I offer speculation and opinion on potential problems I see for a particular as-of-writing unreleased game. The objective of this piece is not to officially declare a title's doom as the dramatic nature of the title would suggest, but rather to raise warning flags on aspects of the title which seem like they could potentially hinder the overall experience upon final release. If nothing else, these flags are raised to get the developer’s attention and that of the gaming community at large with the hope of provoking conversation on the points addressed herein.
Screen Rant Writes: Team Ninja knows fans want a new Ninja Gaiden game, but if Ryu Hayabusa is going to come back, there are some things that the series needs to fix.
- Better story, not that it has to be very deep though
- Better level design, on par or even exceed NG1
- Better enemies design, NG3's enemies design were boring and repetitive
Bring back the difficulty of the first game both 3 and Yaiba (yes I played that POS game) had laughably easy difficulty that it wasn't even funny.
In the conclusion to a three part series, CV takes a look at the most recent Ninja Gaiden games, for better and for worse.
They need to make a true sequel to Ninja Gaiden 2, that was the most satisfying combat I've experienced in a hack n slash game.
been playing 1&2 on and off since they were released. I usually will play until I get frustrated then take another year off lol. Nver tried 3 or the 4th one even though they are in my backlog.
I tried to go back to Sigma but good god those controls are just insufferable. Couldn't do it.
Phil writes, "Sometimes all it takes is one game to make a long-running or promising franchise become dead in the water, maligned to irrelevancy and just a memory in the annals of gaming history. It's a dog-eat-dog industry where it doesn't matter if the franchise has been around for ages or for milliseconds--just one or two failures and you're done. That's the case with these franchises, all of which I'm sad to see are currently nowhere to be found. Whether any of these will return for a kick-ass comeback or not is up in the air, but what is known is that for many, these franchises met truly unfortunate ends."
For Tony Hawk's Pro Skater really the first 3 were really the only good ones. After that they sort of went downhill.
Klonoa was great but released at a bad time on just 1 system with no marketing. Razors Edge fixed many issues with NG3 vanilla and is a guilty pleasure. Another one that killed a franchise is Lost Planet 3. The better game was Japan only in EX Troopers on PS3. I also would say Marvel vs Capcom Infinite killed the series. I know it's less than a year old but the writing is on the wall. Silent Hill series as soon as Konami gave it to western devs and also made mobile spinoffs.
I loved the dead space 1+2 hated 3. Played through them so many times but found number 3 such a bore to get through, really hope they pick this back up.
Great article!NG3 is going to be a piece of crap wend comparing it to any other NG title!The other weapons will come has a DLC to rip off consumers!
I swear the wiki stated ng3 has co-op in addition to mp.
But only the dragon sword is madness. Everything else pales as potential issues in the shadow of no weapon rack for primary weapons. What are they thinking?
You know, Itagaki must be smiling. He wasn't a fan of tecmo taking his baby and changing this or that. And for awhile it looked like maybe Itagaki was wrong. But like many genius devs, he saw what was coming well in advance.
I hope they don't sell weapons as dlc. That'd would really be the ultimate insult to fans.
I think all of the points listed herein would help to make Ninja Gaiden 3 a great game, especially with the rising popularity of multiplayer. If that's not addressed then it'll be hard for them to build much of an online community to add to replay value.
I'll miss playing with nunchakus...
Fantastic article, and very well written.
Some excellent points, especially those involving multiplayer.