Ninja Gaiden [NES] + R2RKMF: Scrolling Action Monogatari

[NYN]

Glad my rambling gets you to consider. There is supposed to be a free demo on STEAM, that you can check out before putting money on that.

BIL turned me around on HUNTD0WN, too.

I find GC as original as it gets from taking the basics from genre staples and running with it, and that is not meant as a slant. Shovel Knight does the same thing, and I can deeply dig it for that!

[BulletMagnet]

There is supposed to be a free demo on STEAM, that you can check out before putting money on that.

Unless I'm missing something on the store page there unfortunately doesn't seem to be one (at least not now, maybe there was a temporary one up in the past) - same goes for GOG. Unfortunate indeed, as your write-up also has me rather curious...

[Sumez]

Not yet, but my interest has waned after seeing what they've shown. Things like this for example.

Lol what the hell. That can't be the intent. Surely it's placeholder beta stuff!

It looks fun, but it's a wasted opportunity to not have this be Ninja Gaiden IV and distance itself from the modern ones. It'd also remove the stink from III being the last classic title, and could fix the hot mess of the plot. Hell, bring Ashtar back, why not.

3? Stink? Really? What don't you like about it?

[cj iwakura]

Not yet, but my interest has waned after seeing what they've shown. Things like this for example.

Lol what the hell. That can't be the intent. Surely it's placeholder beta stuff!

It looks fun, but it's a wasted opportunity to not have this be Ninja Gaiden IV and distance itself from the modern ones. It'd also remove the stink from III being the last classic title, and could fix the hot mess of the plot. Hell, bring Ashtar back, why not.

3? Stink? Really? What don't you like about it?

The narrative choices mostly, and I don't think the villains or story is nearly as compelling as 2's or even 1's.
(Killing off Irene especially left a bad taste in my mouth.)

[Sumez]

I have an easy fix for this: Don't play Ninja Gaiden for the plot

Ninja Gaiden 3 rocks

[NYN]

The Ancient Ship of D00M (NA) is by far my favorite. The other 2 I scratch my head over at times and frown in certain situations. To each their ownage...
I, too, give a flying hoot about any "story", yet I get why some care about the GAIDEN cinematic presentation. Once upon a times it was sure novel. About Irene getting it in the intro: never played as far to a later point? Let's just say III is set 'tween OG and II. Geddit?

there unfortunately doesn't seem to be one (at least not now, maybe there was a temporary one up in the past)

Dang. Unfortunate. It certainly would gain more traction like that. Well, perhaps picking a short presentation in a video, then? It's definitely something many praise highly. I just took a frog leap into the pond, and I sure enjoy it.
What I dislike in the verbal reception I read is the term "MM clone". Yes, everybody gets it where it comes from. Though a clone to me is a thing without its own identity. And that is something GC possesses in truck loads.

[Stevens]

BIL turned me around on HUNTD0WN, too.

If your curious I did a small write up here viewtopic.php?t=45206&hilit=huntdown&start=9390

Two posts around the bottom third of the page.

[Randorama]

Some shameless self-promotion, if I may. This the newest squib of the week, on Data East's Diet Go Go.

[1KMS]

Lol what the hell. That can't be the intent. Surely it's placeholder beta stuff!

Definitely, but I think those filler rooms only exist to match the game 1:1 with the automap, which is ridiculous.

I still need to try Huntdown. I'm generally a fan of Lawnmower-Man-likes, but I wish more of them had a kindergarten flashcard minigame like the OG, and Allister Brimble in the mix.

[Randorama]

Shameless self-promotion: the revised squib dedicated to Funky Jet is now up.

[cj iwakura]

The Ancient Ship of D00M (NA) is by far my favorite. The other 2 I scratch my head over at times and frown in certain situations. To each their ownage...
I, too, give a flying hoot about any "story", yet I get why some care about the GAIDEN cinematic presentation. Once upon a times it was sure novel. About Irene getting it in the intro: never played as far to a later point? Let's just say III is set 'tween OG and II. Geddit?

Yeah, if the new game had the cinematic presentation of the NES games, connections to the OG trilogy or not, it'd be a massive earning of good will.

And I vaguely recall it being a prequel now that you mention it, though I didn't know it at the time and thought it was deliberately undermining 2's ending, which was my favorite.