I mean seriously, I cant play this game for long without fucking screaming at whoever happens to walk past me. I want to tear my hair out and punch Itagaki in the face...

I love this game. Sure it's hard and often times cheap but i definitely thought it was fun. It took me a little bit to settle into the difficulty but it's not too bad.

Ooh man, I still haven't gotten around to playing this, is it that bad?

"Ooh man, I still haven't gotten around to playing this, is it that bad?"

I think it takes awhile to learn but once you do it's not that hard.

This game really isn't as tough as I thought it would be, although it's difficulty level is horribly unbalanced.

I literally had more trouble with one normal ninja than some of the bosses at times.

Am I the only person who has beaten this on Master Ninja? 
Hard, hard fucking game, worse than the first.  But my god, so satisfying. Path of the warrior is pretty easy though.  Well, relatively speaking. 

The thing about Ninja Gaiden is that you can actually get better at it like a mp shooter.   After you complete path of the warrior, you can go back to the begining levels and it'll seem easy.  Same goes for any other difficulty above.  I guess you might want to compare it to a fighting game more so.

Once you get the groove, it becomes easier. Blocking is your friend in this game.

People who play a lot of this are people who don't mind putting up with something that's really dumb.

"People who play a lot of this are people who don't mind putting up with something that's really dumb."

"FiestaUnicorn said:

"People who play a lot of this are people who don't mind putting up with something that's really dumb."

Or you know, enjoy fast and challenging action/fighting games."

I haven't gotten around to beating it yet, but it's pretty fun though the gameplay mechanics are average and old fashioned. I don't find the boss fights any fun, though. It's not even that frustrating, because most of the time it's just cheap bullshit and I have to sit through the long wait that comes after death five or twenty times before I finally find a weakness in that cheapass thing the bosses do that ends up taking all of your health in one or two hits.

"ColumnBreaker said:

"FiestaUnicorn said:

"People who play a lot of this are people who don't mind putting up with something that's really dumb."

Or you know, enjoy fast and challenging action/fighting games."

Or, you know, dumb action/fighting games."

It's awesome. :|

I agree, they must be masochists. I'm not saying that because of the difficulty(I like some difficulty in my games), but because of the horrible, horrible camera.

"I mean seriously, I cant play this game for long without fucking screaming at whoever happens to walk past me. I want to tear my hair out and punch Itagaki in the face..."

"FiestaUnicorn said:

"ColumnBreaker said:

"FiestaUnicorn said:

"People who play a lot of this are people who don't mind putting up with something that's really dumb."

Or you know, enjoy fast and challenging action/fighting games."

Or, you know, dumb action/fighting games."

Clever retort. No really, did you strain yourself? I think the fact that you yourself don't enjoy the game is evidence enough that it requires more than an average level of understanding and wit to play through, judging by the quality of your posts. Maybe the DS version is more up your simple minded alley?"

This game actually wasn't as hard as I was expecting it to be.  Just make sure you buy the eclipse scythe as soon as possible.  That makes the game much easier.

"ColumnBreaker said:

"FiestaUnicorn said:

"ColumnBreaker said:

"FiestaUnicorn said:

"People who play a lot of this are people who don't mind putting up with something that's really dumb."

Or you know, enjoy fast and challenging action/fighting games."

Or, you know, dumb action/fighting games."

Clever retort. No really, did you strain yourself? I think the fact that you yourself don't enjoy the game is evidence enough that it requires more than an average level of understanding and wit to play through, judging by the quality of your posts. Maybe the DS version is more up your simple minded alley?"

If you honestly think that playing through NG 2 takes an amount of intelligence there must be something wrong with you.  For the entire first half of the game you don't have to block or counter.  All you have to do is run up and start slashing enemies.  There is no strategy to it just mashing buttons.  There are no choices to what you will doing or where you will be going.  And a little past half way into the game the difficulty goes from challenging to cheap.  It's nice to see how upset you got with someone saying this game is dumb though.  It must be hitting a little close to home."

If you don't get upset why have you responded to what I've said three times?  And why in your second response did you seem so clearly upset?  And why in your third response did you feel the need to imply that I'm bad at games?
There are plenty of things in this world that I enjoy that are dumb.  If you get upset at someone saying something you like is dumb maybe you shouldn't try to communicate with people.  It probably isn't your strong suit so perhaps try something else.
That said NG 2 is dumb.  The combat if fun at times but be realistic, it's dumb.  One of the bosses is an armadillo like monster that explodes.  If you somehow feel that's a sign of sophistication than good for you.

"That said NG 2 is dumb.  The combat if fun at times but be realistic, it's dumb.  One of the bosses is an armadillo like monster that explodes.  If you somehow feel that's a sign of sophistication than good for you."

"

If you don't get upset why have you responded to what I've said three times?  And why in your second response did you seem so clearly upset?  And why in your third response did you feel the need to imply that I'm bad at games?
There are plenty of things in this world that I enjoy that are dumb.  If you get upset at someone saying something you like is dumb maybe you shouldn't try to communicate with people.  It probably isn't your strong suit so perhaps try something else.
That said NG 2 is dumb.  The combat if fun at times but be realistic, it's dumb.  One of the bosses is an armadillo like monster that explodes.  If you somehow feel that's a sign of sophistication than good for you.

"

Well I wasn't aware that my taste in video games determined my sexual fancies, I guess I found something new about myself!

Wow... I actually thought NGII was ridiculously easy in comparison to it predecessor....

"Wow... I actually thought NGII was ridiculously easy in comparison to it predecessor...."

Go play The Dishwasher on Samurai difficulty and then you'll know what hard means. The game wants you to see the future to be able to beat it on the hardest setting.

I'm enjoying these comments where people say "it's easy" and other BS. What difficulty did you play it on? Let's be honest, what was your death count? Do you even know what an Izuna Drop is? The answer is most likely no, and in the case I'm wrong, I'd like a fully detailed response. Don't act so smug. NG II threw in an easier difficulty, which is Acolyte, because people were whining and bitching about how difficult NG was.

Keyser_Soze said:

"Go play The Dishwasher on Samurai difficulty and then you'll know what hard means. The game wants you to see the future to be able to beat it on the hardest setting."

Ninja Gaiden and it's sequel both are fun enough to dabble in, but yeah, I've never hated myself enough to play through the whole thing.

Bosses that you have to fight against along with other enemies suck

I loved Ninja Gaiden. It was difficult, but it was fair. If you mastered the basics of blocking and attacking, then you could do okay. Ninja Gaiden 2 on the other hand is not only difficult, but also insanely cheap and unfair. In my opinion it's that feeling of being unfair that destroys any possibility of fun. Maybe I'm just not good enough or I need more practice, but this game is just too discouraging in difficulty and cheapness from the very start.

I love them all, for the difficulty, I hate piss easy games.

It's one of those games for me that feels awesome when you overcome a hard/cheap fight. I put a lot of time in it of course.

I enjoyed it quite heartily.

Keyser_Soze said:

"Go play The Dishwasher on Samurai difficulty and then you'll know what hard means. The game wants you to see the future to be able to beat it on the hardest setting."

No, it's not more difficult. Sorry. Nice try."

just keep practicing and you will get it. As for me I love the difficulty

This game is one of the hardest games I have ever played. Unlike a lot of people, I would (for once) like an incredibly easy, and not frustrating game, as most games these days have me screaming and swearing at my TV, either due to issues within the game itself, or difficulty so high that I can't play it without dying once every minute.

Maybe I just suck at games.

" This game is one of the hardest games I have ever played. Unlike a lot of people, I would (for once) like an incredibly easy, and not frustrating game, as most games these days have me screaming and swearing at my TV, either due to issues within the game itself, or difficulty so high that I can't play it without dying once every minute. "

Off-screen enemies who always have rocket launchers or exploding shuriken completely ruined this game for me. At a certain point it just wasn't fun anymore.

Ninja Gaiden 2 is no where near as hard as Black/Sigma is.

Theyre good good games. Not just for the hack'n'slash part but also the challange and atmosphere of the game. Also for the coked out leather bound big brested "ladies"

" Ninja Gaiden 2 is no where near as hard as Black/Sigma is.Theyre good good games. Not just for the hack'n'slash part but also the challange and atmosphere of the game. Also for the coked out leather bound big brested "ladies" "

I hate Ninja Gaiden so much.

" I hate Ninja Gaiden so much. "

I haven't played NG2. But I rented NG Sigma... oh my God. That game SUCKS.

Duh! Didn't you get the Special Edition version with the nipple clamps, leather corset and human sized cattle prod?

its a badass awesome game

" Ooh man, I still haven't gotten around to playing this, is it that bad? "

Ths difficulty spike from easy to normal is RIDICULOUS, I got through easy without really blocking

but Warrior is IMPOSSIBLE, im on the level in some eurpoean country (italy or something) when you have to fight the werewolves, god I want to shoot someone, Id be a lot easier if I had my damn scythe.

the controls in ninja gaiden sucked in my opion, thats why i dont play em.. try god of war

" Ths difficulty spike from easy to normal is RIDICULOUS, I got through easy without really blockingbut Warrior is IMPOSSIBLE, im on the level in some eurpoean country (italy or something) when you have to fight the werewolves, god I want to shoot someone, Id be a lot easier if I had my damn scythe. "

Screaming is half the fun, lol