Name: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
Exit date: 31 July 2025
Genre: Arcade, Platformer, 2D, Indie
Developer: The Game Kitchen
Publisher: Dotemu, Joystick
Platform: PC
Type of publication: License
Interface language: Russian, Ukrainian, English, multi13
Owner language: absent
Tablet: Present (rune)
Description: Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound is a 2D platformer where steel blades meet a demonic apocalypse, and two warring ninja are forced to unite against the general chaos. You play for Kenji Motza, the young student of the Hayabus clan, and Kumori is a killer from the black spiders clan, whose paths crossed after the invasion of demons. Their dynamics – a mixture of sarcasm, distrust and forced union – revive the plot, which is not just a background for cutting, but a story with unexpectedly clear motives and a memorable ending.
But the main thing is a gameplay, honed to razor severity. Levels are built as deadly puzzles: enemies attack in waves, platforms collapse underfoot, and secret scrolls open the “hell” stages for masochists. Kenji chopping in close combat, bounces from enemies like a ball and performs a “guillotine jerk” – a jump in a jump that can be turned into an air dance of death. Kumori adds distance attacks, and its timer sections break templates, forcing to act at speed. And there are also motorbikes, battles on trains and chases on hydraulic cycers – the dynamics does not allow to get bored for a minute.
The chip is a system of “charged” attacks: kill the luminous enemies with the right character, and the next attack will demolish everything in the way. Early levels are taught to combo-chains, but by the finale the game turns into a survival simulator: the bosses require ideal knowledge of patterns, and “secret missions” take away the last nerves. Fortunately, there are help modes (up to disconnecting the damage), but even with them the game leaves a pleasant aftertaste – especially when you fly the location in two minutes, not receiving a scratch.
System requirements:
OS: Windows 10, 11 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel Core Duo E8300 or AMD Phenom II X2 550
RAM: 6 GB RAM
Video card: Nvidia GeForce GT 220, 1 GB Or AMD Radeon HD 4550, 1GB
Places on the disk 2 Gb
Installation:
1. Mount the image
2. Install
3. Copy a tablet from the Rune folder (on the image) in the folder where the game is installed
4. Play