This game has been getting so much flak since it was announced, hell, one guy wanted to do the OP just so he could bash the game, this is crazy. The game gets decent reviews, so of course the reviewer/s must be full of it since this game cant be good.
I've never seen so many swear by a gaming director as much as Itagaki, as if he did Ninja Gaiden all by his lonesome. Alternatively, I've heard so many negatives on Mr. Hayashi, that a sensible and fair person would stand up for the guy just because. So the question must be asked, what is so wrong with Hayashi and his output so far? He's put out quite a few games in the last three years, what has Itagaki done except a broken NG2. I mean, most of these "I am a huge Ninja Gaiden fan" guys, who are on this negative parade should know that it was hayashi who primarily designed the Ai for NG. The difficulty they all talk about, the challenge of the black spider ninjas and other enemies is all part of hayashi's work.
At this point, it seems that some folks here are bigger fans of Itagaki as opposed to Ninja Gaiden, so for their sake I hope devil's third is this uber action game, that only Itagaki can deliver. I'm convinced that whatever Hayashi did, he would be slammed by these fans. If Hayashi didn't change the NG formula, it would be said that he didn't do nothing new and didn't have the vision to take the NG series forward. On the flips since he did change things up, so much backlash, for what? A game so many haven't even played.
One thing stays true in all of this, people just hate change, especially gamers in my observation. It reminds me of the guys who shot down multiplayer in uncharted or even the upcoming god of war, let's be honest Uncharted's multiplayer is pretty popular right now and is being enjoyed by a multitude of folk. Things change, they need to, things need to evolve and that means our games, our favourite franchises etc...I'm glad that there was multiplayer in Sigma 2, I played with a couple of folks and enjoyed it, Hayashi is expanding on the formula and making it bigger, with more modes, by the looks of NG3 the story is probably the best in the series and the gameplay is just as fast and visceral. I'm sure we'll be seeing many videos of excellent sword skills from the pros soon enough, where the gameplay will no doubt shine.
I'm sorry, I'm just not convinced by the scornful pros in this thread. All the comments to the tune of "I'll wait for bargain basement prices" , "This game sucks even if I've not played it" is not needed in a thread to discuss a game, especially when the same set of people regurgitate the same hateful vomit over and over again. We get it, you dont like a game you haven't played, you dont like Hayashi. That's fine, but let those who are looking forward to this game have some descent dialogue about it without calling them on not sharing your negative karma.
