Samurai Ninja Wars

Agility and precision platformer that keeps everything simple and doesn’t blow you away with presentation. There’s no story in the game, just stages you unlock in a linear order. Each stage is an obstacle course with enemies and traps that you must tackle with your skills. Your moves are pretty standard for a ninja. There’s the jump and unlimited wall jump, dash that can be used in all directions, a basic attack, and a shuriken that recharges after a while. One common move used through the game is bouncing, which is performed by holding down and attacking with the sword. Fortunately, the difficulty is not extreme because you can virtually get hit unlimited times. The only exception is when you receive two quick hits or when you fall into a pit with hazards. The mechanic is that you lose your sword when you receive damage. You can pick it up right away and immediately take another hit. Or you can wait for a few seconds for the sword to magically respawn in your hands. You’ll also have to wait when the sword breaks in half. This is a lot more dangerous because it also causes the spawning of random enemies. This is a frustrating design choice. Although they aren't particularly de…

Mechanically this game is really strong, I found it extremely satisfying to chain moves together and get through levels as quick as possible. As a point of constructive criticism, I do feel as though the default controls weren't very intuitive, but otherwise this is an easy recommend for me! [b]FULL VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kxw8qx-Vpo[/b]

Fun Ninja Game!

My favorite part is when you beat a level and the game compels strut down your hallway screaming the melody to ghost busters.

Samurai Ninja wars is a combination of Super Meat Boy and Ninja Gaiden with a little bit of celeste thrown in. In short this is a fun, little diversion that is a little undercooked but for a game that was developed by one person it is solid. The game has full controller support or mouse and keyboard. It launches in a window and You have to hit ALT + Enter to switch to full screen. I recommend you do this or else you can have some frame rate issues. The game is relatively simple but has a few interesting mechanics. It is stage based like Super Meat boy and a death will send you back to the start of the stage. You get a nice tutorial stage that does a great job showing you everything. You can spring off walls and dash around on ground or in the air. You attack with your sword in 4 directions and can bounce off obstacles with it as well. It all works even though it can feel sluggish due to a slight push forward when attacking and the slight delay after a dash, but it feels good to control. You lose your sword when damaged but you can get under it and retrieve it quickly. If it hits the ground you can pick it up, but if it shatters, you will have to wait only a few seconds bef…

For the price, you're getting a lot of bang for your buck. It's a solid simple game with good controls made by a one man developer. You have a tutorial in the beginning explaining all the commands and that's the only time you'll be handhold before you're let loose against the demons. I highly recommend you use a gamepad for this game as it's fits in the same style as any 2D side scroller. If you're a fan of games like The Messenger, Super Meat Boy, etc.. this is definitely a nice filler if you're trying to find that scratch for your itch of a tough 2D game. Plenty of levels, tough boss fights, and extra features if you want to play with friends in the same room. I played all the way through, but you can level select if need to continue where you last left off. It can get frustrating. :)