This game is quite complicated... Naruto Storm Revolution honestly doesn't deserve any merit or praise. Being basically a "Naruto Storm 3.5" it falls short on a ton of things, having no identity at all and copying almost all of it's relevant content from Storm 3 really doesn't favor it. It's not much more then an amalgamation of various side contents and bonuses you'd find in another game, just with more volume and padding to make it seem worth your money. The main gimmick of this game is the new 4 player battle found in the World-Tournament mode, and it's simply not fun at all, too chaotic, too easy to cheese, ranged characters are useless... It's honestly so crappy and completely worthless. The only thing worse then this mode is the hub where the tournament takes place in, it's a pretty big are clearly designed to waste your time, you walk extremely slowly (reminding me a lot of the problem I had with Storm 2 but somehow worse) and the layout is confusing, the cave area specifically is made up into 3 different levels with no barriers to hold you, meaning that if you fall you will have to slowly walk back up. This entire mode is the definition of padding and it frustrates me a lot, it should honestly be put in classes of game design as an example of what NOT to do.
The only cool additions it actually has are the small selection of new characters and the mini story modes called Ninja Escapades, each telling specific stories in the Naruto-verse that act like a playable episode. These are honestly pretty cool, but unfortunately there are only 3 of them and they are honestly way too short, the second one literally only has two fights and the last one has uh... none, real shame there. The other bit of original content includes the Mecha-Naruto campaign, it's as ridiculous as it sounds and is simply some silly filler content inspired by the episode with the same premise. It's somewhat funny but it is based on the 4 player battles so still not really worth the time. Another little extra I'd like to mention is the general added flair that this game introduced, it's not much but some characters got unique ultimate jutsus when put together in a team (like Naruto and Edo Tensei Minato, who make a Rasengan together) and these are honestly peak, I think it's a sweet addition. Still on the added little details, they also introduced a character customization feature and I found that to be pretty fun, there are multiple thingamajigs to put on your characters and also different ultimate jutsu finishers to choose from, it's a neat touch.
The rest is the usual you'd already expect, Free Battle mode, Tournaments, Leagues (Which are just another name for Tournaments but ok I guess) and Survival (which is my favorite mode probably), where you get to engage with the actual fun part of the game, the real battle mode! Which is just... the same as Storm 3 but made WAY WORSE. The Ultimate Jutsu and Awakening split makes things way less interesting and repetitive, it's schocking to me that they managed to ruin something like this. The only reason I got this game is because I couldn't afford Storm 4, and it was serviceable to fulfill my desire to play a Naruto game, the core gameplay will always be fun even with the bad balancing decisions, but trying to engage more with it and going for it's Platinum was pretty dreadful and it took me forever. I know it was my own choice to do that but jeez it really goes on forever.
In all seriousness, I don't recommend playing this game at all. While it does add cute little things it's still a bunch of side content with no main dish, a bunch of cheap filler with no value, so do yourself a favor and buy any other game on the series and you will have more fun lmao.
