New info on Ninja Gaiden 2 in december EGM.

[GFreeman]

The combat is not way better, it's boring, and NG2 looks pretty so so compared to DMC4. Plus Devil May Cry 4 looks like its going actually step up in the story department.

You must be completely dead inside if you think the combat in Ninja Gaiden is boring. Maybe they just screwed up the ps3 version

 

[블라스]

The combat is not way better, it's boring, and NG2 looks pretty so so compared to DMC4. Plus Devil May Cry 4 looks like its going actually step up in the story department.

 

[GFreeman]

Exactly. The monkey knows.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

What are we basing this off of exactly? So far two things have boggled my mind in this thread, the first being someone thinking Gears of Wars is better than HL2 and the second being DMC is better than Ninja Gaiden. Both of you have some problems with taste. I'm a fan of Gears, but its in no way better than Half Life 2.

Gears of War was a blast all the way through, unfortunately for Half-Life 2, it didn't get good until the last hour.

 

[GFreeman]

Oddly enough, that last hour was still 3 times the length of Gears of War, which means HL2 still delivered way more entertainment.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

You must be completely dead inside if you think the combat in Ninja Gaiden is boring. Maybe they just screwed up the ps3 version

Ninja Gaiden's combat system can't hold up to the exacting standards of Heavenly Sword's combat system...

LOL

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Oddly enough, that last hour was still 3 times the length of Gears of War, which means HL2 still delivered way more entertainment.

Unfortunately it's just listening to Doctor Whoev-ner talk a lot and then you "ball juggle" until the last anticlimactic boss fight.

There, I just stole the credit back I gave to HL2's ending.

 

[GFreeman]

There is no ball juggling in Half Life 2.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

The entire Combine Citadel says different.

 

[GFreeman]

No it doesn't. By HL2, you realize that I mean Half Life 2, right? You don't start using those energy balls for anything other than optional weapons until Episode One, which is an entirely different game

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Dude, you need to play the last Chapter of Half-Life 2 again. You use those balls for everything. They're how you beat the game!

 

[GFreeman]

Yes, "weapons", you aren't juggling anything, and you only use them for the very, very, very last portion.

 

[Fenrir]

Exactly. The monkey knows.

It should be "EVEN the GODDAMN MONKEY knows".

 

[WhatsHisFace]

You have to use those balls to power up the machines H-Dammit!

 

[WhatsHisFace]

It should be "EVEN the GODDAMN MONKEY knows".

Why'd you stop going to Gamer Rejects?

 

[GFreeman]

You have to use those balls to power up the machines H-Dammit!

What machines? The ones in Episode One?

 

[WhatsHisFace]

What machines? The ones in Episode One?

I have to kill you. I simply have to kill you.

 

[Fenrir]

Why'd you stop going to Gamer Rejects?

So that I don't choke and die from all the spam in that place.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

So that I don't choke and die from all the spam in that place.

Hmmm... we do go off topic quite a bit. Still, your input is always more than welcome.

Just a friendly reminder.

 

[Purple Prancer]

We need to assassinate Blas and his boyfriend.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

We tried to grief them by banning every possible variant of the word "Hugsies" but Stephen, softy he is, let them have it back.

At least they're not even using it now.

 

[Purple Prancer]

That's because they share a bed now.

 

[Fenrir]

Apparently there's a bunch of new Ninja Gaiden screens and they look awesome. Much better than the previous pics shown.

As far as info goes...

* Coming Spring 2008.
* Real world environments, Tokyo, Times Square, Venice
* Obliteration techniques. After removing a limb, press Y, the camera zooms in and Ryu goes ape**** with whatever weapons he's holding. What exactly happens depends on what weapon you're using and what part of the body you removed prior.
* Removed limbs stay on screen
* There's a rival super ninja who's supposed to "look badass" according to Itagaki
* Enemies have cooperative attacks
* No plans for multiplayer

Itagaki really needs to have Hayate in Ninja Gaiden 2 in some form or another. I think it'll be great for him to be backing Ryu instead of Ayane.

 

[GFreeman]

Never back a man over a hot chick.

 

[Fenrir]

Never back a man over a hot chick.

The very thought of Ayane as a "hot chick" makes me feel like a pedophile.