NG:S was dumbed down?

I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?chikenfriedrice

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?alex77k

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?alex77k

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

Practically every review so far says the game is too hard. :?

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[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?chikenfriedrice

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

Nope, because it was unfairly hard.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="alex77k"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?Pietrooper

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

Nope, because it was unfairly hard.

what's the diff?

[QUOTE="alex77k"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?chikenfriedrice

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

Unbalanced difficulty For Bosses. Basically some of the bosses are stupidly cheap. I have yet to fight any boss though...The demo didn't have any. And Camera issues. If this wasn't NG2 it would get AAA reviews, but with the hype and expectations, some reviews have been giving it lower scores due to these faults. as a standlone action game, it's still one fo the best of this gen.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?alex77k

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

We don't have the game yet and the demo only had the easiest difficulty level so I wouldn't make judgments about Ninja Gaiden 2's difficulty yet.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="alex77k"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?Kratos_OMEGA

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

Unbalanced difficulty For Bosses. Basically some of the bosses are stupidly cheap. I have yet to fight any boss though...The demo didn't have any. And Camera issues. If this wasn't NG2 it would get AAA reviews, but with the hype and expectations, some reviews have been giving it lower scores due to these faults. as a standlone action game, it's still one fo the best of this gen.

well the reviews won't phase me...this game is a must buy on day one for me

[QUOTE="Pietrooper"][QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="alex77k"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?chikenfriedrice

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

Nope, because it was unfairly hard.

what's the diff?

An example that a reviewer uses (i dont remember which site though, maybe it was IGN), you kill a boss, and that boss explodes when dies and kills you, apparently without any warning. So the reviewer uses the word "cheap".

I also remember reading that they added a easy difficulty... not sure... I dont even have a xbox lol.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="alex77k"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?Pietrooper

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

Nope, because it was unfairly hard.

For every review that says the NG2 difficulty is "unfair", there's another that says it's perfect and that any NG fan should be accustomed to it. Most of the reviews say that the game was actually made easier, because of things like the health regen system, save points refilling your health, etc

As for the OP, most NG veterans consider Black to the best and by far the toughest NG version.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="Pietrooper"][QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="alex77k"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?alex77k

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

Nope, because it was unfairly hard.

what's the diff?

An example that a reviewer uses (i dont remember which site though, maybe it was IGN), you kill a boss, and that boss explodes when dies and kills you, apparently without any warning. So the reviewer uses the word "cheap".

I also remember reading that they added a easy difficulty... not sure... I dont even have a xbox lol.

haha that would suck!

[QUOTE="Kratos_OMEGA"][QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="alex77k"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?chikenfriedrice

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

really? I thought some of the reviewers were docking points cuz NG2 was too hard?

Unbalanced difficulty For Bosses. Basically some of the bosses are stupidly cheap. I have yet to fight any boss though...The demo didn't have any. And Camera issues. If this wasn't NG2 it would get AAA reviews, but with the hype and expectations, some reviews have been giving it lower scores due to these faults. as a standlone action game, it's still one fo the best of this gen.

well the reviews won't phase me...this game is a must buy on day one for me

I should think a review shouldn't phase any NG fan. Unless reviews have outright said it's an unplayable bad game...then yeah. From what i can see, it's still a top quality Action game with some minor hitches.

Sigma is a walk in the park compared to Black

Im playing it right now. the only parts that are a bit difficult are the ones with Rachel. the rest is pie

Sigma is a walk in the park compared to Black

Im playing it right now. the only parts that are a bit difficult are the ones with Rachel. the rest is pie

killerfist

I don't like playing with that chick

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?alex77k

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

[QUOTE="killerfist"]

Sigma is a walk in the park compared to Black

Im playing it right now. the only parts that are a bit difficult are the ones with Rachel. the rest is pie

chikenfriedrice

I don't like playing with that chick

its alright i suppose. just when in comparison with ryu its pretty obvious whos better

[QUOTE="killerfist"]

Sigma is a walk in the park compared to Black

Im playing it right now. the only parts that are a bit difficult are the ones with Rachel. the rest is pie

chikenfriedrice

I don't like playing with that chick

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[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?jg4xchamp

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

Good, because once i got the hang of NG1, it became pretty dang easy...

[QUOTE="alex77k"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?Ninja-Hippo

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.

Practically every review so far says the game is too hard. :?

I have always loved the NG series just for it's difficulty. Gamers over 20/25 should remember how hard most games where back in the day. IMO, that is what made them great. I hate how most games seem to be made for morons recently. I blame the reviewers for sucking at games. Why are they allowed to review games when they are not any good at them?

End rant:evil:

I have always loved the NG series just for it's difficulty. Gamers over 20/25 should remember how hard most games where back in the day. IMO, that is what made them great. I hate how most games seem to be made for morons recently. I blame the reviewers for sucking at games. Why are they allowed to review games when they are not any good at them?

End rant:evil:

DarthKalo

lol it's true....every game now basically tells you what to do

[QUOTE="DarthKalo"]

I have always loved the NG series just for it's difficulty. Gamers over 20/25 should remember how hard most games where back in the day. IMO, that is what made them great. I hate how most games seem to be made for morons recently. I blame the reviewers for sucking at games. Why are they allowed to review games when they are not any good at them?

End rant:evil:

chikenfriedrice

lol it's true....every game now basically tells you what to do

Bioshock's quest arrow comes to mind.

I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?chikenfriedrice

In a way. They added more savepoints in as the ones in NG:B were, at times, frustratingly few and far between. They also put a mode in where, if you die, the chick asks you if you forsake the way of the ninja, if you say yes, it drops you into easy mode without notifying you or anything. I think it also shifts to easy mode if you die three times, or something strange?

Oh, and some of the puzzles have been replaced by boss-fights to make it more fluid.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="DarthKalo"]

I have always loved the NG series just for it's difficulty. Gamers over 20/25 should remember how hard most games where back in the day. IMO, that is what made them great. I hate how most games seem to be made for morons recently. I blame the reviewers for sucking at games. Why are they allowed to review games when they are not any good at them?

End rant:evil:

Zeliard9

lol it's true....every game now basically tells you what to do

Bioshock's quest arrow comes to mind.

yup...and GTA4 basically holds your hand the whole time...still a great game though lol

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?donwoogie

In a way. They added more savepoints in as the ones in NG:B were, at times, frustratingly few and far between. They also put a mode in where, if you die, the chick asks you if you forsake the way of the ninja, if you say yes, it drops you into easy mode without notifying you or anything. I think it also shifts to easy mode if you die three times, or something strange?

Oh, and some of the puzzles have been replaced by boss-fights to make it more fluid.

oh really? I might be playing on easy and not know it?

[QUOTE="donwoogie"]

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?chikenfriedrice

In a way. They added more savepoints in as the ones in NG:B were, at times, frustratingly few and far between. They also put a mode in where, if you die, the chick asks you if you forsake the way of the ninja, if you say yes, it drops you into easy mode without notifying you or anything. I think it also shifts to easy mode if you die three times, or something strange?

Oh, and some of the puzzles have been replaced by boss-fights to make it more fluid.

oh really? I might be playing on easy and not know it?

Looked it up on GS cheats:

Maybe so........... (Ninja Dog mode = easy mode)

Ninja Dog was a new feature introduced in Black. You have to die three times in a row in the first level, and then you get a nice pink ribbon around your arm courtesy of that one chick who's name escapes me that always throws you clues, and you're officially playing in "easy mode". Which is supposedly more like normal mode in any other game, but I've never tried it. Zeliard9

oh okay I never got a pink ribbon so i'm good lol

Little bit. But sigma wasn't made for people who had already played NG. It was for new players. Hence why it was on PS3. Kratos_OMEGA

he has point. Because I know when I get my ps3 i'm pick it up. Haven't played NG since the since it was 2d.

Ninja Dog was a new feature introduced in Black. You have to die three times in a row in the first level, and then you get a nice pink ribbon around your arm courtesy of that one chick who's name escapes me that always throws you clues, and you're officially playing in "easy mode". Which is supposedly more like normal mode in any other game, but I've never tried it. Zeliard9

Yeh, and she also gives you healing items, I think it was Rice? (haven't played the game in a while) and she gives you more and more rice packs the more often you die. And she gives you a few of other items too.

[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]Ninja Dog was a new feature introduced in Black. You have to die three times in a row in the first level, and then you get a nice pink ribbon around your arm courtesy of that one chick who's name escapes me that always throws you clues, and you're officially playing in "easy mode". Which is supposedly more like normal mode in any other game, but I've never tried it. donwoogie

Yeh, and she also gives you healing items, I think it was Rice? (haven't played the game in a while) and she gives you more and more rice packs the more often you die. And she gives you a few of other items too.

I had no idea she actually gave you items. I figured the enemies and bosses were just made easier in Ninja Dog (lower defense and strength, fewer guard breaks, etc), and that maybe there were more chests with goodies.

[QUOTE="donwoogie"]

[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]Ninja Dog was a new feature introduced in Black. You have to die three times in a row in the first level, and then you get a nice pink ribbon around your arm courtesy of that one chick who's name escapes me that always throws you clues, and you're officially playing in "easy mode". Which is supposedly more like normal mode in any other game, but I've never tried it. Zeliard9

Yeh, and she also gives you healing items, I think it was Rice? (haven't played the game in a while) and she gives you more and more rice packs the more often you die. And she gives you a few of other items too.

I had no idea she actually gave you items. I figured the enemies and bosses were just made easier in Ninja Dog (lower defense and strength, fewer guard breaks, etc), and that maybe there were more chests with goodies.

Ninja Dog mode pretty much holds you hand through the game. If you just keep loading your games when you die instead of continuing, it never activates.

[QUOTE="Zeliard9"][QUOTE="donwoogie"]

[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]Ninja Dog was a new feature introduced in Black. You have to die three times in a row in the first level, and then you get a nice pink ribbon around your arm courtesy of that one chick who's name escapes me that always throws you clues, and you're officially playing in "easy mode". Which is supposedly more like normal mode in any other game, but I've never tried it. donwoogie

Yeh, and she also gives you healing items, I think it was Rice? (haven't played the game in a while) and she gives you more and more rice packs the more often you die. And she gives you a few of other items too.

I had no idea she actually gave you items. I figured the enemies and bosses were just made easier in Ninja Dog (lower defense and strength, fewer guard breaks, etc), and that maybe there were more chests with goodies.

Ninja Dog mode pretty much holds you hand through the game. If you just keep loading your games when you die instead of continuing, it never activates.

[QUOTE="donwoogie"][QUOTE="Zeliard9"][QUOTE="donwoogie"]

[QUOTE="Zeliard9"]Ninja Dog was a new feature introduced in Black. You have to die three times in a row in the first level, and then you get a nice pink ribbon around your arm courtesy of that one chick who's name escapes me that always throws you clues, and you're officially playing in "easy mode". Which is supposedly more like normal mode in any other game, but I've never tried it. killerfist

Yeh, and she also gives you healing items, I think it was Rice? (haven't played the game in a while) and she gives you more and more rice packs the more often you die. And she gives you a few of other items too.

I had no idea she actually gave you items. I figured the enemies and bosses were just made easier in Ninja Dog (lower defense and strength, fewer guard breaks, etc), and that maybe there were more chests with goodies.

Ninja Dog mode pretty much holds you hand through the game. If you just keep loading your games when you die instead of continuing, it never activates.

As far as I know, you just need to die three times. That's what happened to me and I didn't realise it was in dog mode til someone told me.

As far as I know, you just need to die three times. That's what happened to me and I didn't realise it was in dog mode til someone told me.

donwoogie

no no you'l be asked TWICE with a yes or no question lol. Can't remember the question tho. something like "do you wish to leave the path of the ninja?" yes/no. if you pick yes you'll be asked "are you sure?" yes/no something like that

[QUOTE="donwoogie"]

As far as I know, you just need to die three times. That's what happened to me and I didn't realise it was in dog mode til someone told me.

killerfist

no no you'l be asked TWICE with a yes or no question lol. Can't remember the question tho. something like "do you wish to leave the path of the ninja?" yes/no. if you pick yes you'll be asked "are you sure?" yes/no something like that

Rofl, I think I might have answered yes as a joke just to see what happened, but it didn't say anything afterwards so I didn't think anything of it..........

[QUOTE="killerfist"][QUOTE="donwoogie"]

As far as I know, you just need to die three times. That's what happened to me and I didn't realise it was in dog mode til someone told me.

donwoogie

no no you'l be asked TWICE with a yes or no question lol. Can't remember the question tho. something like "do you wish to leave the path of the ninja?" yes/no. if you pick yes you'll be asked "are you sure?" yes/no something like that

Rofl, I think I might have answered yes as a joke just to see what happened, but it didn't say anything afterwards so I didn't think anything of it..........

maybe:P It's even worse in Sigma. In Sigma the rule is to die 3 times in the entire Normal difficulty mode to unlock Ninja dog, not just the first level

dumb down? lol maybe at the first level but after that it gets really frustrating especially with the spider ninjas.

And actually the original was the harder version.

dumb down? lol maybe at the first level but after that it gets really frustrating especially with the spider ninjas.

And actually the original was the harder version.

Tamarind_Face

really...cuz compared to black it's been a breeze so far

[QUOTE="Tamarind_Face"]

dumb down? lol maybe at the first level but after that it gets really frustrating especially with the spider ninjas.

And actually the original was the harder version.

chikenfriedrice

really...cuz compared to black it's been a breeze so far

dumb down? lol maybe at the first level but after that it gets really frustrating especially with the spider ninjas.

And actually the original was the harder version.

Tamarind_Face

Uh, no. Black is much harder than the original.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"][QUOTE="Tamarind_Face"]

dumb down? lol maybe at the first level but after that it gets really frustrating especially with the spider ninjas.

And actually the original was the harder version.

killerfist

really...cuz compared to black it's been a breeze so far

But that's because you guys already played black... I assume that most of you are pretty good gamers to begin with.. And after getting the hang of black, Sigma couldn't really present that much of a challenge. The original kicked my ______ but after clearing it, the rest wasn't that bad.. My friends can't even get pass the first level..

Yeah the difficulty was significantly dumbed down I reccomend those who want a challenge to get black instead of sigma.Jacboy71

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]I have been playing NG:Blk on my 360 and it's pretty difficult then I just started playing Sigma on my PS3 and it seemed so much easier in every way? I left them both on the default difficulty....so was Sigma made easier?alex77k

Yes, and the trend continues with NG2. It make sense since it is "lowering" the bar for casuals. With that being said, the hardest difficulty will be only for hardcores. So it is a win win scenario.