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Ninja Gaiden II: The Official GAF Thread of Chaos
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Green Shinobi
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Dude, quit lying all the time. There's no way you could dislike the game and actually be good at it. We all know you're playing Acolyte.U K Narayan said:
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
WTF...I completely missed picking up the claws at the beginning of the game. Is there anyway i can go back and get them??
NJ x Falkor said:
Definitely. You get so many free items tossed your way.
Doc Holliday said:
Are they available in Muramasa's shop?
Zophar said:
Yeah, fuck those mines. I had turned on my talisman just before I killed the dude, was excited everything was ok, ran over and died. :lol
That's just the 2nd of 3 boss fights on that stage too!
You've gotta be fucking kidding me. This boss in chapter 12 on the lava pit is probably the cheapest thing I have ever encountered in my entire career as a gamer.
Seriously, what the fuck. Depending on what move he starts with I'm dead in about 10 seconds without getting a scratch on him. I frequently get thrown into the lava generally after having been grabbed and thrown all over the place, costing about 3/4 of my life bar, AND he spawns shit that you can't ignore while he throws unblockable fireballs at you from across the map. And good luck getting him to come back down from the sky!
Oh, but it gets worse. I somehow managed to cheese way through finishing him after eating up all my items and a talisman, and the path to the next area is filled with MINES! INVISIBLE MINES!
Fuck this shit. Now I have to try and kill this bastard again.Christ.
Seriously, what the fuck. Depending on what move he starts with I'm dead in about 10 seconds without getting a scratch on him. I frequently get thrown into the lava generally after having been grabbed and thrown all over the place, costing about 3/4 of my life bar, AND he spawns shit that you can't ignore while he throws unblockable fireballs at you from across the map. And good luck getting him to come back down from the sky!
Oh, but it gets worse. I somehow managed to cheese way through finishing him after eating up all my items and a talisman, and the path to the next area is filled with MINES! INVISIBLE MINES!
Fuck this shit. Now I have to try and kill this bastard again.Christ.
FateBreaker
Member
Yeah, that WAS pretty tough. And he's not even the final boss of that chapter.Zophar said:
â Narayan
Member
Hey, you're an idiot. I ranked 27th when I completed Path of The Warrior. (It's 60-ish, now). Go fucking check the leaderboard for the gamertag: SYSTEM Turn A.Green Shinobi said:
I don't completely dislike the game. It's growing on me. The game is rough around the edges and the bosses are easier than what the first game had to offer.
Green Shinobi
Banned
You don't need to claim someone else's gamertag to vindicate your dislike of the game, dude.
â Narayan
Member
Holy shit, you are pathetic. Add me to your friends list if you don't believe me.Green Shinobi said:
â Narayan
Member
Look. I understand that some of you like the game more than I do. I can respect that. I understand that some of you find the game more difficult than others. But to say that I'm LYING about my accomplishments, just because I'm voicing my opinion is ridiculous.MMaRsu said:
This is pretty much what I'm aiming for.Narag said:
Green Shinobi
Banned
I'm fucking with you, dude. Probably kept it going one or two posts too long though. But acknowledging that you're pretty good at this game is like acknowledging that alkaline black doesn't suck at fighting games or that Firestorm might actually be good at Smash Bros. Kinda makes me sick.U K Narayan said:
Dead Prince
Banned
Master Ninja'd Chapter 3 <3
Ended up passing the Test of Valor without using Item so I can have something to use during the Boss
Almost died since i started playing around with the bow and kept shooting at him even while he was down :lol
Taking a break on Chapter 4 before boss and doing the Test of Valor. Died once and wanted to cry so I turned off the 360 :lol
I haven't had any problem with the camera so far. Actually like it ;o
Ended up passing the Test of Valor without using Item so I can have something to use during the Boss
Almost died since i started playing around with the bow and kept shooting at him even while he was down :lolTaking a break on Chapter 4 before boss and doing the Test of Valor. Died once and wanted to cry so I turned off the 360 :lol
I haven't had any problem with the camera so far. Actually like it ;o
â Narayan
Member
I know. <3MMaRsu said:I didn't say that you were though
I can understand that. It isn't my intention to gloat (or make it seems as if I am). I'm simply stating things from my perspective.Green Shinobi said:
Splash Wave
Member
How are you supposed to beat the water dragon?
You know, you're the very first person to ask this.Jimmy Stav said:
It's weird.
In Black/NG there wasn't really an animation before you did it. This one has the full upwards or whatever swing that he does with the weapon before it makes contact and initiates the counter. So it's really just slower than before and leaves you very open if you miss.brownqk said:
â Narayan
Member
Use your arrows. Charge them up to level two and unleash on the beast's cranium.Jimmy Stav said:
Initially, it kind of is. You'll get used to it if you keep at it.brownqk said:
Splash Wave
Member
U K Narayan said:
That's surprising because I haven't really had much difficulty with this game until this point and I see no effective way of beating him.
ToyMachine228
Member
Just downloaded the demo and played through it and there's a few things I have to say.
- This is the first game where I really said "Come on is that much violence really necessary?" It's almost annoying to see so many limbs and heads flying off. I've never had a problem with violence in any game and I don't really have a problem with it in NG2, but it just seems a bit much.
- The camera is pretty troublesome. You get some bad angles and controlling it doesn't help much either. Also saw a few frame rate dips.
- On a personal note I have never liked Team Ninja's art style. Just looks fake, and not very life like.
- Going to a menu to switch weapons? Devil May Cry got shit for that and now in DMC4, you can switch not only weapons, but styles on the fly. NG2's switching seems a generation behind now.
Overall, I'd probably be willing to play the whole game, but these problems/personal distastes definitely won't have me buying the game. Not to mention terrible story.
- This is the first game where I really said "Come on is that much violence really necessary?" It's almost annoying to see so many limbs and heads flying off. I've never had a problem with violence in any game and I don't really have a problem with it in NG2, but it just seems a bit much.
- The camera is pretty troublesome. You get some bad angles and controlling it doesn't help much either. Also saw a few frame rate dips.
- On a personal note I have never liked Team Ninja's art style. Just looks fake, and not very life like.
- Going to a menu to switch weapons? Devil May Cry got shit for that and now in DMC4, you can switch not only weapons, but styles on the fly. NG2's switching seems a generation behind now.
Overall, I'd probably be willing to play the whole game, but these problems/personal distastes definitely won't have me buying the game. Not to mention terrible story.
Haha midboss in Chapter 2 on Mentor: borderline impossible without enough potions. He is spawned with about 1000 black Ninjas. If you charge your Ultimate techniques, I dont take damage but can still get tagged with explosives shurikens near the end of it....times so they blow up around when the combo is done. They can tag you with shurikens during the flying swallow. Ninjas can throw me. The boss can throw me, in a fuckin demoralizing long ass animation. Everybody can do every attack off screen. Mentor difficulty means that even if you do manage to charge a first level UT, the enemy you hit still doesn't die. Izuna drop is nerfed, as you can get tagged with shurikens when you are up there, and the boss can easily knock you out the air during the combo. Black Ninjas have a fuckin ten hit string. They seem like they respawn forever. No shop around so I can't stock up on anything.
And when I finally managed to beat the mid boss with a sliver of health, I STILL had to face the remaining black Ninjas before being able to get out of there. I didn't.
Thank god I switched to manual save on this next playthrough. If that was my one save it literally would be impossible to go further without restarting the whole damn game
And when I finally managed to beat the mid boss with a sliver of health, I STILL had to face the remaining black Ninjas before being able to get out of there. I didn't.
Thank god I switched to manual save on this next playthrough. If that was my one save it literally would be impossible to go further without restarting the whole damn game
I'd love to see someone cycle through 9 melee weapons, 5 projectile and 4 ninpo attacks without needing a menu. Particularly while in mid-battle.ToyMachine228 said:
Anyway, the camera and story criticisms are valid, but I find the other two points funny coupled with your Gears avatar.
MirageDwarf
Member
I got my copy yesterday. Started playing on Path of Warrior. Finished chapter one in about 46 mins. So far liking it.
I find Lunar Staff more effective than Dragon Sword in closed combat. Because of staff length you get slight advantage even with quick attack. And "Y" attack is also fast. Charged attack with essense helps clear lots of enemies in closed combat much faster than obliterating them. At my first Muramasa's, I upgraded staff.
Ninja Cinema feature is very basic but it requires very small amount of HDD. That's good. My first chapter replay plus my game save used only 2MB.
I increased 1st and 3rd camera speed to max. So far, haven't had that much frustrating moments because of camera.
I find Lunar Staff more effective than Dragon Sword in closed combat. Because of staff length you get slight advantage even with quick attack. And "Y" attack is also fast. Charged attack with essense helps clear lots of enemies in closed combat much faster than obliterating them. At my first Muramasa's, I upgraded staff.
Ninja Cinema feature is very basic but it requires very small amount of HDD. That's good. My first chapter replay plus my game save used only 2MB.
I increased 1st and 3rd camera speed to max. So far, haven't had that much frustrating moments because of camera.
I'm scared now.Zophar said:
bob_arctor
Tough_Smooth
Danielsan said:
Ditto. I missed that Rod Of Trials in Chapter 2 altogether.