So you'll be doing much more exploration in Mini Ninjas. That's fine, if it was done in a way that makes the game fun. However, this is not: environments are of uncomfortably large scale and you walk at a pace that's awkwardly slow. Even when you double tap the D-pad to run in a direction, the increased speed is only temporary and you'll have to go back to walking while your energy regains itself.
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In fact, there are so many instances where the designers make you sit around and do nothing. Need to regain your spent magic? Sit on the ground and meditate for 30 seconds. There are even escort missions, believe it or not: early in the adventure you'll encounter an injured man who needs to be brought back to camp.
While he's being dragged back by one character you have to attack anyone that gets in the way ' but if you stray too far your buddy will simply stop in his tracks and wait for you to get close enough to continue.
And then there are the little things. Enemies spawn in walls. The map doesn't display which direction you're facing so you can quickly and easily orient yourself. The camera causes your character to run straight even when you're pressing right or left. It's extremely unforgiving in its platform jumping. And on and on.
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Even when the developers try something clever it comes off unpolished: there's a mode where you "sketch" puzzles in the plane of spirits, tracing forms to make them come into play. Boss battles use this mode, but the challenge is non-existent and they drag out forever. And the writing recognition's sensitivity needs to be tweaked because it'll fail more often than it'll succeed.
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