She noticably left out that utilization of sidestep and substitution chakra dash cancels is key to some fights, especially Madara because his Susano'o based melee has such astounding range. Some fights where characters like Itachi and Sasuke require massive movement or be doomed by their awakening of Susano'o because they seem almost unbeatable. Either that or when you see they hit that point to awaken you need to press the attack and overwhelm. It has a fundamental system that is easy to use yes even slightly repetitive but can be utilized in an omnidirectional way, no character is unbeatable when the correct strategy is implemented which is a relief from some fighting games that have said "God Characters". Another key thing for this game was making your opponent substitute out first (use all four) before you so you can unleash upwards of a 65 hit combo, and despite such a big number of a combo the damage is skewed and continuing on a combo requires special use of your chakra bar so players are saved from the long/infinite combos of death found in many fighting games i.e. Ult. Marvel vs Capcom 3.

However I do respect her opinion as a reviewer and everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but something like this game would have been done more justice if it was a group oriented review with the aimed for demographic/fans and the non- fans reviewing it jointly because she does miss some key stuff.

On a side note who else was minorly dissapointed that the Ado-Kage, Shinkaku and Ginkaku, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are not playable yet/ever. (until next installment) I personally have my fingers crossed for a DLC including all of them as playable characters.

@daman246 @uuuuuuuuuu88888 not so much that's like saying Deidara owns the stage because he is a solid range fighter and many people don't like that. You need to utilize side steps and substitution in conjunction with chakra dash to get around the susano'o and sometimes, very rare though, it may be better for you to get beat down so you can awaken or play a character like Neji insta-awaken and destroy their chakra bar.

@daman246 @uuuuuuuuuu88888 I have to respectfully disagree there daman246. That is like saying Deidara runs the show because he is strong at range almost making substitution useless.Utilization of sidestep and substitution chakra dash cancels is key to some fights especially Madara because his Susano'o based melee has such astounding range. Some fights where characters like Itachi and Sasuke require massive movement or be doomed by their awakening of Susano'o because they seem almost unbeatable. Either that or when you see they hit that point to awaken you need to press the attack and overwhelm. It has a fundamental system that is easy to use yes even slightly repetitive but can be utilized in an omnidirectional way, no character is unbeatable when the correct strategy is implemented.

On a side note who else was minorly dissapointed that the Ado-Kage, Shinkaku and Ginkaku, and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are not playable yet/ever. (until next installment) I personally have my fingers crossed for a DLC including all of them as playable characters.