This was the first Ninja Gaiden game I had and since then I have played Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden 3. Now while a lot of people are fans of the original Nintendo game and Black, I'd have to say, starting on this was the best. I thought it had the most fluid controls and most satisfying move-sets. NG 3 was really missing some of the fluidity and good parts of 2, and the controls really detracted from the fun of the game. Black is really good, but doesn't have the same polish this game does, so this one wins out by a hair.
The easiest difficulty for this game is challenging enough and took me a long while to beat, but man is it satisfying when you do. I have played through this game multiple times and the kind of power you feel once you've fully mastered the move-set and how Ryu plays, it's really gratifying. The audio and visuals are really satisfying when you pull of kills.
I would recommend this game to a lot of people, but would steer more towards those who like action adventure, because the steep learning curve and the amount of patience it takes to get through this game is not for the faint of heart. I think the variety of enemies is good, there is a lot of different challenging segments that break up combat and even though you fight a lot of the bosses again, they are very different, especially when you have all new weapons.
The weapons are one of the shining parts of this game. Every weapon is just really cool and his moves for them look even cooler. Many of the enemies are much easier to kill with certain weapons which makes it fun to cycle through them. Also it is fun when leveling them up and seeing how they change. I had multiple favorites throughout the playthrough.
Overall, I loved this game. It is not for the casual gamer, you have to put some time into this to master the controls, but when you do, you can be unstoppable. The flair and weapons alone make this game, given the story is pretty secondary. It was cheesy in some parts, but if you are fighting the kinds of foes you do, it's easy to look past.
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