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Ninja Gaiden II [Xbox One BC - X Enhanced] |OT| No More Stair-Stepping
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I never heard that the staircase was patched out. was that a thing?
I hope one day Team Ninja does an actual rebalance trilogy remaster of these games. There's plenty of improvements and pros and cons to the sigma 1 and 2 games versus the OG 1 and 2 that could be taken into account to make the definitive edition.
I hope one day Team Ninja does an actual rebalance trilogy remaster of these games. There's plenty of improvements and pros and cons to the sigma 1 and 2 games versus the OG 1 and 2 that could be taken into account to make the definitive edition.
This one? (I was near a save point, lol)
the patched stairs are still pretty fucking wild i thought. unless they patched them again in this version
This one? (I was near a save point, lol)
Almost looks like something out of Warframe
That's the one. I'd occasionally use the green variant too
Secured a $5 copy but it's like a 40 minute drive away. Still cheaper than paying 50 for digital.
Made it to Genshin tonight. I forgot how bad those bosses were. Their prevent you from using your moveset and resort to spamming some normal attacks. The worst is yet to come.
The moment to moment combat is still excellent and it really opens up when you have fully upgraded weapons.
Now I remember why I never got all the achievements. You have to play the entire game with each weapon without switching and there are 8 (if I remember correctly). The good thing is once you finish a playthrough you can restart on any unlocked difficulty with your fully upgraded weapons.
The moment to moment combat is still excellent and it really opens up when you have fully upgraded weapons.
Now I remember why I never got all the achievements. You have to play the entire game with each weapon without switching and there are 8 (if I remember correctly). The good thing is once you finish a playthrough you can restart on any unlocked difficulty with your fully upgraded weapons.
Really just meant to give props to you specifically, not GAF - twas and is a legendary image
good on ya
Some x enhanced games don't get enhanced huds just game graphics.
Is that the same with you ng 2? I saw the video here and they got HD huds
I remember people going side weapons and throws only up until one of the late chapters to save themselves the multiple runs
Don't have ng2 but hd is 720p so it would look bad scaled up to near 4k. In one of the newly xenhanced Splinter Cell games the in engine gfx are near 4k but the cutscenes and HUD are around 720p. Forza Horizon 1 has a 4k HUD because it originally used vector graphics so it was easy to scale.
Is there where we pretend abusing i-frames to avoid explosive shuriken spam was fun?
Not going through the process of hooking up/finding my 360 to upload my save so started over and I forgot how little health bosses have on way of the warrior. They go down so fast
Gore is still great, especially with the improved performance. Sigma 2 cutting it out was such a huge mistake and makes it so I could never play that version knowing what is missed. Oddly the vita version has the extra content AND gore but it runs at like 20 fps most of the time.
Gore is still great, especially with the improved performance. Sigma 2 cutting it out was such a huge mistake and makes it so I could never play that version knowing what is missed. Oddly the vita version has the extra content AND gore but it runs at like 20 fps most of the time.
Just got home from work and saw that price. Greatly appreciate getting this on X but I'm gonna have to wait for a sale on the digital version. 29.99 is fair in my eyes but not jiving with my current financial situation.
Can't wait to eventually get at it, though!!
Can't wait to eventually get at it, though!!
Wholeheartedly agree. It is absolutely stunning. The graphical assets holds up REALLY well in 2019. It's hard to believe this came out in 2008.
It's been over 10 years ago since I played this game and I hardly remember the game. It's like playing a whole new game again.
The only knock I had against the game back when it originally released were the gameplay slow downs and the severe frame rate drop when action got intense and chopped limbs start flying all over the screen. All of those issues so far appears to have been remedied and it's running at near 4K resolution.
Absolutely stunning. Huge props to Microsoft back compat team for a job well done!
Whether you are new or have played this game in the past, if you're a combat action game fan, you owe it to yourself to give NG2 a try.
Ordered 2 by accident. Will be giving one away when they arrive
Yes, you need to have Xbox Live Gold to transfer your save to the cloud on a Xbox 360.
It feels like I've been talking about Yojimbo a lot lately...
I never noticed this reference before. I guess first time I played the game was before I saw Yojimbo, but I did beat it early last year (only on Acolyte. I just can not beat the last boss on Warrior...).
Pretty sure it's a reference to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQgVUXckpTw
I never noticed this reference before. I guess first time I played the game was before I saw Yojimbo, but I did beat it early last year (only on Acolyte. I just can not beat the last boss on Warrior...).
Pretty sure it's a reference to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQgVUXckpTw
Game looks incredible on the "X". Rivals many current gen games visually and it plays so damn smooth. I was able to get a copy at my local mom & pop store for $8.00 and it was in great condition. Prior to calling them I called 2 Gamestop's and the guy that answered at one said "you are the 5th person calling for that". lol. Out of 3 GS none of them had any left. My mom & pop store had about 3 left and he started the day with 9 copies.
I defeated the first boss and not a single framedrop to be seen, the X version seems locked at 60fps. Second level blew my mind, the beginning looks so damn good on my OLED. The image really pops!
NG2 on the X feels like a true remaster. The BC team could have bring the game over to the X and call it a day but they went the extra mile here. Very impressive stuff!
I hope to see a Digital Foundry about this.
NG2 on the X feels like a true remaster. The BC team could have bring the game over to the X and call it a day but they went the extra mile here. Very impressive stuff!
I hope to see a Digital Foundry about this.
Sigma 2 is trash. The "rebalancing" isn't so much of a proper rebalance as just outright neutering the purpose of NG2's combat design and its encounters. It removes a significant amount of enemies on screen downgrading it to NG1 levels where you only fight 3 characters at one time. The combat in 2 is designed towards more offensive play and quickly and efficiently taking out many many enemies at once. That's a part of the thrill is having a crap ton of ninjas and demons out for your blood, and you being equipped with the techniques and weapons to take them all out. That was the purpose of the obliteration techniques and dismemberment system. The only highly unbalanced part that got super annoying in vanilla 2 is the amount of off-screen projectiles. If they got rid of that it would have been fine. This is all on top of Sigma 2 completely removing gore and blood and hilariously replacing it with purple mist along with the removal of body parts remaining on screen that gave you the visual feedback of being a dangerous super ninja.
Also Sigma 2 may have removed 2 bad bosses, but in return they added in 5 more shit bosses, then forced gameplay chapters for the side characters who play like ass compared to Ryu.
NG2 XB
Trash
Yeah they paired the enemies down a tad because guess what the vanilla version had performance issues. Also I totally refute the notion that more is better anyways. Ninja Gaiden isn't about quantity. Tecmo has a series for that its called Dynasty Warriors. I'd rather have a set of smaller better tuned enemies than just a swarm of enemies for no good reason. And over everything I'd rather take Sigma 2 because the underground section with the worms in Ninja Gaiden 2 vanilla is the worst segment in franchise history period and I'm including the entirety of Ninja Gaiden 3 in that. Its so bad. I don't know how anyone greenlit that.
NG2 is about raising the stakes. Having more of the intelligent enemies on screen requires you to be that much more sharp and on the offense. It isn't about boasting enemy count just for the sake of it. That's completely missing the point.
And I'd take that worm boss over the craptastic "blind" T-rex in NG3 that has zero awareness of Ryu. It's also funny you brought up Dynasty Warriors because that design of introducing wave after wave after wave of solider enemies made its way into NG3 and got highly repetitive. Terrible design throughout.
He must be referring to specifically the "surprise" lol.
Anyone else playing this with the Duke?
I started playing NGB with one because I figured if people could do it when it came out, I should at least try it.
Since then, one of the things I've been wanting to try if NGII became BC was playing it with the Duke, too. I think I like it. It's just a little weird pressing the black button instead of RB to open chests and "use" statues/open doors (what have you...).
I remember the game pre-patch having intense slowdown but no framerate drops. Then I think they "fixed" this with a later patch that reduced the enemy count. Not sure if it also removed the slowdown from the original 360 version.
this is highly exaggerated and factually wrong.
https://youtu.be/MA7Runk_lSc
which are fully intact in sigma?
yep, that was stupid
so they fixed it in sigma 2 plus, which has blood,gore,limbs and uncensored cutscenes
ayane plays great because she is even faster than ryu. its like turbo mode from devil may cry.
5 more shit bosses? the tengu brothers are one of the best bosses in the ninja gaiden series period. those statue fights were bad though
also they added online coop and chapter select for the story mode
MS just keeps on winning with their backwards compatibility program, my temptation to get an Xbox One X grows more and more each day but I can't really justify getting one at this point in time when the next gen is just around the corner 😐
I haven't played any since the 1st game on the OG Xbox even though I own NG2 and Sigma 2, I'd say it's probably harder than the Soulsborne games, if my memory serves me correctly, the game was brutal, no checkpoints, no regen health, you die in a level, you start right back at the start, I tapped out on the 1st level 😂
I haven't played any since the 1st game on the OG Xbox even though I own NG2 and Sigma 2, I'd say it's probably harder than the Soulsborne games, if my memory serves me correctly, the game was brutal, no checkpoints, no regen health, you die in a level, you start right back at the start, I tapped out on the 1st level 😂
