OK...Great, new Ninja Gaiden because it's a new system right? Amped up graphics plus new content right.............NOPE!
Ninja Gaiden Sigma, oh Sigma you old dog, why couldn't you learn some new tricks!? Well to say the least, graphics are outstanding. The ads say 60 frames per second. I'll take their word for it but it is visually enhanced and this is where they win if anything, but the thing is not many alterations were made if any. I mean being that it was visually enhanced they could've made alleyways seem more vivid or something, because it's alot of that stuff over and it's a next-gen console now, so c'mon. CG cutscenes are still the same and in fact are not cleaned up, they are the exact same formats from before so when you're playing this new and improved Ninja Gaiden the screen dims they take a step back by showing you this old clip that they just pasted in there while you stay looking for more. I did however like the new Doku battle in the beginning because Ryu get's sliced by a sword and the next scene he's putting on some outfit making you think, wait a minute, didn't you just die and they at least explain a little more how he gets to the blimp because I never knew how. Karma is back ranking you on how you beat enemies using speed and other elements and new weapons such as Dual swords were added called Dragon's Claw and Lion fang which are good but you have to level them up before the become lethal at all because by the time you clear the scene of enemies you go past the time you have to beat them. Enemies are basically the same but revised such as the black ninjas and the armored thugs with motorcycles and old enemies and bosses have new abilities.
Sound is the same but one thing i didn't really like about Ninja Gaiden is the music during boards, for the most part is boring and i don't know what would have been good in its place but i know I never really cared for the music and since they didn't improve or change it i am unhappy with that. The sound effects are great. Gameplay is very friendly and intimidating at first for first time players but there are some editions in here that make it so much better like the in game item selection which before you had to press pause to use health but now the D-pad allows you to cycle through them while fighting and use whatever you need to which is very good since i hated interupting game play for an elixer or anything before! The evasion has been changed like if you evade back he actually does a backflip, little stop like that makes you feel like your actually doing something and gets you into it more. Weapons can be upgraded as you go along and make you get into it more. There are new battles, and a big addition is playing as Racheal the big boobied fiend Slayer which is really cool because it adds story plus does not take away from the original story because these are extra boards not instead like a certain Metal Gears Solid I know where I played as a character I didn't even care about being at all and had to play as him for the rest of the whole entire game!!! GOD!!! Sigma's gameplay is very pleasurable to the eyes, and still amazing for a first time player, but for me I'm tired of seeing this package re-wrapped especially since i've beat it a few times over now, and they even took away the classic Ninja gaiden extra i think because the arcade machine in the game where you played them at in Han's Bar is gone, but I could be wrong maybe they give them to you for beating the game? This game is not as challenging as black and is much easier, but like I said if you never owned the one for Xbox or it's Black upgrade then you definitly should have this one, I will update this when I beat the game because I don't know the unlockables yet or if you can make this game harder after you beat it like the original two, I will revise later but in any case great game must have for first timers if not and you are like me waiting for a sequel you might be able to skip this one, depending on your wallet size and if you own a PS3, but till next time....Peace fan boys