similar to ninja gaiden in a way but also different, similar also to devil may cry and prince of persia.
if you like ninjas and japanese games, you are going to love this one. it offers descent gameplay and good boss fights, and it is all about button pressing at good timing. the game starts off with an ok cinematic showing the beginnig of the ''things'' invasion, not telling you what they are or what drives them evil, but soon you forget that after you involve in adjusting or timing the button presses.
you play as ken kagawa, a japanese ninja soldier if i might say, and your mission is to destroy the monsters and freaks, invading tokyo. your father shows you the way in game, how to run across walls ( like prince of persia ) and how to use your swords in combat and how to use your ninjutsu. yes you have multiple ninjutsus unlike naruto ( the japanese anime ninja ) your ninjutsu is mainely your shiruken which lets you command elements like wind, fire and electricity. you can upgrade your shirukenninjutsu as u progress throughout the game. also you upgrade your swords and their shape or design changes as you upgrade them.
this game has some technical flaws, even if you have the perfect specs to run it which does require a super rig to play. the main problem with this game is the customization's menu, as you access it it gets chopped up and you don't see your character, but you can still choose colors for your costume ( you collect costumes as you progress throught the game and by finding emblems ) and see the results when you play a mission.
many cut scenes is taken from devil may cry 3.