Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is an enigma in that it manages to both improve and detract from the original Xbox 360 version. The game offers both new and improved features that address some criticisms of the original, but they come at a curious expense of either not fixing or outright removing features in other areas. Far from the definitive version of the game, Sigma 2 ends up doing little more than tread water rather than genuinely improve upon the original material.
Tough as nails, solid as a brick, and as annoying as a rooster at dawn—this list has it all. Here are the hardest PS3 games.
This list has nine games....
And if these are the "hardest", that's a bit alarming because I'm pretty average and I've managed to 100% more than a third of this list (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Hard Corps Uprising, and Catherine).
Grab your katana, and slice your way through this list featuring the best hack and slash games the PlayStation 3 had to offer.
Dante's inferno... an excellent GoW inspired game. So sad the sequels will never be.
I recall enjoying it well enough at the time, but it wasn't a patch on God of War 3 which came out around the same time I think.
I own it and fired it up on my PS3 about 6 months ago and time hadn't been particularly kind to it although it still very much nailed the atmosphere and it is a cool as he'll setting and universe.
Dante's Inferno needs the GOW treatment. No cut camera, with a real hellish depiction of the 9 circles and a story as dark and as serious would be amazing.
Still pretty amazing there was a PSP version that was actually pretty good. I remember playing it 10 years ago. I had the PS3 version when it first came out and loved it.
Yup, I remember being blown away with Heavenly Sword. I remember holding out hope that they would go back and add trophy support as a incentive to go back and replay the game, but I don't think they ever did?
I couldn't beat the final boss though! Spent several days trying but eventually gave up, lol. Still enjoyed it though.
heavenly sword was such a short, but amazing game. that game should be prime material to be made into a download only remaster.
I really enjoyed Castlevania, but struggled to get into it again reattempting it a few years back. I still think it does another of things well; story, presentation, level varietily and art style at least. Gameplay maybe has not stood test of time unfortunately which makes it a chore to get through.
In the conclusion to a three part series, CV takes a look at the most recent Ninja Gaiden games, for better and for worse.
They need to make a true sequel to Ninja Gaiden 2, that was the most satisfying combat I've experienced in a hack n slash game.
been playing 1&2 on and off since they were released. I usually will play until I get frustrated then take another year off lol. Nver tried 3 or the 4th one even though they are in my backlog.
I tried to go back to Sigma but good god those controls are just insufferable. Couldn't do it.
This review is trash. It is definitely the definitive version. What was removed? Answer: nothing except a little blood here and there.
"The camera system is just as broken as it was before, combat still has plenty of cheap aspects to it, and nearly all gore has been removed"
All incorrect. The camera system is factually NOT just as broken as it was before, in fact, it has been improved. Granted, it still isn't great, but if you play the two games back to back, you'll see that it is factually, objectively, provably better in Sigma 2.
Combat is also not as cheap. There are areas that had way too many enemies at once attacking you from all sides in the original. They scale it back a bit here, and as a result, it's not as cheap, and it doesn't have the slow-down issue anymore.
And finally, "nearly all gore has been removed"? Total lie. It's still one of the goriest games out there. Blood splatters about and body parts are severed and at the end of every battle there's gore and blood and limbs littered all over the place.
On the other hand, it has vastly improved lighting, textures, and frame-rate, and it has new online features, co-op, and additional characters and bosses and gameplay segments.
It's completely crazy how they just make stuff up about this release.