When Ninja Gaiden II was released on Xbox 360 last year, it fell a bit short of the lofty expectations of hardcore gamers, many of whom consider the Xbox remake to be the best action title ever made. But not because it lacked flair. True to its roots, Ninja Gaiden II was an over-the-top romp through gallons of viscera and gore, punctuated by insane boss battles and inexplicable plot twists. But just when it seemed Tecmo had busted the ridiculous meter, along came From Software to challenge the reigning champ.
Like Ninja Gaiden II, the recently released Ninja Blade is a 3D action game starring a mysterious ninja who fights monsters with a variety of pointy weapons. Both feature incomprehensible storylines, absurd bosses and plenty of combat. But Ninja Blade focuses less on the latter area and more on, well, just about everything else.
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Ninja Blade is From Software’s best ninja game of all time, including Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. At least it’s the best version of a specific type of ninja game.
Well aren't you cool? Taking a game that was pretty much universally acclaimed and then saying that one that received mediocre to bad reviews across the board is better... There's always one "hipster" out there with a contrarian opinion.
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I don’t remember much of it but wasn’t it a QTE heavy game like Asura’s Wrath and GOW3?
It was like the Xbox Ninja Gaiden with an insane amount of QTEs. Not bad but not innovative.
FromSoftware is a game developer that has found popularity in the gaming industry thanks to their widely popular and best-selling series, Dark Souls. They may have gained notoriety from this series, but they have been around since 1986 with their first video game published in 1994 and have produced many popular games. Here are 5 games they have made that are not Dark Souls.
The Adventures of Cookie and Cream (Or Kuri Kuri Mix as is known in PAL territories) is actually a pretty good game, and gets damn hard in the latter stages.
I'd love to see FromSoft make King's Field 5, or maybe another Armoured Core. I love the Souls games, but I don't want to see it milked for all its worth.
Didn't they also make the 3D Dot Game Heroes (or something like that).
I actually enjoyed that a lot on PS3
They actually only handled publishing in Japan. It was developed by Silicon Studio.
I wanted to keep the entries to their own respective genres. Chromehounds and Armored Core are both mecha. I almost included it though.
...I'm saying I knew FromSoft had a hand in all of these games. I would know, I own/ed most of them.
Armored Core series producer left From Software.
My guess is the company shifted all focus to Souls series... :(
RIP Armored Core....
I would love to see them come out with a new IP in the mecha genre. Armored Core was cool, but I think they have expanded their skills to make a more unique game.
Ninja Blade is fun but its no Ninja Gaiden 2. Ninja Gaiden 2 is the only game that will make want to chunk your controller through your TV only to pick it back up again and retry.
All Ninja Blade is a game that cant take its self serous and that's what makes it fun.