Ninja Gaiden 2 demo this week
Gore-geous.
Xbox Live VIP Larry Hryb has promised a Western Ninja Gaiden II demo by the end of this week.
He made the comments on his Major Nelson blog after getting us all excited when a Japanese sampler was released last Friday.
The gory Xbox 360 exclusive is due out in Europe this Friday, and is the "most balletic, explosive combat game we've seen in years".
Pop over to our full Ninja Gaiden II review to find out why.
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Developer wearing sun glasses indoors now gets an automatic -2 to the score, see MGS 4 review
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I did play the first one but it was very "meh" for me. Before you all jump on me I had a change of heart recently. Trying to find something to play on my PS3 I tried the sigma demo and enjoyed the gameplay more this time around so I'm half tempted to take the plunge with NG2.
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But GTA IV got 10/10 and basically made no improvements at all over it's predecessors. Would be nice to get reviews that weren't hypocritical but oh well. I played the Japanese demo release, the game is great. As good as the original, I could only say when I play the full thing but rest assured, the game IS great.
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Sounds good. Cant wait.
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Are we going to get this comparing scores crap with every review now?
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Just dont freaking IP block the JP demo and you wouldnt have to release anything..... A lot easier that way and makes people happier.
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Region locking the JP demo caused my home network no end of bother.
Took the wife about 4 hours to get everything working again so I could play age of conan
Roll on friday
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Indeed. the original NG game had the WORST camera in a game ever! yet it was a BRILLIANT game. some people just complain for the sake of complaining.
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I never actually had trouble with the camera in Ninja Gaiden. I just didnt get why people complained. If its the same in NG2 its all good to me.
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It is just an expansion pack to the first one. Ninja Gaiden 1.5 as GameTrailers put it quite well. If you liked the first, you will like it, so what is the problem?
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DONT! the demo is IP locked so only people who are actually in japan can download it. MS has locked it to Japan.
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But if I look into the NG splash page, I hope that is what that is called. You know, click the NG ad and then the Xbox takes on a temporary NG wallpaper, well, Id I do that, then the error message tells me that Xbox Gold owners only can pick up this demo.
But I'll take your word for it. The game is out on friday, and I know I am buying it.
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Ah, but GTA never was actually any fun, nothing that superficial changes like that could change for anyone. As well as that, the game suffers from major popup issues, the cover system was horribly implemented, the physics engine made no noticeable impact besides duff up the car handling, and the online modes are tacked on. It's a terrible game, I feel personally, but even objectively, there was nothing that warranted the perfect score and yes, comparisons should be made because they expose immense bias in the way reviews are handled.
Now Ninja Gaiden 2. Eurogamer's review of the game was flawed, critically, and I could tell that just from a 10 minute demo of the game. The review did not attempt to cover the changes in gameplay from the original. The game does not play the same as the original at all, it's much faster and the combos for all the weapons have been completely reanimated. This is not a clone of the previous game, far from it. It also has an improved projectile aiming system, manual aim for ninpo magic, the option to only use talismans when you have them equipped making it a lot easier to ration their use. Almost every practical concern from Ninja Gaiden Black has been addressed, at least every concern that would actually matter to a person who can appreciate Ninja Gaiden properly. I submit to Rob Fahey that his review was garbage, that there's no way he appreciated Black properly if he failed to see the practical improvements made in 2, and thus he does not appreciate it properly either. Do I appreciate GTA? Not really, but hey, you don't see me writing reviews about it.
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it mainly got a 7/10 as it's to similar to the first one and improves on very little, including the camera. For some that's no bad thing, read the whole review not just glance at the final score.
like the other ones improves on very little.. like Halo 3 then
€€€€urogamer
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So you've played it?
Rocket spamming occured on in the first game (Military Destruction phase 5, anyone?) and the same cry babies bitched about cheapness etc, for sections/bosses they found difficult.
Man up.
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still be the best action game this gen
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Yes I have played it. A friend of mine just reviewed it for a newspaper and I got to play through the first 5 levels. I'm not talking about lack of skill here, where you can dodge or get hit a few times and escape/counter. The game actually has sections where a full health bar can be wiped out by continuous rapid fire rocket hits that stun you and leave you unable to move out of the way of the follow up attacks, which also stun you. It becomes a loop that you as the player can do absolutely nothing about!
My friend played against the exploding boss. Anyone who doesn't know the boss will explode i.e. everyone playing the boss for the first time, will be killed in the explosion again with zero chance to escape. Hint if it goes red then run like fuck and don't spare the horses!
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But an exploding boss IS cheap, no matter what, especially when you don't know.
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Mine, mine, mine, mine, mine, mine...!
[ / Nemo seagulls ]
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I forgot how different it is from DMC and other hack and slash games so i was in trouble right away until i adjusted to the good old NG way of playing and the enemies didnt stand a chance. You cant just press the buttons randomly and think you will survive. You have to carefully anticipate the enemies moves and counter with you own. This is why NG and NG2 is much better games than the competition. If you think the first game was a 10/10 this is atleast a 9/10 to you, maybe even a 10/10.