Nightshade

Not sure how the gameplay stacks up to the predecessor, but linking together combos to end a battle in seconds feels extremely satisfying, quickly dashing between enemy encounters gives this game an unrelenting pace and energy that only arcadey games like this know how to capture. The OST does its job here as well, really emphasizing a focus on gameplay and finishing the level quickly, standouts are the tracks 'Arashi' and 'Metro'. The levels are varied enough in their design to keep you from being bored, with some twists thrown in in some levels (like a time limit).
The story is just a framework to hang the gameplay on and that's okay.

This game's big issue however is the lack of enemy types, there is basically two: weak fodder that can just be defeated by a standard slash combo and armored enemies that first require softening up with kicks. The games repertoire of challenge does not really grow from there, so you'll figure out optimal play fairly quickly and it just becomes rote exercise. This can be a positive or a negative depending on which part of mastering a game you enjoy more, the 'figuring it out' part or the execution of it all.
Likewise it is very satisfying figuring out how to beat the boss in basically one strike the first time around, but much like with the enemy variety, once you figure this out on the first boss, the others work in basically the same way and don't really require any change in strategy

I would be curious to know how the predecessor compares to this one.

Cool style mediocre gameplay, bad level design, enter room kill enemies, proceed

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مررة كانت تعجبني العاب النينجا وهذه كمان نينجا حمرا مع حركة القتل الجماعي وتوقف الوقت وكله يطيح
غير السرعة والداش ومؤثرات السرعة وجنون المراحل
واتذكر مليانة تكرار نفس الاعداء يتكررو كل شوي والصعوبة تزيد بالنقوط
بس ممتعة جو الجزء الي قبله وستايله كان يعجبني اكثر

هذا الجزء حلو للي انجلد في الجزء السابق من صعوبته هذا اسهل منه بفرق كبير

jogo muito bonito,e com uma história até bem cativante,boas músicas,a gameplay também é boazinha,poderia ser melhor comparando ao do antecessor (shinobi), o maior problema são as boss fights,elas são horríveis.
de resto, ótimo jogo