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As a conclusion to the long-running Naruto saga, Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 delivers plenty of content for dedicated fans of the series. Over 100 playable characters appear in this latest release, while enhancements include tag-team fighting, clothing/weapon damage and wall-running in addition to a variety of different gameplay modes. It's a pretty comprehensive package but the situation is less impressive from a technical perspective, where developer Cyber Connect 2 could have done more to take advantage of the latest console hardware.The target frame-rate is solidly in 30fps territory, while performance issues can distract on both consoles. On the whole, there's a sense that we're seeing something of a 'safe' upgrade over the last-gen entrants in the series, rather than a title that takes advantage of PS4 and Xbox One to their fullest extent.
In terms of the fundamentals, both PS4 and Xbox One resolve full 1080p resolution, combined with crisp texture work and a high level of anisotropic filtering that allows the art to remain clear at both long distances and oblique angles. Along with plentiful use of alpha transparencies for magical attacks, a depth of field effect and a crude frame-blending motion blur implementation add some cinematic flair to the proceedings while also enhancing the intensity of fast-paced scenes. The use of post-process anti-aliasing also results in a clean look to characters and environments, with only a few mild jaggies appearing around sub-pixel imagery and finer cel-shaded edges.
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