STORY
Like most freeware games, N is lacking in the story department. You're a ninja, who likes gold. You have 2.5 minutes to beat 5 crazy hard levels (an episode). There are 100 episodes. Ninjas like gold, so collecting gold makes you live longer. Unfortunately for you, everything from drones to gauss turrets want you dead.
GAMEPLAY
Like I said, there are 100 episodes, which have 5 levels each. In each level, you have to dodge any and all enemies in your way, flip a few switches, and run to the exit. Gameplay is often frantic, leaving you little time to think and plan. And coupled with the ninja's timespan, this can make N an insanely difficult game. Collecting gold increases your life span by 2 seconds, which makes it invaluable. Thankfully, you get infinite lives, so you can die as many times as you need. There's also a suicide button (default:k), in case you get stuck. For enemies, there are zappy drones, which kill on contact, floor chasers, which run after you whenever you're on the same platform, mines, gun drones, which shoot you if you come into they're sight, gauss turrets, which shoot you, rocket turrets, which shoot rockets, laser drones, all kinds of stuff.
GRAPHICS AND SOUND
Graphics are crisp and sharp, but nothing too spectacular. No music, but N has some really, really cool sound effects, blips, bloops, bops, vrrs, cool stuff. No voice acting.
N AND N+ COMPARISON
N+ is a PSP, DS, and 360 port of N. On the DS and PSP, the graphics and sound aren't quite as good. All the levels are original, and the level editor is better. The 360 is the same, with better graphics. Save your money and just stick with N.
Overall, N is a wonderful game, with difficult platforming and pure genius. Highly recommended
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Images credit: thewayoftheninja.org
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