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On Crazy Ninjas and Downright Insane Difficulties

IJoel

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Ninja Gaiden: Hurricane Pack #2 - Chapter 12

This is getting downright ridiculous. The Flying Swallow move is COMPLETELY USELESS for the HP #2 and every enemy can be a challenge.

These bastards shown below are just insanely hard to beat when in pairs without them taking a significant amount of your health bar. You can counter them easily until breaking their outer shell. Then they become aggressive club-swinging badasses.

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The boss shown below, turned from a pansy in normal difficulty to an evil methodical bastard in HP #2. His stabbing move takes about 60% off your health bar. I found him harder than Alma from this same HP.

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I thought my skill had found its match at the beginning of Chapter 12. Well, many deaths later, I almost found that to be true, but I could get to the end of it. Now, I'm right at the end boss of it.

For me, there is just no better action game (of its class) than Ninja Gaiden. Not 2D, not 3D. It is not perfect, but I'll be damned if it's not as perfect as an action game of its class has ever gotten. To show my appreciation for the forum, here are more pics of Ryu wielding the bitch-smacking stick:

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From HP #3, which I'll tackle (haha who am I kidding, I will BOW TO IT'S EVEN MORE INSANE DIFFICULTY!) after I'm done with HP #2:

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Finally, no NG thread is complete without our master:

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No really I heard when you dl a hurricane pack it's supposed to fix the camera among several other things. None of this happened. All it did was open up the first stage to the ninja tournament by beating foes to a time limit.
 
KiNeSiS said:
No really I heard when you dl a hurricane pack it's supposed to fix the camera among several other things. None of this happened. All it did was open up the first stage to the ninja tournament by beating foes to a time limit.

HP #2 doesn't "fix" the camera. It just gives you the option to move it while you're moving, and not switching to 1st person view. You activate this by pressing the right stick.
 
KiNeSiS said:
No really I heard when you dl a hurricane pack it's supposed to fix the camera among several other things. None of this happened. All it did was open up the first stage to the ninja tournament by beating foes to a time limit.

Ok then yes your right, the HP's dont add anything except new weapons, new moves, new enemies and new levels.

And for free too.

what a rip-off
 
Is that Itagaki picture air-brushed? His face doesn't look quite gravely enough.

Also, thanks for reminding me about the hurricane packs. When they were first released, I didn't have XBox Live so I pretty much ignored them. Now that I have it, I might actually give them a try...after I beat RE4 that is.
 
*Enters room, sees golden chest.*

*Eyes shine with anticipation... opens chest.*

*10 ghost piranhas come out, take down the energy from 60% to 0.*

TOMONOBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

This happened to me last night. The true meaning of pwn3d, specially after getting through a very hard area and not having saved.

Hidden bump for the best 3d Action game ever!
:p
 
I really want to get an xbox for this game but dammit I have so many games to finish already. It'll be a year before I'd be able to get to it. I'm not even sure if I'll be able to find a new copy by then.

stupid back log. :(
 
IJoel said:
Hidden bump for the best 3d Action game ever!
:p

right on.

fantastic game. too bad my xbox died right before i finally got DSL. i want the hurrican pack in a bad way.

#3 is coming out? awesome support this game is getting.

damn, those screen shots make it look like a whole new game. id like to see what ive been missing by not having these Hurricane packs.
 
Is it just me or does Itagaki look like a chick with horrible plastic surgery done on the nose and lips?
 
Ninja Gaiden is so damn good. This generation, the Halos, Ninja Gaiden and RE4 have been the 4 games that have REALLY enthralled me and kept me playing until I beat them.

I RARELY finish games, unless I really like them. One thing I've noticed is that RE4 and NG have so much in common in their puzzle/adventure/map portions and their action is different styles (shooting vs. melee) but it too feels similar in many respects. RE4 is a tad easier though, but they're both spectacular games.
 
Re4 is so much easier than Ninja Gaiden that it's downright funny. Not that RE4 isn't insanely fun, but your first playthrough of Ninja Gaiden will lead to many, many more deaths.
 
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