Master ninjas from NG2 can simply shrug this thing off.
They sacrafice blood and limbs for boobs. A sissy game, as I've predicted.
Even Ryu's arms are smaller in NGS2!
Those who welcome the toned-down difficulty are just pathetic. The deep fast paced realistic action is gone. Now it becomes a clone of DMC or GOW. It became so shallow that you master the action in hours instead of months. It is still an OK game in its own rights, that's why I think 6-7 is a fair score. But it failed patheticly to qualifiy as a Ninja Gaiden game, which is a franchise notorious for it difficulty.
Let me be more specific:
No more 100-men slaying in chapter 9; You now fight 3-4 brain-dead non-IS enemies at the same time instead of 6-9 cunning basterds including IS ninjas. you Izuna drop at the right beginning of game with level 1 weapon with ripp-off input sequences. You can't run freely with multiple ninjas and demons chasing you. You are locked in invisible cells and fight patchs of enemy spot by spot. You JiGGLE boobs. Boob-gigglers favorite game, I think that sums up this thing.