Naruto Storm Connections Is A Waste Of Money
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2023
- In this video I take a look at and review Naruto X Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections and explain why it is a waste of money. I hope you enjoy!
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Imagine adding Simple Controls in a game where you already use one button to attack
it was already the most braindead easy fighting game. some of these changes were cool, notably the passive chakra charge and more limited get out of combo free cards, but omg they added qol and depth in some areas and destroyed the game in others. all they really shouldve done was the changes i mentioned earlier, the second jutsu and made the characters actually play differently instead of all of them feeling the same
@@fngerg7034and even “fighting game” is being generous
@@fngerg7034 Yeah I actually really like these combat changes.
Tilts being a 2nd jutsu is totally fine imo, it's just a control remapping basically. Chakra Shuriken really never had a place as well so I'm fine with that being gone too.
Passive chakra recovery and weakened guards is a huge plus and the biggest positive is the cooldown system for items. 10/10.
But yeah, looks like the game is plagued with other issues so I guess it's a sad pass. :/
@@z3sleeper588Naruto Storm Evo connections 😊
Fist
Appreciate you
@@z3sleeper588 The charka constantly being added is a huge problem. Opponents just jump and run away using their assists to fight you while you have to either get your guard shit on or waste subs. Rinnegan sasuke dead minato and shino. The amount of pressure they add on your as a unit is crazy. Not to mention that everyone has s
The removal of tilts also hurts because some of them were genuinely cool little utility moves that can't simply be converted into a jutsu. They were a tool for keeping the opponent guessing in neutral, not a direct damage dealer or combo tool. Removing Itachi's crows was criminal, IMO.
they took out most of the cool tilts (like madara's fan, obito intangibility, itachi's crows, edo minato's tag, hashiramas doors, etc) and transformed some of the worst into "jutsu's"
😢 yea that was his entire niche ):
@@fatgum4343 ikr, these were my fav things to do in the older games, cant believe they scratched that smh
They removed Itachis crow move ?? Bruh
@@Impulze7Yeah but they gave him Amaterasu and Fireball jutsu which, for me, is better
The fact that the Naruto and Sasuke fight from storm 3 isnt in the game is criminal
But boss fight from Storm 2 is there 😂 Who the fuck develops this
Why do you want that fight again for the at least 7th time this franchise? Makes no sense to keep all of the stuff you already have and change nothing. You all would've complained about that too.
@@Darthbawlzit’s literally false advertisement lmao
Well, it's technically in there for a short period In the final Battle. But i am still disappointed that it's not in the game.
@@Darthbawlz Are you dumb or just being willfully ignorant? History mode was a big selling point in the fact that it was supposed to give us the opportunity to replay our favorite fights from all storm games. Idk why you're defending incompetence especially when this is a full price game that's acting like it isn't just storm 4 with a fresh coat of paint.
Baryon Mode Naruto being an awakening that you can only use for all of 10 seconds was the biggest let down for me, then they doubled down and gave him a negative status effect upon depletion of the awakening, you can never fully savor Baryon mode because by the time you open up your opponent the awakening timer is over AND you are negatively effected at the end, it's a slap in the face
Agreed they shud make it last 20-25 seconds
Umm, it makes sense. What are you smoking? It's the same as Guy. It literally makes perfect sense.
@tonystarkunlimited7332 the time duration needs to be extended for all awakenings, it feels worthless to awaken, most players just avoid it all together because it puts you at a deficit and makes you conform to a predictable playstyle
@@backbonedray7612players avoid awakening online bc it’s cheesy to win off an awakening
But it makes sense baryon mode is a op awakening hut in the show nine tails died so him getting a negative effect kinda makes sense that's like how hunter x hunter when gon used that awakening on jump force he dies
Funny of you to assume that bandai namco cares or even listens to what we say
its good they dont listen to literal crybabys lmfao
Insulting people who have an opinion different you don't agree on, makes it obvious that you are mentally challanged and a real crybaby.
No the game is a legit cash grab, they sold you fools the same game with minor updates and called it a new game lmfao.
@@scarvelloWith worse Audio somehow
He must not know
Storm 2 still has the best story experience (based on time of release). It did a very good job of balancing gameplay, cinematics, and capturing the feeling of the manga.
Don't forget about Lars
STORM 3 DEFINITELY
@JayBeezy-ed5sy Now, don't get me wrong. Storm 3 is great, but Storm 2 has one thing that automatically makes it better; it was a complete experience on Day 1, absolutely no DLC. On top of that, it had tons of side content. They put full effort in the game, and you got your money's worth.
Also best MP
Faxts
The fact that Anko & Kurenai were only been support characters in Storm 1 is criminal.
Are they still not in the game?
@@user-fi9bu5od3p No, nor Anko or Kurenai has ever been playable in a storm game. Other spin offs or titles introduce them but not Storm for a playable roster.
@@krislegionau4997too be fair neither Anko or Kurenai really have that much of a move set plus what custumation is there really for them? Fat Anko? Preggo Kurenai? Ain't nobody got time for that
@krislegionau4997 thats crazy 🤣🤣
@@Drums_of_Liberationworst excuse ever. Both introduced to have skills and underutilized in the series is NOT on them. For the games sake both Anko and Kurenai are in the code and already have a in game model and a Jutsu as a assist. Rin and Iruka debunks this argument as their even less relevant.
The day this game was announced I knew it was a waste of money
Same and everyone was meat riding HARD
Fr! I'm so glad I didn't spend that $60 over that trash.
FACTS
@@lowkeypsycho7787brother thats thé naruto community what did you expect ? They are still trying to défend their last shit arc so of course they were gonna ride
thats what i said to my friends, they regretted buying it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This will be a great $20 pickup when it inevitably goes on sale in a couple of months
Real
Better to spend it on storm legacy bro
@@topmansquad9558 I dunno.....especially since I already own Storm Trilogy and Storm 4.
I am literally going to re-download storm 4 now. Lol I'm not spending a penny on this game and I but 4 down years ago, but I'll satisfy my storm craving with a good game.
It’s already on sale 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If they treat BT4 with the same disrespect I’ll cry 🤦🏾♂️
We better get our beam clashes!
BT4 is being made by the same guys that made Uktimate Tenkaichi and Jump force 💀💀 don't get your hopes up. That alone already makes me think it'll be a huge downgrade from BT3
you shouldn't spread untruths.
It is not known who is developing the new game.
Nothing is known at all except that it is a new Budokai Tenkaichi.@@ceoofgoogle817
@@ceoofgoogle817 Nooooooo! Stop making me cry!
@@trashdakid3682 on god we better do. That’s largely what made the game special
the worse thing is that they gave jigen isshiki's cubes...jigen was NOT able to spawn the cubes because it requires more chackra and power
Globku had me shook when he brushed past the cutscene story mode nonsense 😂 that was EVERYONE’S least favorite thing to ever happen in this genre.
Why do people care about the story. They've given you a great story mode 6 different times and it's still not enough? What are you unclear on? Which part of the story do you not know by fucking heart at this point? Some of us want to play this game with someone besides the cpu...
@@DarthbawlzProbably because people paid 60 dollars and wanted a little more than an online balance patch? If that's okay with you personally, that's fine I guess, but you cannot tell me there aren't tons of other games out there that can give you much more new experiences and content for the same price.
You're literally just getting less shit here.
@@Darthbawlz The fuck? ...then what should this game offer? Cus we didnt get more characters or updated graphics. You are the literal embodiment of "dont think, just consume product."
@@DarthbawlzThat’s the worst part. They literally didn’t have to change a damn thing from one of those 6 times that they got it right, yet somehow they made it a downgrade.
What? He clearly said that this History Mode is "the worst game mode CC2 has ever made"
Tbh you perfectly summarized the most important flaws of this game, good job
He said nothing good all he did is saying the game is bad ( he said also: buy all storm games for a better story mode. Just for the story mode i wont pay over 120 dollars for just a story mode.)
@@alanlachowicz4695 120$? did u know that u can buy on sales or just buy keys that are dirt cheap?
@@alanlachowicz4695lol you could get the first 4 games a couple different ways, each of which don’t cost more than this game. Meaning you’d actually get ALL of the boss battles.
@@alanlachowicz4695players already done that before storm connections unless your new to naruto games which I doubt
@@alanlachowicz4695he said buy legacy edition. Which is cheaper than storm connections
Its sad that most of this doesn't matter cause people will buy the game anyway just cause it is Naruto and be like you shouldn't complain because its been 7 years since storm 4. This is why as a community most anime games be half baked.
They should just make a 2D Naruto fighting game like actually a good fighting game. Naruto has so much potential and characters. Of course in a real deep fighting game we won’t have everyone that’s wild ti balance n make ppl different n useful. But clash of ninja but deep like fighter z
Idk I personally feel like yall complaining too much and you only looking at he negatives
@@whygeno5047nobody is complaining for nothing , if you can’t see the issues in this game just based off having the same character roster and moves then you shouldn’t even comment on this post or watch this video , your literally talking yourself into liking something and that’s exactly the type of ppl they target fools
Like you that can’t see the value that’s being offered from this bs
@jhoop-a-nomics4549 I have no issues with this game I personally like all the changes and I'm not a fool. Not everyone is gonna like the changes or value the game the same.
@@whygeno5047 well I’m here to tell you as a day 1 Naruto fan , you should me be mad as shit , ain’t even about the mechanics , the characters will always be my gripe on these fools , you know how many ppl from the fourth Ninja war that are missing that had no reason to not be in since storm 3
It bugs me that for their last game, CyberConnect didn't do the DBZ Kakarot treatment for Ultimate Ninja Storm. A fully traversable Naruto world would be so dope, imagine being able to run and jump around villages like you could in Ninja Storm one. It's pretty damn disappointing.
Yeah but its not figth oriented so poeple are gonna shit on it like kakarot , they prefer thé same storm game everytime lmao its been 8 game they release, it never ever evolved beside storm 2
Finally someone being honest.
Touching on gameplay, they made it even more spam oriented than Storm 4. You can now counter for free whereas before it cut some of your Chakra bar for a short period of time. Also it doesn't look like your supports do anything mid fight anymore like charge guard or strike back. Like you said, for everything new in the game, they took out something else which makes zero sense
The knock back be hella inconsistent for me but the dash cuts still work as far as the spam oriented oh yea that's hella trash the fact reanimated Minato can spam flying ranin 2 and you can't stop it at all is beyond broken all you can do is dodge it.
I don't think you know what spamming is and the useless assist actions
I thought I was tripping, everyone I play in ranked spams their subs
Assist still do things you just use assists off cooldown in this game
@@XxPlatinumChiefbro you can double jump it. xd....
The substitution is sooo F-ing awful! i have to always chase after people only for them run away the second i hit them.there is no way of forcing opponents to engage with you until they feel like it. that terrible re-dubbing and removed storm 1 ultimates was the final straw
You nailed all the problems with this shitty cash grab of a game. Its absolutely baffling how they managed to take multiple steps back since storm 3 with all the new technology. We will probably never get a proper storm game with Create-A-Ninja, not in our lifetime.
Nah we will-just not by CC2
There's shinobi strikers but its ass because it has zero single player content
@@black_deus I was thinking if the people who make Xenoverse would ever get a crack at making a Naruto game. That could be what we need.
@@lilpimp994You mean Dimps? That’s the people who made the Xenoverse series. Also I would love a Naruto game like Xenoverse maybe they’ll do It one day…
@@TheExtraordinarySaiyan0709 yep Dimps. They know how to make a good anime fighter with attention to detail. I would love for Spike (the guys who made BT3 to do it as well… anyone but CC2 😂😂
I learned about most of the battle system changes before the game came out and was excited to play it with my cousin online, I even had him teach me more of Storm 4 since I never really clicked with it, only to then find out that it was impossible for us to play together in connections, which is just baffling.
Yup. No private matches in a fighting game is crazy
"Had 7 years to develop this game"
I don't think it works like that...
it works exactly like that. its not my problem that they decided to work only for 1 year instead of 7 they had.
Ikr. They made DBZ Kakarot, DS Hinokami Chronicles, and JOJO ASBR. They obviously weren't working on this game for 7 years straight.
@@Ulitochnik "They" being the developers have no say in it, when storm 4 released it doesn't mean the executives were just "Oh we are greenlighting storm connections"
Its a whole ass process and blaming the devs because you think they had "7 years" to develop the game is just blind and ignorant
@@hanslugo7034 The fact they have a worse online experience than in a game they released 7 years ago is ACTUALLY embarrassing. Obviously higher ups have strong say over how much time they but there's no excuse for features THEY ALREADY CREATED IN THE SAME DAMN ENGINE. Not to mention Xbox players have not been able to play online since launch. Game bare minimum needs to function for people who purchased it. If I were them I would've refunded same day.
@@quebithegod2908 I ain't defending the game's horrible online modes, but the devs don't have the final say, yeah one dev could've said Let's do private matches for online!!!
Higher up would say: Nah, save it for a future update, it can get us more marketing, especially in a company like BNEI
Idk why ppl are saying CC2 had 7 years to develop this game. We don't know when productions even started. But based on the product we got, and when the first announcement and trailer dropped, which was around 8 or 9 months ago, and the history of Generations and Revolution taking 1-2 years after the numbered games to come out, I'd guess they had 1-2 yrs at best to make this game. Was probably hella rushed too since they likely wanted to release it within a few months window after the planned Naruto anniversary anime episodes (which got delayed, btw) and Boruto manga's return.
This is just my speculation of course, but behind the scene, it feels like one big mess.
Fucking thank you for saying this lol i swear it's very dumb to say because the last storm game was x date that must mean they've been working on this game since the conclusion of the previous.
I'm glad I saw this! Cause I was going to comment the same thing. Plus CC2 was/is working heavily on DBZ Kakorot still. I remember a dev video they released saying it was the last time they worked on a full storm game prior to DBZ being announced. Surprisingly they snuck in some DLC in between but asking for a complete tell of the naruto series all over again in another game is not with it.
Didnt dlc for storm 4 come out until like a few years ago even? It prob wasnt much but still
I’ll never get over how each Storm game has been a technical downgrade since the first one.
Coming from removing free roam, clashes ,wall climbing and QTE in battle in Storm two. To remove side combos and all of that in Storm three to have those never make a come back in the « Final Storm game » in four. Really highlighted how CC2 went for quantity over quality in regards to this series over the years.
The last game I bought from them was Revolution and I don’t plan on playing anything they create anymore.
Generations at least had all new Anime cutscenes and Showed the perspective of Different Characters in its story mode
No thats wrong. All other storm games have also added new technical stuff as well for example, in storm 2 they have added team jutsu and support styles, storm 3 added intsant awakenings and storm 4 added rounds witch in my opinon was one of the best changes and switchable teammates
@@mooshitv7394 the point is that those added features never stayed and were almost all removed from the next installments. If they kept all of this moving forward i wouldn't have made that complain
I would’ve rather they keep gameplay the same & put dev time into making a story mode similar to storm 1 with free roam, boss battles, and jutsu clashes.
I still think it would be amazing to have a free Roam story mode covering all of naruto, shippuden, boruto, and timeskip boruto.
The fact they did not even port over all the boss fights is odd & lazy
I agree with everything you just said... I bought the digital deluxe edition and its the first time I really regret spending that much money on a game...
Same here, it hit even deeper when I found out the file size was LESS than the previous game.
@@Aeroquaza Yeah plus all the other stuff that just adds up to a unpleasant experience. Cant believe they added simple controls to a game that already has very simple controls compared to other fighting games like Tekken or Street Fighter... Everyone just spams stuff because you dont have to manage your chakra gauge anymore because it recharges super fast and guards break so easy....
Also once you search for a game you cant refuse to play the first person you find even if they have a horrible connection.. Its like this game was made by brain dead people seriously
@@Impulze7 THEY HAVE THAT MK1 PROBLEM WHERE YOU CAN'T REFUSE A FIGHT?! ZZZZZ
@@darkpromeathean937 Yeah you cant back out of a fight and thats dumb as hell. When you see someone with a horrible connection its very reasonable if you dont want to play againts that person but in Storm Connections you HAVE to... Just stupid... Oh and there is no punishment for rage quitting so yeah ranked is wild in this game
@@Impulze7 MK1 does that too, they're on wifi? Welp better buckle up buttercup. Idk what's wrong with these devs, I can't wait for Tekken 8 man
I am fine with the combat changes, but you're right. The game lacks too many things in terms of online and offline and is not worth the 60 bucks. Hopefully it goes on a deal some day or the devs fix some things and add more. Like, I really want to buy it but 60 bucks is almost all I have so whatever, guess not
they'll proly put it for sale around christmas 2024
I def thought it would release for 40
They literally advertised the game saying it’ll later add better online modes
@@KodexKat "We will release better online modes later so you start with bad online modes" incredible advertising! 10/10
"I sure do love playing a slideshow, It reminds me of the history mode cutscenes!" HAHAHAHA I love that!
Unpopular statement that I can't help to make:
Naruto Storm Connections looking a lot like the present franchise - a massive disappointment.
Finally someone whos not blinded by nostalgia that sees it for what it really is, i hope the game flops they need to do better
Nah it's the best storm game it's not gonna flop it receive more hype than storm 4
@@GOLDENSP1RAL hype only goes so far, pretty sure youve seen all the probs and and negative reviews
@@akuto369 No I didn't
@@GOLDENSP1RALmaybe your blinded by recency bias
@@akuto369 What do you mean the only negative comments I found is the people that don't have the game or can't afford the game so they call it a storm 4 dlc to make they self feel better I'm guessing you one of those to
I'm sad that they didn't adapt any of story from Boruto. They don't even have any of the Boruto era genin besides Team 7. Where's Shikadai, Chocho, Inojin, and Sumire? Where are Urashiki and Code too? Pretty big omissions.
There's so many stories they could have adapted too.. The Last movie, the Sumire/Nue arc, the Sarada Oneshot with Shin Uchiha, the Mitsuki Oneshot with Log, the Boruto movie, the Chunin exams, the Mitsuki disappearance arc, the Bandit arc, all the stuff with Ao/Kawaki/Kara/Delta/Jigen, and Code/Eida. The production values on the anime aren't too great. It would have been amazing to see Ninja Storm levels of polish and visuals. Seeing all this stuff as shorter stories could have gotten people into Boruto too :\
@@Smith-fg1qb Your first reason is the most realistic one. The second one doesn't make any sense. Of course bandai would want to promote boruto as much as possible, it's literally on the game's name, Shinobi Strikers keeps adding Boruto era characters like Isshiki and Borushiki. TV Tokyo lists Boruto as one of it's top 2 properties every fiscal year alongisde Naruto. But a lot of characters are filler, not even Naruto or Shippuden filler characters were playable before in previous Ultimate Ninja games.
The DLC in the game is also one of the major contenders for this game being dogshit. It's only Boruto era characters, and only Naruto and Sasuke are the ones remotely shinobi. The rest are aliens and cyborgs. None of them minus fanservice baryon mode Naruto and new era Sasuke are shinobi. They haven't added any characters fans have been begging for like Anko or Kurenai. No new characters from either classic Naruto or even Shippuden. CC2 and Bamco put absolutely zero effort into this game
Boruto is trash unfortunately.
@@Darthbawlz It is, but the point is also their DLC slots are just aliens and cyborgs with fanservice baryon naruto and new era sasuke.
@@lapplandkun9273 so the literal Sons of the Sage of Six Paths, fathers of all the clans in the naruto universe, are not Shinobi, gotcha
I would have honestly been happy if the History Mode would have simply been the Ninja World Timeline from Storm 3 but with the actual bossfights from the previous games. That is what has always annoyed me about it in Storm 3 initially. I dont play online, besides Storm 2 which required it for the Platinum(coincidentally the only mainline game that does that, hmm i wonder why). I still believe the older Storm games are the gold standard for a Storydriven Anime game. It is legitimately a goldmine they could do this with any longrunning Shounen franchise they wanted and bring in way more money than a high quality storm game costs. But considering how CC2 acts i doubt those would be any good nowadays.
Eveything you said is true. One thing everyone should realize is we are not the target audience for these games. These games are for young kids or casual fans who watch Naruto and just want to play as their favorite characters regardless of how “good” the game is. Personally I enjoy the game cause I’m simple and just love fighting games. They fixed the biggest issue for me from the last games which was I couldn’t connect combos. This is enough to keep me entertained but I understand why hardcore naruto fans hate this game
That's what it always was lmao
Do you know all the time's the cut shit on every new release & it was a fan out cry everytime just like now yet people been buying it over & over
imagine if people like you weren't looking out for us, we would just have shills like afrosenju and globku making everyone think this is the best game ever just to get views.......this game is the laziest storm game ever released in fact its a downgrade from storm 4 in every way
Bro globku sad that the game isn’t good at that state
whatever man those dudes have a financial incentive to make the game look more than it is.....i know better i aint naive like most people.@@reginadboamah828
Says the one lying lmao Globku complained a lot
don't care what you say, you will defend it as if your life depends on it so just piss off@@pixelspixelation6418
It might be a downgrade in story but not in gameplay i could never go back to storm 4.
If you own Ultimate Ninja Storm legacy, or trilogy with storm 4 then there's really no need to get this game, heck you're probably better off with those ones.
Honestly tho… I might refund and just get that cause I just wanted all the story modes to actually be told
I mean storm connections kinda better with the better net code and the combo freedom and hogoromo, ishkki, kurenai, borushiki, kawakshiki are leaked dlc
10:00 online also has this weird glitch where your character customization gets swapped. Yesterday I played matches where somehow my opponent was wearing the items I put on my character (and mine were gone) and sometimes I'd be wearing the items of someone I fought previously or matched with and then the new person I would fight was wearing the items I actually put on MY characters.
This game has so many weird bugs. Some characters don't say their lines in ultimate jutsus. Shurikens have no sound effects when you throw them (sometimes not even when they clash). This game is disgustingly unfinished and undercooked in almost every way
I like how you can get punished for simply existing in this game and can’t get out even if it’s a mechanic I feel that it shouldn’t be so easy to break guards or track half across the map
Just wanna check you on the 7 years of development claim you made in the beginning. The claim makes no logical sense considering:
- They would have had to have been working on connections during the dlc cycle of storm 4 and the development of the road to Boruto dlc
- After the release of Storm 4 Matsuyama(the lead developer at CC2) quite literally said that they had had no plans of releasing another storm game
- Heading into the 2020s CC2 had 3 other games in the pipeline (technically only 2.5 depending on your view of the jojo's game) and considering how much dna storm and demon slayer share it's safe to say that at least a decent portion people that worked on storm were working on demon slayer
- BTS leaks of connections + the actual trademark only came out in 2022
All this together we can probably say that the development of Connections would have only truly started either during the development of Demon Slayer hinokami chronicles or after it's release
Obviously I don't work at CC2 or Bandai but it's kind of disingenuous to state that connections started development immediately after storm 4
Doesn't change the fact that they had up to 7 years to innovate.
I think what he's implying here is they had us *waiting* for 7 years. Thats the big issue. First off, they could have just taken more time to develop the game. The entire fanbase has already been waiting 7 years by this point for the next storm release and wasn't even expecting it. They did NOT have to do such a rush-job. And secondly, it's just disappointing to the franchise to get something this underwhelming after all of that time.
Correct, 7 years of development time, a possibility, but could also be [very] unlikely.
Also tilts costed no chakra and were OP for some characters. They made the change to prevent spamming free jutsu.
Itachi’s Crow Tilt was the best fr. I also loved Danzo’s Tilt. Both of them helped me a lot in tough situations
Spamming is worst in this game now! Considering that almost every justu has invincibility, its hard to block/dodge some stuff especially with the guard and subs being nerfed heavily. This leads to nothing but a spam fiasco….
Yeah instead they allow you to counter infinitely, they made it so you bounce off of every single jutsu as well so you're almost always gonna get hit by it, they also made it so supports and jutsus will actually hit you twice too.
I tell you I've been playing storm since storm 2 and this shit is worse the Generations Masked Man and Revolution counter.
I'm losing to scrubs just because they made shit so fucking easy. Everyone must think they're gods now because you can do infinites and cancels with every character in the game.
@PurexedSolify woah woah woah if you lose and not learn thats completely on you
When I started the Storm games I had a friend who just spammed with tenten and/or temari
I learned And now I raw dog him everytime and he is the PERFECT example of saying the same shit you do
I don't assume that you spam BUT if you are able to breath while their spam you are able to think of an counter while you eat damage till you find a solution to this
Skill Issue
@@Cataclysm999 okay
It's been like 7 seven years since the last storm game. Why even release this if it was going to be a cheap ripoff? It's not like they were in any rush to fill a trend or anything.
I think one of my biggest gripes about the game out of the many is that it’s incredibly disappointing that the Boruto era adults of the main cast still have the EXACT same movesets since Storm 2. Sure they get a second jutsu and some of them (Sakura) have gotten a new ultimate but my goodness at least change up the adult versions of the characters. Kakashi Boruto era should have a completely different moveset, they literally took part 1 Kiba as the model for Boruto Kiba, and everyone is just way too stale and stagnant at this point with no new moveset
Did those characters ever do any new moves in the anime/manga?
Finally! an honest review from an actual naruto fan, you get my like & support sir, great job
The redub is actually AI, it's not the voice actors faults themselves. There's still some digging going on, and while I wouldn't say the game is worth the price, I've S ranked all the story (both for Naruto and Boruto) and I can at least say the combat in this game feels better than in storm 4. The storm 4 infinite staggers feel way more consistent, and the fact that so many characters now have infinites as well makes me happy. People really waste their subs so fast in online it's crazy. I either get matches where people barely use their items, barely counter, don't use their loops & jutsu properly, or I have matches where I get diffed and learn something new. I like the OG Boruto story but wish it had QTEs and that the two new characters were actually playable but hell, even tho the DLC has been data mined you never know. CC2 said they plan to support this game with consistent updates, and the online feels incredible.
U made me feel happy abt buying the game after this video came out lol
@@abridged7231 is this sarcasm or did you mean me mentioning the mechanical changes?
It's also crazy how we still can't use Sage Mode Naruto without the red cape or Madara with Hashirama on his chest...
Can't believe I've been waiting over a decade for them to make Chojuro and the other support only characters playable and yet not even becoming the current Mizukage was enough for them. Meanwhile, Kushina still has one of the most misogynistic movesets I've seen in a game in a long time.
The fact that they took out the tilt move and replace Chakra shuriken with another justsu kinda tells me that they made this game easier for people cause no one could figure the controls out in mid battle.. me personally they made this game a spammers paradise , in other words they made it worse... then on top of that, for online u can't even play singles no more like wtf... no tournaments no endless. Smh
I'm thinking that they're working on Storm V as we speak, and they needed a game to take us between Storm 4 & Storm 5 in the meantime.
Cuz it'll either be called "Boruto 2 Blue Vortex: Ultimate Ninja Storm 5."
Or they'll "Naruto x Boruto 2BV: UNS5"
Cuz the Naruto name is jus too well known.
But whatever it's called, we aren't seeing Storm 5 till at LEAST 2 Blue Vortex is over in the manga.
First mistake is thinking this is a skill-based fighting game, lol.
It boggles my mind how weebs can be so love drunk with an IP that they let a publisher like Bandai Namco, who are big scammers, con them into buying this lackluster, low effort, DATED and REFURBISHED game. Cyberconnect2 is just winging it at this point.😂
All these arena games suck. Naruto deserves a REAL fighting game by a real fighting game developer like Arc System Works and let Naruto have legitimate gaming success like Dragon ball got with Dragon Ball FighterZ, the only anime game to break the curse and transcend this niche casual audience who buy these brain dead games with no substance.
For someone who likes Arena Brawler Fighter i have to agree these Games are not Skill based far from it. A "naruto FightersZ" Like game i believe would be Awesome.
the only way these companies will stop releasing these half baked games is if your average person stops buying them then defending them because they bought it. luckily, i’m starting to see people get tired of the BS that they keep pulling so i’m slowly starting to see a change in sentiment
i cant spam tons of fireball now with Shisui or other Uchiha characters and thats broken lol. i'd say this is the balance i needed in storm 4. And all characters now felt unique to each other by not having an option to select the same jutsu variation that has to the other character.
But you can spam chidori's and rasengans that have invincibility frames with no risk. That's better? Cmon brother. Went from one negative to a bigger one.
Bruh it Better if some one spam fireballs over a move with i-frames and that can hit you if you are behind them
@@will_9910 I wouldn't say it's a worse negative, yeah I-frames are annoying but they're waaaay easier to dodge and see coming from a distance, when someone knew how to spam fireballs or other projectiles you geniunely could never catch up to them, to me a simple rasengan or chidori i can easily jump is less annoying than continously being outzoned.
@@antoniomacias1401
I would have to respectfully disagree. Yeah zoning is annoying and sometimes a pain to deal with especially if it's someone good, but there's always a counter if you're patient enough. Kunais are always available, support assistance is always available, etc. Zoning even till this day has a risk and reward. Not even just Storm but fighting games in general. You can't freely zone however you please. While in Connections with the current I-frames there very much isn't. I or whomever could just sub and get you with a freebie. Can you sub? Sure. Can you jump cancel into block? Sure. But why do you get to reward yourself with a "Get out of jail" free card after I made you blow through your subs? Now the player that was doing everything right is on the backfoot? In previous Storm games you were punished for such a stupid move.
Now that we have passive chakra throughout the game. It makes spam abuse even more braindead than it already was. If there were I-frames at the tail end of the jutsu then that's perfectly fine, but invincibility startup? Lmao. That's absolutely insane.
@@antoniomacias1401no they’re not lol idk what ur saying minato is one the most top tier players ever n his rasengan will have u saying fuck naruto but fireballs from itachi they are strong don’t get me wrong but i can deal w that more better n if you play on a small map u can handle it also projectile characters like ten ten n them if u have a good team or character u can beat them
Really sad to hear this, but hope they make "advanced" controls so you can have your tilt and charka shuriken back.
They could easily just make up and down jutsu
I don’t think they were planning this game for 7 whole years bro, I think they just said, “hey, why not make another storm game?” And bam we got it
I thought it was watching a video on a 100K+ YT channel. Great quality and review mate! I've subbed.
Thank you bro. At first last year, I was excited. However , once it came out. I realized I’m not spending money on this. I’ll watch it on UA-cam .
I really wanted to buy it just to play online but I couldn't push myself to. It really is just 10+ character DLC with a filler story. Not worth $60 and you know characters like Isshiki or Borushiki or updated Kawaki will just be the next DLC.
I won’t argue 60$ does not seem worth it for what you get on paper,
But me personally the fighting feels pretty fresh yea its just subtle changes but still feel fresh surprisingly and I’m. Loving online and happy wit. My purchase 🙂
Play online? Forget. Servers sucks. Xbox players can’t even play online from launch day (doesn’t matching players). This game is a scam. I’m angry af
If your buying it for online play you are doing the right thing. The battle system overhaul is for gamers. Not the sea of whiny casual players on here bitching about story mode.
@Sh4dowDivine you're the one that bought an Xbox
It is very difficult to determine what we want. Some desire new gameplay, some desire unchangeable gameplays.
"More fast paced" is the complete opposite of my problem with it. Anytime I'm playing Story mode, it's painful to fight the AI. They do nothing but run for 95% of the match, which makes doing certain completion quests (Like 15-20 hit combos) borderline impossible without either killing them first, or triggering a quick-time cutscene.
As a fan of storm and playing online matches I love the game as fresh new way of playing. However if your care more about offline and/or just a more casusal fan you're better off getting the storm collection and 4.
I can’t believe they removed tilt as I tried that on Ryujinx and was like wow.
The game is grindy and basically forces you to play that broken online mode in order to level up and get ryo this game is a stain on the this legacy of greatness
God, I remember playing Storm 2 way back. It had it all (or most of it all), open world exploration like you had to physically travel from A to B (Example: From the hidden leaf village to the hidden sand village) and you could find items along the way, tons of side missions... heck even meet Lars from Tekken. But now after Storm 4 it's all click next to get to next fight or watch a cutscene.
You nailed everything right on the money, this game was a waste. I like that they made tilts easier and combos easier. But adding adult kazekage gaara, temari, and kankuro for them to have the same exact moveset pissed me off. So lazy. And no quick time event boss battles like in the old ones for the story mode, no strike back guard or secret technique protection anymore either from allies. It just feels so stale and lackluster compared to storm 4.
It weird how those dlc was in 4 as skins now take up a slot for literally no reason
But connections are way better than Storm 4
Who the hell was using the chakra shurikens to begin with?😅 that's the best change. Removing tilts, that's the big issue
I remember spamming chakra shurikens when you have an ally in "Balanced" would make your team gauge fill up quickly in Storm 2.
Along with that is what seems to be a glitch in local tournament and league where if you have two people playing in it, player 2 gets switched to being player 1 when fighting computers.
I got the collectors edition, and I understand what you’re saying but I’m just so much of a Naruto fan that I was still excited to receive it 😂
Nice review, I was wondering if this was my moment to enjoy the story mode on one single game, seems that that's not the case. Shame on you Bandai :c
There are 6 other games with the story mode on it...
If I remember correctly, Ultimate Ninja 3 had the 2 jutsu thing, but they also allowed you to choose what jutsu you wanted to pair with each other.
They also had more than one ultimate. Also, yeah, I agree with the moveset & copy characters.
Also, I'll say this Kaguya was done so dirty, moveset, ultimate, and jutsu wise.
Truthfully, I wish they'd expanded on the create your own ninja aspect, that's not shinobi strikers. It's weird that they haven't expanded on this more or made a RPG.
I imagine if Bleach( or Saint Seiya ) did a new game, they'd have a create your own character, etc, and some decent fights with maybe an rpg twist.
Saint Seiya needs a new game. I said what I said.
Not having a create your own ninja mode in storm is really fucking crazy 😭
I feel like create a character should be added in fighting games ngl (ESPECIALLY if you're taking 7 years to make a game)
@@Mimi._.Haruno_ exactly and anyone saying they'd be broken just need to look at Soul Calibur, they made the created fighters not busted to the point you saw them in ranked and regular matches without making people forsake the main cast.
@@OtaniNoAsagi Right? There r so many good things u can do with adding build-a-shinobi
all the people defending this game is the reason they thought it was okay to have this game release hahah
Imagine a naruto game like kakarot.
I've been a fan of the Naruto and the Ultimate Ninja games since the first 1 on PS2, and seeing how gross and cash grabby the games have grown over time makes me really sad over the years...
I was grossly disappointed by Storm 4, and now even more with Storm Connections.
Animations, UI and graphics look worse than storm 4. Having more colour doesn't mean good graphics.
"That's about it for gameplay changes."
You literally forgot about the main gameplay change.
It's literally in the title too. Lol
"CONNECTIONS."
You can connect combos, jutsu, grabs, etc, together for much, much longer combo strings.
My gripe with the storm series is the over simplicity gets old fast and the fight is in decoy management all characters eventually feel the same just different animations which is cool if ur a fan but gets old fast especially since theres no "good" naruto media to hype up anyone to want to experience playing in that world
Not being able to leave ranked lobbys is not a bad thing tbh. You shouldnn't be able to cherry pick your opponents if your fighting for a rank. That should only be possible in casual matches. Cyberconnect is the only developer who ever gave the option to choose ranked opponents. No one else does this.
It definitely is a bad decision. If your opponent has a bad connection, that will only hinder your play, and there should AT LEAST be an option for you to decline that match. No one likes losing due to bad connection, especially if it isn't even their fault
What even is this take? Nobody wants to fight a laggy bum
The game feels like a mod the new characters don’t even feel new just like Indra ashura are just naruto and sasuke with different move sets and kawaki kind of plays like jugo the cutscenes in combos are also very lazy for a 2023 game that cost almost over 100$
Alright leave Kawaki out of this, bro plays nothing like Jugo, who even plays jugo
@@theblueshanobi play storm 4 jugo use his grab and tell me that is not the same character
@mustyrious so just the grab, I played storm 4, and I gusse they are similar, but saying they are the same Is wild, jugo's grab is slow as hell, but Kawaki's is faster
@@theblueshanobi ofc but they don’t make new characters they mod already characters they have there too lazy I’m simply saying I can tell jugo is skeleton on kawaki I played the game for almost 10 years I know it front and back
@@mustyrious kawaki ain't no skeleton of jugo
Y’know, I never really got into Naruto, and only played Storm 4 for its story mode (genuinely pretty fun!) and just to goof around with friends in local pvp. Seeing how this iteration of the game was handled though, I hate to see how it was handled. You Naruto fans deserved better…
The most hilarious thing about all of this is that you dont even need a vid like this to explain it.
Literally just look at the game, if you told me it was storm 4 with dlc id legitimately fall for it
Im so glad you brought up how unrepresented characters are. Picking any character from the original Naruto series is almost a death sentence in these games and I hate it. They feel so boring and terrible to play compared to the other more recent characters. I was hoping they would at least give them new merit to being picked. Maybe give them new ultimates or *something* to make them feel like they weren't just ripped from storm 1.
It’s not their fault the old characters just aren’t as cool. That’s like picking Yamcha in dbz and expecting him to be as fun as ultra instinct goku
@KodexKat It depends on the game. There's a difference between flashiness and fun. As long as the character is unique and adds something to the game, they don't need to be super strong or flashy. Master roshi was amazing in fighterz, so was the ginyuu force.
But recycling the same exact animations from storm 1 is inexcusable. I don't expect the characters to look just as strong as barron naruto, but I do expect them to perform somewhere around as well as Boruto is. Add something to the game.
@@viennasavage9110 as well as boruto? A main character… yea no that’s not gonna happen. They did update the old characters move sets and supers. Did you even play the game my guy?
@@KodexKat 1 new jutsu isnt within the realms im talking about, especially when they took one of their moves away lol. Also, It's not just Boruto, even Mitsuki has better gameplay than most of the storm 1 roster.
Im certan that theyre using review bots because on steam connections went from mostly negative to mixed in less then a day
Or people actually gave it a shot instead of listening to this tool
@@Darthbawlz you so delusional.
The only reason why I’m considering buying this is to play on active servers again. I just gave up on storm 4 cuz it’d take over 10 mins to find someone
I feel u on that
I feel like modern media in general is becoming so highly monetized that it's taking away from a lot of creativity from projects. A lot of games are being rushed out for the sake of a quick buck micro transactions all of that stuff instead of just focusing on the gameplay its so crazy.
bro storm 4 like 13$ rn n connections 80 im gettin storm 4 fr
this game feels more like a beta test that cost $60
As someone who deals with Bandai Namco when it comes to tekken, they fucked up the whole series and sold out hard. Killing the identity more than I’ve ever seen a game change.
Another thing that probably only pisses off me specifically is that, like Storm 4, there is no Japanese text option for the PC version. Storm 4 I could at least kind of understand since it was from 2016 but now in 2023 with worldwide releases and almost every game having all the languages supported on every version it's just nonsensical. Even more nonsensical is that before the game released the Steam page actually did say there was going to be Japanese text and the store page was also entirely in Japanese, but now with it releasing that's all just completely gone and it's nowhere to be found.
Granted, I never bought the game so it might be in there but if it is, the store page doesn't say it.
you know what's sad 90% of people in the comment section bought the game.
How is that sad if you love naruto in general and i played all the storm games it was never a problem getting this day one for me.
okay good for you free country well done, good sir, @@skywalker9379
You are the issue what the game is so bad.
Well I’ve seen Xbox reviews in the Microsoft store
Honestly I don’t think it’s a waste of money as long as there are enough players playing the game so that a player could have find a match.
I can understand why it’s disappointing but some of its new additions make it really fun in my opinion
This and also some changes are bound to happen and they won't go well with some people, doesn't mean its a waste of money overall, maybe to those people, sure, but not everyone and that is the thing about videos like this, it generalizes this concept, I want to get Connections for the wide roster, and playing characters we never saw much of in the first place such as Indra and Asura, same appeal that Shisui and Minato had when they came out
Its thé same game as 10 years before , how it isbt à waste of money
What you didn’t mention was how is the online gameplay past storm games always had that major lag but did the fix that ?? Is it easier to play online
Cyber connect 2 is a company that focuses on visuals and doesn’t care about how shallow and basic the combat is. What’s hilarious is they put all their effort into visuals just to get one upped by sparking in both categories
Mindblowing to me how many people are already praising Sparking for its combat, when we haven’t seen anything gameplay-wise yet 😭
Screw this game I rather just play storm 4. More people will start to play storm 4 again anyways. Since this storm connection came out. I rather wait for storm 5 thanks for showing me the truth behind this game.
Your wrong i will never go back to storm 4 ever after playing connections its your opinion if you hate the game but many listen to guys like this and are misguided about the game its not perfect but its a step up from storm 4 especially the new mechanics its so different you would have to play to see it.
@@skywalker9379I test played on Ryujinx to see if I’ll get it on Xbox and I do like that we can pick EVERY single stage now and the Gameplay tweaks and it’s faster than Storm 4
Im fine with the Game. But i hope that more dlc characters are coming like Toneri, urashiki, ishiki, konohamaru, Code and more.
They will probably be in 5
@@Darthbawlz 5 what?
Seriously why couldn't they give us Naruto Impact 2? Or Naruto Impact Remastered???? Seriously Naruto Impact was awesome and One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 was great, I think it did so well that they actually did more DLC than they originally planned, give us a Naruto Musou game pleaseeeee Bandai Namco
Never heard of this game... maybe that's why
for me its the face that they changed the character switch to using an entire character bar instead of half. also i was really hoping this game was going to be on a new engine or at least have upgraded/updated graphics. idk if anyone else noticed but the ring match 2/3 icons are pixely af
Happy to see someone call this out for what it is. You and Matty plays are the only two I've seen. Everyone else trying to hype this up
This isn't the first time either with cc2 making a shit game. It goes back as far as storm 1 cutting Haku and Zabuza. Storm 2 cutting storm 1 characters, and having lack luster roaming. Storm generations falasly advertising that game as the only time Shippuden and part 1 characters would be in the same storm game. Storm 3 advertising the edo kage and kurama naruto only for them to be story mode only battles and an ULTIMATE JUTSU...Who would make a magazine scan for kurama Naruto if he was just an attack. Storm 4 advertised the usual story mode (you won't find one pre release trailer or mention of the anime stills) while hiding the lazy and poorly dubbed anime stills with debris and shaking the screen. Plus the season pass that had hokage naruto and adult sasuke costumes just for them to be added on as seperate characters in a boruto movie dlc...that didn't have the main villains in it...until they released the game AGAIN this time with them and the adult naruto cast costumes.
Cc2 lost all trust with me a long time ago.
Shippudden Characters were in Naruto Shippudden Legends Akatsuki Rising on the psp.
I'm just glad for a new game and I am happy that at least they added lots of new ultimates and you're now able to use two ninjutsu if you don't like it maybe they will change up some stuff later if not such is life they finna make money regardless if it's not for you that's ok you could always play storm 4 again. I hope you have great day btw
I think it’s crazy that there’s a huge amount of people who were excited for this..like could have made hella lot changes to the game, or even went to the old style they had years ago
I literally have the torrent downloading right now...for free
I was waiting to buy this game but I'm glad I fell into the habit of reading game reviews before I make any purchase.
Everyone was hyped over Baryon Naruto only to find that it is only an awakening. Thanks.
why would it not be a awakening? it was a last resort in the manga on a thin timer. implementing it as an awakening is literally realistic imo
@@RipDozyy People wanted to fight as Baryon Mode Naruto completely.
ohhh interesting, wouldnt that be too op tho?@@chrisleaf
@@RipDozyy In that case, so is Kaguya. There were always different battle strength tiers of characters.
that's what i feared, the fact the hidden leaf ninjas in boruto version have the same moveset of the previous series
Literally thought this was DLC lmao. Easy skip.