Updated & Improved Reviews

I have decided to go ahead and review some of the games I mentioned earlier in my posts. Starting today I'm going to post a more in depth review then I have in the past. Today we will be looking at the recently released game:


Ninja Gaiden II

1 Player > Action > Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: Team Ninja >ESRB: M

This latest offering features a brand new health recharge system. This oddly enough seems to be built for the sole purpose for the game to throw seemingly endless hordes of enemies your way. It works by recharging your health bar to a certain point depending on if you took any damage in a fight, if you did it will not recharge as much. The challenge people played the previous installments of Ninja Gaiden for is still here but to make the game apparently more consumable they have added an easier difficulty called the Path Of The Acolyte. This is a great starting point for people who don't want to experience the terror that the game offers or for people just starting out. Returning Veterans can jump straight into the harder Path Of The Warrior. Which enables a few different enemies. Players wanting to challenge themselves to the extreme can unlock two more difficulties, Path Of The Mentor and Path Of the Master Ninja. The action is fast paced and incredible. Ryu can weild an whole plethera of weapons from duel swords to the Sycte. Controls are tight and easy to control. There is no online multiplayer however, but it does offer a leaderboard system which displays your ranking among the worlds ninja elite. The new Ninja cinema allows players to share their gameplay videos with friends in the community. The story is sadly unnessecary to the explosive action this game offers and sadly forgettable. The women are still sterotypically built perfectly. A few loading issues sometimes arose during play as well as a few contextual control issues which make it hard to perform some of the simple tasks in the game. The platforming elements such as wall running are touchy and the get "key A" to unlock "Door B" is tired. If you can tolerate these annoyaces in the game then this game will grab you for the ride of your life. Let's hope if they revisit Ninja Gaiden again they add something new to the mixing pot Try out the demo live on marketplace.
Review Score: 8.7