Okay I knew this game didn't get very high reviews but I loved the art style of it. Also where else can you find a game with Samuel Jackson in it and Rza beats? So I had to have it. This game looks BEAUTIFUL graphically.

Now for the game play. This is a button masher accept for bosses. I don't mind that as I have some intense games that require a lot of thinking and skill so I figured I would get this to be my relax and kill stuff to good music game. And I really like the music. Besides, it was only $15.

Everything was good except for...the camera. But then one day I put the game in and my PS3 said, "Loading Updates", then when i went to adjust the camera, all of a sudden there was an option to default the X Axis camera whereas I didn't see that before. Now I can adjust the camera as I like!

I came back to revise my review because of this. This was the only real problem I had with this game. Yes there are still some glitches, (like once I got stuck between the background and had to restart) but they are not enough to make you hate the game. I can already see I will want to replay this again and again. There is just something addicting to me being able to slow down time and slice up some ninjas into little pieces.

Once you get all the moves down, this game is VERY fun! I love it now!

Get this game! Make sure you have your online hooked up as it looks like they made an update for this. Or am I dreaming? I could have sworn you couldn't adjust the X axis in this game and I read other reviews that said the same thing.

The only other thing this could have used besides a few bug problems or lags, was music. Rza should have made more scores for this as his track can get repetitive. But at the same time you are so busy figuring out the platforming and fighting you don't always notice it.

I picked this title up at the same time that I bought my PS3. It was cheap, and I mildly enjoyed the series on SPIKE, so I figured I'd give it a shot, not expecting much. I was very impressed with what I got.

My initial impression of the game was that it was a button masher. The game starts off by throwing hordes of enemies at you, that you must hack and slash your way through. The simplest way to do this is by mashing buttons. Each attack button will initiate a combo sequence. There is no timing or skill involved in pulling off a combo, just hammer the button and it happens.

I soon discovered, however, that the game employs numerous methods of forcing you to play with a skilled hand. Apart from that, you can build up and use "focus", which functions as a sort of "bullet time" in which the game slows down, and you can aim and charge an attack at a specific part of the enemy's body. A well placed strike can and will dismember your opponent. You can also parry attacks, which can open the enemy's defenses.

Not all of the trash mobs are so easy to drop with button mashing, either. Some will go to great lengths to avoid your attacks, making Focus almost necessary, and even then, if you don't manage to trick them or catch them unawares, they can still manage to evade.

Some of the boss fights are incredibly difficult, and will require you to abandon your button-mashing tendancies altogether. While battling Kuma, for example, charging in will only get you slaughtered. Even parrying and counterattacking will only get you so far. I found myself actually having to use focus just to get myself into a position where attacking was possible, and even then, after a dozen attempts to figure the guy out, I just barely managed to succeed.

As far as aspects not directly related to gameplay, the visuals are stunning, the music is excellent. An odd combination of mild, soothing stuff and energetic battle music. And, of course, Ninja Ninja's always around to insult you with as much crassness and profanity as he can muster. Speaking of Ninja Ninja, he occasionaly shows to up engage you in a game of Body-part Poker. Enter the swarm of enemies and try to dismember specific parts to make a hand, and receive a reward for your suceess. It may be a bit morbid, but it helps train you to properly use focus, and breaks the monotony a bit when going through large levels.

For all it's good, the game is not without it's flaws. The camera could definitely use some work, and the platforming, while not bad enough to get frustrating, is still a bit tricky in some areas, sometimes due to the camera's perspective. The game does a HORRIBLE job of explaining some of the things you can do. I was stuck on a certain boss for nearly an hour, as I wasn't sure how to properly perform the "bullet slicing" move that's briefly mentioned in the manual. In game, there wasn't any indication that you could do so to begin with. Also, I'm not sure if it's due to the faster load times on the slim, or if it's just a bug in the game, but during loading screens, there are sometimes scripted scenes that will take place, and they frequently get cut off due to the level loading before the speech finishes.

All in all, I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the series. Just be sure not to play it around anyone you'd consider to be "polite company". Ninja Ninja tends to blurt out some fairly offensive and sexist stuff from time to time.