SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance

Item: SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Rating: 86
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-26

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Summary

Exceptional gameplay experience with stunning visuals
Fluid and satisfying combat system
Outstanding 2D side-scrolling action
Frustrating platforming and map design
Poor map functionality and UI/UX
Repetitive and simple boss encounters

Emotions

Satisfaction36%Excitement19%Frustration14%Disappointment6%Joy5%

Reviews (sample size): 171
Helpful reviews: 82%
Unhelpful reviews: 18%
Protest reviews: 0%

86%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
14%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 531
Negative points: 178
Gameplay points: 101
Perf. points: 10
Rec. points: 55
Misc points: 29

Point	Description	Importance
Exceptional Gameplay Experience Description Players consistently praise the game's solid, responsive, and satisfying gameplay, highlighting its fluid combat, enjoyable progression, and overall high quality. Many found it exhilarating and a true modern take on the genre, surpassing even the demo's promise. Importance 79%	Players consistently praise the game's solid, responsive, and satisfying gameplay, highlighting its fluid combat, enjoyable progression, and overall high quality. Many found it exhilarating and a true modern take on the genre, surpassing even the demo's promise.	79%
Stunning Visuals and Art Style Description The game's hand-drawn, cel-shaded art style, animations, and character designs are universally lauded as outstanding, distinct, and a pleasure to behold. Reviewers frequently describe the visuals as magnificent, gorgeous, and a highlight of the game. Importance 41%	The game's hand-drawn, cel-shaded art style, animations, and character designs are universally lauded as outstanding, distinct, and a pleasure to behold. Reviewers frequently describe the visuals as magnificent, gorgeous, and a highlight of the game.	41%
Fluid and Satisfying Combat Description Combat is consistently described as excellent, unique, and immediately satisfying, with great feel and rich derivations. Players enjoy the fluid movements, impactful feedback, and the exhilarating experience of mastering combos. Importance 40%	Combat is consistently described as excellent, unique, and immediately satisfying, with great feel and rich derivations. Players enjoy the fluid movements, impactful feedback, and the exhilarating experience of mastering combos.	40%
Outstanding 2D Side-Scrolling Action Description The game is celebrated as a top-tier 2D side-scrolling action game, offering refreshing combat, fast-paced action, and excellent controls. It successfully blends modern combat with retro platforming, evoking nostalgia while delivering a high-quality contemporary experience. Importance 33%	The game is celebrated as a top-tier 2D side-scrolling action game, offering refreshing combat, fast-paced action, and excellent controls. It successfully blends modern combat with retro platforming, evoking nostalgia while delivering a high-quality contemporary experience.	33%
High Polish and Smooth Performance Description The game is highly polished, with excellent sound design, voice acting, and smooth, fast-paced gameplay. Players reported no bugs, glitches, or crashes, indicating a robust and well-optimized experience. Importance 28%	The game is highly polished, with excellent sound design, voice acting, and smooth, fast-paced gameplay. Players reported no bugs, glitches, or crashes, indicating a robust and well-optimized experience.	28%
Well-Designed Levels and Challenges Description Levels are noted for being fun, challenging, and beautifully hand-drawn, with a well-crafted difficulty curve that adapts to the player. The platforming is impeccable, and level designs are expansive yet tight-knit, encouraging replayability. Importance 22%	Levels are noted for being fun, challenging, and beautifully hand-drawn, with a well-crafted difficulty curve that adapts to the player. The platforming is impeccable, and level designs are expansive yet tight-knit, encouraging replayability.	22%
Balanced and Adjustable Difficulty Description The game offers a well-balanced and moderate difficulty curve for the main story and boss battles, making it accessible to a wide range of players. The ability to adjust difficulty in-game with various sliders is also appreciated. Importance 14%	The game offers a well-balanced and moderate difficulty curve for the main story and boss battles, making it accessible to a wide range of players. The ability to adjust difficulty in-game with various sliders is also appreciated.	14%
Superior to Similar Titles Description Reviewers frequently compare the game favorably to other titles like Ninja Gaiden and Streets of Rage 4, often stating it is far superior or a better value, especially for fans of classic ninja games. Importance 14%	Reviewers frequently compare the game favorably to other titles like Ninja Gaiden and Streets of Rage 4, often stating it is far superior or a better value, especially for fans of classic ninja games.	14%
Precise and Fluid Controls Description Controls are consistently praised for being spot-on, tight, and fluid, allowing for speedy movement and comfortable platforming. The simple commands make the game easy to pick up and enjoy. Importance 13%	Controls are consistently praised for being spot-on, tight, and fluid, allowing for speedy movement and comfortable platforming. The simple commands make the game easy to pick up and enjoy.	13%
Modernized Ninja Experience Description The game successfully embodies the essence of a ninja game, offering satisfying multiple ninja kills, cool character design, and incredible combos. It's seen as a worthy and modernized revival of the Shinobi experience. Importance 12%	The game successfully embodies the essence of a ninja game, offering satisfying multiple ninja kills, cool character design, and incredible combos. It's seen as a worthy and modernized revival of the Shinobi experience.	12%
Strong Game of the Year Contender Description Many reviewers consider the game an absolute phenomenon and a strong contender for Game of the Year, highlighting its exceptional quality and remarkable experience. Importance 10%	Many reviewers consider the game an absolute phenomenon and a strong contender for Game of the Year, highlighting its exceptional quality and remarkable experience.	10%
Rich Combat Depth and Options Description The game offers significant depth with multiple skills, weapons, and power-ups, allowing for impressive combos and player agency. The variety of combat options enhances engagement with enemies and bosses. Importance 9%	The game offers significant depth with multiple skills, weapons, and power-ups, allowing for impressive combos and player agency. The variety of combat options enhances engagement with enemies and bosses.	9%
Excellent Soundtrack Description The game's music is consistently described as excellent, superb, and a joy to listen to, perfectly complementing the amazing visuals and stylish combat. Importance 8%	The game's music is consistently described as excellent, superb, and a joy to listen to, perfectly complementing the amazing visuals and stylish combat.	8%
Engaging Joe Musashi Narrative Description The game features an engaging revenge story for Joe Musashi, with an attractive original Japanese voice actor that keeps players immersed. It's considered a worthy revival of the character. Importance 8%	The game features an engaging revenge story for Joe Musashi, with an attractive original Japanese voice actor that keeps players immersed. It's considered a worthy revival of the character.	8%
Accessible and Interesting Description The game is considered cool, interesting, and enjoyable even for players with zero experience. It modernizes and improves gameplay, offering good value for its price. Importance 7%	The game is considered cool, interesting, and enjoyable even for players with zero experience. It modernizes and improves gameplay, offering good value for its price.	7%

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