Even though I had no clue who the characters were or anything of the sort, I did find myself sucked into the intriguing storyline, which is what really shocked me about the game.

The story is told through wonderful in-game cutscenes that use the games engine, so in keeping with the art style of the game. If you’re not prepared to do that, be sure all you will be left with is a loose story, fetch quests and some fun tag team battles, so consider that before handing over your cash. I did have to look up on a wiki to find out the plot details of what had already happened.

As such, I was a bit lost with the story. There is no flashback, no “Previously…” section, no real hint as to what happened in the past episodes. If you have no clue who Sasuke or who Naruto is then you are pretty much done for. The story of The Broken Bond is set between episodes 81 and 135 of the anime series and depicts Naruto’s rise as a ninja and his best friend Sasuke’s downfall into jealousy, which inevitably forces him to follow a darker path. Why? Because it was actually pretty good. So, jumping into Broken Bond was a shock. Most television or movie to game adaptations are usually pretty awful. The depth of my Naruto knowledge is that there is a ninja called Naruto who can turn into a fox-demon-thing. Obviously, with this lack of experience to the franchise, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I have never seen Naruto, the Japanese anime with over a million fans worldwide, nor did I play the predecessor to Broken Bond, Rise of a Ninja.

Naruto the broken bond review