Quick Look: EX: Mark of the Ninja

"How do I know if the guard will seeEEEEeee meeEEEEeeee?!?" 
 
You...see if he notices you via playing the goddamn game?
 
Remember kids: "inaccessible" is dev code words for "hey, dumbass, you ain't gotta learn shit to not die, now gimme your money".

N+ was great, Shank however was not. Shank was 2 hours long with mostly repetitive gameplay where most of your deaths came from stupid cheap crap like falling down gaps rather than actually losing a fight. I think this looks cool but I shall wait and see.

I love ninjas with all of my body including my pee pee.

@Purple_eye said:

I hope the protagonists name is Mark.

This. Well played good sir.

I like that someone is making a new 2D ninja game, and it's a nice contrast to Ninja Gaiden, Shinobi and Strider that it's actually stealth based. It's been awhile since the last 2D ninj.....well, actually, the Shinobi for 3DS was pretty fun (ugly as shit though). But still, this looks pretty great.

haha, man, the dev guy sure seems nervous. He didn't seem like he took a breath while talking during the entire QL>

What's up with all the "hate" for Quick Look EX? Is the main problem the name? Would it be better if it did not had "Quick look" in the name? Because I think it's really unfair to call EX for "ads" or "Schilling". I mean... it's a video preview BUT with much more commentary than you usually get when you for example do an interview with the developer at the same time. I much more prefer this instead of a written preview or an interview.

Some people are more on the message but I really don't have a problem with that. It's their product and they are giving the crew early access to it. They can do as they please. Giant Bomb is not loosing Quick Looks because of it's existance, they are rather getting more content instead. In most cases people like previews because you get to see a game before it's released. And on EX Looks you get to see quite an extensive amount too. This is nothing new for game sites.

Why do people have such a problem with this on Giant Bomb? As I said earlier. Would another name be better? Or would you really prefer that this content did not get up on the site? I think it would be a shame since some Quick Look EX can be really cool just as regular Quick Looks can be both hit and miss.

I'm looking forward to this. In the advent of all these 2D Metroid style games, I'm happy to see that my favorite genre, Stealth, is getting some love. Its great to see games like Tenchu and Thief being referred as inspiration.

This actually looks cool. I never had any interest in Shank, but this looks like it could be really good.

After watching this quicklook, I have never been more excited for a xbla game in a long time

This looks super rad, hopefully it gets a better reception then the Shank games. Those had a real cool style to them and I always planned on picking them up but the middling reviews kinda killed my desire to get them.

For a totally generic name (which put me off watching the QL till now) this game is looking pretty cool.

Cant wait for the pc port. hopefully it wont only be 360 controller support.

@super2j said:

Cant wait for the pc port. hopefully it wont only be 360 controller support.

How would you play a game like this any other way?

The stunned silence at around 11:00 mins when the guy reveals that all of the oodles of upgrades, save for one, (the spike trap, which he already demonstrated was awesome and multifunctional) are still locked. DAT GAMEPLAY.

@antivanti: Real ninjas get their power from their uniform. http://www.karatemart.com/ninjauniforms.html