Ninja Gaiden 4 looks immaculate!

[Lena CE]

Now that the hype train has fully left the station and we're getting spammed with footage, I have very little doubt that this game is gonna at least mostly live up to the hype. Pretty much every worry I've had about what they'd do to "dumb down" or simplify the NG formula in the modern era has been erased. The only real thing I'm curious about is how much variety we'll have in terms of locale. Every bit of gameplay we've seen takes place in either the super white techy buildings or the samey-looking city streets. I hope we get a little more visual variety, but really if that's my biggest worry we're more than fine lol

The sound design is visceral and chunky, it animates as beautifully as the series ever has and the game is finding new ways to make Master Ninja difficulty a ruthless experience. Hitscanners that littered NG3 are back but with some subtle changes to how they stagger pressure along with the UI element that tells you when they're about to fire that makes them feel less unfair. Melee enemies can block you even in midair which is a terrifying prospect. You let down your pressure for any period of time and everything is gonna punish you hard, as it should on Master Ninja!

Yakumo is shaping up to be a really lovely edgelord protag ripped straight from the 2000s. Black and white hair, his scarf transforms into a giant one-wing during finishers, he has wild bloodbending powers and some one liners to boot. Anyone who doesn't like him will get to unlock Ryu to play through the whole game with after beating it once so that's also nice.

Half asleep so my thoughts are scattered and lazily phrased, but man oh man this is the rare non-Sega or Nintendo AAA game I'm ultra excited for. In an era of action games all being lesser soulslikes or Sony-style over-the-shoulder slow paced open world RPGs, this is such a breath of fresh air. If only for a moment, NG4 seems to be bringing the 2000s back :D

Thankful to Microsoft for making this happen and I'm happy that its multiplatform so no one misses out aside from people on Switch 2 (though who knows, maybe that changes if the game does well). October 21st can't come soon enough!

 

[RustySK]

I had no idea this was about to come out so soon! Yeah, looks great - thanks for the reminder, will put it on my list.

Wasn't Platinum Games involved with this game in some capacity? Been a while since their last good character action release (I really did not like Bayo 3), I'm definitely down for this.

 

[Advil Lavs]

Damn, when was it announced? Why didn't I know about this when it looks so good?

 

[sneakyguts]

i hope its like ninja gaiden 1 i like the ninja exploration in that game like wall running to get to secret places

 

[Stare best girl]

sorry to kill the hype but... they confirmed DLC weapons...

Ninja Gaiden 3 AGAIN!

 

[Rocket2049]

this looks extremely frantic and plays like it's on 2x speed to me
maybe i'm getting too old for this kinda game.
it just looks like a lot of stuff that'll make me die faster than i can realize what actually killed me.
enjoyed the ninja gaiden sigma games (not that i'd ever beat master ninja difficulty, i'm not that into it)

 

[Deleted member 856878]

The game is hot.

 

[030079AR]

Damn, when was it announced? Why didn't I know about this when it looks so good?

i heard 21st october

 

[Lena CE]

this looks extremely frantic and plays like it's on 2x speed to me
maybe i'm getting too old for this kinda game.
it just looks like a lot of stuff that'll make me die faster than i can realize what actually killed me.
enjoyed the ninja gaiden sigma games (not that i'd ever beat master ninja difficulty, i'm not that into it)

If you like the Sigma games this will probably still appeal to you! The second video is Normal difficulty iirc while the top video is Master Ninja difficulty ams you can definitely tell that the lower difficulty ebemies aren't nearly as aggressive. The game looks to play at around original NG2's speed but not quite as frantic.

People have been begging for a demo (myself included) so I'm really hoping they give us one so folks on the fence can try it out.

Wasn't Platinum Games involved with this game in some capacity? Been a while since their last good character action release (I really did not like Bayo 3), I'm definitely down for this.

Yea they are co-developing it! I can't recall if its Platinum being the primary dev whole Team Ninja assists or if Platinun is the team assisting. Either way they seem to be doing a bang-up job imo. Really sad Bayo 3 was disappointing to some folks, never got ariund to it precisely because ppl said it let em down.

Damn, when was it announced? Why didn't I know about this when it looks so good?

It was announced in January of this year during an Xbox presentation (Microsoft is funding/publishing) alongside Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. They have been pretty hush on it until recently tho, only giving us rare trailers or previews until TGS this year. Now the gloves have come off and I couldn't be more hype.

i hope its like ninja gaiden 1 i like the ninja exploration in that game like wall running to get to secret places

We know from the second video that there will be platforming in the form of wall running and grappling around, but I don't think the game will be as open as NG1 sadly. As much as I love NG2, I always miss how NG1 tried to be an adventure game with tons of secrets and puzzles.

sorry to kill the hype but... they confirmed DLC weapons...View attachment 114380
Ninja Gaiden 3 AGAIN!

This is definitely the biggest blemish. Yakumo gets his 4 weapons but its been really tough to tell if Ryu will have any alternate weapons in the base game or if people will be stuck with the dragon sword unless they get the deluxe DLC.

On one hand, Yakumo is definitely the star of the show this time around and his base kit is fully fleshed out. On the other, why are we treating the former MC as chopped liver? Its already been controversial to switch main characters, so making Ryu's alt weapons be DLC feels like salt on the wound.

I'll be ok with it if Ryu has at least a few alternate weapons at launch. If the game launches with 7-8 weapons across 2 fully playable characters then I can forgive some stuff being DLC. If Ryu really is stuck with just his sword though, that's absolute BS.

 

[sneakyguts]

We know from the second video that there will be platforming in the form of wall running and grappling around, but I don't think the game will be as open as NG1 sadly. As much as I love NG2, I always miss how NG1 tried to be an adventure game with tons of secrets and puzzles

same i miss it so much im replaying ninja gaiden black on series x via bc the game runs at 4k its beautiful

 

[Advil Lavs]

It was announced in January of this year during an Xbox presentation (Microsoft is funding/publishing) alongside Ninja Gaiden 2 Black. They have been pretty hush on it until recently tho, only giving us rare trailers or previews until TGS this year. Now the gloves have come off and I couldn't be more hype.

Ok, now I'm not surprised why I haven't heard of its announcement

 

[regnor]

It doesn't look too special compared to the older games and Yakumo is lame so I'll probably skip this one.

 

[Lena CE]

Got the platinum trophy about 11 hours ago and I just wanna say that this game is amazing! It has its issues for sure, but it is easily one of the best action games we have gotten in the last 10-15 years. Still can't believe I'm playing a Ninja Gaiden 4!

 

[BrawlMan]

This is my second favorite NG game after II Black. I'm hoping that d l c will come out soon. The dlc I bought on a sale at half off.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

Trash game. The developers (platinum games) changed too many thing both in the story and gameplay, it has no soul now, no identity; everything good that ng4 does (the little good it does) was done infinitely better by the previous games in the franchise, and yes, that includes NG3: Razor’s Edge and NG2 Black.

Just play the previous games in the franchise, those are far better games and don’t treat you like an idiot.

I wanted to add that: part of the reason ng4 is so bad comes from the fact that “apparently” some of the game’s developers are BIG fans of devil may cry 4 (the second worst game in the franchise), so that could partially explain some of the problems ng4 has.

 

[Bakuma1997]

I heard complains that the game got "Dumbed down for casuals", ironically the thing thet complain made me want to finally give the 3D games a shot, the 3D games are good, but they are hella unfair at times, the fact the game don't want you to simply enjoy them by mocking you kept me away further

 

[NOTthatHARD]

I heard complains that the game got "Dumbed down for casuals", ironically the thing thet complain made me want to finally give the 3D games a shot, the 3D games are good, but they are hella unfair at times, the fact the game don't want you to simply enjoy them by mocking you kept me away further

One of the problems is that ng4 doesn't respct you, it is easy because the developers think you are too stupid to handle high difficulty, in fact ng4 is so "dumb automatic" that your character can go from one corner of the arena to the other just by pressing the attack button, the developers don't even expect you to to know how to manually get close to the enemy you want to attack.

Trust me, ng4 and platinum games don't respct you.

 

[BrawlMan]

I heard complains that the game got "Dumbed down for casuals", ironically the thing thet complain made me want to finally give the 3D games a shot, the 3D games are good, but they are hella unfair at times, the fact the game don't want you to simply enjoy them by mocking you kept me away further

The game is still challenging for the right reasons. Also, if you're looking for easier but still challenging NG games, then play Sigma 1, II Black, and 3:RE. That's that said the third game can be challenging for the wrong reasons when going above normal, or the final boss. Don't listen to the snobby hater on the updated versions of the games. They're a vocal minority.

I recommend this video from Castle Super Beast as well (WoolieVS and PatStaresAt)

Brain Alert! loves this franchise.

Spoiler: Brain Alert Reviews of the Modern Ninja Gaiden Franchise

He doesn't like Yaiba.

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[Bakuma1997]

One of the problems is that ng4 doesn't respct you, it is easy because the developers think you are too stupid to handle high difficulty, in fact ng4 is so "dumb automatic" that your character can go from one corner of the arena to the other just by pressing the attack button, the developers don't even expect you to to know how to manually get close to the enemy you want to attack.

Trust me, ng4 and platinum games don't respct you.

I don't mind "Not being respected", i have lots of way harder games in my catalogue i boot if i want my (sheep) whrecked, Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, Shovel Knight, my entire NES catalogue, oh my, the original NES trilogy would make the people that can beat Master Ninja bleed ink

When i boot a Stylish action, i don't do it because i want a challenge, i don't play like Dante or Kratos to have to think and strategize beyound a boss' solution, i simply want to see as many enemies be reduced to pixel ketchup with the coolest combos the programmers could come while looking awesome and, well, Stylish in the process

Besides there is Ragebound, being a sucker for challenging platformers, that one can respect me as much as it wants (That came out wrong )

The game is still challenging for the right reasons. Also, if you're looking for easier but still challenging NG games, then play Sigma 1, II Black, and 3:RE. That's that said the third game can be challenging for the wrong reasons when going above normal, or the final boss. Don't listen to the snobby hater on the updated versions of the games. They're a vocal minority.

Since i am more a fan of the series' 2D era, i may not, but Playtinum games has been my dopamine dealers when it comes to action games, so i will bookmark your suggestions if i someday play 4 and it gets to hook me to the 3D series

 

[BrawlMan]

When i boot a Stylish action, i don't do it because i want a challenge, i don't play like Dante or Kratos to have to think and strategize beyound a boss' solution, i simply want to see as many enemies be reduced to pixel ketchup with the coolest combos the programmers could come while looking awesome and, well, Stylish in the process

You pretty much hit the nail on the head. Although with 3D Ninja Gaiden, it's less about being Stylish and more about survival and precisioned strikes. Though you can be stylish, if you're good enough or in expert hands.

 

[Lena CE]

I heard complains that the game got "Dumbed down for casuals", ironically the thing thet complain made me want to finally give the 3D games a shot, the 3D games are good, but they are hella unfair at times, the fact the game don't want you to simply enjoy them by mocking you kept me away further

Its definitely an easier game due to suck-to-target starters and some pretty powerful mechanics like Bloodbath Kills and Berserk Mode. Parries are strong, dodging is strong. I do wish the game was harder and had some different balancing decisions on harder difficulties. As it stands it is very easy to turtle up and not run into a lot of problems.

But its still a pretty intense and super enjoyable experience! If you're someone that isn't fiending for a brutal game, this'll definitely have somethin for ya.

I wanted to add that: part of the reason ng4 is so bad comes from the fact that “apparently” some of the game’s developers are BIG fans of devil may cry 4 (the second worst game in the franchise), so that could partially explain some of the problems ng4 has.

Its probably more useful to explain why you think the game is bad in ways that relate to the game itself instead of going "Uhhh *maybe* some of the people who made it like this other game I don't like".

 

[BrawlMan]

Its probably more useful to explain why you think the game is bad in ways that relate to the game itself instead of going "Uhhh *maybe* some of the people who made it like this other game I don't like".

Agreed. At least Ninja Gaiden 4 doesn't have you go through the entire game in reverse order. Ryu is only playable in 4 chapters. Not counting NG+ where you can have him for the whole game, minus story cut-scenes.