Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker

 Xbox One
User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 7 out of 23
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  1. AwfulThings
    Sep 5, 2018
    2
    I'm not going to lie to you like people giving this game scores that are above average.
    As an avid naruto fan, this game is a slap in the face to the franchise. While the core mechanics are innovative and work well. The game comes off as short and lackluster of content.
    There is no story mode, instead you are greeted with boring, repetitive missions. Once you complete them, you rank up    I'm not going to lie to you like people giving this game scores that are above average.
    As an avid naruto fan, this game is a slap in the face to the franchise. While the core mechanics are innovative and work well. The game comes off as short and lackluster of content.

    There is no story mode, instead you are greeted with boring, repetitive missions. Once you complete them, you rank up to Chunin, now you can do them all again but at a higher difficulty now. Original, right?

    Not only that, the PVP is absolutely worthless in the game's current state. I have no idea why developers feel peer to peer connection is viable in 2018. It's not. Look at For Honor on release, constant disconnects, crashes, bugs, etc. Peer to Peer does NOT work. The multiplayer is good if for some reason you are blessed enough to play a full match- that is if you can even get in a match.

    In my experience with online it goes one of three ways, i get in the game and it works, my game crashes 10 times in a row, OR i get in a game and I disconnect right as we're about to win. Never have I felt so betrayed by a developer that I used to support so heavily when it came to this franchise. At the end of the day I feel robbed. The supposive 4000+ customization items is insanely limited to about 50-100 unique items with a ton of colorations. The game has only been out for a couple of days so I'm not sure if that's it but I feel like I have everything you can achieve since all I get is duplicates out of the scroll system now. There are only FOUR online pvp modes, you can do co-op missions with a team of 4.

    Now reviewers can't necessarily call this their full review. NTB:SS is broken in it's current state. On Xbox it is absolutely unplayable. If you absolutely desire this game like I did, give it some time. Wait for sale or for confirmation from Bandai and the community that the game is fixed. Unbelieveable that we let developers pull stuff like this on us.    … Expand
  2. Jonnyblond77
    Dec 16, 2019
    1
    This game is a mess. I read the reviews a while back and a lot of them either said stay away or it’s decent and there’s fun to be had but only for the diehards. I don’t consider myself hardcore but I like a lot of the Naruto games. This almost seemed like it was the other fighting games that Namco puts out but just puts different franchises over the same engine so I thought maybe this isThis game is a mess. I read the reviews a while back and a lot of them either said stay away or it’s decent and there’s fun to be had but only for the diehards. I don’t consider myself hardcore but I like a lot of the Naruto games. This almost seemed like it was the other fighting games that Namco puts out but just puts different franchises over the same engine so I thought maybe this is like the ninja storm games. I was wrong. Not only is it simplified but it really isn’t all that engaging of a game. It seems like a grind to 99 and whoever has the highest level is going to win online because they were dumb enough to grind this game out and top out. I found this structure of gameplay is really old and not new at all. It seems like micro transactions for a lot of stuff is also locked out. Long story short. This game is more of a chore to play then fun. It really dies seem like your button mashing most of the time and hoping for the best unless the opponents online are over leveled. Unfortunately I can’t recommend buying this game. If you own game pass then give it a try but in the end you’ll be glad you didn’t pay 70$ for thus garbage.… Expand

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Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. ZTGD
    Oct 4, 2018
    40
    Shinobi Striker could have had some decent material if the combat and camera wasn’t so clunky. The issue is that because of this mixed with the overly dull mission structure and chaotic multiplayer makes for just a bad experience overall. If only there was some redeeming quality to it, I would suggest it to maybe hardcore Naruto fans, but aside from the visuals looking pretty good, that’s all I can say. My time with Shinobi Striker was a boring, frustrating grind that I really don’t think is worth your time. Even for the hardcore Naruto fans, I would say at least wait for a major price drop.
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  2. TheXboxHub
    Sep 28, 2018
    60
    Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker takes a risk by venturing into the online battling arena genre and it doesn’t pay off. Putting aside the technical issues for a minute, and to be fair there could be a good experience here, but even then the combat and movement is difficult to master.
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  3. Generación Xbox
    Sep 28, 2018
    70
    Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker finally achieves its goal of catching the player, especially if you are a Naruto fan, by being a really fun video game. Its combat system, although quite simple, will always want you to execute a strategy coordinating with your team.
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