Ninja Blade Demo Impressions

I had time to play the Ninja Blade demo that recently appeared on the Xbox 360. Besides the ridiculously generic name, characters, plot, and environment the actual gameplay surprised me. The demo placed me in front of multiple enemies gave me many weapons at my disposal and once my friend taught me how to run I started slashing away. The combos were fun to perform due to their variations and extreme over the top violence. The button pressing sequences though are very obvious, boring, and over-used in the level I played. The boss battle had a thrilling start but quickly became boring due to the simple patterns he used, yet it still took a long time to conquer because of his large health bar. In the end I had a fun time fighting the enemies and running down buildings...I just hated fighting the boss. My expections were low before, but maybe this game won't be that bad once it comes out. It'll be out 04/09/09 so try out the demo if you want.

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