It came from the shadows, and to the shadows it shall return. Here are the best ninja games on the PlayStation 2.
These remakes and remasters are must-haves in this next generation.
Gunstar Heroes was made by Treasure. I'm not sure if that IP actually belongs to Sega. If it does, the ONLY modern day developer that I think would do that game justice is Housemarque. Maybe Sega could collaborate with Sony to let them make a modern day Gunstar Heroes. I definitely think Shinobi and Afterburner need modern day remakes though.
I feel like there are stronger Sega IP's than some of the ones that were listed such as...
Vector Man
Comix Zone
Virtual On
Ranger X
Jet Set Radio
Landstalker
Eternal Champions
Totally agreed. That’s a good start. Here’s a few more I think would covert well.
Virtua Fighter
Fighting Vipers
Sonic Adventure
Condemned
Shinobi
Altered Beast
Shenmue (properly supported)
Probably still my favorite horror game of all time. I’ve been into that kind of shit my whole life so I don’t scare easy but condemned got me. When you’re looking down a hallway and see people peaking out. The heart was kicking lmao.
I need to play it again. I played a year or 2 ago and it still held up. Graphics are obviously dated but just the premise. Like pulling pipes off of the wall and shit. You don’t see that anymore. I’d take the same game with a new can of paint, it still feels good. Multiplat remaster do it. I don’t think criminal origins ever came to PlayStation.
As hard as it was, the Shinobi remake that came out on PS2 was decent. But yes, a new remake would be great. Always loved that series.
Where did he come from, where did Shinobi go?
I remember renting Shinobi during the weekend and playing it for hours on my Master System Alex Kidd in Shinobi Land was also a great game. I wish Sega would bring the franchise back
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I only played NG2, MTP, Contra and G&G from that list. All were hard but G&G gave me the biggest fit, I don't even remember finishing that one.
Ghost n Goblins was never designed to be completed in my opinion, it was designed to take all your money in the arcades.
I loved that game ever since playing it on Commodore 64 as a kid but I have never completed it either, despite attempts on different platforms over the years, its so damn hard. I went on to adore Ghouls n Ghosts, particularly on my Amiga but especially whenever I happened across it in an arcade machine.
I see some claims here of people beating that game, but I would be pretty sure that it wasn't done without continues etching.
I never played G&G in the arcades but spent many frustrating hours playing on home consoles using continue after continue. I don't remember there being any save points either.
The only way I completed the Ghost n Goblins game was to play it on an emulator, that way you could save prior to fighting a boss. In the purest sense, I suppose you could consider that a cheat although I did not use any cheat codes.
One game I completely gave up on was Battletoads although around that time I became much more interested in games that had RPG elements and those genres I still prefer today.
I never beat G&G either, but did beat Super Ghouls and Ghosts on Snes years later.
Patience and learning got me through, same with most difficult games.
C64 era arcade games were mostly unbeatable without cheats. Midnight Resistance, Renegade, Bad Dudes... Jeez, kids have no idea.
I played NG Sigma 2, I don't know if it's any different in terms of difficulty from NG 2, but to me it was much easier than the first one.
games likes these are a dead, what a shame.
Man what I'd give for a new Tenchu game
*ARAGAMI 1 and 2 for a current fix
**Wrath of Heaven is probably the greatest ninja/stealth game ever.
Shinobi was okay. Your sword drained your health. So you had to constantly keep moving. You couldn't take your time to even explore or even breath. Nightshade rectified this.