I have never seen anyone discuss this series, apart from how people say how ball breaking the difficulty is
Which one's the best to start at?
Rate the titles from least to greatest
Team Ninja's Ninja Gaiden
Connor Martinez
Adam Davis
Ninja Gaiden Black = Ninja Gaiden Sigma > Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 > Ninja Gaiden II
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge >>> Ninja Gaiden 3
Ninja Gaiden Sigma = Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 > Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
All three are great games, however.
I don't know about the DS game or the Yaiba thing, so fuck it. This is all you get.
Nathaniel Davis
Play them from 1 to 3.
Ryan Williams
I'd say Black is slightly better than Sigma due to the extras. I'm a fucking stickler for alt outfits and the console Sigmas lack in those.
Devil's Third is a better game than either Ninja Gaiden 3 or Yaiba.
Kayden Gonzalez
as far as i know, Vanilla has more costumes over Black too
David Mitchell
But doesn't Sigma have more weapons and content? Or am I misremembering? I also hear Black just runs better.
I'll have to try Devil's Third sometime. I'm itching for another decent action game.
Juan Nguyen
The only thing that sucks about Devils Third is the single player mode is short and too easy. itagaki shouldn't have focused on making a multiplayer shooter.
Andrew Sullivan
Ninja Gaiden 2 is my all time favorite action game but Cred Forums will probably try to tell you that Ninja Gaiden Black is the best.
Also, Sigma 2 is a fucking travesty. It removes the 2 best parts of the entire game. Exploding surikens and gore. What the fuck her they thinking?
Blake Roberts
Can you get it digitally on 360? Otherwise it's like 70 bucks or something for a new physical copy and fuck buying used games
Eli Taylor
>Ninja Gaiden Black = Ninja Gaiden Sigma
>sonyponys believe this
Yeah the censored, 12 frames a second version sure is great ain't it!
Carson Foster
>fantastic art direction wasted on a super-average action platformer
Such a shame.
Elijah Sanchez
It's really fucking budget and the online is getting shut down in three months. However, for what it is, it's rather good. Just unfortunately janky.
PC version is out now at least.
>vanilla NG1 has more outfits than Black, which was just all of the DLC bundled together AND THEN SOME
Nigga what?
Caleb Thompson
>Also, Sigma 2 is a fucking travesty. It removes the 2 best parts of the entire game. Exploding surikens and gore
They brought back the gore in Sigma 2 Plus.
Camden Reed
Enjoy your slideshow, bro. Because when you turn on gore in Sigma 2+, that's what it is. That's a shame too.
Josiah Sullivan
Just buy it used. What's wrong with used? It's not like the game comes with extra content if you buy a new copy and there's tons for sale online in "like new" condition for less than $10.
Lucas Price
Ninja Gaiden Black > Ninja Gaiden 2 > > Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge > Ninja Gaiden Sigma > Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 > Ninja Gaiden Yaiba whatever
Brody Howard
NGB > NG2 > NG '04 > Sigma > NG3: RE > Sigma II > Yaiba > vanilla NG3 > Ninja Blade
Jayden Morris
I've never played 2. Are there any particular differences between it and Black that make you prefer 2?
Xavier Moore
Black removed the future ninja outfit and plasma saber
Ethan Mitchell
plasma saber is still in
you have to get the golden scarabs to get it
Christian Thomas
Ah, that's right, my mistake. I also don't remember, can you still get the Dark Dragon Blade in Black? Is that another scarab reward?
Mason Anderson
scarab reward (get all 50)
with no NG+ where you keep the scarabs like the original, borderline pointless
Carson Diaz
Combat feels a lot more visceral. Dismembering people also plays a large role in strategic fighting. I also thought it had cooler areas, better bossfights, more interesting weapons. I still get an adrenaline rush leaping into battle and watching the blood pour and the limbs fly.
Charles Rivera
>can you still get the Dark Dragon Blade in Black?
In Master Ninja difficulty you can get it halfway trough.
Anthony Hughes
Also played both and yeah, people cannot not understand how great dismemberment was unless they actually played it. Not only did it make combat look better, being able to disable an enemy without actually killing it lets you be so much more aggressive and proactive, rather than the largely reactionary combat in Black. It was so great, and then Sigma 2 shit all over it.
Sebastian Cooper
One of my favorite fights in the series. Good memories.
Justin Mitchell
Carson Miller
youtu.be
at least that fight it's playable in Sigma 2
Christopher Ortiz
>They brought back the gore in Sigma 2 Plus.
At the cost of fps and number of enemies on-screen.
As impressive as a portable port might sound, both Sigma + attempts sacrifice the one Ninja Gaiden should never suffer, fps stability and enemies on screen.
Gavin Cox
I always loved that song.
Joshua Barnes
Was it too fast for your baby skills?
Gavin Powell
I have a PS3 and not a 360. I got Sigma 2, but have been bitter about how it was changed from 2 for years and shelfed it. This actually looks decent though. Maybe I should give it another chance.
It's not like I have any alternative...
James Ross
>It's not like I have any alternative...
You could probably find a 360 for $50 or so these days, and Ninja Gaiden 2 is only going to be $20.