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This is a pick-up-and-play game all accessibility, little depth. There are dozens of playable characters in Ultimate Ninja Storm 3, but they all do attacks, build up chakra, and perform combos with the same button presses and combinations. When given the chance to fight, I found I could easily pull off incredible-looking techniques regardless of which character I happened to be controlling at that moment. Upon comparison with previous installments in this series, the presentation of the story seemed like a massive step backwards in my eyes. Well over half of the time it takes to get through the single-player campaign is consumed by cutscenes and chitchat. The option to skip the story sequences and dive right into the combat is always available, but the story is such a focus that if you don’t have interest in it, it will be difficult to slog through the slow cutscenes. All in all I had a hard time maintaining interest in the cutscenes in Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 as sitting through them felt like a chore. The Japanese voice work is available for the diehard fans, and the lip-synching is stronger with this option, but not everyone will choose this option.
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Although the English actors from the manga are used the lip-synching is just terrible. The voice acting is not up to par either. On top of this, the cutscenes are more frequent then the combat.
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The conversations feel drawn out and are boring to look at as they use static shots versus full motion video. Unfortunately, the issue with the campaign is the way that the story is presented. The plot is fairly solid as a whole and the main campaign is where the bulk of the games content exists.