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Samurai jack: Battle through time is an interesting, albeit flawed little gem that gives the fans of Samurai Jack something new to chew on since the end of Season 5 of the titular cartoon series. The graphics work surprisingly well with the shows original textured hand painted style, and the presentation overall will send any fan of the show back through time, to the days of Saturday morning cartoons. However the praise ends there, as the game itself is extremely simple for a spectacle fighter, somewhat stiff on the controls especially compared to other spectacle fighters like Beyoneta and Devil May cry. The level design, while pretty, can sometimes choke up the frame rate a bit, cutscenes contain plenty of noticeable texture pop-ins, and animations are very canned and repetitive. What little gameplay there is, is inoffensive and sometimes even satisfying at times, but the extremely short story mode and 40 dollar price tag may not make this game worth it to anyone who isn't a fan. To anyone who is a fan, its not bad, and theres plenty of fan service and the game is easy to get into while being challenging enough to not be boring.

Ninjala is a sound arena combat game that presents itself in a fairly interesting and unique way especially compared to other free-to-play multiplayer focused games. It does, however, suffer from being a free to play early in its life cycle. Balancing issues, the rare bug, and an extremely shallow selection (2) of stages and combat modes means that if you don't enjoy the gameplay loop immensely you're going to get very bored very quickly. The game developers are also very unsubtle in trying to squeeze out every microtransaction penny out its consumers pockets, with incredibly expensive cosmetics and extremely limited rng dependent gacha style rewards. An otherwise interesting and genuinely fun, if shallow game, that is hampered by the worst aspects of modern f2p gaming. Its still very early in the games life however, so maybe things are subject to change.