Ninja Blade

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Key points

30 FPS cap is enabled by default every time the game is launched (disable in settings).^[1]

General information

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Availability

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\NinjaBlade\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/37010/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\NinjaBlade\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/37010/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents* folder in OneDrive on all computers.*
Steam Cloud

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use Flawless Widescreen to remove letterboxing.
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Flawless Widescreen.
4K Ultra HD		Detects native,DSR or GeDoSaTo without issue
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	Can also be toggled with `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	Can be forced via GPU drivers or GeDoSaTo GeDo provides better results since it also filters 2D elements otherwise scaled by point filtering at any resolution other than 1280x720. Follow this guide under the "Fixing bad 2D scaling" section
Anti-aliasing (AA)	2x-16x MSAA. Alternatively you can also use other methods outlined under "Anti Aliasing Information" in this post. Most are Nvidia specific but some are vendor agnostic.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	The in game vsync is broken and causes performance problems. You will need to disable Vsync on each run of the game and force via GPU drivers instead.^[1]
60 FPS	Game defaults to a 30 FPS cap that has to be disabled each time you run the game. Menus run at 30FPS regardless.^[1] Higher frame rates can introduce problems with executing finishing moves on regular enemies.^[2]
120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at ~112 FPS. See Run the game at screen refresh rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Has several different presets
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Supports rumble with a rumble intensity setting in menu.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music,Sound Effects,Voices
Surround sound		Uses FMOD, upto 7.1 but at least some cut-scenes are stereo and some QTE sections 5.1.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate^[3]

Install Special K by following the Unofficial Special K Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\NinjaBlade.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0.
Start the game and enable fullscreen mode if needed.

The game has very poor performance for some users even though GPU usage may be low.^[1]

Workaround^{[citation needed]}
Force Vsync with your GPU drivers + cap the frame rate to your desired number externally (see Frame rate capping). Disable the built in 30 FPS frame rate cap and in game Vsync each time you run the game.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0с compatible

Developers

	FromSoftware
Windows	Noviy Disk
Publishers
	Noviy Disk
	bitComposer Games
Hungary	EVM
Release dates
Windows	October 31, 2009
Reception
Metacritic	61
IGDB	58
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Hack and slash, Quick time events
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Japan, Supernatural