Product Description
Ninja Gaiden Sigma puts realistic battle and acrobatic ninja moves at your fingertips. As Ryu Hayabusa, you are seek revenge after your clan is massacred by the Vigor Empire. All you have are your wits, sword and skills. Your weapons & combat skills are great, but only time will tell if they’re enough to beat the Holy Emperor and reclaim the magic sword named “Ryuken”. Upload your Karma scores on the Playstation network & compare leader boards… More >>
I bought this game because I had played the previous versions of Ninja Gaiden in other old platforms, and, surprisingly, this was much less expensive than I expected.
This is a much better game than so many I have seen. It is not easy, the enemies attack in group, adapt the offensive and get tougher with time. Your character dies all the time and you have to try again countless times, but once you finish off a chapter boss you feel a real sensation of accomplishment.
What I like the most about this Ninja Gaiden version is that you can’t expect the enemies to behave the same, even when you are trying again and encountering the same group of foes in the same situation you had before. The AI is very good. Depending on how you face them, your first strike, your character’s position, etc, they will change the strategy. Also, as other reviewers mentioned, most enemies have some attacks that can’t be blocked (you must try to evade them), if you block for too long or at the wrong time, they will break it and if you use the same attacks many times without varying, the enemies will adapt, blocking or evading them.
The graphics and sounds are good, but not too impressive, but I prefer challenging AI with good/average graphics to weak AI with mesmerizing graphics any day.
If you want real tough action, try this title (there is a demo at the Playstation store), but if you get frustrated easily, don’t bother. There are easier titles around.
One criticism I have is that the saved game loading (when your character dies and you want to continue) and chapter loading (once you complete the previous one) are slow (at least, for me), even after installing the game in the hard drive (though it does improve it). But, it is a minor issue that don’t affect the rest.
Advice: master the combo techniques. There are several of them and some require a sequence of 6 buttons to work. Your path will be smoother and the chapter bosses fall faster.
In the end, a great title.
Rating: 5 / 5
Over all, this game is pretty awesome. Im deployed to Iraq right now and i’ve played some pretty good games, but this one is a for sure top 5 on my list. The graphics are sweet and just the gameplay over all is awesome. And the price really isnt bad….recommend to all.
Rating: 5 / 5
Ninja Gaiden is still the bar I use to judge other action game controls.
NG’s fighting system controls on a dime.
The tight controls are necessary for a game this challenging. The first boss in this game is legendary for his difficulty.
This is one of the games I was most excited for after getting a PS3.
The difficulty definitely isn’t for for everyone. The combat is so satisfying though, I don’t mind trying to get to the next checkpoint.
One tip. If the difficulty is too much, try dying immediately on the first level a few times to unlock a lower difficulty.
Rating: 5 / 5
Two words to describe this game, so hard, actually three words, so very hard. This game is the most unforgiving, and toughest game I have ever played on any platform. While the story line itself is fairly interesting; the gameplay itself is at time extremely frustrating and unforgiving. You will find yourself pulling out your own hair trying to time the perfect jump or understand what part of a particular puzzle you are missing. This game remind me alot of the old school prince of persia PC games. Its a lot of jumping around, timing your jumps, going back and force to collect a key or some sort of missing piece of a puzzle. And the bosses at each level is very much like to old school games where the bosses do a preprogrammed set of moves that if you can time fairly well will be easy to beat. Overall not an impressive game but fairly fun once you complete it as you will have a sense that accomplished something, kind of like the feeling you finally mowed your lawn or cleaned out an epic mess.
Rating: 3 / 5
I’m half way through the game. If it were one word I had to use to describe it, I’d say challenging. It’s not your typical button mashing hack n slash. As stated by others, it takes technique. It also takes alot of patience. I could see some people breaking their controllers out of frustration. But that doesn’t take away from the fun. Finding new weapons and upgrading them is a plus. The only negative I have is the camera angle. Sometimes it can be a little weird. Unlike alot of games these days the storyline is worth paying attention to. The graphics are also nice. 9.5 out of 10 in my book.
Rating: 5 / 5