[PS3] Teenage Mutant Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

Originally Posted by SKYFALL

Let's hope this release fixes the shitty crash bugs, horrible camera, constant falling through the geometry, getting stuck in a wall run, cutscene loading errors and other general unpolished horseshit this thing had when it dropped on the Xbox.

Because for real, god damn. It made the whole thing far more frustrating that it needed to be.

Amen. I also had some problems with slowdown where there were so many enemies on the screen, it looked like I was playing in slow motion. This looks promising and seeing Ayane (my most used character on DoA) as a playable character is win. There's also Rin as a playable character, but what I'm looking forward to seeing is the co-op mode and how it will play out.

After Itagaki left, I think we all knew there was going to be another Ninja Gaiden on the PS3.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I got around to downloading the demo today and well...I encountered lag issues in the first level. I reached a point in the city where I jumped into a water canal and had to fight off enemies and that's where it happened. Seems like this is more of a port than I thought, but I can't write it off just yet. Maybe the final product has those issues fixed. It was pretty much the same going through the first level with Ryu and only being equipped with a sword and shuriken, plus a bow.

Then all was forgiven when I completed the first level, which was the end of the demo for Ryu and up came "You have unlocked Ayane."

Ayane, while not as powerful as Ryu, is friggin fast. Her constant trademark spinning techniques make an appearance here and her fast combos with the ultimate techniques were just jaw-dropping to me. Ayane's ninpo technique is just one huge shockwave blast that eliminates all enemies within a certain radius.

There are also a couple of team missions in the demo which you're able to play as one character and have another character as your partner which is controlled by the computer. You are able to select your primary weapon, your throwing weapon, and your ninpo technique. You and your partner each have a lifebar, and when I used a ninpo technique it was a tag team effort. It caused it huge friggin explosion and wiped out everything on the screen.

It's still a shame they left a lot of the blood out in this game. Looking back on the 360 version it was one of the bloodiest games I had ever played (I'm getting to God of War eventually). Still, the demo was decent. I highly recommend trying that out before thinking about any purchases. I'm probably going to wait a year or two for the price to drop before I get this.

There's nowhere I can't reach.