Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is releasing soon, who else is getting it?
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Ehh, fair enough. Skepticism is justified, but I can't stand people immediately dismissing a game's quality because of the dev
I've been following the game since it's been announced, because the art direction appealed to me a lot yet at the same time my expectations for it were along the lines of 'as long as this is better than NG3, I'll play it.' I've already decided I'm not buying a Hayashi-directed NG title for a long ass time. But since he really doesn't have any involvement in this, and the game is actually being headed by someone 'competent' (Inafune) , then maybe it'll be...something.
idk maybe im tired of being pessimistic regarding action games lol
Tizoc
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Dude Comcept, Keiji Inafune, you don't like them?
The gameplay I saw didn't seem bad *shrugs*
Storm Prelude
Member
I found out about it's existence just yesterday.
And I don't think that nowadays that's a game a lot of people will buy near to its release.
And I don't think that nowadays that's a game a lot of people will buy near to its release.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
What level could you get past?
One section of one level having framerate and slowdown issues and higher difficulties being unbalanced (but beatable) does not make a game "a broken mess".
A properly balanced Ninja gaiden 2 would easily have been the Second best Action game of the generation, in fact some may argue it could of been the best.
Just because it was objectively the opposite of Ninja gaiden black (based on offense to blacks defence) does not make it a lesser game.
It's coming out at the worst possible time with so many strong releases around it. I'll give it a go when it's £17.99 in the usual two month price drop over here.
There seems to be alot of double standards going on where this game is being termed dull with wonky combat but people are looking forward to the new Infamous which looks conceptually much worse than this and even more static.
There seems to be alot of double standards going on where this game is being termed dull with wonky combat but people are looking forward to the new Infamous which looks conceptually much worse than this and even more static.
iconoclast
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It's always fun to look at the gamertag of people who say things like this :^)
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Kenji Inafune has never made an action game of even DmC cailber much less Ninja gaiden.
The only soundtrack a ninja gaiden needs is the sweet sound of chaining UTs.
Who gives a fuck about the voice acting?
Looks like dumb fun, I'll probably pick it up cheap. It's just a spinoff, that maybe came at a sensitive time for the franchise but whatever since I have no hope for a possible NG4 being any good lol
most negativity seems to come off as people having a stick so far up their arse that Blackjack would not be able to surgically remove it.
most negativity seems to come off as people having a stick so far up their arse that Blackjack would not be able to surgically remove it.
You write that as if Keiji Inafune being involved with a game means anything. It really doesn't.
He had the luxury of having very talented people working under him for almost his entire career, but that's about it.
He's not really wrong though. NG II is incomplete and NG II is not properly balanced.
Now, granted the combat system is God-like, but the game doesn't have anywhere near the polish it needed to be what its potential would suggest.
ToyMachine228
Member
Want to see reviews before I consider anything. I think this could either end up being a nice breathe of fresh air or terrible.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Im not one to say "You have to 100% a game before you criticise it, but when you haven't even beaten mentor mode, you have no real understanding of why the game is designed the way it is.
And to call it "broken" when you haven't even touched the higher difficulties? Dude......
Unbalanced and broken are two different things.
The only thing broken about NG2 is you can not beat it doing a no hurt run, something I very much doubt this dude would even attempt.
This right here is exactly why I have no interest in a action game he is involved in. I dont give a shit about a character if it comes at the expense of the combat.
Emperor_EL
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Inafune said that the character is more important than the combat system & I'm far from impressed with what I've seen of both. Combining that with the Unreal 3 engine & Spark Unlimited tells me not to have faith that this game will be good.
Dynasty Warriors 8: Complete Edition comes out the week after so I can get my "Mindless Hack & Slash" action there.
Dynasty Warriors 8: Complete Edition comes out the week after so I can get my "Mindless Hack & Slash" action there.
CrackPebbles
Member
On a steam sale for 10-20$ yes.
:C I miss you, Ninja Gaiden.
:C I miss you, Ninja Gaiden.
OK, I'll concede to that.
Black Door
Banned
looks entertaining, but not $60 entertaining.
DOA and NG are the only things they have going in the West, NG 3 was only the beginning of the nightmare.
Hayashit, for all his hamburgers metaphors, has no idea how to cook sushi. Not to mention that most of the staff that created the legendary NG and NG BLACK is gone, so even if he did have a clue on how to cook the sushi, his team is nowhere near up to par to OG Team Ninja.
thesolidshark
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At the right price, I'll get it.
Tizoc
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Except Keiji Inafune isn't making a Ninja Gaiden game; he's making an action game.
Despite being a MonHun clone, Soul Sacrifice would count as an action game.
For that matter, he also worked on Onimusha 1-4.
Well in this case, Yaiba and Raiden share the same voice actor, so it'd be if Raiden dressed like a Hobo Ninja out for Revengeance on Ryu Hyabusa.
...but how do you know that's the case? While I've only seen 2 trailers, it didn't really put much focus on the character of Yaiba and even then there's really not much to his character .
I'd toss in the 'no fun allowed.jpeg' but it would seem trite atm.
...but it just seems like the naysayers don't want fun looking games to exist @_@
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Never in a million years will I care about the voice acting in a fighting game. Whatever is default is fine.
I don't trust Inafune after the DmC fiasco. Its really that simple really.
We don't want "fun looking" games, we want "fun playing" games. Having Ninja gaiden turned into another janky unreal title is not my idea of fun.
Tizoc
Member
Well it looks like it'd be fun to play to me.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
Nah.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
I think the game looks pretty fun, I won't be picking it up at release because I'm not that hyped but it looks ultra fun and I really don't get what the problem is.
It's not even like DmC, this is a straight up spin off, so of course it's going to be different. Besides I love games that don't take themselves seriously...come on "suck a fuck" I chuckled.
That being said I am not a very big fan of the aesthetic and that's the only thing keeping me eeehhh.
It's not even like DmC, this is a straight up spin off, so of course it's going to be different. Besides I love games that don't take themselves seriously...come on "suck a fuck" I chuckled.
That being said I am not a very big fan of the aesthetic and that's the only thing keeping me eeehhh.
NG3:RE was superior to Sigma 2
dragonlife
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Same here. This looks like it'll be that times infinity, and I'm pretty easy to please as far as combat goes.
Price has to be good before I take the plunge, though. A $50-$60 game this is not.
Inafune burned a lot of good will with me when he bagan to champion outsourcing. He is partially responsible for why Capcom is what it is now.
This compounded with 30fps and Spark Unlimited makes me feel tepid. I don't even know if it's 30fps solid, or with drops.
I'll wait for impressions,
This compounded with 30fps and Spark Unlimited makes me feel tepid. I don't even know if it's 30fps solid, or with drops.
I'll wait for impressions,
sub-$20 too
FrostuTheNinja
Member
I'll grab it, but on PC at a discounted price. Not steam sale level drops, but if I can grab it for $30-$40, cool.
The game has a lot of problems, though. Honestly, it suffers greatly from being rushed. It was glitchy, buggy and unbalanced. The game needed more time in the oven.
At the end of the day, I wouldn't give the game a 9 for anything outside of the combat. Literally everything was a step back from Ninja Gaiden Black except the core combat... and even that's really a matter of taste.
Whoa, I thought this would be a $15 game akin to Gunslinger or Blood Dragon.
Outsourcing can be a good thing though. I doubt he meant giving their franchises to the lowest bidders.
Well, at least on the bright side maybe someone will be able to mod it into Ninja Gaiden Black in a total conversion on PC?
Or fix the problems it has like they did Donte Must Cry: DmC (but that went from flaming trash to mediocre).
Or fix the problems it has like they did Donte Must Cry: DmC (but that went from flaming trash to mediocre).
pretty done
Member
It's gonna be $5 within the year. Maybe pick it up in a Steam sale if I'm curious enough, but it looks like hot garbage.
Valkerionseven
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The marketing for the game has been awful and turned me off to it completely.
Then they kinda made me interested by showing more gameplay.
Then they showed the story parts and characters and I was super turned off again.
It will probably be a fun to play game but the "humor" just does not do it for me.
Then they kinda made me interested by showing more gameplay.
Then they showed the story parts and characters and I was super turned off again.
It will probably be a fun to play game but the "humor" just does not do it for me.
normalmode
Member
Just uploaded 15 minutes worth of gameplay from Chapter 1, 2, and the "arcade" game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNsz5WMjRlE
SkyTurnsRed
Banned
What'd you think of it?
Tizoc
Member
Thanks will wach this after I'm done with this lol match.