Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (2014)

Developer: Spark Unlimited, Comcept, Team NINJA
Publisher: Koei Tecmo Games
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Rating: 3.2 of 5, 17 player ratings
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A gleefully gory, comic-book-styled hack-and-slash that revels in over-the-top zombie-slaughtering excess.

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Step into a living comic book in this new take on the Ninja Gaiden series. Brandishing his ninja sword and the mecha weapons in his cyber arm, Yaiba slaughters zombies with brutal, over-the-top abandon. Will you slice enemies to pieces, crush them with Yaiba's cyborg arm or just rip off a zombie’s arms to use as nunchucks?

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