Ninja Gaiden: Official Thread

[Prince Planet]

Gaming-Age weighs in with a "C-".

Their board must be self-destructing. Frothing demand reduced to bitter bile.

[Sl1p]

Or they're just a bunch of nitpicking babies. This sums up the review-

Overall, Ninja Gaiden doesn't really stick to the classic Ninja Gaiden formula and style

No shit Sherlok.

[bbobb]

Gaming-Age weighs in with a "C-".

I put more trust in what Ferricide has to say then some dipshit at Gaming Age. So far I've agreed with a large majority of his reviews.

And the man give Culdcept the respect it deserves.

[burgundy]

At least the guy has played the game. Unless I missed a ferricide, skelly or thray-walsh post, none of you have.

(N/M, looks like I have.)

[bbobb]

At least the guy has played the game.

True... there is a possibility he may be right... that I wouldn't argue. I just say that I put more trust in the reviews of someone who I've agreed with in the past.

[burgundy]

The plot -- which has nothing to do with the original NG games -- is unoriginal in the extreme, ridiculous, and disjointed. Told like a Hollywood action movie, backwards, on hallucinogens, it's filled with bizarrely ugly characters and trite dialogue, but that really doesn't matter. The game is entirely about ninja action; exposition is kept to a minimum, quickly paced, and gorgeously rendered in both CG and game-engine; more importantly, it offers a necessary breather between crushingly difficult challenges.

I'm sorry, but this has got to be considered to be a legit gripe against the game. Ninja Gaiden practically invented cinematic storytelling and it's a disappointment if this sequel doesn't live up to the originals in that respect.

The total package may still be a great game, but I don't see how you can just say the story "really doesn't matter." Would you be completely happy with a new MGS game that focused completely on VR missions to the exclusion of story, no matter how good those missions are?

(Assuming you care about MGS.)

[Mzo]

The story and dialogue is probably as stupid as in Devil May Cry.

I don't see a problem.

[burgundy]

The story and dialogue is probably as stupid as in Devil May Cry.

I don't see a problem.

I must have missed the NES Devil May Cry games that set the standard for cinematic storytelling in videogames.

[Sl1p]

You must have missed the part where Tomonobu Itagaki admitted to never playing the original games so fuck your worthless childhood memories.

HAIL ITAGAKI!!!

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[Mzo]

Overall, Ninja Gaiden doesn't really stick to the classic Ninja Gaiden formula and style

No shit, Sherlock.

PS - I'm secretly praying that one of the characters in the game has a Zack jetpack.