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Topic: Ninja Gaiden
Strider Hiryu
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I just beat Ninja Gaiden on Normal mode, and for the first time in many years, I feel that beating a game on it's easiest difficultly level is actually an achievement. I haven't played a game this hard since Devil May Cry, and at the same time I have never had so much fun getting my ass kicked. The controls are so solid, so responsive, that I never really felt like a death was anything but my fault. Sure, many of the enemies can do horrific damage, but it never feels like they're cheating. It is entirely possible for you to kick their asses without ever getting touched, but the enemies aren't stupid, and they're rarely predictable. It is entirely possible that you will die in a normal battle. Even probable, early on. There are no throw away, time filler fights. Every single enemy in the game as the ability to kick your ass if you're not careful, and careful doesn't mean jamming the attack button.

Speaking of combat, the combat itself, above and beyond just the solid controls, is simply incredible. There are multiple weapons, and every weapon has a unique technique list, and almost every weapon can be upgraded, which serves to increase their damage as well as expanding the moves you can perform with them. The primary weapon, the Dragon Sword, does have more moves than any other, but even still, had it had only as many moves as the other, less used weapons have, it would still be well beyond any action game you can name.

Play the game, folks. It will kick your ass.

 

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Lance Corporal
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It took me a week just to pass the demo on hard...

 

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It is indeed good, played it at a friend's house. There's some tournament I hear is starting soon, Master Ninja or something. You going to enter?

by the way, Have you played Metal Arms? Fun as hell.

 

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Lance Corporal
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In Reply To #3

"Metal Arms: Glitch in the System" is wicked cool. I'm thinking of buying it... its just so damn fun.

 

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Strider Hiryu
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I would participate, but I don't have Live. Anyway, if you're any sort of hardcore gamer, and you have an Xbox, you need this game.

 

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I only have a Gamecube.

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Not only is it amazingly fun, it takes forever and a million hours to unlock everything. Finding all those damn chips has consumed me, and I don't even play multiplayer.

 

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I can only define Ninja Gaiden as hot liquid ninja magma sex being shot into my eyes with a fire hose.

I'm stuck on the two electric worms in the caves. Little help?

 

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Strider Hiryu
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Keep to the wall on the left. Dodge electricity shots when necessary, and this is most important, roll against the wall when the worms go to sweep the platform. It allows you do dodge without exposing youself. When the finish a sweep and a vulnerable for some hits jump in for a flying swallow, then get back to the wall. Don't commit yourself to combos, as they can get you stuck in the center and open for the worms' thrust attack. If you have an opening for a few extra shots, use explosive arrows and incendiary shurikens to inflict some extra damage. Something to remember. Given a proper opening, explosive arrows have the ability to absolutely ruin many organic bosses. Not these specifically, but it's something to keep in mind.

 

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Awesome. Thanks. It's weird. I've had a couple of snags but have mostly breezed through the game up to this point.

 

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Strider Hiryu
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Just wait for it. There are a few tough spots up to that point, Alma for instance, but from where you are on it just gets worse.

 

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Bal posted:

I would participate, but I don't have Live. Anyway, if you're any sort of hardcore gamer, and you have an Xbox, you need this game.


I can resist you and your Ninja Gaiden!

 

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I actually had no trouble at all beating Alma. I used the Art of Fire Wheel and some Lv.2 Dragon Sword combos. I killed her on the first try. The boss that gave me the most trouble was the helicopter on the overpass but only because I had 1 healing potion left.

 

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Strider Hiryu
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I have beaten the game on Hard and am 10 chapters in to Very Hard mode. I don't know what I'll do when I beat very hard. Cry, maybe.

 

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In Reply To #13
spontaneously combust, it looks cooler.

 

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Strider Hiryu
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Nothing like nothing to remind me why I don't frequent this place anymore.

 

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In Reply To #15

The way-to-random randomness? The raging, probably fake, homoerotic tendencies? The lack of activity? Or all of it and more?

 


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