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Ninja Gaiden Sigma PS3. "exclusively for the PlayStation 3 next Spring"
- Thread starter DarknessTear
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PepsimanVsJoe
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Scoot said:
Actually it's Ninja Gaiden 3. ::record spins right off the player::
cheekymunky
Banned
For me this is great news....NG is one of the games I missed out on this past gen. I have heard so many good things about it and was on the lookout for a cheap copy to play bc on the 360. Now I can get an updated version for PS3..good news for me.
TobitheCat
Banned
No kidding. That's like MGS on the Game Cube. Hell, Kojima didn't even work on it. If I'm correct TN won't have anything to do with this port. Plus this is coming out when??? 2008? By then X360 owners will be playing the real deal. I doubt it will sell worth a damn anyways.Scoot said:
cheekymunky
Banned
TobitheCat said:
Scoot said not to spin it too much....your just spinning in the other direction.
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I think this will be released on PS3 around March '07 (360 version possible) and Ninja Gaiden 2 will drop on 360 around Feb '08, with a PS3 rev. late '08. Let's see what Itagaki says in his numberous upcoming TGS interviews 
SolidSnakex
Member
Ajax said:
The producer and director apparently both worked on TN games in the past so all signs point toward it being TN.
TobitheCat
Banned
No spin, only unbiased analysis, my friend. Like FFXI on the X360, the title will outlive it's hype.Arde0 said:
cheekymunky
Banned
TobitheCat said:
Maybe you have a point there hehe
...im still gonna buy it.
DarknessTear
Banned
Scoot said:
A lot of stuff is being done to it though. Graphical upgrades, dual sword wieldage, new playable character, environmental changes, maybe even more. It's a worthy port.
TobitheCat said:
FFXI looked bad and it was obvious Square didn't bother with it too much. Just a quick PC port which wasn't even marketed or hyped much iirc.
On the other hand in NG Sigma according to IGN:
Just the fact that all CG movies have been replaced with realtime cutscenes says a lot about the graphical upgrade imo.
leesmapman
Member
m0dus said:Because . . . they've ported so many of their Xbox franchises in the past?
We have failed to make precedent yet, my friend.
Dead or Alive 1 and 2 say hi.
Logan Cano
Banned
m0dus said:Because . . . they've ported so many of their Xbox franchises in the past?
We have failed to make precedent yet, my friend.
So...they´re going to port NG1 only to keep NG2 as an Xbox exclusive?? Right...
Also, we´ll see about DR and LP being definite exlusives.
karasu
Member
m0dus said:Because . . . they've ported so many of their Xbox franchises in the past?
We have failed to make precedent yet, my friend.
They will port anything that makes sense. Calling one of their series an "X-Box Franchise" means nothing. Before DOA was an "X-Box Franchise", it was multi-platform. Ninja Gaiden was assumed to be an "X-Box franchise", and now it's multi-platform. It's best to let it go now, or at the least, leave it to the unknown.
lachesis
Member
Port...? Remake? I don't know. It seems like to me that Team Ninja's trying to build up the next gen Ninja Gaiden graphics library of textures and character modelings w/o going through extensive engine build-ups, or game planning, while making some money on the way. I say why not? It doesn't look like it's going to have any major gameplay differences to be called an actual NG2, anyhow.
If they would have brought Sigma to X360 - the marketability isn't as good as PS3 - since a lot of 360 owners already have played NG or NGB on original Xbox or even through BC. PS3, on the other hand, is pretty much uncharted territory, where they can do 3 things at the same time... (testing waters, build up the library, and make some money off on a old game) and it's a win-win situation for this 2+ year old game, IMHO.
lachesis
If they would have brought Sigma to X360 - the marketability isn't as good as PS3 - since a lot of 360 owners already have played NG or NGB on original Xbox or even through BC. PS3, on the other hand, is pretty much uncharted territory, where they can do 3 things at the same time... (testing waters, build up the library, and make some money off on a old game) and it's a win-win situation for this 2+ year old game, IMHO.
lachesis
leesmapman
Member
sorry its late and it was a short night. I blame TGS pre-show for that...
m0dus said:Your pen seems to have slipped, because your list is glaringly incomplete:
Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost Planet, Dead Rising, Too Human.
Seems pretty even to me
LP and DR don't play anything like the other games listed.
NG, DMC, GoW, and apparently TH play similarly...but LP and DR have other merits. It's like listing all 3d action games for both systems...
PhoenixDark
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TobitheCat said:
Chiggs
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Logan Cano said:So...they´re going to port NG1 only to keep NG2 as an Xbox exclusive?? Right...
Also, we´ll see about DR and LP being definite exlusives.
Metal Gear Solid 2 was ported to the Xbox, whereas 3 was an exclusive (for obvious reasons). Stranger things have happened, though.
Lost Planet and Dead Rising have very little to nothing in common to the other pure bred action games.m0dus said:Your pen seems to have slipped, because your list is glaringly incomplete:
Ninja Gaiden 2, Lost Planet, Dead Rising, Too Human.
Seems pretty even to me
Games/Franchises that are generally in the same action genre: Heavenly Sword, Ninja Gaiden, Devil May Cry, God of War, Too Human, Genji, Onimusha, Zone of the Enders etc.
After this news, only one action game/franchise is exclusive to the Xbox360 and that is Too Human... And many of the action franchises listed are exclusive to the Playstation consoles.
Yeah well Sony is pumping out the new IPs as well. Resistance, Heavenly Sword, Lair and that new game by Naughty Dogs look pretty sweet. Don't forget Afrika!Himuro said:
lachesis
Member
P90 said:
True, but I think there's high probability that this game will get back-lashed, because it might not look next-gen enough in many areas (a good possibility) by many PS3 owners, if they don't totally overhaul the graphics look. I'm not sure how much of modeling upgrade it will get in all areas besides some texture swap, and better character models and realtime effects.
Logan Cano
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Himuro said:
Of course not. In terms of action games, what does Xbox 360 has exclusive?? Too Human, and that´s about it.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Kangu said:
So ZOE was inspired by a game that came out after it?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I swear I've lived this situation before.
SolidSnakex
Member
m0dus said:
He's takling about more fighter/combo centric action games. Games like DMC, Ninja Gaiden ect. are very different from LP and DR.
SolidSnakex
Member
m0dus said:
No one is saying that they aren't action games. But Ninja Gaiden or DMC doesn't play like DR, they have completely different styles. And that's why he split them up.
m0dus said:
The difference is clear as day, you must be pretty ignorant on the sub-genre to fail to realize that.
Why do you even care at that? It's just one sub-genre that the PS3 so far looks to trounce the X360 on. It doesn't make LP any less stellar that you can't pigeonhole it into this sub-genre. It's still the same game.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
m0dus said:Then please tell me how ZOE fits into said category? Or were we, in fact, talking about hack & slash games? Last I checked "pure bred action" isn't defined by whether or not your character's primary means of attack is a sword.
Why bother. They made a bad comparison and are trying to back-pedal on it. Pretty sad when you have to damage-control and spin your own trolling IMO.
Also a big what the **** at "sub-genres". People these days.