(Hapygourious) Reposted from the Dead or Alive Video that applies to this video aswell for some select few. From weenop: "Also, regarding concerns pertaining to the use of a certain word at several points in the video, I would like to clarify for new viewers that I, weenop of Brain Alert! (the guy who made the video), am a black man of mixed ethnicity." thanks for readinbg :)
First off, one person could point out that a balance issue is actually something that makes sense in lore. Because you are going up against enemies that are trying to kill you, and people trying to kill you don't normally want to give you a chance at survival - and will therefore do what it takes to kill you. The Germans were not thinking about how to balance out their mustard gas weapons, and they sure weren't trying to balance the wonder waffa. But that cutscene for the gold fiend, was because in the normal game you typically first encounter a flying fiend in that or a regular scene in that cutscene. But that depends on whether it's path of the acolyte or path of the warrior, and they still left the cutscene in - so they went and showed a higher level fiend. Basic, winged, and gold.
As a player who has achieved beating Master Ninja in all 3. “Ninja Gaiden isn’t meant to be played. It’s meant to be beaten” is the best way to describe NG.
Someone once described Ninja Gaiden’s enemy design as “most games are designed to have the player kill enemies, Ninja Gaiden is designed to have the enemies kill the player.”
@@lordmalice8368 That section where you are in the car and flying guys are shooting missiles at you is so bullshit that I could never for the life of me finish Ninja Gaiden RE on Master or Ultimate Ninja.
He was tripping hard with this. I get it but he spent too much energy on making it hard rather than making it polished like the first one or Black. This is why I believe that Sigma 2 is better or it could be definitive if they were able to keep as many enemies on screen. Cause it's more polished and balanced.
i would like to seee what an Itagaki and Hideki Kamiya chracter action game colaberaration would be like. as these guys have alot in common with how they make thier games.
>i love this game >this is so great 10 minutes later >i hate it here >this is so fucked >bullshit >bats from chests >fuck this >fuck rpgs >fuck arrows >bullshit 3 hours later >yeah i gotta say this game is perfect and i love it this has been the best essay review i have seen on this entire shitass platform i want more
Whats your take on the game? I’ve heard mixed opinions. I’ve beaten NG2 about 20 times, so I’m curious if it’s worth it at $50. Or should I just stick with the original?
@tplink it's more of a better version of Sigma than a definitive edition of vanilla NG2. I think its cool, and they'll be making some kind of update with new features sometime soon.
The staircase fight made me think of the movie 300 and the fact the original hardware can’t handle it and makes it go slo-mo like the movie is just…10/10 😂
Your style and sense of humor remind me of the legendary "Metal Gear Solid 4 Was a Mistake" video, which is definitely a huge plus in my book. You've earned another sub.
Part 1: Excited to talk about this amazing game, here’s some background. Part 2: JESUS CHRIST SO MANY ENEMIES WTF WHY WOULD ANYONE MAKE A GAME LIKE THIS AND WHO WOULD HATE THEMSELVES ENOUGH TO PLAY IT?? Part 3: 10/10 game’s a masterpiece.
So I beat Sigma 2 about 7 times back on PS3. And the Vita version once where it's basically always running in half speed. This game can be absolutely infuriating but when all goes well, there's really nothing like it. It's a masterpiece.
Be sure to put your eyes out for other games too. Fans of the high pace and aggression of Ninja Gaiden will get a lot out of Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest. Genuinely really strongly recommend. Came out a few months ago but is going terribly unnoticed.
I recently bought Master Collection to replay ng2 after like 10 years and finally having a chance to play the first one and 3RE (unfortunately never had an xbox so i never experienced the vanilla 1&2) and just discovered this channel...Man i cant explain how good your videos are. You literally put your soul in these 8 hours long series, so rare to see a player talking with such passion about these action games, that are often so underestimated (besides games like GoW but we all know that is REALLY different stuff). Thak you so much to remember me why, despite all the nonsense and enormous issues, i 've been loving ng2 like a sibling since i was 11. Cant wait for the 3rd masterpiece of a video!
you should emulate them, it's more than worth it to experience the originals and xbox emulation is pretty good these days. it's a shame to see anybody settle for playing a remake - the original is, by definition, always the definitive version.
@@Just.Kidding eh I tried to emulate Ng 2 and ended up getting a super bad Trojan haha I'm not good with these things sadly. I couldn't find the iso for that game, only for Ng 1 but I heard it's not so different from the sigma, unlike ng2 and sigma 2
You should give Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Black a try, it's a mod on Nexus that reverts most of the changes back to vanilla 2. Although I would wait a month or so, he's (Fiendbusa) releasing an updated version of the mod that doesn't require Cheat Engine to install. While you're at it, get the NM mod that restores most of the gore back to Sigma 2
@@richardrice3321 I do not, unfortunately. The way I play vanilla is through backward compatibility on Xbox Series S/X Your best option is probably Xenia. I would look up installation guides, like UrCasualGamer and such.
4:13:46: Weenop, you didn’t have to go this hard... but you did anyway, and IT’S ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!! The music alone had me so freaking hyped, and on top of that, using the boss title card also on Ryu MADE IT EVEN MORE EPIC🔥🔥🔥
I watched both videos entirely, its amazing to see more people showing this franchise some love even after all this time. Finishing Master Ninja mode with every single encounter and collectible in both Black and Sigma will forever go down as one of my proudest gaming achievements. Fantastic reviews 🙏🙏
Your videos are great man. I'm glad the DoA and Ninja Gaiden videos gave your channel some deserved traction. I wish the best for ya and hope people stick around for other stuff you produce!
One of the best ninja gaiden 2 videos on youtube this really has to be one of the best games ever made and it deserves a lot more recognition. Say what you want about Itagaki but he is a mad genius
The humor, the music choice, the humor, the appreciation for the finer things in the game, the humor, there's so much about this video that I like. Did I mention that you're funny as fuck? Keep up the quality content, king.
I found you by the dmc video and then ended up rewatching your ninja gaiden 1 video like 5 times, only then did I see how low your subs were and that's frankly criminal. I subbed and commented for the alghorithm, here's to more great vids
I was already caught off guard with the Cheshyre music, but the A.a.R.Y. joke made my day. I never realized how thematically similar these two series were.
Dude! The fact you beat NG2 on mentor without spamming the dual swords 360Y i-frames, the lunars overpowered 360Y UT, the talons flying swallow izuna drop, and the tonfas UT, is very impressive! It's even more impressive that you used the flails as much as you did. Mad respect! You are a true gamer.
No he sucks lmao. No use of counterattacks, limited usage of OT for i-frames, no using Wind Path and Wind Run to crowd control, no shuriken cancels etc. He should have beat the game on Normal first, practiced some moves and techniques and then tried to tackle Mentor. He just suffered for no reason.
Just discovered this channel via the last video. Dude your channel is refreshing! Just a bro who who loves violent videogames. Love this, I wish you success
This is the best channel I have ever found on TH-cam. Thank you man, you are legitimately so fucking funny and kept me entertained and invested for 4 straight hours
1:41:15 Slaughter To Prevail over Ninja Gaiden goes so hard, you're so fucking based. I'm a huge deathcore fan myself. The "FUCK OFF" when he throws Ryu away is so fitting too.
Man I literally saw a hole 4 h review of videogame i will never play. Really good man, I had a great laugh, towards the end especially! P. S Your neighbor Hose must be a real badass
@@FauxRegard you have too man. I beat NG sigma 2 on master ninja 3 years ago it was insanely hard I quit at times but I came back and the accomplishment is great. And everytime you replay you can master a different weapon which makes it fun and each play through unique as you master the weapon and discover new moves and sometimes you start demonlishing the bosses
Honestly using Death Will Reign during that first test of valor says it all. Fuck, this game is amazing, beating master ninja mode for the first time was all it took to burn me out from video games for literal years. So worth it though.
First off: your videos are *Master Ninja* status approved. Amazing stuff. My first NG game was Sigma on PS3. Managed to do everything 100% (this was before trophies can into existence). Now where things got crazy was Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2. I got it on release and was adamant to get the platinum. There was 1 thing that was stopping myself and others - the co-op missions. You’d see the same names playing all the time to try and get this. About 10 of us (USA, Japan and me from the UK) were playing it non stop but it was beyond brutal. It took approximately 2 months and 2 weeks to get the platinum and I was only 23rd in the world to get it. It’s arguably one of the most dedicated and harsh experiences I’ve had in gaming but sharing it with others who shared the sentiment even with a language barrier with players from Japan. The fact that games like this don’t exist anymore (bar DMC5) is a shame. Majority of gamers don’t like these harder games.
"Games like this don't exist anymore", you say? Have you heard of Soulstice, Genokids, Enenera Daemon Core, Mightreya, IMMORTAL: And the Death that Follows, Jamphibian and *especially* Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest? I'll throw in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (more on the God Hand side of things) and Cookie Cutter in there too!
@ I’ve never heard of ANY of those games. I started with an N64. Had a Dreamcast, game gear, GameCube, PS2, etc. I tend to get attached to the longevity of a series like Sonic, Metal Gear Solid, Tony Hawk, Resident Evil, Parappa The Rapper and so on. Games post PS3 and during PS4 are complete shit compared to the library of games before. That’s what I’m trying to say.
@@Jonathan-Shadow That's a big history of experience with consoles for sure! So games like Rayman 2 you've played across multiple platforms too? Or games like MediEvil, Maximo, Jet Set Radio? I think i'm picking up what you're saying. There's not much in the way of new games in recent years that are building up a legendary franchise name with many new games. You mean something like that? I'm not here to discuss a bigger image however. I simply saw your comment, i see your love for harder, punishing action games within your comment, and i've got big interest in this genre as well. Said interest has made me look into many such action games, a lot of which will very much benefit from being known more, and i'm doing my best to spread word on them where i can. So i'm not here to try and change your thought on game libraries post-PS3, but i want to bring up some individuals titles that i think are cool, titles which you may appreciate too, with the intent that word-of-mouth can help this genre gain more interest again. Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest especially goes in deep on the difficulty. Released only a month or two ago. Its lead dev is likewise a very big Ninja Gaiden fan, as well as of other action games. Big love and technical knowledge/competence from his part in the game design. Some NG influences can be seen in the game like the pace of battles and on-landing charge moves (different ones for different directions), but there is a lot that gives its its own identity. Like - building up chargers for healing grenades, the only source of healing outside of checkpoints. - There being no parries outside from two "spells", - all spells having unique charging bars, - said spells and healing grenades charging up by attacking normally, - ways of combining spells with each other (like casting a spider net onto a bone spike to make an exploding flail), - parrying your own spells (like summoning a ghostly arm and then using the parry that turns you into a cannon ball to dash into a particular direction) - over 60 different bosses and enemies, and they appear in pretty big team-ups - most enemies having around three different attacks and different ways in which they behave, - enemy size having influence on where you can and can't go (can't move through horizontally wide enemies for example) - resetting a double jump and air dash by using a Hook attack, pogo bounce move or a diving bounce move, - level design being important too, as you can lean against walls and some enemies will climb up against walls too like the Orangutan Wraiths. - the world being a nearly psychedelic, colorful iteration of what the afterlife would be like - Art style and direction in general. I'm afraid that your preference for series with stronger, already established longevity and legacy may make you not interested in trying Magenta Horizon either way, but i do genuinely hope that this has made you curious. The entire Act 1 of 3 is available as a demo.
With all the discourse around the new release. Playing through these games. Ninja gaiden is a wild ride of emotions. And as shallow as this sounds. The ninja gaiden, dead or alive, and doom series are pretty much what I crave in video games. As flawed as they are. I believe, for me, the ninja gaiden series surpases most other character action games, only tied with devil may cry 3. Thank you, Weenop, for making the ninja gaiden and doa retrospective. Eagerly await the arrival of the Yaiba and Ninja Gaiden 4 videos in the future.
Anyone else happy about ninja gaiden II black like I am ? I’m super excited and had to come back to this vid and oh yeah I did not forget the 2 other ninja gaiden games releasing later this year!
I want you to know as soon as you showed Dagra Dai starting the fight with the BS Lightning Attack. You brought out like 10+ years of repressed PTSD in me. You're absolutely evil. I subbed. I didn't know I needed a 4+ hour cuss laden video about Ninja Gaiden 2, but here we are. Thanks man. I actually installed the Master Ninja Collection rather than my yearly romp through DMC4 or 5. You delayed Dante for Ryu. No small feat. Also, you reminded me we haven't seen hide nor hair of this series for too long. Ryu Hayabusa is too badass a character to not have a modern entry.
dawg, I just wasted the past hour watching this vid instead of finishing up my assignment. Why is this lengthy vid so entertaining? Also, great music choice. Another statement, love the cool editing introducing bosses.
Wow. This is an impressive in-depth vid. Glad to see you enjoyed NG and NG2 despite not knowing about some of the advanced mechanics like Guard Buffering and Shuriken Canceling since they help smooth out the difficulty and make the off-screen projectile spam less annoying.
Bro that stairway was my absolute favorite. It was the pinnacle of my autism scratch after having to acclimate to the gaiden up until that point. Totally irrational and awesome
Looking back at it, I don't think the connection between Genshin and Gamov is meant to add motive to Genshin. If the two are related, then it explains why the Spider Ninjas were involved with NG1. Genshin probably lent some ninjas to Gamov. If not for that, then why would the Spider Ninjas bother with the Vigoor Empire or the events of NG1 beyond harassing Ryu?
I had a tough time starting out in Ninja Gaiden 3, trying to get back into it after not touching it since I was a kid, but once it clicked, I remembered everything I love about the Ninja Gaiden series.
Bro it was hell… only a few can say they have completed master ninja. NGl it does feel pretty cool to say you beat it. Hardest thing I’ve ever beaten to this day..
If you're up for another tough and awesome action game, amde by a person with great love for the Ninja Gaiden series too but with its own very distinct identity, i can VERY strongly recommend Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest.
I was lmao at 1:04:20 That test of Valor was literally a nightmare and I was screaming at my TV screen when I finally beat that god damn challenge. For some reason Team Ninja put one of the hardest challenges at the beginning of the game when it's unlikely to have a maxed out weapon. So especially your fighting near 100 ninjas with limited ninpo, freaking insanity.
Hard/Very hard and Master Ninja is where the "spam ultimate or die" bullshit begins, can't imagine jumping into that with no experience with tge enemies or the weapons, good job dude!
More swear words I need an exponential amount of profanity to wash down the utter malevolent beautifully cultivated convection of carnage only team ninja ninja Ninja gaiden can provide. Keep up the great work I enjoy all of your videos
The funniest part is that everything you said about what Tomonobu "it isn't harrasement if I quit first" Itagaki would say or do is that they're absolutely possible and he would do them if he had the power or chance.
I felt insane when I impulse purchased Sigma 2 for a dose of that sweet nostalgia and was bitch slapped by how different it is from Gaiden 2. Gotta say, I do love some of the new stuff though. Ryu based and real for assassinating liberty
"dont sleep on the exploding kunai" he says, as he sleeps on them for the situations where they come in the most useful. chapter 9 where you have to run around on water in the open arena while getting pelted with missiles? explosive kunai them and they lose their rocket launcher. and most importantly, the explosive kunai makes a complete joke of the armadillos.
man I get such weird nostalgia when you guys just randomly insert the madness combat series music lmao. I forgot how many of those games I played and how many times I watched the series until I see it mentioned or it's music played somewhere. Great long-form video retrospectives/reviews by the way.
This is entirely too true of a review, I remember spending months trying to beat this game for the first time. So many of the reactions you gave were spot on to what I felt dealing with this trashterpiece for the first time. Well done good sir well done
If you have an Xbox Series S/X or an Xbox One X, you can play it at higher resolutions (I believe Series S is 1080-1440p and Xbox Series X/One X are 1800p-4k) and stable 60fps with HDR
i actually LOVE Ayane's "high pitched nagging" it gave a sense of urgency and importance and it felt like there was an underlying MISSION and those were little hints (along with the audio cue) made it feel ORGANIC
(Hapygourious) Reposted from the Dead or Alive Video that applies to this video aswell for some select few.
From weenop: "Also, regarding concerns pertaining to the use of a certain word at several points in the video, I would like to clarify for new viewers that I, weenop of Brain Alert! (the guy who made the video), am a black man of mixed ethnicity."
thanks for readinbg :)
Oh we knew he was a brotha
First off, one person could point out that a balance issue is actually something that makes sense in lore. Because you are going up against enemies that are trying to kill you, and people trying to kill you don't normally want to give you a chance at survival - and will therefore do what it takes to kill you. The Germans were not thinking about how to balance out their mustard gas weapons, and they sure weren't trying to balance the wonder waffa. But that cutscene for the gold fiend, was because in the normal game you typically first encounter a flying fiend in that or a regular scene in that cutscene. But that depends on whether it's path of the acolyte or path of the warrior, and they still left the cutscene in - so they went and showed a higher level fiend. Basic, winged, and gold.
@@number-14
Homie whachu talking about
Weenop please keep saying the N word you make it sound so raw and sophisticated
Lol, just thought you'd been watching a bunch of Atlanta recently
As a player who has achieved beating Master Ninja in all 3. “Ninja Gaiden isn’t meant to be played. It’s meant to be beaten” is the best way to describe NG.
Good job! I did the first 2 but not 3. 3 pisses me off! They were lazy as hell!
Someone once described Ninja Gaiden’s enemy design as “most games are designed to have the player kill enemies, Ninja Gaiden is designed to have the enemies kill the player.”
Yes unlike DMC you will get the best score the more enemies you kill. It doesn't matter how.
I think I’m gonna try lol
@@lordmalice8368 That section where you are in the car and flying guys are shooting missiles at you is so bullshit that I could never for the life of me finish Ninja Gaiden RE on Master or Ultimate Ninja.
''At first it was easier,but when the testers said ''this is too difficult', I made it even more difficult.''
-Itagaki
He was tripping hard with this. I get it but he spent too much energy on making it hard rather than making it polished like the first one or Black. This is why I believe that Sigma 2 is better or it could be definitive if they were able to keep as many enemies on screen. Cause it's more polished and balanced.
I love when game devs troll
lmafo 😂 itagaki needs to come back and take over his series.
i would like to seee what an Itagaki and Hideki Kamiya chracter action game colaberaration would be like. as these guys have alot in common with how they make thier games.
@@megamike15 that game would be a certified masterpiece, a game with brutally fast pace of NG and stylishness on Bayonetta/DMC.
>i love this game
>this is so great
10 minutes later
>i hate it here
>this is so fucked
>bullshit
>bats from chests
>fuck this
>fuck rpgs
>fuck arrows
>bullshit
3 hours later
>yeah i gotta say this game is perfect and i love it
this has been the best essay review i have seen on this entire shitass platform
i want more
shush
Gotta say this is genuinely the perfect way to wrap up the whole NGII experience :>
RPG’s he said 😂
>fuck kunai bomb ninjas
This video gave me the motivation to complete sigma 2 and play OG Ninja Gaiden 2 for the first time. Thank you great weenop for this masterclass.
Coming back to this video today after Ninja Gaiden 2 black was released today
Whats your take on the game? I’ve heard mixed opinions. I’ve beaten NG2 about 20 times, so I’m curious if it’s worth it at $50. Or should I just stick with the original?
@tplink it's more of a better version of Sigma than a definitive edition of vanilla NG2. I think its cool, and they'll be making some kind of update with new features sometime soon.
The staircase fight made me think of the movie 300 and the fact the original hardware can’t handle it and makes it go slo-mo like the movie is just…10/10 😂
i wat a 300
Your style and sense of humor remind me of the legendary "Metal Gear Solid 4 Was a Mistake" video, which is definitely a huge plus in my book. You've earned another sub.
Ninja Gaiden II’s enemies took the phrase “death before dishonor” to the extreme.
Part 1: Excited to talk about this amazing game, here’s some background.
Part 2: JESUS CHRIST SO MANY ENEMIES WTF WHY WOULD ANYONE MAKE A GAME LIKE THIS AND WHO WOULD HATE THEMSELVES ENOUGH TO PLAY IT??
Part 3: 10/10 game’s a masterpiece.
So I beat Sigma 2 about 7 times back on PS3. And the Vita version once where it's basically always running in half speed.
This game can be absolutely infuriating but when all goes well, there's really nothing like it. It's a masterpiece.
Glorious review. Hope Ninja Gaiden makes a comeback
Absolutely ⚔️
Number 4 out soon which might suck and they just remade 2 again with modern graphics
your prayers have been answered
Be sure to put your eyes out for other games too. Fans of the high pace and aggression of Ninja Gaiden will get a lot out of Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest.
Genuinely really strongly recommend. Came out a few months ago but is going terribly unnoticed.
I recently bought Master Collection to replay ng2 after like 10 years and finally having a chance to play the first one and 3RE (unfortunately never had an xbox so i never experienced the vanilla 1&2) and just discovered this channel...Man i cant explain how good your videos are. You literally put your soul in these 8 hours long series, so rare to see a player talking with such passion about these action games, that are often so underestimated (besides games like GoW but we all know that is REALLY different stuff). Thak you so much to remember me why, despite all the nonsense and enormous issues, i 've been loving ng2 like a sibling since i was 11. Cant wait for the 3rd masterpiece of a video!
you should emulate them, it's more than worth it to experience the originals and xbox emulation is pretty good these days. it's a shame to see anybody settle for playing a remake - the original is, by definition, always the definitive version.
@@Just.Kidding eh I tried to emulate Ng 2 and ended up getting a super bad Trojan haha I'm not good with these things sadly. I couldn't find the iso for that game, only for Ng 1 but I heard it's not so different from the sigma, unlike ng2 and sigma 2
You should give Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Black a try, it's a mod on Nexus that reverts most of the changes back to vanilla 2. Although I would wait a month or so, he's (Fiendbusa) releasing an updated version of the mod that doesn't require Cheat Engine to install.
While you're at it, get the NM mod that restores most of the gore back to Sigma 2
@@Pelayum oh I heard about that, Ty for the suggestion. Btw you know how to emulate Ng 2 original? Still can't find a way haha
@@richardrice3321 I do not, unfortunately. The way I play vanilla is through backward compatibility on Xbox Series S/X
Your best option is probably Xenia. I would look up installation guides, like UrCasualGamer and such.
4:13:46: Weenop, you didn’t have to go this hard... but you did anyway, and IT’S ABSOLUTELY INSANE!!! The music alone had me so freaking hyped, and on top of that, using the boss title card also on Ryu MADE IT EVEN MORE EPIC🔥🔥🔥
Dude between the S tier jokes and the awesome music choices. Sold once I heard impending doom start up in the background. Amazing video man.
A ninja gaiden hood classic man.
You're one of the best game reviewers on TH-cam, keep it up man. I came for the DOA video, and now im staying for everything you put out.
Dark Souls Player: _"Git gud!"_
Ninja Gaiden Player: _"Way ahead of you, peasant."_
Dark Souls: "Git Gud, scrub"
Ninja Gaiden: "Fucking DIE!"
Rent free
I watched both videos entirely, its amazing to see more people showing this franchise some love even after all this time. Finishing Master Ninja mode with every single encounter and collectible in both Black and Sigma will forever go down as one of my proudest gaming achievements. Fantastic reviews 🙏🙏
thaaaaat is legendary
Also that Staircase. Absolutely divine. The slomo slaughter is a core memory for me
Like your videos, very thorough and detailed. There aren’t a lot of people that talk about DOA and NG, so it’s nice that I found you.❤
Just stumbled on in and was blessed with this video. Weenop my guy you absolute genius patiently waiting for the next vid!!
Your videos are great man. I'm glad the DoA and Ninja Gaiden videos gave your channel some deserved traction. I wish the best for ya and hope people stick around for other stuff you produce!
Love your videos man. Its crazy how your videos can be long ass hell, and you’re still funny the whole way through.
One of the best ninja gaiden 2 videos on youtube this really has to be one of the best games ever made and it deserves a lot more recognition. Say what you want about Itagaki but he is a mad genius
Team Ninja has never been the same since the 2000s. Hood Fucking Classic.
they got a few Ws with nioh and wo long
@@tahaelhour690i can’t stand their story telling but all their games have amazing gameplay so I just force through them.
The humor, the music choice, the humor, the appreciation for the finer things in the game, the humor, there's so much about this video that I like.
Did I mention that you're funny as fuck? Keep up the quality content, king.
I found you by the dmc video and then ended up rewatching your ninja gaiden 1 video like 5 times, only then did I see how low your subs were and that's frankly criminal. I subbed and commented for the alghorithm, here's to more great vids
I was already caught off guard with the Cheshyre music, but the A.a.R.Y. joke made my day. I never realized how thematically similar these two series were.
Dude! The fact you beat NG2 on mentor without spamming the dual swords 360Y i-frames, the lunars overpowered 360Y UT, the talons flying swallow izuna drop, and the tonfas UT, is very impressive! It's even more impressive that you used the flails as much as you did. Mad respect! You are a true gamer.
No he sucks lmao. No use of counterattacks, limited usage of OT for i-frames, no using Wind Path and Wind Run to crowd control, no shuriken cancels etc.
He should have beat the game on Normal first, practiced some moves and techniques and then tried to tackle Mentor. He just suffered for no reason.
😂 C'mon he should beat Master Ninja.
You need to swear more, I watch these videos with my dad.
I dont get it
He needs to talk about sex and stuff more, I watch these with my creepy uncle
@@reddie1705 exactly.
@@jermeyanderson9231 he's called Papa Rubs for a reason :))
@@NardoHidnLeef someone commented a long while ago something along the lines of “stop swearing alot i watch these with my mom”
The only time I thanked the algorithm for helping me find your channel
Just discovered this channel via the last video. Dude your channel is refreshing! Just a bro who who loves violent videogames. Love this, I wish you success
The staircase is truly “peak”
We can only hope for NG4 some day….
In today's soft ass generation?
@@darkkinggaming7988facts but sadly
I mean team ninja already said NG series and DOA series will have reboot on board.
@@boringinu2077 WOOO!
Try nioh 2
Masterful video about one of my favorite games of all time, great stuff.
57:01 "on a random thursday afternoon" just like their shadow drop for NINJA GAIDEN 2 BLACK
Awesome use of JAM Project for the final fight!
This is the best channel I have ever found on TH-cam. Thank you man, you are legitimately so fucking funny and kept me entertained and invested for 4 straight hours
Now i cannot Wait for Ninja Gaiden 4 and NG Ragebound
Your content and humour Is top Tier , keep up the good work man
1:41:15
Slaughter To Prevail over Ninja Gaiden goes so hard, you're so fucking based. I'm a huge deathcore fan myself.
The "FUCK OFF" when he throws Ryu away is so fitting too.
I love how you synced bone golem headbanging with metal af soundtrack xD
I have never laughed so much watching a video and your colorful commentary. Keep up the great vids.
Hilarious. Good stuff. Subscribed! Love the NG series and am planning to replay it soo,
Man I literally saw a hole 4 h review of videogame i will never play. Really good man, I had a great laugh, towards the end especially!
P. S Your neighbor Hose must be a real badass
Ninja Gaiden 2 was absolutely insane and demanded so much skill. And I really like that. The creator was insane in a good way, brilliant even.
So true. I literally gave up on ever beating it on Master Ninja difficulty but I might have to revisit it. I platinum'd Sekiro so maybe it's time 🤔
@@FauxRegard you have too man. I beat NG sigma 2 on master ninja 3 years ago it was insanely hard I quit at times but I came back and the accomplishment is great. And everytime you replay you can master a different weapon which makes it fun and each play through unique as you master the weapon and discover new moves and sometimes you start demonlishing the bosses
This channel is the best thing to ever happen to my life
First Ninja Gaiden vid with "Nigga" in the script 😂
But on a serious note your channel deserves way more recognition some of the best gaming content rn especially for action games
Technically his last video had it in the script too.
Honestly using Death Will Reign during that first test of valor says it all. Fuck, this game is amazing, beating master ninja mode for the first time was all it took to burn me out from video games for literal years.
So worth it though.
1:20:02 the way he said nigga had me rollin😭😭
Fr I literally kept replaying it I was dying dude
I literally had to GC for a minute cause I was like is he black lol?
😂😂😂😂
1:19:58 is the correction
@@silver_wearing_clothes bro
just finished and wow this is gold just like the first one
I can’t wait for ninja gaiden 3
First off: your videos are *Master Ninja* status approved. Amazing stuff.
My first NG game was Sigma on PS3. Managed to do everything 100% (this was before trophies can into existence). Now where things got crazy was Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.
I got it on release and was adamant to get the platinum. There was 1 thing that was stopping myself and others - the co-op missions. You’d see the same names playing all the time to try and get this. About 10 of us (USA, Japan and me from the UK) were playing it non stop but it was beyond brutal. It took approximately 2 months and 2 weeks to get the platinum and I was only 23rd in the world to get it. It’s arguably one of the most dedicated and harsh experiences I’ve had in gaming but sharing it with others who shared the sentiment even with a language barrier with players from Japan.
The fact that games like this don’t exist anymore (bar DMC5) is a shame. Majority of gamers don’t like these harder games.
"Games like this don't exist anymore", you say?
Have you heard of Soulstice, Genokids, Enenera Daemon Core, Mightreya, IMMORTAL: And the Death that Follows, Jamphibian and *especially* Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest?
I'll throw in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos (more on the God Hand side of things) and Cookie Cutter in there too!
@ I’ve never heard of ANY of those games. I started with an N64. Had a Dreamcast, game gear, GameCube, PS2, etc. I tend to get attached to the longevity of a series like Sonic, Metal Gear Solid, Tony Hawk, Resident Evil, Parappa The Rapper and so on. Games post PS3 and during PS4 are complete shit compared to the library of games before. That’s what I’m trying to say.
@@Jonathan-Shadow That's a big history of experience with consoles for sure! So games like Rayman 2 you've played across multiple platforms too? Or games like MediEvil, Maximo, Jet Set Radio?
I think i'm picking up what you're saying. There's not much in the way of new games in recent years that are building up a legendary franchise name with many new games. You mean something like that?
I'm not here to discuss a bigger image however. I simply saw your comment, i see your love for harder, punishing action games within your comment, and i've got big interest in this genre as well.
Said interest has made me look into many such action games, a lot of which will very much benefit from being known more, and i'm doing my best to spread word on them where i can.
So i'm not here to try and change your thought on game libraries post-PS3, but i want to bring up some individuals titles that i think are cool, titles which you may appreciate too, with the intent that word-of-mouth can help this genre gain more interest again.
Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest especially goes in deep on the difficulty. Released only a month or two ago.
Its lead dev is likewise a very big Ninja Gaiden fan, as well as of other action games. Big love and technical knowledge/competence from his part in the game design.
Some NG influences can be seen in the game like the pace of battles and on-landing charge moves (different ones for different directions), but there is a lot that gives its its own identity.
Like
- building up chargers for healing grenades, the only source of healing outside of checkpoints.
- There being no parries outside from two "spells",
- all spells having unique charging bars,
- said spells and healing grenades charging up by attacking normally,
- ways of combining spells with each other (like casting a spider net onto a bone spike to make an exploding flail),
- parrying your own spells (like summoning a ghostly arm and then using the parry that turns you into a cannon ball to dash into a particular direction)
- over 60 different bosses and enemies, and they appear in pretty big team-ups
- most enemies having around three different attacks and different ways in which they behave,
- enemy size having influence on where you can and can't go (can't move through horizontally wide enemies for example)
- resetting a double jump and air dash by using a Hook attack, pogo bounce move or a diving bounce move,
- level design being important too, as you can lean against walls and some enemies will climb up against walls too like the Orangutan Wraiths.
- the world being a nearly psychedelic, colorful iteration of what the afterlife would be like
- Art style and direction in general.
I'm afraid that your preference for series with stronger, already established longevity and legacy may make you not interested in trying Magenta Horizon either way, but i do genuinely hope that this has made you curious.
The entire Act 1 of 3 is available as a demo.
3:11:22 he censored the FEET oh my god thats actually fucking funny
💀 best game review dawg
I saw that and I was sold 😂
You can say Genishin didn't have any impact on you
This is some high quality content, I was surprised by the sub count tbh. You need more and you will get them man.
1:04:29 as a huge NG and Impending doom fan,
Seeing those combined made me happy.
With all the discourse around the new release. Playing through these games. Ninja gaiden is a wild ride of emotions. And as shallow as this sounds. The ninja gaiden, dead or alive, and doom series are pretty much what I crave in video games.
As flawed as they are. I believe, for me, the ninja gaiden series surpases most other character action games, only tied with devil may cry 3. Thank you, Weenop, for making the ninja gaiden and doa retrospective.
Eagerly await the arrival of the Yaiba and Ninja Gaiden 4 videos in the future.
If it is good at the beginning, it's good until the end, I can tell it's the best essay of the games in the first 30 seconds
yeah this goes hard as fuck
Anyone else happy about ninja gaiden II black like I am ? I’m super excited and had to come back to this vid and oh yeah I did not forget the 2 other ninja gaiden games releasing later this year!
I want you to know as soon as you showed Dagra Dai starting the fight with the BS Lightning Attack. You brought out like 10+ years of repressed PTSD in me. You're absolutely evil. I subbed.
I didn't know I needed a 4+ hour cuss laden video about Ninja Gaiden 2, but here we are. Thanks man. I actually installed the Master Ninja Collection rather than my yearly romp through DMC4 or 5. You delayed Dante for Ryu. No small feat. Also, you reminded me we haven't seen hide nor hair of this series for too long. Ryu Hayabusa is too badass a character to not have a modern entry.
dawg, I just wasted the past hour watching this vid instead of finishing up my assignment. Why is this lengthy vid so entertaining? Also, great music choice. Another statement, love the cool editing introducing bosses.
Wow. This is an impressive in-depth vid. Glad to see you enjoyed NG and NG2 despite not knowing about some of the advanced mechanics like Guard Buffering and Shuriken Canceling since they help smooth out the difficulty and make the off-screen projectile spam less annoying.
I highly appreciate the enthusiasm 🙏
I been keeping an eye on this channel and after finally watching this -- I have found the true successor to Running Shine. This is a high praise IMO.
madness combat music, a man of culture i see, you earned a sub my boy
Bro that stairway was my absolute favorite. It was the pinnacle of my autism scratch after having to acclimate to the gaiden up until that point. Totally irrational and awesome
I found it charming and blatanly hilarious how much you love Itagaki san😂
Ughh that intro went hard 🔥 god i love ninja gaiden
Ninja Gaiden II was hands down my favorite game for ages. SOoooooo good.
Looking back at it, I don't think the connection between Genshin and Gamov is meant to add motive to Genshin. If the two are related, then it explains why the Spider Ninjas were involved with NG1. Genshin probably lent some ninjas to Gamov. If not for that, then why would the Spider Ninjas bother with the Vigoor Empire or the events of NG1 beyond harassing Ryu?
I twisted the hell out of my ankle with the moon shoes I begged my mom to get me.
Whenever I see a thumbnail like this I know I'm in for a treat
I had a tough time starting out in Ninja Gaiden 3, trying to get back into it after not touching it since I was a kid, but once it clicked, I remembered everything I love about the Ninja Gaiden series.
The most chaotic game I've ever played, i recently completed it on master ninja(it was hell). I'm going to play ninja Gaiden black, awesome video btw
Bro it was hell… only a few can say they have completed master ninja. NGl it does feel pretty cool to say you beat it. Hardest thing I’ve ever beaten to this day..
If you're up for another tough and awesome action game, amde by a person with great love for the Ninja Gaiden series too but with its own very distinct identity, i can VERY strongly recommend Magenta Horizon: Neverending Harvest.
Thank God for the TH-cam algorithm. This video was fantastic start to finish 😂
I remember renting the OG Ninja Gaiden 2 and getting all the way up to chapter 3 as a kid....Gigadeath...was the bane of my existence
I was lmao at 1:04:20 That test of Valor was literally a nightmare and I was screaming at my TV screen when I finally beat that god damn challenge. For some reason Team Ninja put one of the hardest challenges at the beginning of the game when it's unlikely to have a maxed out weapon. So especially your fighting near 100 ninjas with limited ninpo, freaking insanity.
it’s more than sextillion if it was 100 it would be over quick
Hard/Very hard and Master Ninja is where the "spam ultimate or die" bullshit begins, can't imagine jumping into that with no experience with tge enemies or the weapons, good job dude!
More swear words I need an exponential amount of profanity to wash down the utter malevolent beautifully cultivated convection of carnage only team ninja ninja Ninja gaiden can provide. Keep up the great work I enjoy all of your videos
The funniest part is that everything you said about what Tomonobu "it isn't harrasement if I quit first" Itagaki would say or do is that they're absolutely possible and he would do them if he had the power or chance.
I was in the middle of this when video when they announced NG4 and NGB2
I felt insane when I impulse purchased Sigma 2 for a dose of that sweet nostalgia and was bitch slapped by how different it is from Gaiden 2. Gotta say, I do love some of the new stuff though. Ryu based and real for assassinating liberty
DOGG, I love y’all’s content. Keep it up, hope y’all doing well
Gotta say you're freebird edit on that bike scene was primo.
WAKE UP GAMER NINJA GAIDEN BLACK 2 DROPPED
This video is the youtube equivalent of crack.
Well done man, i'm speechless.
"fish"
"Killer fish from san Diego" lol made me laugh more than it should have
“No Goons Here NICCA”😂😂
The dual katanas are also found without purchase on the ground floor of the statue of liberty behind the glass display on NG2.
"dont sleep on the exploding kunai" he says, as he sleeps on them for the situations where they come in the most useful. chapter 9 where you have to run around on water in the open arena while getting pelted with missiles? explosive kunai them and they lose their rocket launcher. and most importantly, the explosive kunai makes a complete joke of the armadillos.
Exploding kunais is a must for armadillos,makes them a joke
man I get such weird nostalgia when you guys just randomly insert the madness combat series music lmao. I forgot how many of those games I played and how many times I watched the series until I see it mentioned or it's music played somewhere. Great long-form video retrospectives/reviews by the way.
52:07 - 52:15 is probably one of the best lines from this video
I love the OG xbox 360 version, the test of valor on mentor mode finished me. Nightmare fuel
This is entirely too true of a review, I remember spending months trying to beat this game for the first time. So many of the reactions you gave were spot on to what I felt dealing with this trashterpiece for the first time. Well done good sir well done
that lost horizon/izuna drop bit sent me on both videos hahaha.
Would get a 360 just to play this fucking masterpiece
If you have an Xbox Series S/X or an Xbox One X, you can play it at higher resolutions (I believe Series S is 1080-1440p and Xbox Series X/One X are 1800p-4k) and stable 60fps with HDR
The method.
i actually LOVE Ayane's "high pitched nagging" it gave a sense of urgency and importance and it felt like there was an underlying MISSION and those were little hints (along with the audio cue) made it feel ORGANIC
Father Bone looks cool as hell. His attack animations are dope too