From the review, "Rogue-like RPGs are a funny sort of genre - they tend to be very difficult and appeal only to hardcore gamers with a penchant for leveling. While they may receive critical praise, the general gaming population doesn't really know what to do with them. Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns is a traditional rogue-like, but Ninja Studio attempts to make the sequel more accessible to standard RPG fans with partner characters and the introduction of some familiar, RPG elements that weren't in the original.
While Izuna 2 is a great deal of fun, it will frustrate some players. Dying is an everyday event in the game, happening as many as 10 times in a single dungeon. Those unfamiliar with the series, or genre, might abandon the title because of this. Players willing to stick it out will find themselves enjoying a moderately challenging and clever RPG."
Ninja Studio, the folks behind the cult hit rogue-like series Izuna, may have quietly faced closure.
Izuna 2, Borderlands, Mass Effect 2, and several versions of Pokemon are available on the cheap this week.
Gaming Target: "Our favorite bubble headed ninja returns being employed by Success and Atlus to entertain us rogue-like fans once more in this sequel to last year's comical, yet totally enraging dungeon crawler, Izuna: The Legend of the Unemployed Ninja. If you've read our preview of this game then you pretty much know what to expect. I mean hey, that was the finished product, only now we know how well the story holds up and we can officially put a score on it."
