10 Second Ninja – As We Play I Expansive
10 Second Ninja is a puzzle/platformer kind of a deal with an emphasis on slick execution and lightning fast reflexes. Players assume the role of the very first Ninja – ostensibly the most awesome thing in the world – and are set upon by robotic Nazis, which are unquestionably the second least awesome thing in the world. Actual Nazis being the worst.
The shozoko-clad protagonist expresses his distaste with National Socialist politics the only way he knows how: with his sword, some shurikens and a strict time limit of just ten sweet seconds per area. It’s as simple as that, but it’s the simplicity that makes 10SN utterly engrossing. Objectives don’t get more complex than “kill all the Nazis really, really fast” with the real variety being the tools at hand in order to achieve such a feat. Mastering the controls takes a very short space of time – owing to being so tightly and simplistically designed – and it rarely feels like your screw ups are anyone’s fault but your own.
