Ninja Blade
Ninja Blade featured a mutant plague, clandestine military operations, and Tokyo skyrise showdowns. Developed by FromSoftware and published by Microsoft, it feels like one of the bigger outliers in the studio’s pre-Dark Souls repertoire. The action was in the vein of Ninja Gaiden with quick-time events littered throughout the scarcely nine hour campaign. “This game isn’t great,” wrote one reviewer before the game was pulled from Steam. “But that doesn’t stop it from being hilariously crazy and in your face.” Its producer, Masanori Takeuchi, is still at FromSoftware today. — Ethan
Status: Free demo only.
