Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 September 24, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Alright I know the game have been announce for quite sometimes and it is already release in Xbox 360 but I want to reiterate few things since this is a great action game and it will be release next week on PS3 and I can’t wait play it since I like the first Ninja Gaiden Sigma.
Let’s begin by looking back a bit, Ninja Gaiden is popular series back in 8bit and 16bit console era and they are great games but those series are consider the first generation. The second generation series is release first on Xbox, Xbox 360 and PS3. There are no stories related between the first series (1 gen) and second series (2 gen) personally I don’t think there are any stories to talk about because it is basically a pure action game. So the second generation of Ninja Gaiden series is more like continuing the Ninja Gaiden game reputation with a new story and new 3D platform setting. The new series was first release in Xbox and then ported to PS3 dubbed Ninja Gaiden Sigma with quite significant additional new contents.
The game play of Ninja Gaiden is all about nail biting outstanding hacking & slashing of evil demon. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 stories will continue from Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Now Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 for PS3 will have a whole lot more additional new contents when compare to Ninja Gaiden Sigma. The new stuff are the co-op mode, new stages, new playable characters like Ayane, Momiji & Rachel, new weapons, SixAxis play mode support and etc.. Unfortunately it is also comes with reduce bloodshed (less blood) and less gore when compare to the Xbox 360 version which have crazily huge amount of blood squirting off from slashed enemies.
For those who have played the new generation of Ninja Gaiden series know that this is a very challenging game to play but very fun. Even in normal setting most people would find it extremely difficult to even pass through the early stages. I have never played Ninja Gaiden 2 on Xbox 360 but I expect the same challenging game play in Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. There are a lot unhappy people in regard to Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 releases on PS3 especially those bought the Xbox 360 version will find that they are losing out on the additional game contents and would have to buy the game again on PS3 just to play the new contents. This is probably cause by Microsoft trying pay more to get “Time Exclusive” game titles to be release on Xbox 360 first and when that 1 year time exclusive is over the publisher or developer can choose to release the game on other platform of course they need to add new stuff or else people won’t buy the game.
If you like challenging hack & slash action adventure games, this game should be very high on your wanted list and also this could be the final Ninja Gaiden game as the lead game designer Tomonobu Itagaki left Team Ninja and Tecmo the publisher have not made any announcement about any sequel or new development for the Ninja Gaiden series.
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