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    Ninja Gaiden Sigma

    Game » consists of 10 releases. Released Jun 14, 2007

    The second remake of the hit Xbox game, Sigma features enhanced visuals and a bevy of gameplay tweaks to improve on its predecessors.

    alucardsfate's Ninja Gaiden Sigma (Collector's Edition) (PlayStation 3) review

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    I hope you like a challenge, because this game goes well beyond t

    Best Feature: Rewarding, fast and fun combo system. Beautiful 1080i visuals. Ninjas...Ninjas are always awesome...

    Worst Feature: This game may not be for everyone, cause its so damn hard. Rachel's missions are less fun and don't seem to add anything substantial.


    I was very excited to play this game, because I am a die hard fan of the classic NES Ninja Gaiden games. So die hard in fact that I almost didn't play it based sheerly on the fact that Ruy's uniform was not purple like his NES counterpart. I actually looked on Gamefaqs.com and found out that his purple outfit was in game, so I bought it. (Never mind the fact that Irene Lew doesn't exist in the game)

    After bringing this game home, I was completely blown away. First off, its my first PS3 game to take full advantage of my 1080i LCD television. And the results are stunning, I even turned my PS3 down to 720p to check the difference. And the difference is huge. The colors are crisper, the lines are sharper and the flames are brighter. This game is beautiful.

    But that's not the highest point of this game, the gameplay is unbelievable. The combo system for you multitude of weapons, from swords to hammers, is deep and fluid. It's almost like playing a fighting game, only you have large levels and many enemies to battle.

    The controls as a whole are incredibly responsive, which is a very good thing. Because THIS GAME IS HARD! I cannot stress this enough, its not just normal difficult. Remember when I in my "Devil May Cry 4" review I mentioned how hard "Devil May Cry 3" was. Devil May Cry 3 wets it bed in fear of this game. That's how hard it is. So the casual gamer will get frustrated with this game very quickly.

    But this rampant difficulty is a good thing here, where as some games are difficult just for the sake of being difficult, Sigma makes you learn the game. Your forced to earn every victory through smart play rather then winning by luck.

    What do I mean by smart play? This game makes you truly learn to play like a ninja, rather then defending and countering, the true master becomes the blur. Always in fluid motion, the true master can barely be seen, much less even touched. You don't have to dodge attacks, when they can't even move fast enough to hit you. Once master your skills, you can make this game LOOK very, very easy.

    I never played the Xbox original, but from what I understand the only substantial difference is the addition of Rachel as a playable character. She gets a level here and there in between Ryu's stages. Unfortunately she isn't as much fun to play as Ryu, why? The game rewards a speedy play style and Rachel...especially compared to Ryu...is a tank. She is powerful like one, wielding a large axe but also just as slow as said tank. So her sections are tedious efforts in survival rather then the speedy fun that the rest of the game is. Luckily her levels are few and far between.

    Aside from that very small shortcoming, this game is simply amazing. I wouldn't object to calling it one of the ten greatest action games I've ever played. Certainly worthy of its amazing heritage, even if Irene isn't in the game...

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      Ninja gaiden sigma just rocks 0

       Ninja gaiden sigma rocks... yeap it just rocks . it is just so addicting , so well designed , so atmosfairic, so damn rewarding when you slash your enemies. what was i missing! my first NG was the one for master system and is one of my favorite games i ever played that time! so happy memories! an instant favorite for me. then there were Ng for nes. they were awesome too!now 15 years later i just played sigma. boy what was i missing.. i beat it twice in a row. i am playing this game for over 2 w...

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      Ninja's and lots of hacking and slashing? Win? 0

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