So is Ninja Gaiden The Best Ninja Game Of All Time?

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Originally Posted by Sl1p

You are, for I feel as if you're 100% batshit-insane.

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Yeah, but we all know about you.

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Originally Posted by StriderKyo

I loved PS2 Shinobi, but the fact is it's a one-trick pony.

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What's funny is that the same can practically be said of NG, and for the exact same thing. You can do jump forward, A->Y all day and rarely ever get hit, the advanced techniques are almost always completely unnessecary unless you have a huge need for money orbs. Excluding the occasional once-every-three-levels that you need to use the bow, of course.

Granted, I'm only on Chapter 9 and Alma keeps mentioned so maybe a change in technique might actually get required later on.

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

What's funny is that the same can practically be said of NG, and for the exact same thing. You can do jump forward, A->Y all day and rarely never get hit, the advanced techniques are almost always completely unnessecary unless you have a huge need for money orbs. Excluding the occasional once-every-three-levels that you need to use the bow, of course.

Granted, I'm only on Chapter 9 and Alma keeps mentioned so maybe a change in technique might actually get required later on.

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True. I've been doing alot of the shadow dash on enemies and i've been fine. Alma's pretty easy after you fail the first 14 times. Don't you mean Chapter 7?

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Originally Posted by DjRocca

Alma's pretty easy after you fail the first 14 times.

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Killed her in Chapter 7 my first time no problem. She was the biggest pushover in the world.

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Don't you mean Chapter 7?

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Well, I mentioned that in the gameplay thread and someone said wait until I face her, so I'm guessing she comes back later on.

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

Yeah, but we all know about you.What's funny is that the same can practically be said of NG, and for the exact same thing. You can do jump forward, A->Y all day and rarely ever get hit, the advanced techniques are almost always completely unnessecary unless you have a huge need for money orbs. Excluding the occasional once-every-three-levels that you need to use the bow, of course.

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There's almost an entire level devoted to bow use, btw, and once you get the hang of using it zoomed in quickly (and you will), it's actually pretty rad.

I don't find the dash and slice move as useful as everyone else...I mostly use the flails anyway, but even when I am using the sword, it seems half the enemies will block the slash and I just bounce off vulnerable. I prefer the flails and various range weapons to keep a constant level offense on all the enemies at once, kill several, counter to knock everyone back, then suck in the essence and go ninja-crazy.

While certain techniques may dominate (jump slash, Izuna drop) I think NG still offers plenty of opportunity for ninja freestylin'.

What a shoddy argument. Are they trying to make fun of ninjas?!

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Originally Posted by FuryFox

I don't find the dash and slice move as useful as everyone else...I mostly use the flails anyway, but even when I am using the sword, it seems half the enemies will block the slash and I just bounce off vulnerable.

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I've been using the flails for the last two levels straight with the A->Y dash and slice. :p They almost never block it for me, and the few who do have only prolonged their deaths from such.

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While certain techniques may dominate (jump slash, Izuna drop) I think NG still offers plenty of opportunity for ninja freestylin'.

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I completely agree, it's just that I'll only start doing random combos when I feel like killing easy stuff in a fun way. If there's anything that gives me trouble it's back to A->Y for an easy win.

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Originally Posted by Zerodash

*adds to ignore list*

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You need to come up with a new insult.

As for my opinion: I've only played the demo, and it's damned good, but it's going to take a lot for XBNG to unseat Tenchu: WoH as best ninja game ever.

This game is 10x better than PS2 Shinobi but still suffers from a crippling camera in some instances. My brother bought it, played it, made it to the third level and returned it. I wish he had kept it a little bit longer. When you kicked ass, it felt like you really kicked ass. Some times you couldn't see the ass you were kicking, but most of the time you could.

Like, if they put a old granny off screen in one of the levels, there's a good chance you'd kick her ass and not realize it until her corpse exploded in to a vivacious volcano of blood.

Great game, terrible camera. But great game. Also hard, but still great. Just great. Really, really, rrrreally great.

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Originally Posted by MechDeus

Killed her in Chapter 7 my first time no problem. She was the biggest pushover in the world.Well, I mentioned that in the gameplay thread and someone said wait until I face her, so I'm guessing she comes back later on.

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Oouuuu, I see. That's gonna kick ass if it's true.

i don't know. Comparing Tench to NG is like comparing a Rolls Royce to a Ferrari. They are both gerat cars but in one car you have to drive slowly and elegantly and in the other you get to go ape shit and kill a lot of people really fast and with style .