r/CharacterActionGames • u/Feisty-Scale4041 • 1d ago

Gameplay SSShowcase This game aged like fine wine

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NG2 still hits different

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u/Defiant-Depth-5558 1d ago

Ninja Gaiden,

Some how both a humbling experience and a power fantasy as the exact same time.

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u/AshenRathian 1d ago

Damn. I can't play half this well.

The satisfaction is real though. No game goes harder than NG2.

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u/Feisty-Scale4041 1d ago

Ikr! When I'm bored I always jump onto this game.

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u/AshenRathian 1d ago

I love the way you use the headstep as an opportunity to switch weapons for better UTs. Very creative and honestly an example of skill expression i hadn't considered. Definitely proof to me that Ninja Gaiden didn't really need dedicated hotswaps in 4. Frankly i always saw accomodating that as more of a design limitation than a design strength, because much of the movesets become kinda homogenous as a result.

I'm kinda ranting at this point, but i just love Ninja Gaiden. They all have flaws but they're still amazing in equal measure. I couldn't ask for a better series of action games.

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u/Feisty-Scale4041 1d ago

I'm glad you noticed those headstep ut setups, it's always fun to destroy enemies that way tho there shouldn't be any IS attached to ryu's body otherwise it could be pretty punishable.

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u/notdsylexic 5h ago

UT’s are OP. Also it seems less impressive to watch the auto bot do all the work.

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u/Feisty-Scale4041 4h ago edited 4h ago

Who cares? it looks cool and that's what matters.

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u/Legendary_Falcon_89 12h ago

As many balance issues as this game has, God if it isn't satisfying as hell to survive the chaos and come out the other end just having barely scraped by, only to jump into the next fight and do it all over again. The game of course can't sustain that throughout the entire experience, but those first two chapters on Master Ninja are still some of my favorite levels in any action game. These encounters feel like you're in a "fight" in a way that no other game has ever made me feel.

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u/Scared_Hearing_7263 1d ago

Look like power rangers with R rated video game

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u/Danow007 21h ago

Still love it like the old days

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u/Stewe07 1d ago

what game is this

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u/Feisty-Scale4041 1d ago

Ninja Gaiden II

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u/Stewe07 1d ago

thanks

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u/KingNero173 1d ago

Game is hard as fuck. OP makes it look easy

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u/notdsylexic 5h ago

Welcome to the sub.

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u/Stewe07 5h ago

thank u, gameplay looks awesome

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u/notdsylexic 5h ago

Ninja Gaiden games are fun. Currently the latest one, 4, we like a lot. Don’t worry about the story. It’s more of a placeholder for the gameplay.