Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road to Boruto (DLC)

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road to Boruto is a 3D arena fighter developed by CyberConnect2, and this PC edition is the complete bundle: base game, the Road to Boruto story expansion, and every season pass drop bundled together. If you were going to play any version of Storm 4, this is the one. The roster sits north of 100 characters spanning the full Shippuden run and into the Boruto generation, including Boruto Uzumaki in multiple forms, Sarada Uchiha, Mitsuki, and the adult versions of Naruto and Sasuke. That number sounds good on paper, and it is, though with that many fighters on the card you inevitably hit diminishing returns when picking up new additions. On the combat side: do not come in expecting a traditional fighting game. This is not Street Fighter. The input scheme is deliberately simple - auto-combos hang off one attack button, chakra charges fuel your regular and super Jutsu, shurikens fill in gaps, and character assists round out your team setup. Where it gets interesting is the movement layer. Chakra dashing lets you cancel combo strings mid-sequence and restart pressure, and you can guard out of a dash to play a loose footsies game reminiscent of 2D fighters. Wall-running returns from the original Storm, letting fights spill onto arena walls in ways that actually change how you approach neutral. It is not a deep system by competitive fighting game standards, but there is enough there to separate a polished player from a button-masher if you put the time in. The boss fights layer in quick-time events and hack-and-slash bursts to punctuate the story beats - the Naruto vs Sasuke final valley sequence and the kaiju-scale Susanoo clashes are legit spectacle. The story content is split across three chunks: the main Shippuden war arc campaign following Naruto and Sasuke through interconnected chapters, an Adventure mode where you drop into the Hidden Leaf Village as Naruto, Shikamaru, or Gaara for side missions and open-world padding, and then the Road to Boruto expansion itself adapting the Boruto film. Completionists can easily sink 40 hours in; casual runs through the story content land around 10-15. The Adventure mode side quests are the weak link, padding runtime with box-smashing busywork that most reviewers across the board flagged as filler. The Boruto arc itself runs under four hours if you're moving with purpose, which is noticeably short for what it charges as an expansion. Online multiplayer supports up to 8-player tournaments alongside standard free battles, survival, and practice modes. The matchmaking reportedly improved significantly from the vanilla Storm 4 release, with more competitive pairing and faster load times. Do not expect a thriving ranked ladder with the kind of mechanical depth that keeps the FGC crowd invested long term - the player base for this game skews heavily toward fans of the IP rather than competitive grinders. If you're hunting for your next ranked obsession, look elsewhere. If you want something to play with friends who grew up watching Naruto, this runs that table comfortably. One honest flag for PC players: this is not a new game, and while the visuals hold up well for the anime aesthetic, you are buying into a package that has been around since 2016 at its core. The fanservice and spectacle are still effective. The cutscene quality is split between genuinely beautiful animated sequences and static slideshow panels with audio, and that inconsistency undercuts some of the big moments. If you know the source material, you will have a good time. If you are new to Naruto entirely, this is entry four of an ongoing story - you will be lost without the context of the previous games. Fred, Scout Team