That is why it’s hard to either condemn or support the inclusion of quick time events as part of these wonderfully over the top scenes, since sitting back to witness them would raise the question of why you aren’t participating in the action on screen but the game’s hack and slash combat can’t really pull off the absurd scenarios depicted.Īnd so, Ninja Blade relies on timed button presses for these scenes, the player needing to hit the right button or press the right direction to make sure Ken Ogawa continues his incredible attacks.
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Even in a normal battle against a small monster you can expect your character to go the extra mile in doing flashy aerial gymnastics or dismembering his foe in an interesting way, and were this all contained within a 3D animated film then it would certainly serve to be an impressive ninja movie with some stellar action choreography. At another point, you’ll need to prevent a plane from crashing down into Tokyo not by piloting it, but by using your ninja weapons to break off pieces or physically pull it to fight its momentum. This is a game where a giant zombie worm can spit vehicles at you while you fall from the sky and you hop aboard a motorcycle to drive down across buses and other vehicles before force-feeding the bike back to the giant beast. Ninja Blade’s story didn’t quite demand the inclusions of constant quick time events, but once you see some of the forms they take it would also be a shame to not have the bombastic absurdity the game sometimes indulges in. FromSoftware’s Ninja Blade ends up in a very unusual space though with its embrace of quick time events, the game both not too demanding with them but also making them seem practically unnecessary because of its forgiving nature.
These time sensitive button presses are still best used sparingly though and tend to shine most when they can pull you out of a bad situation as a last lifeline or they might help you gain an edge without any punishment for failure. These timed button prompts that appear during cutscenes have gotten a bad reputation for the cases where failing to press the right button quickly enough leads to an instant death, but there are games that use these as a better way to inject interactivity into a scene devoted to spectacle that couldn’t be pulled off with the normal controls. I do not think there is anything inherently wrong with quick time events.
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