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[Dereck]

That's the worst part of the game.

 

[muteant]

reminiscing about how great this game was gives me a little more hope that devil's third won't entirely suck.

 

[giancarlo123x]

That's the worst part of the game.

Easily one of the worst. Got annoying after 10 seconds. That stupid worm boss in the cave was annoying but he was removed at least from Sigma.

 

[Dead Man Typing]

I'm going to say that the original pre-patch of this level is still the greatest thing ever. When things slowed down as more and more enemies filled the screen, it was epic.

This is the one and only time where slowdown was acceptable to me.

The patch ruined it.

This. I still want a true version of Ninja Gaiden 2. It's a real shame that Tecmo and Itagaki had their falling out.

A version of NG2 with the polish of Black would be something special. Sigma is great, too, but it's not the definitive version of NG2 - there is no definitive version of Ninja Gaiden 2

 

[Iva Demilcol]

I didn't know they patched the game and it made that scene worse. I suppose I won't download the patch, but if I don't the game wouldn't go online, am I right? (Not that I care, though).

 

[FACE]

Video of that part.

Man I forgot how good the soundtrack to that game was.

I think that's the post-patch version because I remember fighting waaay more enemies there.

 

[Zee-Row]

In Ninja Gaiden 2 they never really made it clear if Robert survived the demon attack as he was holding them off for Irene and Ryu to escape.

 

[Corpsepyre]

Video of that part.

Man I forgot how good the soundtrack to that game was.

This is patched

 

[Robot Pants]

The whole game is GOAT.
Highly underrated. Wish it had proper dev time and/or a Black version.
Would have been even more GOAT.

This game was/is so awesome. I loved all the boss fights in this game and goodlord the difficulty made beating this game actually mean something.

To this day I still rock my Gold Hayabusa gamerpic.

 

[Willy Wanka]

Yeah, pre-patch that part of the game was incredibly satisfying. Despite the flaws, I still really love Ninja Gaiden 2 (not Sigma).

 

[OnPoint]

In Ninja Gaiden 2 they never really made it clear if Robert survived the demon attack as he was holding them off for Irene and Ryu to escape.

It always felt implied to me that he sacrificed himself for the mission.

 

[abadguy]

One of the greatest sequences ever in a game. Shit was like Kill Bill but with a ninja and on a fucking staircase, at like 10fps. It was glorious!

 

[Angelus Errare]

Hated that part. If I wanted to play games at 10fps, I'd buy an N64

 

[Sinatar]

I think that's the post-patch version because I remember fighting waaay more enemies there.

This is patched

Yea I couldn't find a decent quality version of the OG.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Now imagine if that part ran at a constant 60fps.

The slowdown was beautiful.

 

[Skilletor]

Defenders of slowdown are very strange to me. It was horrible.

In a game about precise controls and timing, the slowdown was one of the worst parts of the game.

 

[Dead Man Typing]

To this day I still rock my Gold Hayabusa gamerpic.

I had the Golden Skull as my Gamer pic for 5 years before replacing it with a promotional Irn-Bru gamerpic.

Still, it had a good run and only lost out to Irn-Bru, which is no shame.

 

[Uraizen]

I knew this was going to be about the staircase and you are absolutely correct.

 

[burgerdog]

Pity they patched that sequence to fix the framerate, reducing the insane number of enemies by a bunch.

If you do replay it, don't install the patch until after you beat that area.

WHAT!? WHYYY

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

edit: I remembered wrong, at launch you couldn't progress past this part. The patch allowed me to continue and finish it. I honestly don't remember a lot from this game though.

 

[khaaan]

NG2 is a game that's on my list to buy if I ever get a 360. I have actually played through all of Sigma 2 and enjoyed it but people keep on going on about how vanilla was much better. There must be some merit to it since I don't really remember the staircase segment at all though it might be because I realized you can spam gulliotine throw so I started doing it as often as I could in hopes of getting the trophy.

Spoiler

You will not have completed 1000 guillotine throws in one play through.

reminiscing about how great this game was gives me a little more hope that devil's third won't entirely suck.

In all seriousness though, the gameplay we've seen so far looks fairly promising and I have enough faith in Itagaki to deliver something awesome and slightly embarrassing.

 

[Mdk7]

I LOVED that part and i loved that game.
Btw, i think it was way better before the patch, and i'm usually a sucker for frame rate.

 

[Chance Hale]

Hopefully we get a PC version of the original version of the game some day. Just imagining the pre-patched staircase at 60 FPS sends shivers down my spine.

Did think it was kind of funny that they added the gore back to the Vita version of Sigma which made it run like complete garbage(ie, the reason why it was cut from the PS3), lol.

 

[LiK]

It was amazing even with the ridiculous slowdown. It's been a while but I think Sigma version completely neutered that part.

 

[AJLma]

At the time I loved seeing all the animations in super-slow motion.

 

[eshwaaz]

The blood and gore effects were so well done. Admiring your handiwork after every battle was incredibly satisfying. I can't think of a game that has topped in that regard.