The first of Tomonobu Itagaki’s Ninja Gaiden games was defined by its counterattack. Activated by blocking and then pressing an attack button the moment an enemy blow connected, it powered a game that required careful play and insisted you respect your opponent, punishing mistakes severely. In the process, it set a new high bar for its genre. Ninja Gaiden’s been going downhill ever since, and it says much about how inexorably bound this series is to the law of diminishing returns that its latest entry’s defining mechanic asks for no timing, precision or respect for your opponent. Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is built on the QTE.
KOEI Tecmo Recently filed a trademark application for the poorly reviewed Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z.
Wow! I seriously loved the first one. Don't know why it was reviewed poorly, it was fun as hell and the humor was great.
I seriously hope they make a sequel in the same style as the first.
Everyone loved the concept, just gameplay wise it fell a bit flat compared to the previous games. I myself never played it but am really excited to hear they are doing another in the spinoff series. I've always had an interest in it, but just never pulled the trigger on actually buying it, might go back and actually play the first one now though.
The gameplay was very fast arcade type action that I felt was just as challenging as the regular Ninja Gaiden series.
What made the game great was the fact you played as a villain oit for revenge...from what I remember, it's been a long time. It was such a great concept going through levels trying to get revenge on Ryu.
Definitely give it a shot if you ever come across it, I don't remember the reviews for the game but I definitely had a blast when I played it.
Finally got around to playing this one this year. I understand why it got bashed in the reviews but I still enjoyed it as a whole. The combat combos were solid and the traversal prompts looked sweet.
Me too, but I had fun playing it, with the quirky insane combos and the hackneyed story.. It wasn't meant to be taken seriously, just enjoy whacky beat em up nonsense
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Nioh is just one more of the great franchises made by Koei Tecmo
Ninja Gaiden is a totally different type of game than Nioh. Its a fast-paced, incredibly technical action game. It has its own place and should not mirror the Nioh/Dark Souls/Bloodborne formula. They too have their own place.
Nioh is the Beginning of the Nioh Franchise, the latest amazing Playstation exclusive
I agree. Nioh is awesome in my book. But Ninja Gaiden in its heyday was outstanding as well. It had it's own mechanics and its own flavor. I hope we one day see another Ninja Gaiden game.
Team Ninja creative director discusses the whereabouts of the iconic action franchise, says Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z "wasn't the right move" for the series.
I am a die hard fan but ninja gaiden 3 sucked so make it more like 1 and 2 or not at all.
ng2 has great physics,the combos felt great to land.The 360 version was insane,the gore and the ultra aggressive enemies .Miss the game :(
They dumbed it down soo much. But luckily these guys listen to fans so hopefully they learnt their lesson
You do know Ninja Gaiden Sigma was an HD remaster of Ninja Gaiden 1/Black right? you could say the same about NG Sigma 2 as it relates to NG2.
Agreed. I loved ninja gaiden 1 but ninja gaiden 2 is my favorite and i would do anything for a ninja gaiden 1 & 2 remaster.
They should have known better than to make Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. That didn't look or feel like a Ninja Gaiden game at all. They need to make another one like Ninja Gaiden Sigma that came out on PS3. That was good.
Agreed. They never should have put the NG name on that product. While I see why they wanted to do something different they should have left the game sell on it's own merit, or lack thereof in this case. The idea was pretty good but the execution was poor. Furthermore they could have sold it as in the NG realm w/o calling it NG. At the end of the day it had absolutely no business having NG in it's name.
Anyway, while I have faith in the team I think they might not have the vision to recreate NG as we saw it in 1 and 2 nor are they sure how to improve upon it or where to go now. That was proof in 3 when Itagaki was out & it was up to the remainder of Team Ninja to create 3. In Ni-Oh, if successful I can see Team Ninja focusing on a sequel and not coming back to NG for some time. Which is a shame.
or why don't you redeem yourself and make a seriously good ninja gaiden game instead of making fans wait.
Ninja gaiden... loved that game and remember those great moment on the Xbox.. I'm not much of a fan of remasters but I would buy a pro or Scorpio remaster of ninja gaiden day one...
Ouch...
I was actually looking forward to this game. =(
Im calling it.... GOTY lol.
Edit: Was hoping this game was good but without the counterattacks, that just doesn't sound like a ninja gaiden game.
Well damn.....!! It's that bad?! Can someone whoever has this game comment, please?!
I don't get it what is wrong with the general consensus saying qte's are bad, it's just a different format of game play. The walking dead games are reverred yet it is mostly qte's as well. So yeah I don't get this hatred towards that style of gameplay.
Also this is a ninja Gaiden game so of course the camera is gonna be crazy, after how many games they still have yet to fix it, it should be a non issue really :p.