9 minutes of Ninja Gaiden 2 demo

Keowrath - 843 days 22 hours ago

Monkey, you beat me to it. I was gonna say the UK version will be cut to shreds just like Ryus enemies. I thought the blood cleaning motion was very cool too and finally the quick weapon select looks like a cool feature but will they implement it so weapons can be changed mid combo like DMC3 did.

Nothing really stands out in this demo from what's already gone before (apart from the amount of gore!) but the gameplay still looks very smooth and possibly slightly faster than Sigma.

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monkey602 - 843 days 22 hours ago

Haha sorry Keowrath.
I doubt there will be mid-combo weapons changes though, with the amount weapons it would be hard to do. I could be wrong.

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Jenzo - 843 days 21 hours ago

The enemies act much smarter than in any other similar game. They actually pose a real challenge. They move around, use different weapons and tactics and don't just stand in line behind their friends waiting to get butchered a la Heavenly Sword, DMC and God of war. Ninja Gaiden 2 is hardcore.

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Keowrath - 843 days 21 hours ago

@ Jenzo. You mean much like the first game? Read below dude, I said I have beaten Sigma on Master Ninja. I have said that NG2 will quite possibly be the game I get my 360 for because I love the Ninja Gaiden games. I know that the AI is top notch! LOL, I'm not a NG Noob =p

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jbstiriz - 843 days 20 hours ago

I had sound, I clicked on the comments first then I watched the video after I had already watched it and it had sound, but it did not the first time I watched it.

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Feihc Retsam - 843 days 2 hours ago

While I do agree that the visuals didn't look much improved over the PS3 port of NGS, it looked very smooth, the video was at fairly low resolution, and the game has at least 3-4 months left for developement. Judging by how many levels they have, and the very minimal amount of glitches I noticed in the demo, I'm guessing they have been more focused on the technical gameplay aspects than the polishing of graphics up to this point.
I expect the final built to be even prettier.

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Xi - 843 days 22 hours ago

why you gotta say graphics don't look good yet? so insecure.

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for the guy below. It's on the "most powerful system" according to itagaki himself. It looks better than sigma already(it really does) and it's still in, to quote sony fanboys, "Pre-pre-alpha". I wouldn't doubt it to look better as time goes on, for example shadows aren't even in the game yet.

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tehcellownu - 843 days 22 hours ago

Agreed the graphics isn't great right now..Ninja Gaiden Sigma looks way better..The only difference in NG2 is that there is more blood,gore and you are able to slice up the enemies..its a shame i wanted them to bring the game to the ps3 and usse it power.

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Keowrath - 843 days 22 hours ago

I'd hardly say the graphics in Sigma look way better. They look no different! The thing is though the game is still a ways off and just judging from the more detailed lifebar decoration I'd imagine Team Ninja will polish the game engine to look better than the PS3 in it's final release just to prove a point.

That being said Sigma is an incredibly good looking game so if this get's released and there isn't a substantial difference it's not really a big deal!

EDIT @ whoever disagreed, can you at least let us know what you were disagreeing with? I swear there are people on this site who will disagree when I say what I had for dinner! LOL

EDIT 2 @ Jenzo (I'm outta bubbles) That has got to be the funniest comparison yet! We get an HD picture of NG2 then a screenshot that looks like it's been taken on a phone camera and another of perhaps the dullest scenery ever.

Seriously! It doesn't look that much better (YET!!!!)just Gorier. But it has a long way before it get's released.

EDIT 3 @ Jenzo (Dammit I need more bubbles! LOL) Bubbles for you mate for your response.

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deep - 843 days 21 hours ago

I said it because we were given a video of Ninja Gaiden 2 which showed graphics that don't look that impressive yet. Certainly not pushing the hardware like NG1 did on the Xbox (though that was at the end of it's lifetime) - and I said YET; Because if anyone can do it - Team Ninja can.

You're insecure for finding it "offensive".

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Jenzo - 843 days 21 hours ago

At a second look, I agree with you. The pics don't do the games justice. It would be nice to see a video comparison though.

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Jenzo - 843 days 10 hours ago

I bubbled you too, Keowrath.

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monkey602 - 843 days 22 hours ago

Sigma got censored and that only had decapitations.

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deep - 843 days 21 hours ago

POP:TTT got censored - so there were decapitation animations, without any heads falling off :(

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monkey602 - 843 days 21 hours ago

Prince of Persia? Really? wow never knew that! haha that sucks.
I was once told it's because Germany have some problems with extreme violence. I dont know how true that is though. Im sure there's more to it than that.

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DG - 843 days 20 hours ago

The land of Hitler and WWI has a problem with violence I wonder why.

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Jenzo - 843 days 17 hours ago

Remember when the americans invaded what was to be the USA and ethnically cleansed out most of the indians? Remember when they had postcards that portrayed the lynching of black people? Remember when they went crazy and let anyone with a drivers license buy guns? Remember how they started wars for no reason, killing innocents to get control over natural resources that aren't theirs in the first place? Remember how their government tricked the americans into believing that everyone is a potential terr'ist. Scaring them into submission to make them obey the government. Sure, what the germans did in the 40's was truly disgusting, but at least they learned something from their mistakes. When will the americans learn that you can't fight terrorism through shooting at it?

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monkey602 - 843 days 8 hours ago

Wow Jenzo absolutely loving the post dude.

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Coconutz919 - 843 days 3 hours ago

Hey, Jenzo, if your gonna play the nationality card, might I remind you that it was European disease that wiped out most of the Native Americans. Lynching postcards? Well, obviously Americans still send those all the time, end/sarchasim. Don't learn from their mistakes do they? As for guns... well, I agree to an extent. I'm not a gun person, but really if humans want to kill another for some crazy/awful reason, they'll find a way to do it guns or not. And fighting terrorism? Well, how do you fight terrorism, since you so thoroughly research your information? I'd say with Jack Bauer, but that's just me...;)

Anyway, I digress. The vid looked pretty sweet, but am I the only one that thinks the violence is going just a little, tiny-bit too far?

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codeazrael - 843 days 2 hours ago

I hope you don't me copying and saving that. Wow, there were/are some sick things that has happened over here that have spread abroad (iraq) f*ck Afganistan.

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Spunkmeyer43 - 843 days 21 hours ago

Yes lets hope your "sistem" plays it, a shining example of a PS3 owner. Have fun on your "sistem"

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wageslave - 843 days 14 hours ago

man, read the comments. this is pre-pre alpha. the game is a year out still.

its not done. did you notice there were no shadows yet? perhaps that should tell you they aren't dont yet?

Back to Sony Defense Force forums w/ you son.

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CrazzyMan - 842 days 3 hours ago

i don`t care is it pre-alpha or not, without selshadowing, THIS demo, just don`t impress me much, while with shadows it could.
i am not blind, and i say what i see, without shadows, visuals sux pretty much.

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tehcellownu - 843 days 22 hours ago

True, i am a big NG fan but i never actually bought the xbox just to get the game.. i wonder if Microsoft paid them for time exclusive ??

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Xi - 843 days 22 hours ago

microsoft didn't pay for it.

itagaki is just very fond of the 360. He even helped develop some of the texture programs on the original Xbox. He also had nothing at all to do with sigma.

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Keowrath - 843 days 21 hours ago

I think sales weren't great due to it's difficulty. I actually bought my original Xbox for the first one and this will probably be the game that sways me to get a 360 (I have no illusions that the PS3 will see this or a spin off any time in the near future) I recently played through Master Ninja on Sigma and apart from my level of swearing going through the roof I actually really enjoyed beating it. Heh, not sure I'll play that difficulty again on the PS3 version but it felt like an achievemnet! LOL

If anything this may sell worse than the first because people now know what to expect from a Ninja Gaiden game but hey, it's always been a game that was amazing but with a high difficulty curve that is usually too much for the "casual" gamer. I don't care. I still want it!

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BLaZiN PRopHeT - 843 days 21 hours ago

the original xbox version sold better than sigma. it sold over 800k units

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Fighter - 843 days 21 hours ago

Don't forget that Sigma was only released this year so it can still surpass the old Xbox version.

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Keowrath - 843 days 21 hours ago

lol that'd crack me up if Itagaki's understudys version sold more than the man himself! It'd be somewhat Ironic that the game sold better to the audience on the "other" system.

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Mu5afir - 843 days 21 hours ago

Publishers usually PAY for the game cost, developers usually make the game. If Ninja Guiden makes a lot of money, Microsoft takes a percentage of it for themselves to cover their investment and make a profit too.

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BloodySinner - 843 days 14 hours ago

What difference would it have made? Ninja Gaiden IS Itagaki's game. Not his understudy's.

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sicknnyc - 843 days 11 hours ago

???? MY copy of Sigma has blood and decapitations

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