S.T.A.G.E. said:
NG was a broken series ever since it went 3D (No offense). Itagaki was milking the name value of NG. The camera angles never ceased to aggrivate players (especially when it was to follow you), the storyline was aimless, the script was horrible, the voice acting was corny, and Itagaki made the bosses impossible to piss off gamers. There are many reasons Itagaki is infamous and his arrogance showed through the creation of the game. It was half-assed when it could've been 10 times better. The only two things NG did right post-2D era was having great graphics and a great moveset. Besides that the games were broken. No post 2D era NG game has sold beyond 1.5 million. I say Ninja Blade will do it. |
I really enjoyed NGS and NG2, myself. I found them difficult, but nowhere near impossible. I agree that the NG camera could have been better, but for the most part, they were excellent games.
Certainly they could be done better. But its hard to get behind the concept of FromSoftware being the devs to make a superior ninja game. Tenchu has never been very good, except in the early days, IMO. Even the Wii/PSP versions are kinda amateurish.
I have a lot of FromSoftware titles -- assorted Tenchus, Armored Cores, Enchanted Arms... they're okay, but they've never really leapt into the realm of game design greatness, or even gotten fairly close. If they manage to bring us a game better than NG2, then I will most certainly buy it -- I love action games, with slicing and chopping goodness... I buy them all (even the mediocre ones).. probably my favorite genre, alongside RPGs.
I think its pretty reasonable to have serious doubts, though. I'll probably buy it even if its medicore, but it'd be nice if I could sing its accolades to my pals, and want to replay it for its excellence.
I could beat the original arcade NG on one quarter, by the way, and did so on repeated occasions. I know my digital ninjitsu. ;)
