NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound |OT| Peak Is Back

CrimsonTide said:
according to Little Mac Little Mac of course it does
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The demo did for me but Steam Deck HQ says in it's review it is best to limit fps to 60. Evidently there are spots in the game where it dips to 70fps.

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CrimsonTide said:
Just saw this Earthion game, any reviews? I wanna jump in and save humanity in space as well dammit!
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Unfortunately, shmups being the micro-genre it is, reviews take a while to come in. But it looks pretty good to me and I'm all about supporting the genre where I can.

If it wasn't for fucking work today and company this evening, I'd be juggling these three right now.
 
BossLackey said:
Unfortunately, shmups being the micro-genre it is, reviews take a while to come in. But it looks pretty good to me and I'm all about supporting the genre where I can.

If it wasn't for fucking work today and company this evening, I'd be juggling these three right now.
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I will get Ninja gaiden and the Shinobi demo for now and wait a couple days to see the reviews come out on Earthion. I am not a MAJOR shmumps fan, but I do like the occasional one.
 
Game is absolute fire!!!!

People expecting The Messenger or Blasphemous will be disappointed but people wanting an awesome new ninja gaiden game will be pleased.
 
I'm in 3-2 I think.

This is a very good game. There is a certain rhythm to it, you can do Sonic 3's flash on pretty much every enemy and projectile but you also have to beat the colored enemies with the correct button (blue for melee and red for ranged) to get the ohko on elites. If this all becomes muscle memory the flow can be really good.

With this, the awesome Shinobi AoV and NG4 the Ninja fan are eating 5 stars bro.
 
By the way the price is even lower with Steam bundles, as long as you own The Game Kitchen previous games:

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Basically just 20 euro, pretty good.

I'm in the middle of my KCD2 playthrough so I won't be playing this now, still curious to hear your impressions.
 
digdug2 said:
I just now got a notification that Ninja Gaiden Ragebound is available for purchase on the PlayStation Store and it has a 10% discount for PS+ members.
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SkylineRKR said:
Its a bit cheaper on PS as well if you are subbed to Plus. Its pretty much half the price that one reviewer docked it for lol.
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Sony locking these launch discounts behind PS Plus is a pretty chintzy move - everyone has that 10% discount
 
Giallo Corsa said:
Man, since my Switch 2 has become my official indie/retro/pixel art machine/console, I really, REALLY hope that this will run at 60fps on the switch 2, I could always get it for my PS5 but...I'd rather the portability of the S2.

I really don't get how this is 30fps on the Switch when you have games like Ori and Cuphead running at 60, it boggles the mind...
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Its insane. The performance of a simple pixel art 2d game shouldn't even be part of the conversation. Yet here we are. Feels like a dumb regression in game development.
 
How idiotic does a developer have to be to not only botch the framerate of the Switch 1 version, but not include a CAPPED 60 OPTION knowing the Switch 2 is out?!

I'm so sick of this kind of bullshit with the way devs treat consoles. Same with PS5 Pro and Switch 2- you fucking KNEW the better hardware was coming out, why wouldn't you nitwits include DRS AND/UNLOCKED FRAMERATES??

i can't be the only one who has had it up to here with these decisions
 
Feel Like I'm On 42 said:
How idiotic does a developer have to be to not only botch the framerate of the Switch 1 version, but not include a CAPPED 60 OPTION knowing the Switch 2 is out?!

I'm so sick of this kind of bullshit with the way devs treat consoles. Same with PS5 Pro and Switch 2- you fucking KNEW the better hardware was coming out, why wouldn't you nitwits include DRS AND/UNLOCKED FRAMERATES??

i can't be the only one who has had it up to here with these decisions
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Someone needs to help me understand how even the OG switch can't do 60fps here.
 
CrimsonTide said:
Someone needs to help me understand how even the OG switch can't do 60fps here.
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They must've botched something in the development. They already released Blasphemous 2 which ran perfectly at 60 and this looks very similar in terms of graphics.

This reminds me of River City Girls 2. RCG1 ran perfectly at 60 then RCG2 comes out at 30 and was never fixed on Switch.

But back to my point what bothers me the most is even if they messed up with Switch 1 there was NO REASON they couldn't have gotten this running 60 for us Switch 2 owners ...all they had to do was unlock the fps and cap it to 60 ...it's pure incompetence and disregard for console owners (in this case Switch 2).

All games now should be releasing with DRS and unlocked fps, at least as an optional included mode, for future proofing when the next hardware upgrade or new gen comes out!

Theres no longer an excuse for consoles to be so far behind in back compat like this and its infutiating to see how many games are still stuck with low fps ans framerates for NO REASON.

Blame lies with Nintendo, MS, and Sony as well for not encouraging deva to future proof. I think they dont do it for future "paid upgrades" or remasters OR simply to keep console people dependent on them unlike PC where buying new hardware guarantees better settings.

I'm not even asking for PC like upgrades though ....simply DRS and unlocked FPS! Future proofing would make console gaming so much better! I hate this industry so much because of stuff like this.
 
Loving the game. One small gripe. I wish they would have done the story like the old games. This dialogue thing isn't their strong suite. I miss the cinematic presentation. Gameplay and music are fire though.
 
On Steam Deck. Beat the prologue. Butter smooth 60fps.

The combat feels amazing. Absolutely amazing

Also levels have fun "challenges" within them, not counting achievements.

This game is feeling amazing. Wow
 
Feel Like I'm On 42 said:
They must've botched something in the development. They already released Blasphemous 2 which ran perfectly at 60 and this looks very similar in terms of graphics.

This reminds me of River City Girls 2. RCG1 ran perfectly at 60 then RCG2 comes out at 30 and was never fixed on Switch.

But back to my point what bothers me the most is even if they messed up with Switch 1 there was NO REASON they couldn't have gotten this running 60 for us Switch 2 owners ...all they had to do was unlock the fps and cap it to 60 ...it's pure incompetence and disregard for console owners (in this case Switch 2).

All games now should be releasing with DRS and unlocked fps, at least as an optional included mode, for future proofing when the next hardware upgrade or new gen comes out!

Theres no longer an excuse for consoles to be so far behind in back compat like this and its infutiating to see how many games are still stuck with low fps ans framerates for NO REASON.

Blame lies with Nintendo, MS, and Sony as well for not encouraging deva to future proof. I think they dont do it for future "paid upgrades" or remasters OR simply to keep console people dependent on them unlike PC where buying new hardware guarantees better settings.

I'm not even asking for PC like upgrades though ....simply DRS and unlocked FPS! Future proofing would make console gaming so much better! I hate this industry so much because of stuff like this.
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I've played an hour of this game on my Steam Deck. It's butter smooth 60fps. LCD model here. It's a 16 bit title man. Period. It's GREAT. But no excuses hardware made past 2005 cant run it at full speed. None.
 
Stage 1 down. Game is awesome. Not really like previous NG games but its absolutely a worthy addition. Everything is very well done.

Music is not amazing but I kind of expected that.
 
The old-school is alive and well

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Going to focus on finishing Wuchang first but I played the first couple of levels, great stuff and no surprise since it was done by the Blasphemous devs (those two games are so good).
 
Absolute gem of a game. I'm actually trying to perfect certain stages - they nailed it

And less than 25 on Steam? Steal off the year

Earthbound is awesome too.

Btw how do you make this 90fps?
 
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i was looking forward to this since reveal as a obv switch 2 cop. Why the frames are capped at 30 i just cant fathom.. especially when shinobi runs at 60 with way better visuals...
 
LMAO, wtf, this doesn't have any kind of vibration/haptics ? looool, you have got to be fucking kidding me, how G'damn incompetent can these devs be ? 30fps on switch, no vibrations whatsoever for a hack n slasher, no CRT filters...

Yeah, they rushed this out of the door if you ask me.

PS : Shinobi demo is miles ahead when it comes to combat feeling (hit-stun/vibration/etc) and presentation wise.
 
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corgiix3 said:
i was looking forward to this since reveal as a obv switch 2 cop. Why the frames are capped at 30 i just cant fathom.. especially when shinobi runs at 60 with way better visuals...
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They will probably update it at some point but yeah, if you have a PC/PlayStation/Xbox get it there for now.
 
I'm in act 3 and have to say that this game is pure fun. I'm concerned a little about the length but because this game has been sick I can see myself going back and getting rank s on all stages.
 
Diseased Yak said:
They really nailed the retro-vibe, placing enemies exactly where they're hit ya when you jump.

Seriously, definitely enjoying this.
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Yeah I definitely noticed that. It's fun reacting quickly to enemies attacking from both sides, or doing the short jumps and the high jumps to perfectly intercept the hanging enemies and block shurikens. Those short jumps are similar to the NES games.
 
Lee49 said:
I'm in act 3 and have to say that this game is pure fun. I'm concerned a little about the length but because this game has been sick I can see myself going back and getting rank s on all stages.
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In the demo the hard mode had altered layout for the stages and enemies.
 
Giallo Corsa said:
LMAO, wtf, this doesn't have any kind of vibration/haptics ? looool, you have got to be fucking kidding me, how G'damn incompetent can these devs be ? 30fps on switch, no vibrations whatsoever for a hack n slasher, no CRT filters...

Yeah, they rushed this out of the door if you ask me.

PS : Shinobi demo is miles ahead when it comes to combat feeling (hit-stun/vibration/etc) and presentation wise.
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Weird. On the pc there is vibration and CRT filter. Also other settings like hit flash toggle, game speed toggle etc
 
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