Ninja Gaiden II Receives 8.7 from IGN...

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/876/876569p1.html

Discuss.

nice...

btw IN before bashers :D

looks like mgs 4 will get goty because there surely is no other game out now or coming soon that deserves that title.-Renegade

not AAA here. Fugataboutit Lemms!Dreams-Visions

ZOmG!!! DiS WAZ SUpoZEd TO Be AAA!!!! EPhIc FAiL!!!! - if you work with lem logic :)

looks like mgs 4 will get goty because there surely is no other game out now or coming soon that deserves that title.-Renegade

Except for GTA4 of course

Good score. Looks fun as hell. Who wouldn't want some graphic blood and gore in their action games?

In before the...

"IGN doesnt count"

But wow I thought this would be a for sure AAA title for the 360 this year. This and Geow2.

Lower then I was expecting from IGN (the king of overrated exclusives sometimes).

Great score none the less.

I'm not surprised. Decent score.

I guess IGN reviewers' thumbs were still sore after NG:Black or the orignal NG. They probably didn't see anything significantly or drastically different on NGII compared to NGB.

They docked it for frame rate btw, guys..Couth_

And I see they didn't do any better on the story. an 8.0 there is very unsuprising, yet we hoped for better.

*grabs popcorn, awaits Cow attacking and Lemming gnashing of teeth*Dreams-Visions

*grabs popcorn, awaits Cow attacking and Lemming gnashing of teeth*Dreams-Visions

lol I know, cows have crack in their grass and lemmings are just...well rodents lol

I don't get IGN's scoring. Why is the final score independant of the individual categories? What's the point?

I expect this to get a 9 here...especially after the Haze review...IGn is now giving lower scores than Gamespotprimetime2121

Yeah, Wiiware titles are so much higher scoring on GameSpot...oh wait! Bottom line is there is no way to really predict what this game will get on GS. However, I've guessed 8.5 for awhile now.

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]*grabs popcorn, awaits Cow attacking and Lemming gnashing of teeth*SHuN_G0Ku

Doodz lemme get some. :P

[QUOTE="Couth_"]They docked it for frame rate btw, guys..Dreams-Visions

And I see they didn't do any better on the story. an 8.0 there is very unsuprising, yet we hoped for better.

lemmings will not have a happy holiday today. this news will make GameSpot AAA that seemed so sure so...unsure.

lemmings will not have a happy holiday today. this news will make GameSpot AAA that seemed so sure so...unsure.

Dreams-Visions

I think you should put the popcorn away, its already really late and I dont think you're gonna see many 10 year olds up right now complaining about the score.

I don't get IGN's scoring. Why is the final score independant of the individual categories? What's the point?

Mordred19

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

[QUOTE="Couth_"]They docked it for frame rate btw, guys..Couth_

And I see they didn't do any better on the story. an 8.0 there is very unsuprising, yet we hoped for better.

So this is a very suprising turn of events. I wonder if he didn't overstate the issue. And sometimes I feel like unless it affects gameplay, marking down for the ocassional framerate drop is very bold.

[QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

[QUOTE="Couth_"]They docked it for frame rate btw, guys..Couth_

And I see they didn't do any better on the story. an 8.0 there is very unsuprising, yet we hoped for better.

I just used find (dont feel like reading the whole review atm) and they say theres frame rate problems for their "review build". If Im not mistaken Lost oddessy had the same problem with their review build and had longer load times. Im not saying the retail copy will be better, but it could be the same situation.

"The only trouble is that our review build had trouble maintaining a solid framerate throughout the adventure. Quite a few times when there were explosions on screen the game would start chugging. Late in the game when the levels toss huge numbers of enemies at you the game would crawl. Occasionally this was actually cool -- when things move a bit slower you can actually appreciate the artful movements on screen -- but more often it left me a bit disappointed that the framerate wasn't locked down."

If this game was released on PS3 this issue would not have happpened. Ninja Gaiden Sigma ran flawlessly on PS3 @60 fps and in 1080p!

Only gamespot review counts here cows, but nice try thought..LordoftheVacas

and they say theres frame rate problems for their "review build".

justforlotr2004

Link to a review build controversy for NG2?

"The only trouble is that our review build had trouble maintaining a solid framerate throughout the adventure. Quite a few times when there were explosions on screen the game would start chugging. Late in the game when the levels toss huge numbers of enemies at you the game would crawl. Occasionally this was actually cool -- when things move a bit slower you can actually appreciate the artful movements on screen -- but more often it left me a bit disappointed that the framerate wasn't locked down."

If this game was released on PS3 this issue would not have happpened. Ninja Gaiden Sigma ran flawlessly on PS3 @60 fps and in 1080p!

-Renegade

[QUOTE="Couth_"]They docked it for frame rate btw, guys..Dreams-Visions

And I see they didn't do any better on the story. an 8.0 there is very unsuprising, yet we hoped for better.

They said "OUR review build" so the framerate might not be included within the final product.

"The only trouble is that our review build had trouble maintaining a solid framerate throughout the adventure. Quite a few times when there were explosions on screen the game would start chugging. Late in the game when the levels toss huge numbers of enemies at you the game would crawl. Occasionally this was actually cool -- when things move a bit slower you can actually appreciate the artful movements on screen -- but more often it left me a bit disappointed that the framerate wasn't locked down."

If this game was released on PS3 this issue would not have happpened. Ninja Gaiden Sigma ran flawlessly on PS3 @60 fps and in 1080p!

-Renegade

[QUOTE="justforlotr2004"]

and they say theres frame rate problems for their "review build".

Dreams-Visions

Link to a review build controversy for NG2?

Hu? Im commenting from their review, and what has happened in the past. I have no idea if this is the same situation, and we wont know till the game is released.

[QUOTE="-Renegade"]looks like mgs 4 will get goty because there surely is no other game out now or coming soon that deserves that title.Zoomin

Except for GTA4 of course

It will be one sad day if that overrated garbage recieves GOTY.

Called it!NAPK1NS

"The only trouble is that our review build had trouble maintaining a solid framerate throughout the adventure. Quite a few times when there were explosions on screen the game would start chugging. Late in the game when the levels toss huge numbers of enemies at you the game would crawl. Occasionally this was actually cool -- when things move a bit slower you can actually appreciate the artful movements on screen -- but more often it left me a bit disappointed that the framerate wasn't locked down."

If this game was released on PS3 this issue would not have happpened. Ninja Gaiden Sigma ran flawlessly on PS3 @60 fps and in 1080p!

-Renegade

[QUOTE="LordoftheVacas"]Only gamespot review counts here cows, but nice try thought..Taalon

whatever..so if every place but IGN gives it AAA ?? your point is what ??

[QUOTE="Couth_"][QUOTE="Dreams-Visions"]

[QUOTE="Couth_"]They docked it for frame rate btw, guys..justforlotr2004

And I see they didn't do any better on the story. an 8.0 there is very unsuprising, yet we hoped for better.

I just used find (dont feel like reading the whole review atm) and they say theres frame rate problems for their "review build". If Im not mistaken Lost oddessy had the same problem with their review build and had longer load times. Im not saying the retail copy will be better, but it could be the same situation.

You raise an interesting point. I guess we will probably just have to wait for other reviews to see if the frame rate problems are as big has IGN claims they are.