Okay, so I downloaded 3 demos:
1) DMC4
2) Ninja Gaiden 2
3) The Bourne Conspiracy
I think you all will completely disagree (and I still like reading your thoughts on the best hack-n-slash & brawlers games), but here are my thoughts based on the demos anyway.
1) DMC4- This game is too anime and over-the-top for me. For one, the sword is practically bigger than he is. Lame. The rest of it that I don't like is the style. I don't mind some anime, but this game's style reminds me of the cheesy anime I don't like.
The good things I will say is that I like the way they integrated the gun, and I like the fact that you can lock onto (target if you will) an enemy. The gun is a simple button press, it looks cool, and its effective. The targeting makes up for cases when the camera adds difficulty.
2) Ninja Gaiden 2- First of all, that girl at the beginning of the demo is hot. hehe Okay, so this game was a little better than DMC4 imo in terms of style, and the combat is more fun. However, it still was just a tinge more over-the-top than I am looking for. In addition, it is frustrating that the camera view seems to add difficulty in that it is hard to target guys and make sure you are swinging at the guy you want to swing at. The game is too difficult overall; I am not into impossible games like Ninja Gaiden prides itself to be.
3) The Bourne Conspiracy- This game could have been soooo good. I would love to get ahold of the development team, make a few changes, and flesh a few things out. I won't go into those changes in detail here, as it would be an essay. With that said, the demo/game is not bad. It had some fun moments. There are two problems. One, it can be frustrating due to some poor design decisions. (For instance, when I see the train coming, I should be able to run away from a fight in order to avoid the train. However, once I am in the fight, I can't get out, which means I can't get out of the way of the train fast enough and I die.) Two, it takes over the action too often. The little quick time events are fun to watch, but I don't feel like I did them. I want to feel like I have control over the character and like I did the sweet move where I kneed the guy and then bashed his head into a dumpster.
Ultimately, I am thinking that if I can find any of these games for like $10-$15 I would pick one up. On the other hand, I want to try that Viking game first and see it that is the one I want. Then I just think "Hey, Batman: Arkham Asylum is going out soon, and that game looks sweet."
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