Ok well i know i did 2 posts in like 5 seconds but this is important!

I was heavily procrastinating this afternoon, and decided that i would turn on my X-box 360 for some…well deserved break time.  I couldent decide on what game i wanted to pla…procrastinate over, so i flicked through the many titles and genres.

Racing…hrm..not today, flight sim….hrmm nah, RPG…nah been there done that, then it hit me i need to release some stress, thats why i cant do homework.  So i continued to flick through the titles until i came across one of my brothers games.. Ninja Gaiden 2.

See now ive heard of this game…heard it was amazing but never touched it.  So i popped the case open, slid the disc tray open and inserted the disk.  I then turned my lights off, turned the sound up and just sat in the dark for a second.

Next thing i know theres some nice peacefull orientall music playing.. im like “oh this is nice i guess, it sort of calms me down” then quite abrubtly this stops i hear a very LOUD sword slash and the words NINJA GAIDEN 2 echo through my bedroom.

and im like “yyeah…….!”

I select the easiest setting.. and the game starts, agian a nice peacefull scene, you know the usual “lets make a bogus story” routine. I sit and wait the first cutscene out.

photo by Sebastian Niedlich

Next thing i know i am surrownded by like 3 hulking steriod ninjas weilding all sorts of scary implements, im like “arhh crap no tutorial” so i start button mashing, like an exited 5 year old at christmas.

The first guy attacks me, i slice his arm clean off, blood sprays across the screen as he screams in agony, and im like “yeah…..!!!”,  Next guy comes up i slice his leg and arm clean off in one effortless swipe yet more blood covers the screen,  third guy comes up i stab him through the middle, do some cool ninja twirl and cut his head soo clean he sprays blood like a water fountain.

By this point im soo pumped i feel like ive just hit the gym for the last hour!

suddenly i feel a whole lot better about my homework, the stress has trickeled away, with the blood of my fallen enimies, and i am left feeling pumped, this is only like an hour into the game.  Image if i had played it through.

So with that out the way its review time!

So from what ive seen so far the Visuals are gorgeous, blood spray is amazing, the enviroment looks almost real, and the main characters lycra suite is soo well designed i can see enimies reflecting in his butt cheeks. so

photo by gamerscoreblog

Gaphics: 9/10

I checked some other reviews at Gamefaqs.com and

a reviewer called BoyLoverX wrote this “Graphics - 8 out of 10: Great characters, decent environment detail, some slowdown”

Next i looked at the sound in the game, and agian from my 1 hour gameplay, i determined that yes the sound is amazing.. the screams echo as limbs fly across the screen, swords clashing sounds like 2 cars have collided out the front of my house, and just the general voice acting is also amazing.  So sound 9/10 right there.

Agiain BoyLoverX has to poo-poo this game, “Sound - ??? out of 10: Honestly, I wasn’t paying attention to the music. Voice acting is cheesy though.”

Next i looked at the gameplay and as mentioned before if your looking for an anger release, with ninjas in different coloured shiny lycra then this is the game for you.

Gameplay: 10/10

However Ahmone19 stated that:

The game play is very repetitive and flawed, not to mention the difficulty is insane.  Funny that I mention annihilating, because it happens to you a lot, your only chances for survival is to hit the enemy so much they can’t react or just hold that guard button and wait for them to stop wailing on you. You’ll probably spend most of you’re time running around the same areas killing enemies for “essence” which is your currency in this game to load up on healing items, A lot of the techniques and weapons available to you will never find their uses because they’re either too hard to pull off or have no real purposes other than variety, provided you can even resist the onslaught of foes long enough to find and use them

Game play: 1/10

Next i looked at the controls, ive been told that the last Ninja gaiden was more difficult and required quicker fingers.  However i found this one to be pretty sound, very responsive too, no ridiculous combinations like in street fighter iv up, down, up, left, Y, X, A, up down, just to execute a swipe.

i Perosnally would give them a:

photo by Rune_T

Controls: 7/10

However Ahmone19 another forum user stated that:

I really can’t stand the controls of this game, at least while I’m fighting. When you step into the flames of combat however, the game takes a turn for the worst, any accuracy you had is long gone seeing as any jumping attack will likely just sail by your opponent as he steadily beats your health to a pulp. Trying to escape from opponents is almost pointless as you will probably jump onto a wall and get creamed. I found that the button combo techniques were also hard to pull off, it may be easy for a veteran button masher, but for those with no experience will find themselves at the game over screen very often.

Controls: 2/10

Latstly i looked at the replay value of Ninja Gaiden, personally i would love to play through this game agian.  Not only do you unlock alternate costumes (that are amazing) you also get to tackle harder diificulty settings (if your a true ninja).

Replay 8/10

And agian Ahmone19 stated

Replay Value: 0/10

I found it hard and frustrating enough to beat the game the first time on the lowest difficulty, anyone who could willingly subject themselves to this game a second time must be extremely good or obsessed with ninja. Hard enough to play, too hard to play again, there’s no replay value to be had, just trade it in and get a game worth your while.

All in all this game was one exeptional experience and i would give it a 9/10 AMAZING

Ahmone rates it a:

Overall: 2/10

Unless you play a lot of games like Ninja Gaiden, chances are you won’t stand a prayer. The controls, the enemies, and the lack of money all come together to face poor Ryu Hayabusa in the ultimate showdown of frustration, if you let this game get inside your head, you’ve already lost. Therefor I say that this game is terrible, it has severe problems that prevent any real fun, and mean every single bit of it.