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UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Looks decent! Hopefully it's playable at TGS.
Pejo
Member
I have a few concerns but the action looks fast and fluid. There don't seem to be as many flow-ruining 'cinematic finishers' this time, at least that they've shown.
Plantinum could use a win, I'm really hoping this ends up being good. The new MC is kinda growing on me. Nice to see a true edgelord game in 2025, and I'm being 100% honest.
Plantinum could use a win, I'm really hoping this ends up being good. The new MC is kinda growing on me. Nice to see a true edgelord game in 2025, and I'm being 100% honest.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
kevboard
Member
The_hunter
Member
Looks amazing.
Wall splats are in the game, nice!
The environments are very cool looking. The assets look very detailed.
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SpearHea.:D
Member
Fuck thats insane
Punished Miku
Banned
Already asked off on 10/22.
NeverYouMind
Member
I hope it lives up to the hype and is not a rehash of Razor's Edge. I don't expect it to be as good as Itagaki-era Ninja Gaiden but if it is at least decent like DMC5 there is still hope for the franchise.
vaibhavpisal
Member
Looks high speed and responsive.
I imagine it will be very hard (for me). Player here is steamrolling everything.
I imagine it will be very hard (for me). Player here is steamrolling everything.
Celcius
°Temp. member
Platinum Engine
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CrimsonTide
Banned
I need to finish ragebound and the new shinobi
NeverYouMind
Member
No you don't. Just play this when it is out.
CrimsonTide
Banned
I need to get my 2D Ninja on before my 3D ninja, it's only fair!
NeverYouMind
Member
I guess you will have to beat The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors and Shadow of the Ninja Reborn as well because they are 2D and better than either.
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CrimsonTide
Banned
These look amazing, love the 16 bit SNES type art. Will def have to check those out
kevboard
Member
there are no signs of any UE5 features. so probably Platinum's engine. thank fuck... because I wouldn't want another NG2 Black situation
NeverYouMind
Member
That situation was caused by using Sigma 2 as a base instead of the original not Unreal Engine 5. The Black designation was misleading.
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kevboard
Member
I am not talking about the gameplay, I am talking about the eye cancer that were the visuals of that game. it also ran like shit on top of that.
typical UE5 slop. click the Lumen button, don't bother baking good looking GI, end result is an unstable looking mess that runs like shit.
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NeverYouMind
Member
I don't care if Unreal Engine 5 kicked your dog. Bottom line is Unreal Engine 5 looks and runs better than Team Ninja's deprecated in-house engine. A little setting adjustment would be a small price to pay had they remastered the definitive version of the game.
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Buggy Loop
Gold Member
I hope it went Platinum level crazy boss fights
kevboard
Member
it does not and it does not.
Black 2 looks and runs like shit, as do most UE5 games.
I'd take even Bayonetta 1's visuals over NG2 Black's any day. and Bayo1 would probably run at 400fps on Series X, while NG2 black looks like your console is dying if you dare to try playing at 120fps.
the PC port is also insanely demanding for zero logical reason.
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bender
What time is it?
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NeverYouMind
Member
Fixed for accuracy. You don't even want to compare the frame rates.Team Ninja's deprecated engine:
UE5:
The question is how long will it take to get them and how much will it cost? Nobody really cares about the β ninja.
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SkylineRKR
Member
Enemies seem passive. To me it looks like too much style over substance. Probably buy but my expectations are in check.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Banned
day one
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
And platinum level "easy automatic" difficulty options too.
I hope it went Platinum level crazy boss fights
Lambogenie
Member
So soon. Feel like this game is gonna bomb in sales though.
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S0ULZB0URNE
Member
Not really liking newer footage.
Might cancel my pre-order.
Might cancel my pre-order.
The artful mincer
Member
Looks amazing! I wonder if I will be able to do even 10% of what is demonstrated here
The level design is much better than Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 endless kill rooms got old. I really like how the traversal is more fluidly interagrated into the combat.
NeverYouMind
Member
You might be thinking of Ninja Gaiden 3 as the others had quite a bit of platforming and many less populated sections where fighting was optional.
The artful mincer
Member
Nah I just played Ninja Gaiden 2 Black and it had nothing like this. There's the odd wall run here and there but that's it.
It's been a LOOOOONG time since I played Ninja Gaiden 1 but I don't remember anything like what's show here.
NeverYouMind
Member
Sigma 2 had some dumb streamlining to Ninja Gaiden 2's structure and Black is based on it. The optional tests of valor and a few sections throw waves of enemies but most do not in the original.
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rm082e
Gold Member
The mobility and attack speed look great. The blood effects are over the top. I hope there's an option for some middle ground on the gore. I wouldn't want to turn it off, but that looks a bit annoying it's so over the top.
My real question is how does the game handle different difficulty levels, and what are the higher difficulties like? The thing I absolutely loved about the original game on Xbox was how enemies were more passive on the easier difficulty, and highly aggressive on the higher difficulties. Having enemies that would block my attacks and counter them forced me to get creative with the combat and learn new methods. It was more than just applying multipliers to health and damage. I sure hope they carry that into NG4.
Ninja Gaiden at it's best scratched the same itch as the Souls games. I hope this can do the same and it's just a flashy presentation.
My real question is how does the game handle different difficulty levels, and what are the higher difficulties like? The thing I absolutely loved about the original game on Xbox was how enemies were more passive on the easier difficulty, and highly aggressive on the higher difficulties. Having enemies that would block my attacks and counter them forced me to get creative with the combat and learn new methods. It was more than just applying multipliers to health and damage. I sure hope they carry that into NG4.
Ninja Gaiden at it's best scratched the same itch as the Souls games. I hope this can do the same and it's just a flashy presentation.
The artful mincer
Member
Okay out of the 2 OG games what's the most elborate platforming section?
NeverYouMind
Member
Probably the underground temple of Chapter 6 in the first. Most of it can be bypassed passively.
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The artful mincer
Member
That's pretty cool but the combat and platforming still seem somewhat segregated. It's more complex and seamless in Ninja Gaiden 4
NeverYouMind
Member
I do not get that impression as anything resembling platforming is an automated interaction.
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