Ninja Gaiden 3

Meh, Looking more forward to Asuras Wrath, But i'll try this out anyhow.

Well it's not like he talks much. He was edging close to Heroic Mime in the other games.

I like the blood though. But Asuras Wrath insane scale, which is somehow higher than even BAYONETTA (If thats even possible) interests me so much more.

edited 6th Jun '11 5:04:00 PM by Demongodofchaos3

Not going to lie, the trailer has me interested. The V looking guy seems pretty awesome already. Ryu needs an actual good rival for once. The guy in NG 2 was a little weak.

Not digging his new voice though. Kind of wondering if he's done with fiends. Also, if he's in London, I'm almost positive the werewolves will be back. It would be so fitting.

edited 6th Jun '11 7:47:43 PM by Vertigo_High

Some gameplay and it looks like the QTE quotient is through the roof which sucks majorly.

On the plus side, those terrorists actually act like they've been dismembered after you take off a limb. The inner sadist in me takes delight in this. Hopefully they're actually, y'now, bad guys this time.

You can also apparently dodge into enemies to open them up to combos. This also looks intrigueing.

edited 6th Jun '11 8:41:34 PM by ShirowShirow

Looks grim, but it's the first level tutorial, so... we'll see.

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smh at all the QTE, that's ruining it for me. Ryu's voice I'm not digging and I don't like his glowing arm during battle. They need to fix this because it looks nice and has so much potential but they're messing it up -_-

The arm really bugs me. Ryu's supposed to be the ultimate expression of Badass Normal. Someone who shows that you don't need to be the son of a god or a monster in the guise of a human or a genetically enhanced cyborg or a witch who sold her soul or a demon prince or really lucky or have been chosen by ancient powers to tear armies of demons apart and kick in the ass of satan. You just need to train really hard.

Yeah, he's always had fiend heritage. But until now, that has meant jack shit. He's never sprouted demon wings or tapped into Unstoppable Rage. He just kicks ass because he's Ryu Hayabusa and he has spent his whole life learning every possible way for him to tear evil limb from limb.

edited 6th Jun '11 8:56:58 PM by ShirowShirow

He's never really been a badass ninja and was even straight up called a super ninja in the DOA series but I still get what you're saying. I personally find t distracting and ugly.

And he did start to turn into a fiend in NG 1, and was even blue with a demonic voice.

I've played Sigma and Sigma 2 and what the hell are you people talking? Blood splattering being cut down? There's about to be plenty more. Right hand becomes an eyesore? Deal with it! Liquid Snake, Nero and Nightmare see to it that Ryu is welcome to join the Abnormal Right Hand Group!

Quick Time Events? I still don't see any proof of this in the E3 trailer, but even if this is implemented, I don't see any problem since the first 2 games have already pushed the 'ryona' bar way too high. Hitting an enemy while being ganged up by many others, whose moves have more invulnerable frames than you, forcing you to Falcon Slash? No thanks

More like, I'm looking forward to see how Ryu is going to deal with 2 things : his fiendish blood-powered right hand, and the masked Red Scorpion guy. Finally, we get to deal with a character from a difficulty-exclusive group of mooks since NG and NG 2

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Yeah, i know, but that sequence always made me laugh because Ryu actually doesn't change any. It was the perfect scenario: bad guy's all like "lol i unsealed your demon powers" and ryu's all like "lol i don't have any demon powers even if i'm a demon" and then he dismembers a million people exactly like he did before.

It does sort of bring up the technical qualifications of being a Badass Normal though. If you choose to completely ignore any superpowers or "cheats" while still having them, are you still a Badass Normal? Hmmm...

Look up the gameplay footage. A QTE pops up for what looks like the obliteration techniques. It sorta slows everything down. That's my one gameplay gripe, everything else looks like pure Ninja Gaiden goodness.

Why does "Japanese Dark Hero" make me think of this song so damn much?

Wait is he seriously implying that there will be less weapons this time around? Focused on the Katana? Really? The whole Japanese Dark Hero push already sounds like it's going to take this game in the wrong direction.

To be completely honest though, several of the non-katana weapons were Awesome, but Impractical. If they lower the number of the weapons, but manage to make them all useful in their own right, then I wouldn't mind.

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Hey man, i rock shit with the Kusari-Gama. That thing was awesome. The Vigoorian Flail was great too.

Actually, i used pretty much every weapon equally except the basic katana, which i abandoned completely by the end of the game. It wasn't cool looking enough i guess.

I liked the other games' variety in weapons. Yes some were unneeded or outclassed but they were all fun to use and just having those options in battle was pretty nice. To go backwards from just seems silly to me.

Saw the fewer-weapons thing coming... really goes hand-in-hand with the fact they're re-doing the engine, not to mention the fact that they're making the game more 'accessible'.

Also calling it now: the engine will have some suspicious similarities to Other M.

I recently played though Other M and I was suprised by the amount of stuff lifted straight from Ninja Gaiden already, to include:

• Bosses with long, annoying throw moves
• Obliteration techniques (in all but name and gore-level)
• The way Samus slides down slopes
• One of the bosses had the same laser attack as the aquaduct boss from NG 1

There's probably more... but the thing is, I wouldn't be surprised if (for instance) Other M's dodging mechanic ends up in NG 3.

I'm thinking maybe it's time to stop thinking of this as Ninja Gaiden and hope it's going to be a good slash-em-up on its own terms.

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My faves of Ninja Gaiden Sig 2 were two blades, Sword of Enma, Vigoorian Flail after level max, and my all time fave, Lunar! I don't like the default Dragon Blade and others. For the Kusari-gama, it's like they're trying hard to imitate Kratos with Ryu, failing badly

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edited 15th Jun '11 7:15:37 AM by ActuallyComma

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Yes?

HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE THAT THE GREAT NINJA GAIDEN TRIED TO IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM COPY AN INFERIOR PRODUCT ESPECIALLY AFTER NINJA GAIDEN CAME FIRST AND BEEARGLE WEEARCGLE HURGLE FARF!!

... *Huff*.... *Huff*...

The Kusari-Gama was a very unique weapon because it could switch on a dime between wide-reaching swings that could damage multiple enemies from a distance and extremely quick punching attacks that could be used to finish off enemies that got close. While difficult to master, players with a deep understanding of the mechanics and honed reflexes could use it to quite skillfully carve their way past groups of enemies while taking little damage themselves.

AND THEY ARE NOTHING LIKE THE BLADES OF CHAOS! KRATOS CAN SUCK IT!

You're not convincing me, Shirow.

And it's not like God Of War is a terrible game to compare NG to. Both have their merits.

I guess, but that's like saying that both black holes and tennis balls have gravity.

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While that's true on a general level, i'll always hate God Of War for making everyone compare everything to it, for popularizing total dickhead protagonists, and for keeping David Jaffe from making more Twisted Metal.

AND BECAUSE KRATOS IS A BOMBERHEAD RIPOFF

btw, don't try to google image search for 'bomberhead' with the safe search off.

Seriously, don't do it.

Trust me, just don't.

edited 15th Jun '11 9:03:28 AM by ActuallyComma

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