>>725015385
I actually played through the entire series after finishing Art of Vengeance and Nightshade was my last one. It's pretty fun, Hibana is sexy and has a nice ass, but:
>it lacks the grit, novelty, and replayability of the first PS2 Shinobi game
>levels are dull and forgettable, mostly nondescript warehouses and construction sites
>enemies are bloodless robots that are much less satisfying to kill than the actual humans from its predecessor
>Hibana's characterization is lame and she even has an anime catchphrase that she repeats in every cutscene
>plot is pointless and stupid but that's par the course really
All that said, like the first one you can play as Joe Musashi if you get all the collectibles and it looks and feels awesome. But I didn't even finish my Joe run in Nightshade because the second playthrough drove home how mid the game itself is. Also the widescreen patch is fucked in PCSX2 so get ready to see one quarter of the letterbox bars on the left side of the screen during TATE executions and cutscenes.