Outside of mashing the circle button for basic attacks and pressing the occasional triangle button to do a special attack with unskippable cinematic aspects, there isn't much to do, which sucks because at first the attacks look cool and feel powerful, but then you notice that a majority of the enemies would fall over if you looked at them funny. Unfortunately the combat is also where a great deal of the tedium is generated. You'll also control a variety of ninjas of the Hidden Leaf village along with the usual cast of Naruto, Sakura and Rock Lee, each with their distinct fighting styles offering a small modicum of variation to plowing through waves of enemies. Basic gameplay means exploring small open world maps that are populated with enemies and offer up a small variety of menial tasks, like defeating specific enemies, escorting comrades, or destroy targets that are hindering your progress. I think calling Ultimate Ninja Impact a title that is 'inspired' by Dynasty Warriors will sum this title up best.
Bringing together cinematic concepts from the previous Naruto games and marrying it to gameplay that is similar if not a straight copy of the Dynasty Warriors formula proved that the Naruto games still offer an enjoyable if derivative gameplay experience. Those who have played any of their other titles like the excellent Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 on the Xbox 360 know (or at least hope) that they'll be getting a quality experience with Ultimate Ninja Impact (are we confused by how many games are the 'Ultimate' in this franchise yet?). Namco Bandai put Cyber Connect 2 in charge of development this time around, and it's pretty obvious that they are the premier studio to handle Naruto games. The latest title, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact is actually a marked improvement over Kizuna Drive which was released only a short nine months ago. And why shouldn't they? It's actually a pretty good story, but not one that needs to be replayed time and time again on different platforms. Namco Bandai has deemed it necessary that every platform under the sun receive some sort of Naruto game that tells the Shippuden storyline. Naruto games have literally become a dime a dozen.