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Ninja Gaiden II Gets Combat Right, Everything Else Wrong (Wired Review)

I'll say this for Ninja Gaiden II -- it's got great combat.

Slicing up ninjas, demons and dinosaurs-on-fire in this new Xbox 360 game is a demanding and rewarding task. Both you and your enemies are fast and furious. Your ninjutsu is powerful, but you're constantly challenged to use it wisely. The gruesome decapitations and dismemberments, complete with body parts that lie around after you finish your opponents off, are intense.

The problem is, the game's designers seem to have focused the entirety of their energies onto perfecting the combat -- to the near-complete exclusion of all the other things that make a third-person action game entertaining.

WIRED: Wonderful ninja combat, some well-paced frantic level designs, nice music

TIRED: Bad camera, blah presentation, no story to speak of, bugs, lame boss fights

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LenHart5827d ago

MARTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

qwert5826d ago

I just played the game and I'm honestly in agree whith this review! It's very bad game!

n to the b5826d ago

just went and looked at qwert's recent comments, this is really sad. this person said both these comments 3 hrs ago as of when I'm typing this:

"I played the demo and the game sucked big time!"

"I'm in disagree whith this review, that's more like 4.25/100! I just already finish the game in 2h32m, very small indeed."

well that's a pretty neat trick how you played the demo and then in the same hour you beat the full game! oh wait... you said it took you 2:32 to beat the full game so... I GUESS YOU'RE JUST A LIAR!! you created an account just to bash a 360 game (that you have very little real knowledge of yourself), didn't you? f-ing PATHETIC!

DarkSniper5826d ago

It looks as if justice has been served. Ninja Gaiden 2 is a severely flawed game that does nothing to innovate the genre. Microslaves are constantly crying and complaining. This game once again will have a Metacritic score below the underrated Heavenly Sword when it's all said and done.

Where's your gaming god now Microslaves?

$niper

gamesR4fun5827d ago

"the bad: Bad camera, blah presentation, no story to speak of, bugs, lame boss fights"

Wow pretty opinionated but true still combat and boobs should b enough for a 7 lol

decapitator5827d ago

Kinda sucks but that don't mean I won't play the living hell out of this though. Renting this on day one.

sinncross5827d ago

Itagaki keeps getting pwned!

Maverick_5827d ago

He's nothing. Why are people talking he's he made some amazing series or an amazing amount of games or he's a highly acclaimed developers.... he's just a douche with a big mouth that thinks he's a rockstar wearing sunglasses indoors. Itagaki is nothing... whatsoever.

tordavis5827d ago

Maverick is nothing. Itagaki is a legend!

BilI Gates5827d ago (Edited 5827d ago )

Ninja Flop 2.

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heyheyhey5827d ago (Edited 5827d ago )

someone really needs to take away your H and A keys

EDIT: lol @ Nasim trying his hands at a "funny"

never thought i would see the day that he stopped spamming and at least tried to make a joke

LenHart5827d ago

WTF man

You are bashing ur own GAME

NG2 is x360 exclusive

stop the hate.

This is a harsh review though

I admit but HAZE got worse reviews after IGN's reviews

Almost everyone started to give it even lower scores after IGN's fisco

juuken5827d ago (Edited 5827d ago )

...*takes laughing gas away from you*
You don't wanna make them cry now would you? *points to whimpering 360 babies*

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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - Team Ninja at its Finest

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 debuted in 2009; ahead of Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty's launch, it's time to look back at one of Tecmo Koei's best titles.

MIDGETonSTILTS17442d ago

Disagree.

Black > Sigma1 > Sigma 2

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The 10 Hardest PlayStation 3 Platinum Trophies

With the release of games now slowing on the PlayStation 3, Twinfinite take a look at the 10 hardest platinum trophies on Sony's older system.

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DarkOcelet3010d ago

I almost got the Lost Planet 2 one, but that get no One in the Leaderboards was effed up.

Many of those trophies are just time consuming, if we are going to talk some seriously hard platinum trophies, put MGS4 in there.

I will never forget the day i got that Big Boss Emblem.

Complete the game in less than 5 hours
Use no continues
Use no health items
Kill no enemies
No alert phases
No special items
Complete the game on The Boss Extreme

One of my proudest trophies :)

skcej3009d ago

yeah the Lost Planet 2 one was pretty ridiculous with the amount of time you had to put in but when I researched the list I found a lot of people saying that the Nom de Guerres were really annoying/ quite tricky to get. I did think about putting MGS 4, maybe it should have got an honorable mention. Impressive trophy to have though dude! :)

kotaku773009d ago (Edited 3009d ago )

Yeah! specially when you got to play over and over MGS4, when you could be playing, idk, MGS3 or any other game

FallenAngel19843010d ago

I'm only one Trophy away from getting the Platinum in MGS4, but unfortunately it has to be that damn Songs of the Battlefield one that requires me to get all the emblems. It's such an eyesore to be so close only to be set up against such a daunting task

kotaku773009d ago

Mortal Kombat 9
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
Lost Planet 2
Far Cry 2
Wipe Out HD
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Super Street Fighter 4
Persona 4: arena
Raiden IV
NBA 2K16

Knushwood Butt3009d ago

+1 for Raiden IV

What is your best score in Overkill mode (online ranking rules) ?

kotaku773009d ago

I don't know what you're talking about

Knushwood Butt3009d ago

Raiden IV

Shhoting game

High score?

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Are AAA Games Too Easy?

"Perhaps extreme difficulties are still here, just presented in different ways. Multiplayer focused shooting games (for the most part), have average (to-below) difficulty within their campaigns. However, jumping online and playing competitively can produce a welcomed contest." KJ of Play Legit Writes

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itsjustexuma3314d ago

From Software thinks differently

bacrec13314d ago (Edited 3314d ago )

Real Talk. Wish more companies would get the memo.

joab7773313d ago (Edited 3313d ago )

So do I. Unfortunately, it doesn't sell so it doesn't get made. At least it doesn't sell 5-10 million like Assassin's Creed, And all the others. Bloodborne is one of the best games I've ever played, and it ruins other games b/c it expects better of you. It wants you to play it for awhile, instead of moving on to the next big thing a week later.

It's goal is to consume you, and not just your time, but your patience and your will, and it promises, unlike other games, to reward you for that time w/ actual satisfaction.

breakpad3313d ago

eeh ?? have you heard bloodborne or Souls games ? ..no if the develeopers dont seek wide casual acceptance (aka all kids must play the game) no ... are not easy

bouzebbal3313d ago (Edited 3313d ago )

i think western games are getting much easier than ever.
japanese are the only ones who dose difficulty. Games like Ninja Gaiden, Souls, Bloodborne raise the level.

johndoe112113313d ago

Why? That makes no bloody sense. Most games have varying levels of difficulty, if you are someone who likes to be constantly punished and frustrated while playing a game simply start off playing the game on it's hardest difficulty. Why the hell should they make all games with only one level of frustrating difficulty, to pander to a select few who have nothing better to do than spend 10 hours trying to pass one level?

This argument makes no sense and since bloodborne released people act like they've forgotten about difficulty settings. People saying all games should be difficult and punishing are selfish and inconsiderate and don't give a damn about anyone else's time or preferences. if gamers want to spend over a month trying to finish every game then they should not complain when only 5 or 6 games get released every year. It's a senseless foolish expectation.

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rawrock3313d ago

From Soft makes Souls games hard the wrong way. Slow clunky controls and questionable mechanics and design. Anybody can make a game where you die a lot. It takes more talent to make a game with a good difficulty balance and smooth gameplay. I have not played Bloodborne but at least it looks to be step up in gameplay over the Souls games.

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freshslicepizza3313d ago

from software became a aaa developer based on expanding its fanbase who often felt neglected to play games where if you die you suffer for it. the first demons souls game was not marketed as a aaa game, it grew from word of mouth and they managed to fill an area that was being ignored.

lots of aaa games are made easy and that makes sense since they want the barriers of people to play them to be as wide as possible. the more accessible the more will play is what they are thinking because aaa games cost a hell of a lot more money to make now than they did 30 years ago.

AngelicIceDiamond3314d ago

The industry doesn't use the word easy but "accessible" so yes games are easy.

joab7773313d ago

It's because they know that you won't be playing long. Only certain games get played over a period of time longer than 2 weeks. They just want your money, and want you to finish it. And they know that if you get the Souls reputation, you are screwed.

700p3313d ago

it depends on the game really.

BitbyDeath3313d ago

Depends on the difficulty setting.

Perjoss3313d ago

I find the souls games a bit too hard personally but I think Bloodborne has perfectly balanced difficulty.

KryptoniteTail3313d ago

Too hard, actually. Well, not "hard" but complicated, with long boring tutorials, and unbalanced sections and they try your patience with collectathons, bulls*** missions and try to make up for it with half hearted multiplayey and/or bitchy trophies.

I prefer more indies these days. AAA can still be the best around but most are boring rehashes and DLC fests.

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