After a while, I began to notice that things really didn’t change up too much, and within a few hours I found myself doing the same kinds of missions over and over. Here, players are tasked with gathering certain things, protecting a place or person, and other such events. Missions could be taken on solo or with a group online with up to four people.

Leveling up trainers would allow players to learn new abilities and obtain rarer items than from the random drops. Here, players earn XP for both their character level as well as their trainer. VR missions were where I did most of my playing. Of course, I could interact with them and possibly team up with them for VR missions if I so chose to. The hub world has players running around doing their own thing. Online focused, Shinobi Striker plays out much like a co-op game with a few MMO elements mixed in.

Training is all done via a virtual reality hub that allows trainee ninjas to experience the well known battles of the Naruto series while training under a popular trainer from history. Here, players take on other players in ninja competitions in various stages and modes. Players take on the role of a new up and coming ninja that aspires to be a great warrior and fight in the World Ninja League, a ninja tournament that is all the rage in the Hidden Leaf Village. Unfortunately, it doesn’t really hit the mark. Cut to Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, a game that tries to change the formula from the Ultimate Ninja Storm series and try to hit on the Dragon Ball Xenoverse genre while it’s still hot. While I know nothing of the story or plot in this series, I still found enjoyment out of them. I’ve always found them impressive both mechanically and visually, and they were always a fun time both single player and online versus. So, I’ve played a decent amount of Naruto games for reviews mainly, the fighting game titles like Ultimate Ninja Storm.

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