GameTrailers reviews Ninja Gaiden II

GameTrailers reviews Ninja Gaiden II.

[verb3k]

its a shame since it was touted as the DMC4 Killer ;)

[Maverick_]

Is this the PS2 version??

[mikeslemonade]

Gametrailers is not a good source for game reviews. Stay away from sites that only give 7 through 10.

[ilkercruiser]

Wait for gamerankings average. DMC4 was %83.7 on 360, %84.1 on Ps3
NG2 is now %83.3 but too early , there are not enough reviews to compare.

[Montrealien]

Who cares, they are both great games. ;D

[Boldy]

Ugh, here we go with the game lists again.

[sticky doja]

1.5 = Spam

Learn to get rid of caps, and use less rants in the open zone.

[BilI Gates]

So after all that nonsense Itagaki was saying about DMC and Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Ninja Gaiden 2 didn't even live up to the hype.

NGS = http://www.metacritic.com/g...
NG2 = http://www.metacritic.com/g...

In my opinion he deserves this. It's very unprofessional to talk trash about other games and developers, even if you're just trying to be honest. Worry about your own games, douche bag.

[White-Sharingan]

watch NG2 scores drop more

Sigma has 40+ reviews while II has 11

[juuken]

Amen.
Like I said, this teaches him a lesson.

[Alexander Roy]

I don't think it will. Itagaki will slowly turn into the Uwe Boll of big name games.

[kindi_boy]

completely agree

[LenHart]

good job GT

Now please do give MGS4 the 9.5+ scores it deserves too

Ninja Gaiden is an 8 -8.5 in my book

so good review GT and keep up the good work by giving MGS4 a 9.8/10

[Thoas]

It should of got a 7.4

[BLUR111]

I cant help my feelings , making love with you at a french island of polynesia.

[NaumanManzoor]

Well being a huge fan of ng , and after playing ng1 and ng black i can say theres something wrong with the reviewrs.

[LenHart]

points are taken off because BOSS fights are extremely difficult

and there were major graphical glitches . NG2 could have been much better. MS rushed this game to counter MGS4

NG2 has got 6/7 from many websites

However this game does deserve an 8

Itagaki/Hayashi are very good developers. I hope the bad reviews of NG2 doesnt demoralise him to such an extent that he refrains from publishing games altogether

Bad reviewers whose reviews are vindicated must realise that you are not giving a game a bad score but you are DESTROYING THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY

[n00bPwner]

HOLY SH1T! Nazi'm is actually making sense today. WTF happened?

[Thoas]

If the camera was fixed then it would of deserved a 8.4

[xboxftw]

LOL @ noobpwner

I thought i was in gamer zone reading nasim/lenhart's comments. Must have finally seen a shrink and taken the sony di1do out of his a$$.

[Tmac]

You seem to have a strange fascination with dildos.

[fishd]

How a game with suck ass visual,framerate problem,lame story(Any thing I missed?!) could get 8+ score is beyond me!!

[games4fun]

miss something there are reported glitches with things floating in mid-air as reported by a reviewer. If this was a new IP without other Ninja Gaiden's and fans to back it up it would be rated way lower imo a 7.5 is what it deserves in my book there are just to many problems against it to warrant a higher score

[Veryangryxbot]

cheesy dialogs (no where near Hollywood level, let alone MGS4 level);
shiat ass characters (half naked chicks with big chest, you must be 14 years old to like those);
retarded story (CIA and ninjas and some demon trying to take over the world);
bad camera (any other game would have gotten deductions for it);
10 hour game with no online component (who here has forgotten Heavenly swords massive negativity for being 6 hours short with no online. How come the same rules dont apply to NG2? Talk about 360 bias).

NG2 delivers nothing new. Is nothing revolutionary. And to be frank, sometimes games dont need to be revolutionary. Games dont always need to reinvent the wheel. But its sad when games do come along that ARE revolutionary, it is not recognized as such by the bias reviewers.

Its an outrage that a game like NG2 can score an 8.4 while MGS4 gets a mere 9. A revolutionary game only gets 0.6 score higher. Wow.

And people complain about why developers dont always take full advantage of consoles. Can you even blame them. They arent even rewarded for their hard work.

[sticky doja]

"half naked chicks with big chest, you must be 14 years old to like those"

No, you either have to be a strait male, or a lesbian to enjoy those.

[BLuKhaos]

umm you forgot the most important thing in a game,game play,which is top notch in NG 2.Otherwise this game would be crap.
.

[LJWooly]

From what we're hearing, the gameply isn't exactly "top notch" my friend. If it was, do you not think the game wouldn't be scoring so-so reviews?

[Condoleezza Rice]

I think this review wraps up all the major sites in terms of reviewing the game,the Metascore is at 81 right now.

Looks like Itagaki was wrong in claiming his game was the king of all action games.

[Dark General]

That title belongs to a certain spartan and destroyer of gods.

[Megaton]

That particular spartan is certainly my action game favorite. Threesomes and deicide. That's how he rolls.

[Condoleezza Rice]

Could you possibly be talking about???

[Dark General]

Why that'd be the God of War series. My favorite video game franchise.

[ilkercruiser]

He must be flamed god of war fans (including editors). They are very brutal of cutting points because of camera and hardness.

[Closing]

As a PS3 owner I'd gladly trade the GoW series for this, and if DMC was still exclusive I would have gladly thrown that one in too.

[solidt12]

When it is all said and done I believe I will not like this game as much as i liked DMC 4. DMC 4 looked alot better, no frame rate issues, was very fun, it was just more next gen all together, and the Camera wasn't jacked up. I liked the last NG but I think the series has shown its age.

[Dark General]

See that's one thing that's conflicting with me. I liked DMC4 it was like DMC3 but it was too much like DMC3 in my opinion they could have added more to DMC4 and kept out dante in my opinion and just went in single handedly with Nero. Also more bosses, areas and enemies would have been nice. I think Ninja Gaiden 2 actually looks better than DMC4. I think it's the dismemberments.

[Ri0tSquad]

Lol, I can already see people sending their controllers to the wall over this game.

[Maverick_]

I say we sabotage EuroGAYmer. GT gave NG2 a higher socre than Eurogamer gave MGS4...

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[jackdoe]

That second boss fight sounds so cheap (after you beat it, it can still kill you!?). NG Black was challenging but never cheap so I don't know why Itagaki felt the need to change.

[wind_dragon]

SNK Boss Syndrome
Its a serious disease that should be treated with care. =[

[Xi]

that's a relief, it sounds exactly like the first, which is exactly what I want.

[BIoodmask]

Ninja Gaiden was one of my favorite Xbox games. I am a big fighting game fan..Street Fighter..etc. I had never played an action game that had such a deep fighting engine before the Ninja Gaiden series.

That is the main thing I like about. The AI was pretty tough in the original also. The greatest aspect I suppose is the challenge of it.

[Xi]

for being exactly what the game is supposed to be.

it's hard, sometimes frustrating, but the gameplay is what makes it so great. Not to mention, the story still sounds more plausible then mgs.

[Wildarmsjecht]

Ninjas and demons vs. Political corruption and warfare

....YEeaaaaaaaaaaaa.

[morganfell]

i wouldn't go there...

plausibility? in either game? if it is anything less than vbs2 just drop such comments at the door. no. ng2 is no more possible.

if anything i would say a game about private military corporations, genetic control, secret organizations manipulating the government - wait we have all of that now - i would say that premise has a hairs breadth more real world themes (not realism, themes) than super ninjas fighting demons and using magic.

[Thoas]

What? Ninja Gaiden stories are horrible.

[morganfell]

i don't like itagaki. he is an arrogant punk. nothing wrong with that sometimes if your work matches your arrogance. his doesn't in my opinion. is my opinion wrong? no...and yes.

there is something too many people miss. ng2 is not a mainstream game. for every review that is posted about a title like that and i mean a review by a prominent site but written by a shooter fan or rpg fan or someone that thinks gta4 deserved a 10, there should have been a review by an objective person that is a ng fan. why? simple, really.

it is simple because there are a few games, and ng2 is one of them that are not made for the mainstream. guess what? mgs4 is another one. yes, just look at what kojima and payton have stated repeatedly. despite all the additions to open the game to more people, kojima has repeatedly said in very clear terms that mgs4 was made for mgs fans. ng2 is no different.

so while that ng2 score may seem right to me it may be too low for a ng fan and they would be right.

[Xi]

kojima, cliffy b, the guy that made god of war, the lead valve developer.

All think they're better then they are.

But i agree, the game is designed for people who want the game/genre, not for people who want to get into the game/genre. Same with certain rts games.

[morganfell]

i disagree about kojima. dave jaffee certainly is but he is honest and even admitted something he screwed up. cliffy b? yes to a degree. but kojima? i have to disagree here.

kojima caught so much flak recently for saying the game didn't live up to his expectations. it did. but as a very japanese man he is humble and unwilling to say "my title crushes other games" he hasn't just abstained out of humility either. in zen they say you and your actions are one. it has two meanings but one of those meanings is you are as you act. he is very humble, appreciative, and praising of the work of others.

has he attacked splinter cell? no? any other game than his own? no. instead he has stated in the past he really liked splinter cell.

if you consider his comments about splinter cell versus itagaki's comments about dmc then you can see the dichotomy.

[Condoleezza Rice]

"Kojima"

Nope.As a matter of fact,he's regarded as one of the-if not THE most humble and honest developer in the video game industry.

If you've followed his career in the business,you would know this for a fact.

[juuken]

Most developers are arrogant?

So far, I think Kojima is a very humble person who doesn't let his ego fly to his head like Itagaki.

[Alcohog]

To claim Hideo Kojima as arrogant is just ridiculous. The man has NEVER touted his work as above anything else. He constantly puts down his work and while doing so praises who he thinks are true great minds. His name shouldn't even be mentioned on the same page as Itagaki. To do so is nothing short of blasphemous.
Also, Itagaki is taking advantage of his fanbase with NG2. Its nothing new, its the same old same old and he knows people will buy it regardless of whether he innovates the gameplay or not (which he didn't).
Kojima on the other hand, made a game FOR his fans. He remained open to western design by bringing Ryan Payton on his team and addressed nearly every gameplay issue that he had been criticized for in the past. He made a the ultimate Metal Gear game for Metal Gear fans. The same can not be said about Itagaki and NG2.
That being said, NG2 is still a good game and fun if you like the previous 3D NG games, but my point remains that he just pissed all over us and most welcome it. Its like Trey of Phish said in Bittersweet Motel, he could piss in the fans ears and they will still listen to the music and love it. At least he admits to it rather than claim his work as the best the way Itagaki does. The man is a disgrace to the Japanese way of life in that regard.

[Michael Jackson]

look it got an 8.4, higher than MGS 4's 8. Itagaki has surpassed master Kojima!

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAT.

[BLuKhaos]

lol holy crap for a second there I thought your avatar was Itagaki without his glasses until I read your name.

[Alcohog]

GT reviewed MGS4? Where is it?

[Obama]

Ninja gaiden sigma for the ps3 is very hard too but it got higher score...

Also Xi is clearly a retard to think that the story of ng is better than mgs.

[fishd]

He has the iq equivalent to an alga.that's why he can't understand MGS story!If You ask him about the best story in a game his answer will be halo\gears.since I have powers equivalent to psycho mantis!!!I could read his mind.

[ISA_Scum]

Sigma did get a higher score, but remember that it was a refinement of an already proven classic. Look, I may be pro-Sony, but I know that Sigma wasn't a huge victory for PS3 over 360 at all. More like PS3 finally proving it has what it takes to put the original XBOX in the grave, which wasn't saying much.

2007 was bad at first for Sony and we PSboys did alot of unnecessary gloating with Sigma. Bringing it up now is kinda pathetic when you think about how Sigma is only comparable to a last-gen game.

That said, NGII flopped due to expectations, developer smack talk and the fact that it's going up against MGS4 this June. Sony wins for the summer when you look at this comparison, that's a fact.

EDIT: I should mention that yeah, when it comes to HD specs and FPS Sigma is a better game. But honestly, on the PS3, should dedicated, exclusive development provide us any less? Hence Haze's downfall.

[Closing]

I like both games, but MGS has the best story in game history, and NG's story is nonexistent.

If the special olympics were trials of intelligence then xi would come squarely in last place. Sure they might give him a medal for the effort, but thats about it.

[TheDesperado]

But hehe, sorry Itagaki, looks like Sigma slaughters 2.

[BIoodmask]

you are an Itagaki fan then. Seeing as how he was the one who actually made the 'original' Ninja Gaiden. Sigma was the same game with a new coat of paint..character models, textures..etc.

Just thought I would point that out. Funny how you praise his original work but have no interest in the sequel.

[Maverick_]

The sequels OBVISOULY not as good.

[Dannagar]

@Maverick

I know that most Playstation 3 fans on this site have an inferiority complex. It's obvious by the lengths you guys go through to make Playstation 3 look good and Xbox 360 bad.

One guy mentioned hacking Eurogamer yesterday and you've suggested sabotage it. Are you guys that desperate? When Ninja Gaiden II gets an 8+ rating, it's a flop. When Metal Gear Solid 4 gets and 8, Microsoft paid the reviewer for the poor rating.

Some of you Playstation 3 extremists need to calm down. Xbox 360 is a fantastic system as is the Playstation 3.

[juuken]

Dannagar, it would be a fantastic system if it was more reliable.

[Alcohog]

If someone is a NG fan that doesn't make them an 'Itagaki fan'. The guy is a POS.

[Ashton]

I mean there is no surface texture whatsoever in this game,,,it looks a bit dull for this generation.

[DJ]

It could run on the original Xbox.

[DJ]

In the middle of combat? =O Jesus christ!

[Rocko]

Loading screens before every chapter.

[DJ]

Loading before the beginning of a 6 hour chapter? That's fine. But freezing the action in the middle of gameplay to load something arbitrary? Come on. That's just as bad as The Orange Box.

[Rocko]

What a b*tch.

[morganfell]

could be worse. they could be the same rudimentary ai from the previous title. oops, it is.

[Rocko]

could be non-existent like DMC's AI.

[morganfell]

who is discussing dmc? i am not. neither were you until you were dropped.

[360 Revolution]

GAME

OF

THE

CENTURY

ONLY

ON

MY

BELOVED

360

BWHHAHAHA

[thereapersson]

I see you posting comments of that nature against both systems...

[Lord_Ash]

Looks nice, I’ll borrow it from a friend later, I’m only going to play one new game this month.

[gixxxer]

Bad:

1. "The story is very linear and predictable"
2. "Enemies can kill you in 1 combo"
3. "The difficulty is rediculous in a b ad way"
4. "AI has issues"
5. "Camera goes all over the place"
6. "Most people won't even finish the game"
7. "Same engine as NG black!"
8. "Graphics showing their age, bad shadows, textures"
7. "Frame rate has problems"
8. "loading times are way too long and mid game during action"
9. "Boss fights are stupid, they have no clear stratigy and some blow up mid fight killing you as well"
10. "You will die a lot, you simply can't avoid it"
11. "Even if you finish a chapter you still dont have the feeling you played good"

Positive:

1. The gameplay is what you expect, a lot of moves to kill enemies, but more the same of previous NG games.

Apart from minor tweaks, like new moves and finishers etc the game is still the same bad game like NG Sigma.

Look at all this, and I didn't make this up just watch the review your self. Still this game gets an 8.4 and why? Yeah that's beyond me as well.

[HateBoy]

Wow, talk about hearing what you want to, subjective analysis at its best!

I heard a pretty much equal amount of good and bad things, the good things mentioned by FAR outweighing the bad ones such as: unmatched action gameplay... I'm a huge NG fan so I might be a bit biased but seems to me that was a fair review, and if everything said in the review is true I would have actually given it a higher score. However, from what i saw in the video the criticism of the camera (which besides framerate issues is the only critique that I care about considering its still basically the same game as NG, NGB and NGS) is accurate as it appears to be overly dramatic/cinematic and getting in the way of the action, too bad really.

When reviewing a game you can't stack up good/bad things quantitively and then measure which numbers are higher, rather a qualitative approach is appropriate where you look at good/bad things and consider which affect the core experience the most. There can then be a large/small number of minor annoyances present like in other great games like mAss Effect, or apparently MGS4, but if these annoyances are overshadowed by the awesomeness that is the game---> high score.

Just trying to make sense of reviews.

/End rant

[DJ]

I seriously could not believe their footage of the boss that could take off 70% of your life with just ONE hit.

[Strife Lives]

But DMC for me.I might buy it. .just might I prefer the gothic artstyle and the ROCK in DMC, oh yeah.

[TheDesperado]

I rewatched the review and focused not on the graphics/gameplay but on what the man was saying and...WHAT?

Story 7.5? More like 0.
700 problems and an 8.4 score? More like 0.

This is unacceptable by today's standards. I can't believe Ninja Gaiden is being treated by the press as a beloved IP that they can't afford to give a bad score to due to backlash by the community. It sold what, 1 million? BE F*CKING HONEST! This game is total trash!

[xxspaceMonkeyxx]

Where is all the hate for this game coming from? Is it a case of PS3 fanboys attacking it because of the way the developer supports the 360?

His games have been great, DoA series is fantastic especially on live (not many PS3 gamers can say that about a fighter) and NG on XBOX was much loved and was a cracking game XBOX owners were proud to have as an exclusive.

I'm buying this game and I know I will enjoy it (I did get DMC4 to fill in, but I found I could play it with my eyes closed and it wasn't very rewarding).

Surely this game deserves a bit more love.

[kevin1122]

the hate goes both ways, if it is bothering you just ignore. No matter what it comes down to, if you like the game you are gonna get it.

[sephy 9 2 5]

pure comedy gold from some of these arguments

[nemey]

torrent is out...
3.57 gigabyte Oo ( RAR )
7.xx gigabyte after extract

Moded Bots u can play it ^_^

[xboxftw]

I saw that mite giv it a shot. But wtf with 3.5 compressed size?

[air1]

ng2 is gana be a great game matter a fact its gana be action game of the year. the retail copy is not gana have the problems that you sony fans keep trying to point out go and enjoy last gens version while next week ill be choping off body parts

[livespawn]

nice review, seems like this game is just getting 8's from everyone. kinda frustrated that there is no demo yet...at least in NA

[bluecapone]

its really ashame that reviewers are cheating NG2 out of its perfect score

[Alcohog]

rofl

[shanezx]

seriously 99% of this sites members must be PS3 fanboys

[BLuKhaos]

dont like it then leave,theres nothing much you can do about the population of this site.

[joeynox]

wow this game look awesome , much better than dmc4 .Scores only mean something to fanboys. Just watching thing game u can see it looks awesome.The bosses are massive

[BLuKhaos]

True but you have to admit it's pretty fun to watch the fanboys rip each other's hearts out.

[bluecapone]

reviwers must just like easy games because NG2 is the perfect hack&slash title

[Area_51]

for Itagaki jump ship(crapbox),and make the Ninja game he always wanted to make,with the ps3 he wont be held back with a machine that has reached its peek.If Mr. Itagaki would make NG3 on the 360 it would be the same thing. Now close your eyes and imagine what NG3 would look like on the ps3, built from the ground up it could really be a true next gen NG
Itagaki seems like a smart man i find it hard to belive that he realy thinks that the 360 is the best platform, he cant be that dumb..can he,maybe he is I dont know

[PS360PCROCKS]

Sigh considering NG Black was so hard i still haven't finished it I might not need to get this game lol. I wanted this one for the insane combos you can now do. But I agree the graphics and textures are not that great. It could look ALOT better.

[butterfinger]

that N4G has the sh!tt!est mods on the internet?

[Alexander Roy]

True thing. There are times when several people report someone and it takes bloody ages til they got it done.

[Rhezin]

haven't even played the game let alone have an xbox, NG II HASN'T COME OUT YET so HOW THE F!CK WOULD YOU KNOW. PLEASE STFU BEFORE I PLUG U, THOAS.

[pwnmaster3000]

r u like fukin retarded you just said mgs4 is a flop over at the gears 2 comming out in november article like an hour ago

its funny ur mad because you xbots do the same thing to metal gear solid, resistance, killzone , littlebigplanet, wardevil, and etc

its fanboy

[2cents]

Pansies need not apply.

And to the FEW people above who cant read a single article without bringing their bullsh1t to the table, change the damn record.

Every post every article its the same old pointless rants, PS3, MGS4 blah blah blah. Were so great because we prefer PS3, if its so great stop telling us and go play it. And give us a break! PLEASE. There is a time and a place people, time and a place!

To everyone else, it's butchering time Ninja Gaiden 2 WOO HOO!!!

[antt3]

I wasn't a fan of sigma, and this game looks about the same.

Some of the cinematics looked cool, but all of the reasons that I didn't like Sigma, they said this game had, so...oh well.

That video recording feature sure looks good though. I wish some PS3 games would get that added in.

[livespawn]

as 2cents said: "its a game for the hardcore pansies need not apply". yes NG is extremely hard but thats what i like about it, for me i feel a sense of accomplishment beating a boss in NG because i know it was hard as hell. but for me DMC vs NG id go with NG, DMC4 was good in the beginning until you had to do the same thing over again! not saying its a bad game but i liked the earlier games in the series. but, 8.4 isn't bad, and from the review the gameplay footage looks sweet. cant wait for June 3rd and 12!

[7h3ultim8p00]

Hahaha PS3 haters. It's funny to see these fools foaming at the mouth with so much jealousy and hatred. Lol! I played the demo and it fuking ROCKS.

[SpecialSauce]

they finally realize how much dis year gonna suk for them and i guess they're tired of being buged about it lets leave them alone sounds like they're about to cry. anyway have fun playing this all summer it looks like this average game is all u got. HAVE FUN!!!

[KingKirchner]

looks pretty good. However, I've always liked DMC more (still need to pick up DMC4). And God of War has always taken a dump on both of them IMO.

[IQUITN4G]

Looks fantastic.Mario64 had what people thought to be an atrocious camera but those skilled enough always found the angle they wanted.Part of Gaiden's design solution was the snapping of the camera with the right trigger or in Blacks also case moving the right analog.People probably never even realized this and complained a whole lot about how inadequate the view always was - seems a similar thing here too.

Yes Gaiden may be just all out killing and learning of combos but i guess it also takes half a brain to understand it's mechanics - no wonder Itagaki didn't want this to go to PS3

Anyway this looks like magic for the fans

[Lets-Game]

flop