the first time he says the name he says it its proper Gaiden. he clearly used the Gayden throughout the rest of the video as a joke. funny stuff.
Zero Punctuation: Ninja Gaiden 3
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I'd disagree with Anor Londo and Sen's Fortress, and with Blight the only problems I had were not quite knowing which areas were able to be walked on without slipping. I can concede the Capra Demon, although once you learned the patterns of the dogs and the demon, it becomes a far-more-manageable fight.Aiddon said:
But still, overall, the game is really freaking good, and for the most part is incredibly fair. It teaches you how to play ITS way rather than just saying "nice try, here's a medal and cookie and cutscene" or define "hard" as being "give the shooting enemies a reaction time of .001 seconds" (Call of Duty, etc).
Ha, finally a game Yahtzee could get into again, really liked the jokes in this one (especially in the beginning)
OW; I think I just stabbed myself out of reaction from how bad that pun was. Oh god the blood is EVERYWHERE!DVS BSTrD said:
OT: I giggled like a schoolgirl during that cursed arm bit. It is oddly hilarious that Team Ninja royally fucked up the point of a NG game, Difficulty and skill!
Wow, a Ninja Giaden (Gayden lol) that's too easy?
Wow.
On the subject of hard games, Super Mario World Advance 2 on the GBA is a lot harder and more sadistic than I remember. I've been playing it on an emulator on the computers in my Econ class and that game kicked my ass until I firgured out I could use the quick save/load function on the emulator to help me get past the last couple levels and Bowsers castle.
Wow.
On the subject of hard games, Super Mario World Advance 2 on the GBA is a lot harder and more sadistic than I remember. I've been playing it on an emulator on the computers in my Econ class and that game kicked my ass until I firgured out I could use the quick save/load function on the emulator to help me get past the last couple levels and Bowsers castle.
For all of the whining that was done about Itagaki, it really does seem that him leaving (and the crew that tagged along) may have taken the heart out of Team Ninja. I hold out little hope for DOA5 at this point though I hope it proves me wrong.
All told, NG3 isn't terrible, it's just such a failure compared to the godliness of NG1 and 2. If you're a huge fan of the genre you might still want to give NG3 a shot simply because there aren't many combat heavy action/platformer games released these days but don't expect to be impressed. Or you could always wait for DMC.. oh wait.. yeah.. maybe you shouldn't hold your breath.
All told, NG3 isn't terrible, it's just such a failure compared to the godliness of NG1 and 2. If you're a huge fan of the genre you might still want to give NG3 a shot simply because there aren't many combat heavy action/platformer games released these days but don't expect to be impressed. Or you could always wait for DMC.. oh wait.. yeah.. maybe you shouldn't hold your breath.
I once played Tenchu: Shadow Assassins and in just the first 5 minutes of playing it became a better ninja game than any Ninja Gaiden game ever made. And it was on the Wii for fuck's sake.
Yahtzee mentions giant women a lot. Well. I count three times including this. ...but fair enough, an inferred trend is a kind of trend nontheless...
I remember reading an interview with the new head developer (whoever replaced Itagaki) and he said something along the lines of "I think there was too great a focus on difficulty in the previous titles" or something. I knew right then that they probably killed NG. How someone can possibly take a series that's PRAISED for its difficulty and think "nope, making it easy will definitely not piss everybody off" is beyond me.
Yahtzee should have reviewed Warriors Orochi 3, as it's the better game that has Ryu Hyusabara in it.
It makes me sad to hear that this series has gone down the "too easy" path like the rest of the casual-infested gaming world. Ninja Gaiden 1 was one of the only games of the last decade that I sriously never finished because of difficulty. Some Fire Dragon boss guy halfway through thoroughly wrecked me for a week before I finally gave up... and I consider myself a pretty skilled gamer. Granted I was 13 or something, but whatever.
Part of me desperately misses the days when beating a game was an actual accomplishment, rather than something that is just expected and unsurprising.
Part of me desperately misses the days when beating a game was an actual accomplishment, rather than something that is just expected and unsurprising.
It can be a hard game, absolutely. It just does it in the wrong ways. Having a few challenging enemies that take finesse and good timing is how Itagaki had it. This game relies on enemy spamming and has the worst camera and auto-targeting in the series. Fighting the plane in chapter 2 isn't hard because it's a tough enemy. Ryu insists on locking onto the small enemies even if you're looking at the plane, usually turning the camera around so you can't see any missiles coming. I've lost track of how many times I've been attacking one guy to have Ryu randomly finish off someone in the opposite direction.rabidkanid said:
