one of the greatest action games ever made, and a worthy successor to one of the best sidescrollers of all time
rather than being focused on stylish/technical combos, ninja gaiden hails to its roots as a platformer by being purely movement-driven. swift and well-timed strikes are key, as ryu - despite his mobility - is just as vulnerable as anything he fights. there are no "pushover" enemies here. any foe can and WILL kick your ass if you take them lightly
despite that however, black doesn't really warrant its reputation as being impossibly hard or bullshit. it's consistently challenging, but certainly never unfair by any means. moreover the controls are pretty simple all around. definitely an easy to learn, but hard to master type of game. there's a fuckton of challenges and unlockables too, so completionists and masochists still have their work cut out for them
all in all, a must-play for people who like good things; avoid if you hate having fun
rather than being focused on stylish/technical combos, ninja gaiden hails to its roots as a platformer by being purely movement-driven. swift and well-timed strikes are key, as ryu - despite his mobility - is just as vulnerable as anything he fights. there are no "pushover" enemies here. any foe can and WILL kick your ass if you take them lightly
despite that however, black doesn't really warrant its reputation as being impossibly hard or bullshit. it's consistently challenging, but certainly never unfair by any means. moreover the controls are pretty simple all around. definitely an easy to learn, but hard to master type of game. there's a fuckton of challenges and unlockables too, so completionists and masochists still have their work cut out for them
all in all, a must-play for people who like good things; avoid if you hate having fun
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you should play ninja gaiden: dragon sword. secretly kicks extreme ass but no one will tell you that
@personperson i've had it on my flashcart for a while and it does look really neat. i love gimmicky stuff like that in general and the weird ass pda style you need to hold the ds in is pretty interesting on its own. thanks for reminding me about it!
yeah man i just got a dsi with a flashcart (that i don't use because i have an sd card) and that was the first thing i played cuz i knew ppl were just hatin on it for bein a ds game
@personperson yeah go figure. check out kirby canvas curse if you havent too. it's probably my favorite kirby game just by virtue of how weird it is
(btw you should add me on discord - would be cool to have a conversation not through a comments section. my handle's where the twitter plug usually is if you want to)
(btw you should add me on discord - would be cool to have a conversation not through a comments section. my handle's where the twitter plug usually is if you want to)
chandler
2 years ago