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A love letter to an era of gaming long gone but without it's more tedious aspects. I never played the original Ninja Gaiden, I've seen a lot of gameplay, watched the AVGN episode, it's nothing I really want to touch. Yet this felt like this game, but more. There's some witty writing, movement upgrades that seemingly fit into combat, fun levels and bosses and some really meta aspects that elevate this game beyond just being fanservice for fans of the 8-bit era. It's a game worth going blind into for various reasons and worth picking up in a sale for everyone who's even remotely interested in the era this game reminds you of.

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o jogo em si é bem divertido, meio repetitivo, mas tão bonito que até dá pra perdoar. brilha mesmo quando mistura os dois estilos de arte no level design, o que acontece menos do que eu gostaria mas é o bastante pra me deixar querendo mais. meu grande problema é quando ele vem tentar contar uma historinha, porque o texto é intragável. preenche a completa falta do que dizer com uma mistura das piores piadas do 9gag com uma bobeiradas de auto ajuda que vou te contar. tô incrédulo ainda que a recompensa por juntar todas as notas musicais é um balde do lore mais chato do mundo. acho que a experiência ideal é ir de cabeça na inspiração pelo ninja gaiden e jogar em japonês pra não entender porra nenhuma.

I really enjoyed my time with this game, although I only beat it once to its end and didn't bother to 100% it. It is a great metroidvania with a surprising twist that I won't spoil. If you like this genre then you should definitely try this one out.

The whole indie scene loves the Messenger Duck, a Ninja Gaiden throwback with fun twists and interesting game mechanics! 5 seconds later We regret to inform you the duck is a jordan peterson fan

For every cool moment this has, it's just let down by some really obtuse design choices that were more annoying & cumbersome than scary. Got to the second time you go through the forest area and kinda just realised I wasn't enjoying this and don't wanna force my way through the rest. Music of course still bangs as always.