3 to 4 straight games now like get tf fr
Its also worth noting that there isnt any worthwhile cannon characters in Naruto Shippuden to add. They added all the important ones in Storm 4, and tbh most of the community could care less for anything Boruto related
@@xvoidxhunter2129 While that is true, there's still plenty more they could add if they wanted. Like The White Fang, Fugaku Uchiha, Mito Uzumaki, Team Killer Bee, Pakura and Gari, etc. While not that important storywise, they could have great movesets in the games. Shisui was a character people barely knew about, until he was added in the games. Now he's one of the most popular.
@@beastvicious8672 Alot of those have literally never been seen fighting. We did get Indra and Ashura at launch though and they have always been hype because of the filler. People loved Shisui before the games even introducef him thanks to the Itachi Backstory. Theres dozens of featless characters they *could* add but they never really add characters into the storm games unless they are either relevant important characters or fan favorites that at least got some screen time in filler on top of some cannon scenes of them. Which perfectly describes Shisui, Indra and Ashuras inclusion. The only other character they realistically need to add is Toneri, since Storm 4 never added them despite having The Last Naruto and Sasuke as their own characters in the game Reasonably after Toneri, its Story mode specific characters like Merz and Nanashi and then they basically have to pick from the Boruto era catalog UNLESS they pick some other Shippuden Movies to make content from. Which is what I personally hope they do because Blood Prison has a bunch of dope characters and obviously Menma Hiruko and Shinno could be cool as well. But they arent cannon so idk if theyd even bother.
@@xvoidxhunter2129 I know we haven't seen some of them in action, that's why they'd be appealing. They were hyped up but we never saw their potential. Characters like these would be great additions for fighting games. You're wrong on Shisui. He got into the Storm games before they animated the Itachi flashback he was in. Which was filler btw. The only reason they made the filler, was to hype up Shisui for the Storm game that he was gonna debut in. I'd read the manga and Shisui only appeared in one panel, before his trailer came out. He wasn't even a character before this. Right, Indra and Ashura was filler more or less. Neither Shisui, Indra or Ashura are important or anywhere near fan favorite characters. But they make great additions in the games. Especially becouse now we get the chance to see them in action. They've all become more popular after being added in the games. That's the point. The Storm games has plenty characters that we barely saw fight. Like: Shisui, Indra, Ashura, Iruka, Kushina, Rin and Karin. So it hasn't stopped them before. If they can add these characters, then they should also be able to add the ones i suggested. Here's my reasoning for their additions: Zetsu is an essential character, i still have no idea why he's not in the games. Also the Spiral Zetsu was extremely strong when he used Yamato's body. They could easily add in both these characters. Mangetsu like i said, would be the perfect representation of the 7 swordsman. It'd probably be a stretch to add all of them as playable. Mangetsu was almost made to be a fighting game character, to fill in for them. Kinkaku would be the only one missing among the war arc fights, that we actually watched. His brother Ginkaku could be in the combos and maybe a special attack. They added Darui so idk why they didn't just add Kinkaku as well. Kurotsuchi and Chojiro like i said become kage later. If they've got Darui in the game, surely these 2 would make sense to add as well. They've got unique abilities and we never really got justification for them becoming kage in the series. So a game could make up for that, by showing what they're capable of. Kurenai, Anko and Shizune were in previous games. Only ones still missing from the Storm games. Feels odd to have all the sensei's except Kurenai. Anko is also someone everyone likes and agrees was wasted. The games could give her some recognition, that many people want. If they were feeling generous, we could finally see her curse mark form. If the other 2 got added, Shizune is the only one left from the old games. So might as well add her. Team Dosu was a big part of the forest of death and in the preliminaries. Some people like them as much as the sound 4. Atleast Dosu and Zaku. They've definitely got enough to make a moveset on. Kin doesn't have much but it's like with Rin and Karin. If these characters can be playable, then it shouldn't be an issue to give Kin a moveset too. Team Killer Bee also had a good introduction. We were given the expectation they'd be like a new team Gaara. A team with the same age and from another village, that our cast would interact with. But this didn't really happen. Omoi is the only one we really saw fight. Kamui and Samui missed out. Kamui is also one of the parents of the Boruto cast, so she's important in a way. It'd be interesting to see these 3 actually given a moveset. Pretty sure many would like to have them in the game. Pakura and Gari has some of the coolest kekkei genkai. Sure they're not interesting characters. But like with Mangetsu, it's like they were made to be in a fighting game. They'd both be very unique within the roster. Sakumo/The White Fang, is one of the most popular characters that people want to see more of. There's been a poll on which character people want a side story on. He was among the most highly rated. No character would be more hype for a Storm game than him. Fugaku Uchiha (Sasuke's dad) was the leader of the Uchiha and had a mangekyou sharingan. Since the Uchiha are basically the sayians of the Naruto series and guaranteed to be fan favorites. It'd make sense to add him. I'd argue he makes much more sense than Shisui's addition. Lastly Mito Uzumaki. She's got so much going for her. The first hokage's wife. An Uzumaki, which we rarely see. A jinchuuriki of the 9-tails. She's got the strength of Tsunade and Sakura. It's crazy that we never got to see more of her in the series.
I would love a Naruto mmo where it can be massive like genshin impact. We could create out characters go through the exams jump through the forest of death etc and actually have to travel to different villages. Be able to choose your chakra nature etc sigh I really think they could make some money with this
I actually enjoyed connections idk but i do know that they do this for the series always have a decent game to keep people up inbetween the main one that doesnt have the next one actually (such as storm 5) we had inbetween storm 3 and storm 4 atleast for me it feels the exactly same which honestly i dont have a issue with it
See what I don’t understand is there was always an in between game for the major ones, there was an inbetween game for 2-3 and 3-4 but all these games would come out 2 years apart from eachother and they rushed this SO much like they had no time. But they really did. Storm 4 came out in 2016 and shinobi striker in 2018. They had 5-7 years to make a quality game and said nope fuck that. And why did they wait so long is my question. Maybe they wanted to be able to tell more of the Boruto series since Boruto is over now. But even then. They could’ve easily put more work into this and just chose not to. Which baffles me. Companies now a days REALLY don’t like doing fan service. And it’s so sad. Don’t get me wrong I like this game. But I agree with all the statements you made. It just feels rushed
@@TreaJaylen I mean at this point it’s the same thing dude. Boruto ended on a massive cliffhanger…there was no final battle, no actual conclusion to that story, to almost the whole fandom it’s more like the next Arc than a separate show dude. Regardless though it’s called “Boruto: Two Blue Vortex” So I’m not wrong… “Boruto” is far from over for now.
There's only one thing I want to complain about this game. The reward money after doing missions are so freaking low man. Usually, the Storm series are so generous in terms of reward money like thousands of Ryo. Now, with Storm Connections, they gave you like one hundred Ryo or something like that. You can only get many Ryo if you play online. Even I did not play online. The character's costume and accessories are so freaking pricey as well. In the end, I rather play Storm 4 than Storm Connection.
In all honesty, I thought that Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections would be just like Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy where you can play through all the storm games but with improved graphics and action not really a fan of the history mode in the game with a bunch of screenshots from the anime instead of having cutscenes in it like yeah I'm not interested in this I rather just stick to Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy
Sounds like everything good about this game was recycled from ultimate ninja storm 4 and many things were downgraded. I will continue playing 4 until a proper sequel comes out. Should have just been dlc for 4. Which is the best game imo.
Imagine for a custom story they allow you to make your own character to be part of it. Customization going as far as letting you chose your hair, skin tone, sex, voice, clothes as well as Justus that you unlock the more you play from leveling up your character. That same character being playable online/offline and not solely restricted to only being used in the story mode.
I wanted to ask for the part about the ''voice'' , like do you mean they would be part of the ''storymode'' or not and if not , do you mean that they would have pre-recorded lines that they will say ?
The voice acting I find to be the worse is Ino: Shes one of my favs I love using her in game, she had so much spark and character and she sounds like she got run over and has no energy to do anything, this game is such a kick to balls for long time fans of the series not even just the franchise
Personally have been really enjoying this so far, but I've also never played any of the previous games. Wrapped up watching the show a few months back, so this has been great. Can def see why its a disappointment for so many
My hopes are up for the mod makers While i was playing 4 I used mods like sound and music mod Where stages music changes to the anime musics of that scene and sound for characters like better delivers on lines better sound quality more sense making lines etc. And mods like when your armor breaks For exp jonin minato his jacket gets broken For adult sasuke his cape is gone Or like sage naruto his red cape goes Its sad rly sad that cc2 doesnt do these Im rly ever greatfull for the all the mod makers out there
I'm slapping myself in the face for not subscribing to you until now. Your review is so in depth and highly detailed. Thank you for warning me before buying this game!
This is a good in depth review. I was really hoping this game would be good. The number of characters you can play as alone had me interested. But I don't know if I'll still buy this. 😮
I swear Naruto games are turning into the Sonic of arena fighters. Storm does it the best so CC2 has no reason to go all out to impress but they like to change it up every game and end up taking away mechanics instead of adding on top. They can get away with this because every other arena fighter is often mid compared to them with a few exceptions that never got the traction naruto gets. I hate we dont have Jugo CM2 or Pakura or any of the other ninjas that showed up in the 4GNW. Naruto games could easily be tied in with the cannon and be used to establish backstory for fodder characters as well a chance to get more lore about the universe so the shows can focus more on the main story.
I fully agree with your thoughts. I refunded it after an hour and a half. Such a bare bones game with no good modes like the others. Get Legacy and experience the story that way.
the game is only bare bones if you make it, that goes for any game, add a little style and creativity, Also, history mode is history mode, I don't really care about that
@@verticalgeorgiegeorge117 Watch this video, But this game's focus was the much better and improved gameplay, TBH I don't blame you for not wanting to get the game because the marketing for the game was horrible and trash, I was not gonna get it until i saw actual gameplay ruclips.net/video/UdUFGhwzLUQ/видео.htmlsi=ouH0eGz2NodyPJAi, I would not try and convince people to buy a game and that is ass, like Gotham knights, that game was complete shit, I don't want anybody missing out, I've played this game for 10 hours, it's way better than any other storm
@@verticalgeorgiegeorge117 also, I got this game only for the improved gameplay and mechanics, the game is way better than any other storm, This game's whole focus was gameplay and not the story, they improved it vastly, remember you can now combo a grab into air combo into Justus into a ult, pick up combos, health resets every round, different Justus use different amounts of chakra, so no more spamming, NETCODE is way better, no lag at all for me and my friends, but here some pros and cons PROS: - The game feels faster and more polished, combat feels more flowy and combos are not as awkward to get off as now everyone has 2 Justus instead of tilts. - All the new characters are really good and fun to play. - Existing characters have been subtly changed to fit the new 2 Justus style but some characters have been changed, like Hashirma and feel way stronger. CONS: - Online menus are stupid - NO CROSS PLAY They said they're gonna fix the online and add more modes post launch
@@theblueshanobiThat’s absolutely bs I seriously can’t believe you would think like that. So developers can make a rushed, trash, money grabbing game. And you will be all on board with it, that’s crazy. It’s up to the developers to make a good game it’s not up to us.
It’s not even the only game that is being made as a Naruto game, this one is to get a game out to please some of the community before releasing the next big game
I love it how this game came out years after STORM4 and they simply didn't care enough to at least change how the graphics look, or art style, or whatever.
Not exactly. See, they did switch it up a bit for STORM 4. The game has a slightly new art style/colour grading and a few added post-fx applied to the Cel shading effect, it's what I mean. You can notice what I'm saying if you put any STORM game prior to STORM 4 and compare them to STORM 4; every game prior to STORM 4 had its art style designed to match more or less how the anime looked at the time (Classic to First Arcs of Shippuden) - so it had less contrast and less saturated colours so that the characters would almost always appear darker and/or faded, whereas STORM 4 had an art style closer to what newer animes such as Boruto usually look like now - they have plenty of bloom/bright luminance effects, have higher contrast between dark/bright lighting and normally have less shadows/shading applied to the characters so that they look brighter and more "vivid." That's an improvement/change I expected to see in some way for this new release, too - and considering how long it took for this game to come out, I think it's the bare minimum to at least have the art style updated like STORM 4 did when it was released. Guess they're gonna wait for that until STORM 5 comes out, apparently, when they could've done it already. @kollie79
@@JustSendMeLocation they did try look up videos on the actual gameplay that’s were they spent their time on everything combat wise he mention was from storm 4
Man me and my wife bought into the hype and got our hands on a collector's edition. It is now sitting in my house and I'm conflicted whether to open or return. This is also the only collector's edition game I've ever been able to get my hands on. We've been looking so forward to it, this really blows.
It's really not that bad. If you liked Storm Generations, it's pretty much that. While the story modes are lacking, the new gameplay elements are cool, like having a second jutsu.
You're expectations is just too high. Storm 1 and storm 4 is basically the same when it comes to combat. Each new storm they add 1 or 2 new features. Storm 5 is probably gonna be a copy of storm 4. With 1 or new features. With that they take 1 or 2 out again. Like jutsu clashes. I agree it's a waste of money. Storm connections is like storm 4 with dlc. But as a fan what are you gonna do. You have no choice but to buy it.
let's be honest, the history mode is trash, and special story mode is pretty good but definitely not good enough to cover up the ugliness which is this game. Since you don't know anything about Boruto...I'd like to say something from someone actually caught up to the newest plot. Despite people's hatred, the cannon story of Boruto is actually great. The enemy are not jokes, on par or even stronger than Kaguya, the tension is high, the mystery surrounding the new evil organization is interesting, the fights are superb(even having some of the most choreographic battle), it really does feel like a continuation of the shinobi world. That is why I'm not VERY IMPRESSED that CC2 didn't include the real story of Boruto. We have almost all the characters involved in at least another very important arc of Boruto (Kara arc), why didn't they just do that!? Are they holding the real deal for Storm 5??? Because if that's the reason...and judging by how this game perform on steam...I really don't think there would be a storm 5 anymore....
It took a bit to get used to the new controls. It was kinda lazy to me how they had the cutscene QTEs be 🔼🔼⏺️ for an ult, since that's how it was before but not how the moves are done in Connections. It's like they got lazy and this was a port.
I enjoyed the game purely because my love for Naruto reignited. That being said, in addition to the previous complaints of History Mode and Special Story Mode, I can’t get over that they created two brand new characters specifically for this game that we can’t even play in the base game!!
I was actually looking forward to this game and hopefully getting to experience some of boruto's story because I'm caught up to the boruto anime and it's actually quite good. Hearing that this game is essentially just a rushed cash grab is very disheartening I will absolutely be avoiding it like the plague until it goes on sale
I recognised the audio felt off for the shikaku fight and was thinking was it like this in the past . Plus kakashi i thought at first they changed the voice actors 😅 so atleast i know im not going crazy
I don't know cuz Maddie doesn't seem like the person I would go to first for anime game related content. Because based on what I've been saying in the communities who actually play these types of games all the time and make content about them, they seem to like the game. My point is I don't know if I would take my advice from a variety content creator versus taking my advice from people in the community who actually focus on these types of games.
For as much as this may be an unpopular opinion, but i personally love Storm 4's story mode. I was never a fan of the half open world exploring in the previous games, so to just have menu with each fight pulled up was very pleasing. Of course the counter to that is "Wow how lazy CC2 yet again takes 1 step forward 2 steps back" but, again in my opinion, the lack of open world was converted fully into aesthetics and presentation. Which Storm 4 absolutely knocks out of the park. Also if you made it this far a slightly cool fun fact for you The final fight of Naruto vs Sasuke at the valley of the end was actually the first representation of it outside of the manga officially. So if uou were an anime only that would have been how Natuto proper ends for you. Which, for last time, in my opinion would have been an excellent way to experience it.
I hate some of the changes they made. The supports do different jutsu randomly. You should be able to set the jutsu. The new jutsus are just the old tilts for half the characters.
The supports jutsu isn't random, you choose which jutsu you want them to do by either pressing the support button while tilting the stick or pressing the support button and not tilting the stick.
As a huge Naruto fan, this game is a big disappointment. Might sound petty, but also as an Orochimaru fan, I thought they’d update him more. I was hoping his awakening would be eight-headed serpent jutsu and his secret technique be summoning jutsu: Reanimation such the 1st and 2nd Hokage like in Shinobi Striker.
Basically it's a cash grab. They literally just added all the storm games up (minus generations and revolution) threw in a couple new characters that should have been added to storm 4 as dlc and added a new story and called it a new game while also charging a 60 dollar price tag. Seriously who thought this was a good idea?
I WANT to get this game but I won’t. The only hobby/obsession I had growing up was Naruto. I got a gaming system later than most people around me but once I did, the only reason I ever got my game systems then on out was FOR Naruto’s games. All other games not related to Naruto were just because I already had the system. Every new Ultimate Ninja was exciting. “What new jutsus do we get to see? The cutscenes look even better! I can’t wait to unlock that character and their customizable Jutsu!” Before it was just copy and paste, now it’s copy, water down, then slap it on a gaming disk. Naruto as a franchise, with such a diverse fanbase and character selection that people favor, all deserve so much more and so much better.
I dropped this game series after they turned the Substitutions into a resource rather than an equivalent to a Perfect Parry. It killed the combat's vibe because it removed the element of surprise not knowing when your opponent would use the Substitution just like how the ninjas fought in the show. Now you just bait your opponent into spending their Substitutions before you commit to a full combo and it's just not the same for me anymore.
I'm jealous of your TMNT Arcade. I actually beat it on my NES on my first try in over a decade. My hands were sore after using a rectangular controller.
I love Naruto I’m a huge fan but this was definitely not what I expected a lot of characters through the series are missing the combat is better but it’s meh for me
Did this review... WAKE YOU UP?!
Yes
Lol
I kinda zoned out during that part of the video, and that delivery was so jarring it got my attention again lol
So yes
Nah, I was prepared for this because it wasn't a numbered entry. A lot of people tend to forget about Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations and Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
No
They really only had to combine all the past games, up their resolution, and then add on what they wanted for the new story. How someone decided doing something other than that was a good idea is beyond me.
yep i thought that's what they gonna do with story mode but they somehow fuck this up
And not to mention they censored the blood out of the games for sone reason
And they didn’t even do that, where Sakura vs Sasori, Tsunade vs manda, any non Naruto vs sasuke boss fight
Yes, a completely stupid concept, they could've done Boruto Kara Arc instead of Special Story, and called it Storm 5. The only explanation that I have, is that they really want to go big for Storm 5, like maybe going back to an open world format like Storm 1, and they needed this game as a stopgap for the 20th Anniversary celebration.
@@RuuyG which has been a disaster of an anniversary
Giving Storm 1 a story mode like the rest of the series would’ve been the perfect anniversary game
FAX
My biggest issue is that the history/story mode is just storm generations all over again BUT this time they added the boss battles form past games lol, Trading the 3D cutscenes for a slideshows of scenes from the anime was absolutely horrible idea as well.
The cutscene in generations were amazing tho! Quality animation! Beautiful voice acting! Overall way better experiance than this.
That sounds like dbz sagas
Generations didn't catfish you tho. Connections has a few boss segments and then cut the fuck out of the other boss segments and made them regular matches. Storm gen didn't do that to you. Ninja Storm 3 is better than this POS attempt
Storm Generations anime cutscenes were actually re-animated. They weren't ripped from the anime
Not even all the bosses either. There's quite a few good ones missing.
I actually have a theory that the English re-dubbing may have been done with AI, it sounds downright uncanny/perplexing, literally had me cringing and scratching my head at points with the voice inflections used.
Definitely possible
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that
They actually switched the voice actors for some characters so it isn't AI. If it was, why would they bother changing VAs?
they didnt use ai for the past games so why would they use it for this one?
@@ProudAjax Wait, who all got swapped??
What the hell?! Screenshots from the Anime instead of fully rendered cutscenes?!?!?! I was thinking Connections story mode would be the culmination of all the Ultimate Ninja Storm Games combined in a seamless storytelling flow. Thank you for this video, was about to buy this game. This is a solid pass.
Same here this video saved me from wasting my money as well, and considering this was supposed to be an anniversary celebrating game is such a letdown
sad you cant form your own opinion@@Nathan-cw1eu
The bad part is that, that's how the trailers came across.
If you bought Storm 4 on release you have no reason not to buy this one. This is everything storm 4 had to offer on launch including all the 20-30 dollars worth of dlc characters that came later.
You cant compare a Full 3 years of updates Storm 4 content wise to launch Connections. Storm 4 was $50 on launch (not including what that would be equivalent to today factoring inflation) not to mention Road to Boruto was a $20 dlc, and you had Gaara and Shikamaru's tale which were 10 bucks a piece and then finally you got TWO characters for $8. Overtime you paid upwards of 100 dollars for Storm 4 and the only reason you are getting bargain deals is due to value drop over time.
Connections gives you every single DLC character you paid for in 4, while recapping the story in a much more digestible format (Storm 4 didnt do that) Then its also giving you a wholy new and unique Story that isnt adapted from the anime with its own new characters. On top of that you are getting at least 10 new characters, several new Team Ultimate Jutsu, a revamped Customization system, updated game mechanics while also having the crisp new gen graphics as well. Its well worth $60 as it is, and its going to get updates and DLC just like Storm 4 did as well if not even more.
@@xvoidxhunter2129”If you bought storm 4 on release you have no reason not to buy this one.” Uh, yes you do. It’s called owning storm 4 already lol. This game is just storm 4 again with an admittedly better battle system and a handful of Boruto characters. A $20 dlc sold as a $60 game. As for your “digestible story mode”, people like the storm series specifically because of its excellent story mode with cutscenes and cool boss fights like in storm 2, 3, and the second half of 4. Making it a boring abridged story with no cutscenes and recycled boss fights, some of which are arguably worse, isn’t a selling point.
My theory: Cyberconnect tests each system with a side Storm game (Generations, Revolution and now Connections) filled with old mechanics from the main series but had mini game/new fight mechanics to see how fans will like and hate things to improve the next game (Hell it's obvious now look at the surveys) then they focus on the main title 2 years later.
PS3:
Generations: February 23, 2012
Storm 3: March 5th, 2013
PS4:
Revolution: September 11, 2014
Storm 4: February 4, 2016
And now we have Connections: November 17, 2023 so I see a Storm 5 coming 2025/26.
I actually agree with this. I’ve noticed this pattern with Cyberconnect2
Let's hope the pattern holds up because this title is piss poor
Revolution was PS3. What you talking about?
@@zeroskaterz92 oh shit my error, statement still stands tho.
They said that they won't make a storm 5 tho.
As someone who has played these games with my friends since Ultimate Ninja Storm 2... the flow of the combat in this game feels so broken, chakra recovers way to fast meaning there is no strategy to how you use the resource anymore, they've removed flick moves and rebranded them pretending they've done any work and in the process removed chakra shurikens. You get caught in a combo without substitutions once... You've lost the match to an infinitely looping combo, at least I had *Some* hope before.
I wish instead of porting all the flick moves to be the second Jutsus they left it as is and just actually gave the characters second jutsus, even if it's recycled fireball jutsu or something along those lines that would've been better. And if they wanted to steal the chakra+shuriken input for second jutsus, couldn't they have just changed it to a hold input instead of removing it from the game.
All they needed to do was take storm 4 and add more characters and story, instead they were actively reductive removing features and characters. They sparsely added new characters so they could sell the rest off in a predatory season pass... more than disappointed.
It’s just Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 basically. But with more stuff from Boruto.
8:27 also this just…..like how the hell did they let this slide. Did they use the first take and called it a day. Why didn’t they just reuse voice lines from prior games.
They removed some Justus and you can’t even choose between them anymore. Since the tilt is removed some cool moves like itachi’s crows are gone. And there is no snake Jutsu for orochimaru!!!! I simply do not understand why they removed core features like choosing Justus. You can only choose de ultimate. That make noooo sense
What do u think the season passes gonna have!😂
I hoped that they would add a lot more cutscenes to the history mode and also streamline the history more. I didn't like the story mode from storm 1 so I hoped that connections would give me a better experience. Buit I am really sad to see that they haven't improved the history mode but that the quality actually decreased.
I mean better then what we got in generations it's more like a beginning anime scene and just words no dialogue straight fights so I can't people saying history trash I can't believe your better comparing this game to generations or revolutions which honestly that mecha naruto story was not it.
STREAMLINE IT MORE? Thank god you didn't work on this, they cut literally 70% of the boss fights and you want MORE gone. You shouldn't be allowed to talk with takes this bad.
After playing a little of it I like it I can't front but again that's only cause I think about generations and revolutions and compared to that game yeah connections is it
Like. No boruto kid character? The support onlys are still not on the game
Yall bitch about everything. I love the game
In storm 4, I tried to manage the fact they completely removed the blood splashes in the gameplay and replaced them with unnecessary explosions and also the fact that the places that where went to be pure black, had tints of purple, like sasuke and itachi’s Amaterasu and Naruto’s Sixpaths mode truth seeker orbs. Like tf and now me seeing that that made the blood black, like tf🤦🏽. Was this game made for 8yr olds or what, cuz wtf did cc2 just drop.
exactly, also i never liked all the particle effects that storm 4 added, and i always felt that they made the fire and water effects kinda worse looking. i mean it doesnt look bad per se, it has more detail, but i feel it doesnt mesh as well with the simple cellshading style compared to earlier storm games.
@@helenhomunculus5044 Storm revolution had a little balance. I know the fact that storm 4 absolutely tramps it in graphics. But they shouldn’t made it so over the top in explosions and make it a little bit realistic.
The black blood is mostly because of how Japan is with censorship in games. Heck even Resident Evil games are more censored in Japan than in the U.S.
@@helenhomunculus5044 Strom 1 had better fire effects. If you notice as well, the jutsus where much bigger, much grander like in the anime. Eg jirayai's bring down the house jutsu. In the other entries the jutsus look so tiny.
The expectations to this I think is where you kill the mist ninjas as obito.
The audio mixing stuff I noticed immediately. The stereo panning and placement is completely different during the Ultimate Jutsu. In Storm 4 the Almighty Scream had Naruto and Sasuke hard panned to the sides to create a stereo distance, and in this they're both dead centre mono.
Almighty scream?
Damn
@@narutofan4545 "Six Paths - Almighty Scream" is the team ultimate between SP Naruto and RS Sasuke. They combine the attacks they used against each other in the final battle.
I think that issue persists since the very first Ultimate Ninja STORM (not as noticeable as in STORM 4, I believe), if I'm not mistaken, because I've always noticed (especially when playing without headphones) that the audio mixing is horrendous - sometimes it's too loud, other times it's too quiet, and every now and then the audio either gets cut, becomes mute or plays in the wrong speaker, I feel like. There's something extremely wrong about the audio mixing in this series - it's unbelievable no one ever bothered to fix it and kept releasing the same game with broken audio mixing over and over again.
@@NaldinhoGX I think you're missunderstanding what I said. My point is that the audio was a lot better on the previous games.
History mode feels like something they planned to do fully in development, like they originally planned to have everything in there given from how the opening of the game is like (you can't even play half of those boss fights anyway) it's almost like they planned to have everything from the previous games into one but didn't have time and just kinda did a quick sideshow.
The encyclopedia in the game is also impressive, including characters birthdays, height, what kinds of Justus does what and by who used them in the anime/manga.... Although some of it is missing like I don't see they have kakashi listed as a Justu user for shadow clones even though he clearly used it in the land of mist ark.....
You were never promised the entire storm game series on one disc. It is essentially a summary and you get new characters and you get a new standalone story. Incessant bitching and complaining does nothing for you or society as a whole.
@@BaldLezB_In that's definitely worth the 70 dollars lmfao
@@BaldLezB_In 😂
@@BaldLezB_InFACTS! EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!
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I think bykings who makes ones justice one and 2 do a great job for the budget they have. The combos you can set up are some of the best for 3d anime fighting games. Would say the combat from connections is improved ontop of 4 and you can tell they learnt alot from demon slayer.
Biggest issue is you can't even invite a friend in connections !!
Bring back the Broken bond series
Those were so good
top tier ultimate ninja series was amazing as well@@timmyv148
Ubisoft aren't what they used to be no more
I almost caved and pre-ordered this. I'm so glad I waited for the reviews to come out first! Definitely just saved $60!
dont pre-order games dude..
i did and i dont regret it@@geleiou
Idk if you've seen, and sorry if it's already said here in the comments, but regarding the "wake you up!" line, the Eng VA for Naruto came out and said she did not record that line and even if she did, the VO director would not let that line go through. So now the question is if they even did the re-dubs or if it was some sort of AI... Scary stuff man. And sad :(
I was hoping for this game to flop since the first announcement. I can't understand why many RUclipsrs are saying this game is worth it just because they changed a few things in the mechanic and added 10 characters. Removing the boss battles from previous games and things that made the other games unique, was what killed this game. I dont see any reason to play this one instead of the others
@kollie79 so there's no point of this game existing. The real deal when they announced it, it's that they sold this as the definitive and complete naruto story. How can this be complete if they remove elements from the story?
Yeah u could swap characters mid combo in storm 4 btw. Really fun to try with all the different characters the game has imo.
The game has a bunch of new gameplay features and he didn’t mention one that was specific to this game because he doesn’t know what was new from storm 4
@@kendalljasper309exactly tbh the gameplay is probably the best in the series imo, combos feel very good and not janky as before
@@jurisdojo23you joking? The combat is so damn busted in connections.
@@philipinoboy1381 it’s busted for having more combos instead of everything being an ender? The only bad thing is the dmg which will more than likely be fixed
@@jurisdojo23 I’m fine with extended combos. But the problem is the subs and the jutsus having invincibility frames
I wouldn't say the voice acting was delivered poorly, I'd say the voice direction was done with mediocrity as its goal. It seems to me as if the lines were dubbed without context so the actors didn't know what feel to give the lines, rather than the actors don't know how to act. Yuri Lowenthal just did Spider-Man 2, there's no way you can say with a straight face he can't act.
Or AI dubbed over it for a cheaper turn around.
Not only that, he's always been a phenomenal voice actor. Look at the Persona games where he's Yosuke. Heck he put his all as Sasuke at the end of Storm 4's regular story mode.
Then you're delusional.
Why the hell do you listen to dub?
@@GMindset959Man, Just allow people to enjoy what they like, it's not harming anyone, and please don't say "But the sub is the authentic experience!", because this won't matter in the long run when it's simply a matter of preference.
And: P.S, just please don't reply, saves you time because I won't reply.
Even if this game turned out okay, I still wouldn't bother. I'm just tired of the Storm series. I wasn't a big fan of them originally but I did respect the games and their great story modes, but man can we please get something else? Shinobi Striker had the right idea I think, you know a Naruto Xenoverse type game but the focus on pvp and lack of content killed that game for me. I want to see a new Clash of Ninja, a return to the Ubisoft duology, an action RPG like DBZ Kakarot, or hell just something brand new like a 2D tag fighter. Just no more Storm please. Give us something new or refreshing and come back to Storm later.
I cant wait to see the cutscenes and relive my Naruto nostalgia!
**proceeds to purchase a $60 powerpoint slideshow** 💀
It genuinely felt like this game was made to rush the anniversary of Naruto instead of actually celebrating the franchise. It looks fun but man $60 is too much to ask for this when every Storm game before it had better offline content. Weirdly the online is somehow better in netcode for Connections but worse in everything else from what I've seen.
I agree. I think this game was rushed just to release for naruto's anniversary. I don't understand why nobody has learnt from sonic 06 that rushing a game to release for a anniversary is a BAD THING.
60 is a perfect price for a launch title and Connections offers just as much offline content as Launch Storm 4 did. Road to Boruto, Shikamaru's tale, and Gaaras tale were all DLC that came further down the line and you also paid 30-40 dollars for that alone on top of the $50 launch price for Storm 4.
@@xvoidxhunter2129How much did Bandai paid you bruv 😂
@@Khann_2102 They didnt
@@xvoidxhunter2129 Poor you then
One of my biggest issues is the fact that we have none of the new generation from boruto. Don't have the new kage but they added the kara members that makes absolutely no sense. I have a feeling they're going to give us a full game next and this is just like maybe a celebration of Naruto but I give this a six out of 10
I give this piece of shit a 2/10 bcs 80% of the bosses are skipped
They have all the main characters from the big recent arcs in the manga. I’ll give them that at least. Knowing CC2, they’ll probably add the side characters in as an overpriced DLC.
They have the new Kage, the only ones they are missing are Chojuro and Kurotsuchi who werent playable in Storm 4 either. But you have Boruto era iterations for Naruto, Darui, and Gaara.
@xvoidxhunter2129 To be fair both of them were assists and should have just been made into full characters especially considering they show up in boruto as well
@@KantaCrowe I agree, but i dont think anyone is feenin for some Kurotsuchi, Akatsuchi, or Chojuro DLC as much as they are Fusion Boruto, Ishikki, Urashikki and Toneri
No animated cutscenes?????? They skipped half the fights in the show? Bad audio??? You might as well buy the legacy edition for cheap and get the full experience for just a few dollars on sale
Not surprising considering it’s a full priced game. As if I’ve played Storm 4 at all in the last several years. 😅
This should have just been an update to said game. I guess there’s a player base still?
One button combos and no strategy involved at all. It’s a pretty game Storm but this wasn’t needed AT ALL. Nothing was changed enough mechanically at all to warrant this in my opinion.
Combos now have actual routes? Oh yes that’ll be $60
History mode has more slideshows than fights! Storm 4 was bare but this? Abysmal
60 FPS? An update? Nope that’s a new feature for $60 😅
Definitely returning my collectors edition now. It was an impulse buy thinking that it would have everything from the 1st 4 games put into 1. But seeing how bare bones it is, it's pathetic, 5-6 years production for what ?
Ill probably keep it in its box for a week or so to see if theres any updates on the rumored MMO mode thats supposed to be added, but its not lookin good. Why cant companies just realize that making good games is what sells 🤦🏻♂️
Thank you, i was so close to wasting my money on this. I own all the older ones so I'm good.
No crossplay, no rollback netcode (and this is gonna be live service, talk about an easy win), wall fighting and jutsu clashes from storm 1 still missing, instant awakening from storm 3 still missing (wouldve really benefited some of the garbage tier characters in this huge roster), same graphics since PS3 just slightly more particles (arguably worse than storm 1 somehow?).
Putting the botched story aside, they literally did nothing to fundamentally change the game or combat. Not giving them the "win" of finally adding proper combo strings in their SIXTH release of the same fighting game franchise.
Not surprising since it was shown that way. Complete waste of a game. CC2 fell off.
Preach
Storm 2 is the last good one for me.
@@tochukwuudu7763 4 lol but definitely understandable 💙 this is kinda worrisome for Connections
@@tochukwuudu7763just bought the original trilogy on the Xbox store and having a great time replaying storm 1 &2
@@tochukwuudu77632 has a huge lack of single player content so i disagree (despite the good story mode and epic moments)generations and 4 last longer.
Thanks for this review. This will be my first storm game I’ll be passing. Generations at least had new anime scenes created by the anime studio.
Ultimate Ninja 5 has better Ultimates than this game.
It's even sadder when he gets to the positive things about the gameplay and all of it is stuff that was already in Storm 4.
Not all of it
the amount of boss battles cut is INSANE
Yea, I've been saying this is basically a cash grab. Like in history mode, the most disappointing one ever, they cut out SO MANY boss battles in all the Storm games. Like, Kakashi Vs Zabuza was one, Naruto Vs Sasuke from Storm 3, 4th Tail Vs Orochimaru, Kages Vs Madara etc. Plus, if they have time freaking add the opening scene with the Kages and Madara(and no lie...new scene for that split sec) why NOT put it in the boss? Kakashi Vs Obito in Storm 4 should've been an ACTUAL boss fight but didn't even make it in connections either. Yet, they had the audacity to put a new scene of them fighting in the opening smh. Special story i was hoping for a QTE with Naruto and Sasuke but nope. Failed QTE isn't there as well and it's like a truly 💩 mode and laziness. Online(gameplay which i do like) is like their only saving grace smh
its not a cash grab idiot
This is going to sound extremely biased but I hope they’ll make a new clash of ninja game in the future. Storm games are cool but the clash of ninja series has always had more variety when it came to game modes and combos
To this point, I think that even the old-school Ultimate Ninja games had more variety in terms of gameplay than the STORM series. 😆
I would LOVE a new Clash of Ninja game. I was just doing some of the story from Clash of Ninja 2 earlier today, though I really miss Clash of Ninja Revolution 2
Ninja council was my first Naruto game and storm generations was my favourite growing up. I remember back when storm 3 was being announced and we all wanted customization offline and online so I’m happy that they put a ton of customization options in for characters but the story mode was very upsetting they could have just cut and pasted storm legacy into the game and also the “original story” but it feels so rushed even though there has been like what 7/8 years since storm 4?
One of my biggest issues with the storm games is the difficulty. I've always felt they were way to easy and just there for a story experience. Easy enough to where I got bored and just couldn't enjoy it. The only difficulty option I ever recall was just for free battle. Is that still the case with this game? I've never seen a review where people talk about this either just how great the games are.
You’re playing a Naruto game. How hard do you want it to be? Of course it’s for the story experience if you’re playing the story. They’re not meant to be difficult at all.
@@haydensilas65Idk why being a Naruto game means it can't provide a challenge
@@kylespevak6781 Exactly! I'd like it to be more than a story mode full of punching bags. They could at least add in a difficulty option like any other game.
I mean you are meant to mainly just experiance and feel immersed in the story, idk why you are expecting to get railed like a Dark Souls game.
Game is too easy. This game is trash
Yeah, the fact that this game didn't add the other genin from Boruto's class other than his team and a few villains is ridiculous. Plus the history mode didn't cover ANY of Boruto's story, not even the Road to Boruto story from Storm 4. That's ridiculous, especially since the characters go so far as to include characters like Kiwaki, Delta, Koji Kashin, and Jigen
Would it have k!lled them to use the cutscenes?
If they felt it too much work, they could have just used the already made anime scenes and just input it directly into the game. This game to me felt rushed and a cash grab. I hope Storm gets made and released and slaps, cuz this game can’t be the last storm game, like tf. I would have preferred to even play some of fights in boruto than some crappy deadass history mode done wrong. Damn CC2, who hurt you🤦🏽
No Free Roam
No Cutscenes
matter of fact why didn't they ripped it from the anime like how RONA and BB Developers did
truly it is not that difficult at all
I’d love to see him cover the demon slayer game that came out around a year ago the story was good and online matches were so much fun
If you enjoy it, why does it matter what someone else thinks?
@@tooblackfordeath I don’t care if he enjoys it or not I just think it would be an entertaining topic for a video
It's the Dragon Ball Z Kai of the Storm games. Everything is quicker and certain things weren't fleshed out. Especially when they didn't add enough. Canon or not, don't show us characters as enemies but not add them to the game as playable.
I don't own any naruto games. Recently bought a Nintendo switch, which Naruto games would you guys recommend? I was thinking of getting Connections but have been seeing lots of bad reviews.
If the Naruto story is important, I would say get legacy. As someone who’s a huge Storm fan, I cannot see why Connections would have anything that the OG series doesn’t offer. But you’re a fan of Boruto and it’s cast (like I am), then I’d say go for it - just be warned that the Naruto history mode in connections is real low effort.
If you Want To Relive The Whole Storyline From Beginning To End Get The Storm Trilogy And Storm 4 Road To Boruto that way you get the whole experience.
@desmondhicks7750 I mean it doesn't include the 2 games in between 2, 3 & 4, so not the whole story. That being generations and revolution.
@logiclunacy606 True But Those are Kinda Filler Games I'm talking main Series Games. But it's cool you didn't forget those games I have a Soft spot for Revolution.
@daurinx you can buy connections if you want to because that's your money
1:30 id like to add demonslayer as a candidate for one of the decent anime games. Makes sense since its also from cc2 tho. As far as collection gameplay wise its actually good but content wise cmonnnn man they removed friend invite for gods sake. They havent learned from removing endless the first time since 4
This might just be me but i’m kinda mad we still don’t have Toneri or at least a boss fight where you fight him on the moon we got Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata from The Last but no Toneri
To make matters worse, his model is in the Boruto story mode.
The thing that turned me off for this game are those lame slideshows on the story mode which started in Storm 4. Storm 2 and 3 were so good because they where fully animated.
Generations Story Mode had New Anime Cutscenes
I think the mechanics are a good change and the fights are more fun than ever. It’s just up to you if you wanna pay full price for playing multiplayer again
And the answer is no.
The answer depends on your standards.
Yes
I did. And I don’t regret it.
@@TheREALHugo4cry
On the topic of the voice work, several voice actors have been coming saying they've done multiple takes on character lines. And unfortunately it seems the fault is on bandai's side as well
What I'm liking from gameplay videos I've been seeing is that combo crafting is much more expansive. Being able to continue your combo when your opponent is in the crumple state or that more moves, such as throws, ninjutsus, etc. result in more ground bounces make me excited to revisit older characters. It always irked me that when I hit someone with Haku's ice ninjutsu and the opponent crumples, all I could do is throw shurikens or charge my chakra during that time (If I'm wrong about this detail, I'd like to know so that I could up my game). And thankfully, regaining chakra and subs are way faster in this version. The game seems much faster overall.
That being said, on the surface, the lack of fresh content and the inconsistent quality of that content makes this $60 release feel like it has poor value. Most people aren't going to care about getting all the juices out of the mechanics to justify such a high price. Hell, for those who do care, it still seems like a hard sell.
Basically, wait for it to drop to $20
COPY
I hate having to constantly chase my opponent only for them substitute and keep running away. There is nothing to force the opponent to engage with you until they feel like it. Substitute needs a MUCH longer cool down for spamming it. But I dunno, these complaints don't matter. The devs don't give a sh- about people's opinions
@@ggmasterguiltygear6315 And in this version, the AI LOVES running away and throwing out projectile ninjutsus. And they can do that more efficiently due to the auto chakra recovery. I like the auto recovery in general for the sake of improving the flow of things, but yeah subs need to take a hit. And maybe for the chakra back dash to consume more chakra or travel a shorter distance. Constantly feels like I’m playing that one friend who recommends Hyrule Temple every time and just runs away when it comes down to 1v1, and their game plan is to simply wear down your patience.
In general, these changes to gameplay are the most drastic the series has probably ever taken and I appreciate that. The Boruto story mode was also way more high quality than I thought it would be. A filler thing got me to feel something which is strange. Very slow first half, though.
Thank you so much for mentioning the re dub. It was so bad, it ruined all the fights. Not to mention the removed important parts of the boss battles, like the flash backs mid battle un the naruto vs sasuke fight from storm 2.
I haven't played a Naruto game since Storm 3. I didn't like Storm 3 that much due to a lot of characters missing, which they did get eventually in other games. But also the story had an aprupt ending, due to the anime/manga still ongoing. Storm 2 was really the last Naruto game i felt was a satisfying experience.
What i'd like to see is a proper story mode. Where you walk around the areas, do side missions, mini-games, etc. Similar to Ultimate Ninja 3, Storm 1, Broken Bonds, Rise of Ninja, something along those lines. If possible from the beginning of Naruto till end of Shippuden. I don't care about Boruto but if they add in Boruto content, that'd be cool too!
Some characters i feel are still missing, that i'd like they added in. Kurenai, Anko, Shizune. They were in the Ultimate Ninja games, so i think they should return in the Storm games. Also would like Zetsu, Spiral Zetzu, Kinkaku and Mangetsu. Zetsu is the only akatsuki member still not in the game and Spiral Zetsu was pretty op in the war. Kinkaku could fight alongside Ginkaku, we don't really need both since Ginkaku only used wordplay. Mangetsu could take place for all the swordsman, since he can use all their weapons. Then it'd feel like we've got all the important fights in the war arc covered. Could maybe add in Kurotsuchi and Chojiro as well, considering they become kage later and Darui is already playable. I can think of many more characters like team Dosu and so on. But these would be the most essential imo.
It’s alot of characters missing , for this to be the largest roster , 10 new characters overall out of 130 + , and ppl complaining more about the story when we been playing the same characters and move sets for 3 to 4 straight games now like get tf fr
Its also worth noting that there isnt any worthwhile cannon characters in Naruto Shippuden to add. They added all the important ones in Storm 4, and tbh most of the community could care less for anything Boruto related
@@xvoidxhunter2129 While that is true, there's still plenty more they could add if they wanted. Like The White Fang, Fugaku Uchiha, Mito Uzumaki, Team Killer Bee, Pakura and Gari, etc. While not that important storywise, they could have great movesets in the games. Shisui was a character people barely knew about, until he was added in the games. Now he's one of the most popular.
@@beastvicious8672 Alot of those have literally never been seen fighting. We did get Indra and Ashura at launch though and they have always been hype because of the filler. People loved Shisui before the games even introducef him thanks to the Itachi Backstory.
Theres dozens of featless characters they *could* add but they never really add characters into the storm games unless they are either relevant important characters or fan favorites that at least got some screen time in filler on top of some cannon scenes of them. Which perfectly describes Shisui, Indra and Ashuras inclusion. The only other character they realistically need to add is Toneri, since Storm 4 never added them despite having The Last Naruto and Sasuke as their own characters in the game
Reasonably after Toneri, its Story mode specific characters like Merz and Nanashi and then they basically have to pick from the Boruto era catalog UNLESS they pick some other Shippuden Movies to make content from. Which is what I personally hope they do because Blood Prison has a bunch of dope characters and obviously Menma Hiruko and Shinno could be cool as well. But they arent cannon so idk if theyd even bother.
@@xvoidxhunter2129 I know we haven't seen some of them in action, that's why they'd be appealing. They were hyped up but we never saw their potential. Characters like these would be great additions for fighting games.
You're wrong on Shisui. He got into the Storm games before they animated the Itachi flashback he was in. Which was filler btw. The only reason they made the filler, was to hype up Shisui for the Storm game that he was gonna debut in. I'd read the manga and Shisui only appeared in one panel, before his trailer came out. He wasn't even a character before this.
Right, Indra and Ashura was filler more or less. Neither Shisui, Indra or Ashura are important or anywhere near fan favorite characters. But they make great additions in the games. Especially becouse now we get the chance to see them in action. They've all become more popular after being added in the games. That's the point.
The Storm games has plenty characters that we barely saw fight. Like: Shisui, Indra, Ashura, Iruka, Kushina, Rin and Karin. So it hasn't stopped them before. If they can add these characters, then they should also be able to add the ones i suggested. Here's my reasoning for their additions:
Zetsu is an essential character, i still have no idea why he's not in the games. Also the Spiral Zetsu was extremely strong when he used Yamato's body. They could easily add in both these characters.
Mangetsu like i said, would be the perfect representation of the 7 swordsman. It'd probably be a stretch to add all of them as playable. Mangetsu was almost made to be a fighting game character, to fill in for them.
Kinkaku would be the only one missing among the war arc fights, that we actually watched. His brother Ginkaku could be in the combos and maybe a special attack. They added Darui so idk why they didn't just add Kinkaku as well.
Kurotsuchi and Chojiro like i said become kage later. If they've got Darui in the game, surely these 2 would make sense to add as well. They've got unique abilities and we never really got justification for them becoming kage in the series. So a game could make up for that, by showing what they're capable of.
Kurenai, Anko and Shizune were in previous games. Only ones still missing from the Storm games. Feels odd to have all the sensei's except Kurenai. Anko is also someone everyone likes and agrees was wasted. The games could give her some recognition, that many people want. If they were feeling generous, we could finally see her curse mark form. If the other 2 got added, Shizune is the only one left from the old games. So might as well add her.
Team Dosu was a big part of the forest of death and in the preliminaries. Some people like them as much as the sound 4. Atleast Dosu and Zaku. They've definitely got enough to make a moveset on. Kin doesn't have much but it's like with Rin and Karin. If these characters can be playable, then it shouldn't be an issue to give Kin a moveset too.
Team Killer Bee also had a good introduction. We were given the expectation they'd be like a new team Gaara. A team with the same age and from another village, that our cast would interact with. But this didn't really happen. Omoi is the only one we really saw fight. Kamui and Samui missed out. Kamui is also one of the parents of the Boruto cast, so she's important in a way. It'd be interesting to see these 3 actually given a moveset. Pretty sure many would like to have them in the game.
Pakura and Gari has some of the coolest kekkei genkai. Sure they're not interesting characters. But like with Mangetsu, it's like they were made to be in a fighting game. They'd both be very unique within the roster.
Sakumo/The White Fang, is one of the most popular characters that people want to see more of. There's been a poll on which character people want a side story on. He was among the most highly rated. No character would be more hype for a Storm game than him.
Fugaku Uchiha (Sasuke's dad) was the leader of the Uchiha and had a mangekyou sharingan. Since the Uchiha are basically the sayians of the Naruto series and guaranteed to be fan favorites. It'd make sense to add him. I'd argue he makes much more sense than Shisui's addition.
Lastly Mito Uzumaki. She's got so much going for her. The first hokage's wife. An Uzumaki, which we rarely see. A jinchuuriki of the 9-tails. She's got the strength of Tsunade and Sakura. It's crazy that we never got to see more of her in the series.
I would love a Naruto mmo where it can be massive like genshin impact. We could create out characters go through the exams jump through the forest of death etc and actually have to travel to different villages. Be able to choose your chakra nature etc sigh I really think they could make some money with this
I actually enjoyed connections idk but i do know that they do this for the series always have a decent game to keep people up inbetween the main one that doesnt have the next one actually (such as storm 5) we had inbetween storm 3 and storm 4 atleast for me it feels the exactly same which honestly i dont have a issue with it
Naruto Kizuna Drive from PSP was just the best Naruto game for me, it had CO-OP!!!
See what I don’t understand is there was always an in between game for the major ones, there was an inbetween game for 2-3 and 3-4 but all these games would come out 2 years apart from eachother and they rushed this SO much like they had no time. But they really did. Storm 4 came out in 2016 and shinobi striker in 2018. They had 5-7 years to make a quality game and said nope fuck that. And why did they wait so long is my question. Maybe they wanted to be able to tell more of the Boruto series since Boruto is over now. But even then. They could’ve easily put more work into this and just chose not to. Which baffles me. Companies now a days REALLY don’t like doing fan service. And it’s so sad. Don’t get me wrong I like this game. But I agree with all the statements you made. It just feels rushed
Boruto is far from over…
@@TheDefiledShell the original Boruto is over, now it’s Boruto two blue vortex
@@TreaJaylen I mean at this point it’s the same thing dude. Boruto ended on a massive cliffhanger…there was no final battle, no actual conclusion to that story, to almost the whole fandom it’s more like the next Arc than a separate show dude. Regardless though it’s called “Boruto: Two Blue Vortex” So I’m not wrong… “Boruto” is far from over for now.
Missed opportunity to cross out the leaf in your headband
There's only one thing I want to complain about this game. The reward money after doing missions are so freaking low man. Usually, the Storm series are so generous in terms of reward money like thousands of Ryo. Now, with Storm Connections, they gave you like one hundred Ryo or something like that. You can only get many Ryo if you play online. Even I did not play online. The character's costume and accessories are so freaking pricey as well. In the end, I rather play Storm 4 than Storm Connection.
there's something wrong with you if that's the only thing
I think they are gunning for that wit Storm V.
The whole asking us our opinions thing.
I feel you brothers,I'm really disappointed too.
Then why did you buy it then
I recently bought the legacy and heard about connections and was kinda salty at first but now after watching this review I’m not salty at all 😂
In all honesty, I thought that Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections would be just like Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy where you can play through all the storm games but with improved graphics and action not really a fan of the history mode in the game with a bunch of screenshots from the anime instead of having cutscenes in it like yeah I'm not interested in this I rather just stick to Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogy
Sounds like everything good about this game was recycled from ultimate ninja storm 4 and many things were downgraded. I will continue playing 4 until a proper sequel comes out. Should have just been dlc for 4. Which is the best game imo.
Connections is better
Imagine for a custom story they allow you to make your own character to be part of it.
Customization going as far as letting you chose your hair, skin tone, sex, voice, clothes as well as Justus that you unlock the more you play from leveling up your character.
That same character being playable online/offline and not solely restricted to only being used in the story mode.
I wanted to ask for the part about the ''voice'' , like do you mean they would be part of the ''storymode'' or not and if not , do you mean that they would have pre-recorded lines that they will say ?
No that’s terrible
You mean like xenoverse.
I still feel Storm 2 was the best. Most nostalgic to me and had the most epic boss fights. Pain Vs Naruto was amazing.
I love these games but I'm going to wait for sale on this one
The voice acting I find to be the worse is Ino: Shes one of my favs I love using her in game, she had so much spark and character and she sounds like she got run over and has no energy to do anything, this game is such a kick to balls for long time fans of the series not even just the franchise
Personally have been really enjoying this so far, but I've also never played any of the previous games. Wrapped up watching the show a few months back, so this has been great. Can def see why its a disappointment for so many
My hopes are up for the mod makers
While i was playing 4
I used mods like sound and music mod
Where stages music changes to the anime musics of that scene and sound for characters like better delivers on lines better sound quality more sense making lines etc.
And mods like when your armor breaks
For exp jonin minato his jacket gets broken
For adult sasuke his cape is gone
Or like sage naruto his red cape goes
Its sad rly sad that cc2 doesnt do these
Im rly ever greatfull for the all the mod makers out there
I didn’t expect this to be any good tbh you should take a look at some more old anime games also
I'm slapping myself in the face for not subscribing to you until now. Your review is so in depth and highly detailed. Thank you for warning me before buying this game!
This is a good in depth review. I was really hoping this game would be good. The number of characters you can play as alone had me interested. But I don't know if I'll still buy this. 😮
I swear Naruto games are turning into the Sonic of arena fighters.
Storm does it the best so CC2 has no reason to go all out to impress but they like to change it up every game and end up taking away mechanics instead of adding on top. They can get away with this because every other arena fighter is often mid compared to them with a few exceptions that never got the traction naruto gets.
I hate we dont have Jugo CM2 or Pakura or any of the other ninjas that showed up in the 4GNW. Naruto games could easily be tied in with the cannon and be used to establish backstory for fodder characters as well a chance to get more lore about the universe so the shows can focus more on the main story.
I fully agree with your thoughts. I refunded it after an hour and a half. Such a bare bones game with no good modes like the others. Get Legacy and experience the story that way.
the game is only bare bones if you make it, that goes for any game, add a little style and creativity, Also, history mode is history mode,
I don't really care about that
@@theblueshanobiyou pay 60$ for another storm 4 😂 you got robbed. Cause story it’s not wow and the gameplay is the same.
@@verticalgeorgiegeorge117 Watch this video, But this game's focus was the much better and improved gameplay, TBH I don't blame you for not wanting to get the game because the marketing for the game was horrible and trash, I was not gonna get it until i saw actual gameplay ruclips.net/video/UdUFGhwzLUQ/видео.htmlsi=ouH0eGz2NodyPJAi, I would not try and convince people to buy a game and that is ass, like Gotham knights, that game was complete shit, I don't want anybody missing out, I've played this game for 10 hours, it's way better than any other storm
@@verticalgeorgiegeorge117 also, I got this game only for the improved gameplay and mechanics, the game is way better than any other storm, This game's whole focus was gameplay and not the story, they improved it vastly, remember you can now combo a grab into air combo into Justus into a ult, pick up combos, health resets every round, different Justus use different amounts of chakra, so no more spamming, NETCODE is way better, no lag at all for me and my friends, but here some pros and cons
PROS:
- The game feels faster and more polished, combat feels more flowy and combos are not as awkward to get off as now everyone has 2 Justus instead of tilts.
- All the new characters are really good and fun to play.
- Existing characters have been subtly changed to fit the new 2 Justus style but some characters have been changed, like Hashirma and feel way stronger.
CONS:
- Online menus are stupid
- NO CROSS PLAY
They said they're gonna fix the online and add more modes post launch
@@theblueshanobiThat’s absolutely bs I seriously can’t believe you would think like that. So developers can make a rushed, trash, money grabbing game. And you will be all on board with it, that’s crazy. It’s up to the developers to make a good game it’s not up to us.
It’s not even the only game that is being made as a Naruto game, this one is to get a game out to please some of the community before releasing the next big game
I love it how this game came out years after STORM4 and they simply didn't care enough to at least change how the graphics look, or art style, or whatever.
Not exactly. See, they did switch it up a bit for STORM 4. The game has a slightly new art style/colour grading and a few added post-fx applied to the Cel shading effect, it's what I mean.
You can notice what I'm saying if you put any STORM game prior to STORM 4 and compare them to STORM 4; every game prior to STORM 4 had its art style designed to match more or less how the anime looked at the time (Classic to First Arcs of Shippuden) - so it had less contrast and less saturated colours so that the characters would almost always appear darker and/or faded, whereas STORM 4 had an art style closer to what newer animes such as Boruto usually look like now - they have plenty of bloom/bright luminance effects, have higher contrast between dark/bright lighting and normally have less shadows/shading applied to the characters so that they look brighter and more "vivid."
That's an improvement/change I expected to see in some way for this new release, too - and considering how long it took for this game to come out, I think it's the bare minimum to at least have the art style updated like STORM 4 did when it was released. Guess they're gonna wait for that until STORM 5 comes out, apparently, when they could've done it already. @kollie79
character selection screen same too like wtf
@@JhonnyStone100 Hahahahahahah!
why change it when it worked already@@JhonnyStone100
Every single time I watch one of youre videos Matty.. I can relate to so many of the nostalgic things you speak on.
10 new characters is not what I would call a treat but they tried I guess
That’s the problem they didn’t try at all, complete laziness and just a cash grab.
@@JustSendMeLocation Yh
I hope they make Storm 5 and not this crap been the last storm game ever.
@@JustSendMeLocation they did try look up videos on the actual gameplay that’s were they spent their time on everything combat wise he mention was from storm 4
Man me and my wife bought into the hype and got our hands on a collector's edition. It is now sitting in my house and I'm conflicted whether to open or return. This is also the only collector's edition game I've ever been able to get my hands on. We've been looking so forward to it, this really blows.
It's really not that bad. If you liked Storm Generations, it's pretty much that. While the story modes are lacking, the new gameplay elements are cool, like having a second jutsu.
return it and get any other storm game instead
You're expectations is just too high. Storm 1 and storm 4 is basically the same when it comes to combat. Each new storm they add 1 or 2 new features. Storm 5 is probably gonna be a copy of storm 4. With 1 or new features. With that they take 1 or 2 out again. Like jutsu clashes. I agree it's a waste of money. Storm connections is like storm 4 with dlc. But as a fan what are you gonna do. You have no choice but to buy it.
let's be honest, the history mode is trash, and special story mode is pretty good but definitely not good enough to cover up the ugliness which is this game. Since you don't know anything about Boruto...I'd like to say something from someone actually caught up to the newest plot. Despite people's hatred, the cannon story of Boruto is actually great. The enemy are not jokes, on par or even stronger than Kaguya, the tension is high, the mystery surrounding the new evil organization is interesting, the fights are superb(even having some of the most choreographic battle), it really does feel like a continuation of the shinobi world. That is why I'm not VERY IMPRESSED that CC2 didn't include the real story of Boruto. We have almost all the characters involved in at least another very important arc of Boruto (Kara arc), why didn't they just do that!? Are they holding the real deal for Storm 5??? Because if that's the reason...and judging by how this game perform on steam...I really don't think there would be a storm 5 anymore....
It took a bit to get used to the new controls. It was kinda lazy to me how they had the cutscene QTEs be 🔼🔼⏺️ for an ult, since that's how it was before but not how the moves are done in Connections. It's like they got lazy and this was a port.
Cyberconnect 2 just been getting away with nonsense for years smh
@Matt, I only have enough time to play one Naruto game, which one would you recommend?
I enjoyed the game purely because my love for Naruto reignited. That being said, in addition to the previous complaints of History Mode and Special Story Mode, I can’t get over that they created two brand new characters specifically for this game that we can’t even play in the base game!!
I was actually looking forward to this game and hopefully getting to experience some of boruto's story because I'm caught up to the boruto anime and it's actually quite good. Hearing that this game is essentially just a rushed cash grab is very disheartening I will absolutely be avoiding it like the plague until it goes on sale
I recognised the audio felt off for the shikaku fight and was thinking was it like this in the past . Plus kakashi i thought at first they changed the voice actors 😅 so atleast i know im not going crazy
i dont know why every character when they die or lose, they fall like yamcha position, what is going on here ????
Damn, I was kinda getting excited for this release. Glad I saw this first. Maybe it'll be a buy on a steep sale when I've long forgotten about it.
I don't know cuz Maddie doesn't seem like the person I would go to first for anime game related content. Because based on what I've been saying in the communities who actually play these types of games all the time and make content about them, they seem to like the game.
My point is I don't know if I would take my advice from a variety content creator versus taking my advice from people in the community who actually focus on these types of games.
Lol even the developers know nobody wants to play as the boruto cast cause nobody knows them
Finally someone who understands, I see this game as nth other than a glorified cash grab
For as much as this may be an unpopular opinion, but i personally love Storm 4's story mode.
I was never a fan of the half open world exploring in the previous games, so to just have menu with each fight pulled up was very pleasing.
Of course the counter to that is
"Wow how lazy CC2 yet again takes 1 step forward 2 steps back" but, again in my opinion, the lack of open world was converted fully into aesthetics and presentation. Which Storm 4 absolutely knocks out of the park.
Also if you made it this far a slightly cool fun fact for you
The final fight of Naruto vs Sasuke at the valley of the end was actually the first representation of it outside of the manga officially. So if uou were an anime only that would have been how Natuto proper ends for you.
Which, for last time, in my opinion would have been an excellent way to experience it.
I hate some of the changes they made. The supports do different jutsu randomly. You should be able to set the jutsu. The new jutsus are just the old tilts for half the characters.
The supports jutsu isn't random, you choose which jutsu you want them to do by either pressing the support button while tilting the stick or pressing the support button and not tilting the stick.
@@gamefreak3000dx wait what I had no idea. That severaly improves things.
As a huge Naruto fan, this game is a big disappointment. Might sound petty, but also as an Orochimaru fan, I thought they’d update him more. I was hoping his awakening would be eight-headed serpent jutsu and his secret technique be summoning jutsu: Reanimation such the 1st and 2nd Hokage like in Shinobi Striker.
Basically it's a cash grab. They literally just added all the storm games up (minus generations and revolution) threw in a couple new characters that should have been added to storm 4 as dlc and added a new story and called it a new game while also charging a 60 dollar price tag. Seriously who thought this was a good idea?
Gameplay and combat has never been better.
I WANT to get this game but I won’t. The only hobby/obsession I had growing up was Naruto. I got a gaming system later than most people around me but once I did, the only reason I ever got my game systems then on out was FOR Naruto’s games. All other games not related to Naruto were just because I already had the system.
Every new Ultimate Ninja was exciting.
“What new jutsus do we get to see? The cutscenes look even better! I can’t wait to unlock that character and their customizable Jutsu!”
Before it was just copy and paste, now it’s copy, water down, then slap it on a gaming disk.
Naruto as a franchise, with such a diverse fanbase and character selection that people favor, all deserve so much more and so much better.
I dropped this game series after they turned the Substitutions into a resource rather than an equivalent to a Perfect Parry. It killed the combat's vibe because it removed the element of surprise not knowing when your opponent would use the Substitution just like how the ninjas fought in the show. Now you just bait your opponent into spending their Substitutions before you commit to a full combo and it's just not the same for me anymore.
I'm jealous of your TMNT Arcade. I actually beat it on my NES on my first try in over a decade. My hands were sore after using a rectangular controller.
I love Naruto I’m a huge fan but this was definitely not what I expected a lot of characters through the series are missing the combat is better but it’s meh for me