Ninety-Nine Nights

 Xbox 360
User Score
6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 69
  3. Negative: 17 out of 69
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  1. JamesA.
    Dec 21, 2006
    7
    This game needs work but it is on the right track. First the good, if you like Dynasty Warriors or Kingdom Under Fire this game is for you. (Made by the KUF people.) This game has quite a few items you can collect along the way but most don't have a use except the weapons. Another good is how many guys are o the screen/level. If you beat any level, you will probably kill around 2000 This game needs work but it is on the right track. First the good, if you like Dynasty Warriors or Kingdom Under Fire this game is for you. (Made by the KUF people.) This game has quite a few items you can collect along the way but most don't have a use except the weapons. Another good is how many guys are o the screen/level. If you beat any level, you will probably kill around 2000 guys. Another good is that your guys follow you unlike Dynasty Warriors. Also, the graphics in this game are okay. Now for the bad. This game is frustrating. If u don't replay easier levels to level up your character, you'll spent lost of time getting mad. For example, your first character's last level is 50 min long with 2 different bosses and your guys all die and there is no checkpoints. So you have to replay levels to boost your level. This game can get old pretty fast. The achievements are pretty hard to get so be ready for a few months to years to totally beat this game. RENT IT FIRST.… Expand
  2. WyattTheAwesome
    May 30, 2013
    6
    A fun little game where you slaughter hundreds of soldiers with one fatal sword swing. Get's a bet boring doing it over and over, but it was still enjoyable.
  3. CarcasGalactic
    Aug 26, 2006
    7
    Gets a seven. Talking is way off from the lips. Going for 50 min and then having to do it all over again when you die, just gay. Killing killing killing is sort of fun. Nice graphics is the movies. Nice to see the main character grap your boobs in the opening movie. Could have been alot better. If you have nothing better to do it's a good way to get gammer score.
  4. HarryL.
    Sep 14, 2006
    5
    Good graphics but there's still a lot to improve on. Like the saving system!
  5. LionelE.
    Nov 16, 2007
    6
    If you want to press one button a lot for a couple of hours, this is your game. If you want any kind of tactical depth, look elsewhere.
  6. aspentitan
    Sep 14, 2016
    7
    Personally I think people are scoring this game a little harsh it actually is quite a decent game. I think the real problem with this game is that people buy it not knowing the genre they are buying and then somehow are disappointed. It is not a deep tactical game it is a hack and slash. These games are meant as easy games to play with decent action....and this game is exactly that. ThePersonally I think people are scoring this game a little harsh it actually is quite a decent game. I think the real problem with this game is that people buy it not knowing the genre they are buying and then somehow are disappointed. It is not a deep tactical game it is a hack and slash. These games are meant as easy games to play with decent action....and this game is exactly that. The problem I have with this game is it makes you travel to one area of the map and then back to the area you were at already way too many times with no action imbetween. This got boring fast. It was very difficult to play more than one mission per gameplay session because of this. Overall though this game was an easy game to pick up and play and was very enjoyable. It just wasn't deep and rewarding. I think my last two sentences entirely explain the polarized player review scores.… Expand
  7. Rox22
    Apr 16, 2013
    6
    A pretty, but rather bland, slasher that tries too hard to be Dynasty Warriors. There really isn't anything wrong with this game, but there isn't really anything right either. Combat is a bit fun at first, but get terribly repetitive after a while. For an early Xbox 360 title, it is visually impressive, at least when it came out.

    Overall: A rather generic Dynasty style third person    A pretty, but rather bland, slasher that tries too hard to be Dynasty Warriors. There really isn't anything wrong with this game, but there isn't really anything right either. Combat is a bit fun at first, but get terribly repetitive after a while. For an early Xbox 360 title, it is visually impressive, at least when it came out.

    Overall:
    A rather generic Dynasty style third person slasher that is fun for a little while, but after a weekend of playing, you'll be through with it.    … Expand
  8. DreamcastUser
    Oct 19, 2014
    5
    Aweful execution and a complete waste of money. Glitches, bad bosses. bad voice acting, bad scripting, just an all out BAD game.Glad I didn't pay full price and got it on sale.
  9. Darmagsine
    Jan 7, 2019
    7
    For all intents and purposes, Ninety Nine Nights (N3 for short) is a Dynasty Warriors/Kingdom Under Fire inspired game. However, as more time is put into the game, the keen player will come to realize that the game is a bit more than that.
    One of many players’ biggest gripes is that the voice acting is abysmal. It’s true that you won’t hear absolute gold, but to say that the voice acting    For all intents and purposes, Ninety Nine Nights (N3 for short) is a Dynasty Warriors/Kingdom Under Fire inspired game. However, as more time is put into the game, the keen player will come to realize that the game is a bit more than that.
    One of many players’ biggest gripes is that the voice acting is abysmal. It’s true that you won’t hear absolute gold, but to say that the voice acting is terrible is a bit of a stretch, save for a certain sorceress character. One particular instance that people remember not to fondly is when a mercenary, after undergoing a major emotional battle, screams in distress. The actual scream is shell-shocking! It truly does display this woman who has fought through so much... however, the vestigial power of the scene is stripped by the lack of lip-sync, and graphical bugs, like her hair clipping through her body. While technical issues like these can be distracting, I personally found that they did little to detract from the overall game.
    Having completed the game with at least a B ranking in each stage, including a hidden stage at the very end of the game, I can confidently say that Ninety Nine Nights is a decent game! On a mechanical level, it is completely competent. There are a total of seven characters to play as, but you only start off with one, and as you make progress you will slowly unlock other characters. Each character can take around 4-6 hours to complete in 100% entirety, depending on player skill in hack-and-slash titles, the number of missions available to a certain character, equipment and level, etc etc. Which brings up a strong point for the game, equipment and levels. Each character has their own unique weapon, from a Straightsword to a Key-Shapped staff, to even a Twinblade, and they all have variations with their own stats. For instance, the main character, Inphyy, has a standard sword when she begins her journey. However, one variation of this weapon, called the Orb Sword, increases the rate at which orb attacks can be unleashed, which is one of N3’s strongest points. Whenever you defeat an enemy, red flowing orbs will be absorbed by the player, and a red bar will fill up beneath the character’s health bar. Once filled, the character can release an Orb Attack, which varies based on every character, and which attack button is used. Furthermore, as enemies are defeated with these Orb Attacks, instead of the usual red orbs, players will absorb Blue Orbs, which similarly fill up a blue bar. Once filled, the player may use an Orb Spark, a devastating attack that eliminates a massive group of foes. Essentially, entire armies can be destroyed if the player charges and saves this attack. While this kind of thing isn’t inherently unique, it is a refreshing change of pace and the differences between characters keeps the pacing fresh.
    One other critical point of N3 is the story. See, in N3, each of the characters follows their own stories that break the canon course of that of other characters’. For instance, in one character’s mission, an entire village of innocents is slaughtered, because the character believes that this is the morally correct decision. However, in another character’s storyline, this fate can be entirely avoided by choosing to fight at a separate location. Sounds great, right? Well, it never comes up again. This is one of my biggest personal gripes with the game; potential. N3 had so much potential, but it’s obvious that he developers didn’t exactly prioritize the polish of the game, but even so it is an enjoyable experience.
    Ninety Nine Nights is competent, and I was originally going to give this title an 8/10. However, the lack of fine tuning resulted in much of the game shriveling into a hypertonic version of what it could have been, and it is instead a Hack-and-slash with little flakes of flavor and enjoyment found throughout. In all honesty though, as long as you’re a fan of these types of games, or just truly have the patience to give it a shot, I encourage you to do so. It is very enjoyable, and does indeed tell a cohesive story... it just takes a little digging to get to the details. Worst case scenario, you wasted... what, 10 bucks at most?    … Expand
  10. d4ntes
    Sep 2, 2023
    7
    A bit different take on "warriors" and "musou" formula.

    Pros:
    - satisfying combat
    - 7 playable characters with different styles and gameplay quirks
    - ORB SPARKS!
    - nice presentation, good looking characters and massive armies
    - awesome music and sounds

    Cons:
    - boss fights and their hit detection
    - to short
    - some difficulty spikes

Awards & Rankings

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#77 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2006
23
#23 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2006
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#39 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 66 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 53 out of 66
  3. Negative: 3 out of 66
  1. Edge Magazine
    60
    Ninety-Nine Nights deserves a better score... That's a strange ways to put it, but it comes from the fact that its most grating flaws occur at such a fundamental level that it's a mystery they were ever tolerated at all. [JPN Import; June 2006, p.89]
  2. Games Master UK
    69
    Half epic, half irritating slash-'em-up that's as grand as it is sloppy. [July 2006, p.69]
  3. games(TM)
    50
    Most of the time Ninety-Nine Nights does look like a game which befits the ‘next-gen’ tag, and yet periodically it embarrasses itself with ‘previous-gen’ foibles. Playing N3 is a frustrating experience. [July 2006, p.124]
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