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From software making Ninja Gaiden derivative

SamSam Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Games and Technology
with quick timer events which everyone likes to pretend is a new feature when it has been around since laserdisc games. I wish theyd make a new otogi instead, this just looks too derivative/boring.

it's called ninja blade and even the logo resembles gaiden.
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  • Rigor MortisRigor Mortis Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Worst OP ever, or best OP ever?

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  • wasted pixelswasted pixels Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Sam wrote: »
    with quick timer events which everyone likes to pretend is a new feature when it has been around since laserdisc games. I wish theyd make a new otogi instead, this just looks too derivative/boring.

    Oh. Okay.

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  • FireflashFireflash Montreal, QCRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Interesting.

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  • McClyMcCly Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Coolio.

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  • aBlankaBlank Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Worst OP ever, or best OP ever?

    I think you mean great OP or GREATEST OP.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    aBlank wrote: »
    Worst OP ever, or best OP ever?

    I think you mean great OP or GREATEST OP.

    Is today opposite day or something?

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    xzzy wrote: »
    aBlank wrote: »
    Worst OP ever, or best OP ever?

    I think you mean great OP or GREATEST OP.

    Is today opposite day or something?

    Considering your user image I would have expected you to get that one. :P

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  • McClyMcCly Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Looks like Ninja-Bruce from Batman Begins.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ninjas don't need sentence structure.

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    It's like they tried to make the guy look as different from Hayabusa as possible and succeeded in not only that but also making him look like some guy cosplaying as a ninja. They don't have to make him look like Hayabusa, there are plenty of cool unconventional ninja designs like Shinobi. This guy looks like he wouldn't make the cut in Tenchu.

    The rest of it just too strongly resembles NG for me to care. A Ninja fighting ugly monsters inbetween cutscenes? I have that game, and it serves its purpose well enough.

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That has to be the silliest looking ninja mask ever.

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  • Randall_FlaggRandall_Flagg Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    more importantly, from software is making Tenchu 4, which comes out for the wii in march

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If there was ever a Dr. McNinja game I imagine the character model would look something like that only with white instead of black.

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  • Smug DucklingSmug Duckling Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Sam wrote: »
    It's like they tried to make the guy look as different from Hayabusa as possible and succeeded in not only that but also making him look like some guy cosplaying as a ninja. They don't have to make him look like Hayabusa, there are plenty of cool unconventional ninja designs like Shinobin. This guy looks like he wouldn't make the cut in Tenchu.

    The rest of it just too strongly resembles NG for me to care. A Ninja fighting ugly monsters inbetween cutscenes? I have that game, and it serves its purpose well enough.

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  • glithertglithert Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    You know, I still haven't finished Ninja Gaiden 2.
    I should probably get on that.

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  • bloodyroarxxbloodyroarxx Casa GrandeRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Form the videos I've seen, visually it looks interesting, but on a gameplay level looks piss poor. I fear that Norihiko Hibino's awesome music will go wasted in this game.

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  • brynstarbrynstar Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Well, I for one think this game looks awesome, but then I love Dragon's Lair. And I love character action games.

    So really, this game looks made for me. But I agree that the design seems a little off compared to what sells well today. Also, the title is kind of generic.

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    QTE's can be good, but trying to make all the custcenes "playable" is a bad idea.

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  • Rigor MortisRigor Mortis Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Thanks for pics and a title. Now I know what's being talked about.

    Anyways.

    One of my favorite features of Ninja Gaiden was the lack of QTE. I despise them with every fibre of my being. I remember hearing about this game before and being interested. QTE is killling that. I like to sit back and enjoy over the top ninja shenanigans in cutscenes, not stare at the bottom right corner waiting to button mash.

    Like Heavenly Sword. Great cutscenes, but I missed half of them because I didn't dare look away from the screen corner for fear of missing a crucial cue.

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Thanks for pics and a title. Now I know what's being talked about.

    Anyways.

    One of my favorite features of Ninja Gaiden was the lack of QTE. I despise them with every fibre of my being. I remember hearing about this game before and being interested. QTE is killling that. I like to sit back and enjoy over the top ninja shenanigans in cutscenes, not stare at the bottom right corner waiting to button mash.

    Like Heavenly Sword. Great cutscenes, but I missed half of them because I didn't dare look away from the screen corner for fear of missing a crucial cue.

    I think some games use them well, some don't. I thought they were entertaining for the most part in Shenmue because they advanced the plot and were paced properly instead of in every cutscene. Shenmue definitely overdid the QTE's but they were more fun in that game than RE.

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  • psychotixpsychotix __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    glithert wrote: »
    You know, I still haven't finished Ninja Gaiden 2.
    I should probably get on that.

    Heretic!

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    NINJABREAD MAN

    Everyone should play that game. Well, either that or I-Ninja, which was surprisingly fun.

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  • glithertglithert Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    psychotix wrote: »
    glithert wrote: »
    You know, I still haven't finished Ninja Gaiden 2.
    I should probably get on that.

    Heretic!

    I beat Black on master ninja
    I just don't have as much free time now

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  • jothkijothki Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Cloudman wrote: »
    NINJABREAD MAN

    No. Just no.

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  • templewulftemplewulf The Team Chump USARegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    <Gill> Thread Resurrection! </Gill>

    Guys, I just played the demo for this, and it's pretty awesome! It's like a combination of the Future Ninja of Ninja Gaiden and the Ninja-Turtles-like Totally Awesome mentality of Devil May Cry. You need to play the demo through to the end to know exactly what I mean. The boss fight drags on a bit, but the way you kill him is so over the top that I have done a complete 180 on my attitude about this game.

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