YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z

Wait64%

Mixed · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Spark Unlimited · Action · Mar 21, 2014

Player review score
64%
Mixed
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
49
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio2 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 55 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise17% are divided50% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
My philosophy on this is that there are some instances in which a game may not necessarily have that much in the way of gameplay (take Amnesia for example), but the story/atmosphere/whatever it may be is reason enough to pick it up.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It takes some time for the combat to become really entertaining, when you know how the system works.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The visuals are pretty solid, they are done in a cel shaded look which gives the game a comic book look to it, and I ike the designs of the zombies(and yaiba As well), since all of them are Unique, and all look drastically different.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Sound is pretty good, the soundtrack fits the mood of the game and has some killer tracks in there . sound effects are great especially the attack sounds when you hear the crunching sounds of zombies being ripped to shreads.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story58 reviews
Combat57 reviews
Graphics45 reviews
Audio18 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance
100% still recommend
Characters
75% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
56% still recommend
Difficulty
65% still recommend
Crashes
21% still recommend
Bugs
47% still recommend
Controls
67% still recommend
Interface
33% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$29.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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