![]() Team Ninja released two packs of downloadable content, which were also incorporated into a reworked version, Ninja Gaiden Black (2005). Ninja Gaiden was critically acclaimed and sold 362,441 copies in North America in the first month of release however, Japanese sales were poor. Making use of the Xbox's internet connectivity, Tecmo promoted Ninja Gaiden with a series of international online contests record-breaking numbers of players competed for places in the live final held at the 2004 Tokyo Game Show. The game's violence created difficulties obtaining content ratings, and it was censored in some regions. Tecmo developed Ninja Gaiden for five years, targeting a western audience. It was inspired by Tecmo's Ninja Gaiden series, and is set in the same continuity as Team Ninja's Dead or Alive fighting games. Set in the futuristic version of the 21st century, players control Ryu Hayabusa, a master ninja, in his quest to recover a stolen sword and avenge the slaughter of his clan. Ninja Gaiden feels like a fork in the road between those paths.Ninja Gaiden is an action adventure hack and slash video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Tecmo for the Xbox. It’s the Soulslike that has become synonymous with unforgivingly difficult challenges though, gamers now turning to Nioh 2 or Sekiro. On the one side of things you have the rise of PlatinumGames, picking up the mantle for the fast-paced action hack and slash gaming with the likes of Bayonetta and Nier: Automata, not to mention Capcom’s excellent Devil May Cry 5. The trilogy is fascinating to view in the context of how games have evolved since the first game debuted. ![]() I know it’s something the developers are likely aware of too, because there’s a button you can press to help show you the correct path forwards. Movement is a little bit clunky in places, and the camera angles, with their strange mix of both fixed views and skittish unfixed cameras, makes certain sections hard to parse. However, while it is fun, each of the games does now show its age. The chances are that you’re not here for a coherent time, but a good one, and the collection manages that. While you start off trying to track down a demon and stop an evil sword from causing havoc, things quickly become intensely erratic when robots get involved and you end facing off against men with rocket launchers and spider-tanks. The story of the series is absolutely absurd. The good news though, is that your character, Ryu Hayabusa, is still offering free decapitations and limb removals, and that does make the vast majority of the fights you get thrown into rather satisfying. Unlike Souls, you can’t hold a shield up to be cautious here, so you just have to be ready to react. There are also a lot of moments where you’ll be going around a corner before getting jumped by multiple opponents. While I’d say that most of the collection is fair with this, it doesn’t always feel like that when you’re being swarmed by enemy ninjas trying and are struggling to figure out when you can actually attack. Instead, you’re going to be twitching and reacting your way through wave after wave of enemies, trying to figure out if you’ve got enough time to hit the enemy in front of you before the ones behind you cut open your hamstrings. You’re not going to be slowly considering your attacks and planning ahead here. Ninja Gaiden is to the Souls series what the hare is to the tortoise.
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