IGN reviews Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (8.4/10)

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leo-j on 22 September 2009

Mendicate Bias said:
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Ninja Gaiden 2 on the 360 also ran at 60 fps

What was their complaint about the co-op? That looked like the coolest new feature in the game, besides the innovative 6-axis support of course :P

It ran anywhere from 30-60fps, not a constant 60FPS. Like it matters though.. FPS aren't a huge factor unless one is under 30fps and the other is 60fps

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Just speaking my mind.

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Naw its not that, its just... i didn't know Ninja Gaiden wait all the way back to 1989! thats pretty out there-ish. thanks for the historic game'n lesson. ^^

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Blacksaber on 22 September 2009

Seraphic_Sixaxis said:

Euphoria14 said:

Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
^- wtf?

Just speaking my mind.

I love the old school NG and hate the new stye with a passion.

Naw its not that, its just... i didn't know Ninja Gaiden wait all the way back to 1989! thats pretty out there-ish. thanks for the historic game'n lesson. ^^

And will kick your ass over and over and over and over and over and over and over again...

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Euphoria14 on 22 September 2009

Seraphic_Sixaxis said:

Euphoria14 said:

Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
^- wtf?

Just speaking my mind.

I love the old school NG and hate the new stye with a passion.

Naw its not that, its just... i didn't know Ninja Gaiden wait all the way back to 1989! thats pretty out there-ish. thanks for the historic game'n lesson. ^^

You should seriously play it!

Really tough game to beat. It's no joke.

Storylines could be weak back in those days because gameplay always came first, and this game's gameplay was great.

If you have a Wii, grab it off the VC. I bought it on VC meanwhile I still own NG1, NG2 and NG3 NES carts..

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Seraphic_Sixaxis on 22 September 2009

Euphoria14 said:

Seraphic_Sixaxis said:

Euphoria14 said:

Seraphic_Sixaxis said:
^- wtf?

Just speaking my mind.

I love the old school NG and hate the new stye with a passion.

Naw its not that, its just... i didn't know Ninja Gaiden wait all the way back to 1989! thats pretty out there-ish. thanks for the historic game'n lesson. ^^

You should seriously play it!

Really tough game to beat. It's no joke.

Storylines could be weak back in those days because gameplay always came first, and this game's gameplay was great.

If you have a Wii, grab it off the VC. I bought it on VC meanwhile I still own NG1, NG2 and NG3 NES carts..

Ooooh, its on the VC for Wii eh? Brillant! i'll keep that in mind when we get one for us dood. got love that old school SFX sounds. :D

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Mendicate Bias on 22 September 2009

leo-j said:

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Ninja Gaiden 2 on the 360 also ran at 60 fps

What was their complaint about the co-op? That looked like the coolest new feature in the game, besides the innovative 6-axis support of course :P

It ran anywhere from 30-60fps, not a constant 60FPS. Like it matters though.. FPS aren't a huge factor unless one is under 30fps and the other is 60fps

There was actually one part of the game, going up a massive stairway with a massive amount of enemies rushing towards you that the fps dropped to like 5 frames a second. If I remember correctly that was one of the reasons for the lowered Ninja Gaiden 2 scores when it first came out. Other than that though I don't remember the fps dropping at all really.

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iBlah on 22 September 2009

so....no extra score for innovation? *looks at the reviewer suspeciously and slowly backs off*

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Mendicate Bias said:

leo-j said:

Mendicate Bias said:
@leo-j

Ninja Gaiden 2 on the 360 also ran at 60 fps

What was their complaint about the co-op? That looked like the coolest new feature in the game, besides the innovative 6-axis support of course :P

It ran anywhere from 30-60fps, not a constant 60FPS. Like it matters though.. FPS aren't a huge factor unless one is under 30fps and the other is 60fps

There was actually one part of the game, going up a massive stairway with a massive amount of enemies rushing towards you that the fps dropped to like 5 frames a second. If I remember correctly that was one of the reasons for the lowered Ninja Gaiden 2 scores when it first came out. Other than that though I don't remember the fps dropping at all really.

Really?I made it to like the fifth stage and it always seem to run at about a steady 60 fps.Maybe I should re-rent it just to see what your talkin about.For me it only ran slightly choppy for like a half a second at worst.The only thing I didnt like the fact the game looked so blured like it was running kinda low-res.

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Mirson on 22 September 2009

tedsteriscool said:
I've never noticed screen tearing in games. Is it that obvious? (if so...Im blind!)

I see that you own Heavenly Sword - that game has bad screen tearing. If you didn't noticed it in HS, then you shouldn't have any problem with NGS2, assuming that the screen tearing isn't as bad as HS. Wait, do you even know what screen tearing is? Maybe your TV is good.

@silicon, they gave the 360 version a 8.7