TLDR; Awesome game, don't understand the negative reviews, if you love challenging 3rd person hack and slash, you are going to love this. Do NOT miss getting this for 3 bucks.
Ok, so oddly enough this will be my first game review on steam lol ofc I'm not done with this game but I don't feel like I need to beat the game to decide what my thoughts are about it. And considering alot of the reviews have very little playtime, I think it's fair for me to toss my dice in the mix. I don't understand the bad reviews about this. Very well could be subjective and that's ok. And I have allowed comments on this as well because if someone doesn't like this enough to post a bad review and go so far as to say "don't spend 3 bucks on it"? That just makes no sense to me at all but I want to hear why you feel that way.
The camera: it's a fixed camera game bruh.. you don't fight the camera. You go with the flow. That's (at times) part of the challenge. And maybe there will be a couple awful angles that will frustrate me, ok..? I can deal with that. Doubt there are any that make it unplayable.
The humor: I am easily one of the biggest, most contemptuous loathers and habitual noticers of corny, awful humor. I mean, I ruin shows, movies and all sorts of tv/media/social media for people who try to get me to watch it because 99% of it is absolutely unforgiveable. No fan of modernity or "the narrative" here. lol I don't get that from this at all so far. Yeah, it has humor, some of it's dumb. But more of it than not, has actually made me laugh! Which is shocking to and for me! it's not Borderlands or latter Farcry levels of corny, awful humor lol that's for sure. Not even close!
Play testing: I am willing to bet that the person who said in their review that this wasn't play tested on the hardest difficulties is spot on lol! That doesn't bother me at all personally. But it could be a con to people who want to beat everything on the hardest difficulty. *If* it is actually too hard to beat. I can't speak to that currently, it's pretty tough for me on normal but I'm no pro at these insane fast games, I'm too old, my reflexes are too slow. XD Have you tried Ninja Gaiden 2 Black on Master Ninja? lol THAT is a perfect example of *not* play tested. But again, there could very well be people who can pull it off. My lil' bro could beat Ninja Gaiden sigma 2 on master ninja but he can't even get past the first level Genshin fight in Black 2. To me, that suggests it's not well tested, he said the same thing. And he is actually nuts at these insanely hard, fast and demanding games.
Combat: Absolutely awesome! I cannot even properly describe how much I love this so far. I am on the 5th level, So as an absolute novice to the combat system, I am already enjoying it so much that I had to come and leave a review. And I definitely can see myself wanting to play this more than once without any doubt. There is still so much to learn as far as mastering the combat, exploiting enemy weaknesses, learning atk patterns, combos, upgrades, strategy and hidden items throughout the maps.
I rolled the dice despite the conflicting reviews that almost made me pass up on this fun!!!???!!! And I could not possibly be happier that I bought this game.
If you can get this for 3 bucks, this is an absolute score. If you love ninja gaiden, ruthless, rapid, brutal 3rd person hack n slash, you are going to absolutely love this. Might not love every single aspect of it but who really loves every aspect of every game? There's what...2? 3 games we might be able to say in our lives that we loved every single thing about it? Not many. Pick it up if that sounds good! It's a bit different than the regular Ninja Gaiden series, of course, that should be pretty apparent from the trailers. Buti it's fast, it's awesome, it's brutal, the humor isn't awful, I've thought some of it was actually pretty funny, which is very rare for me. The camera is fine, It's a challenge, it can be a casual game to play, it's just awesome. I don't see anything happening aside from me loving every minute of it, even if I'm raging at dying a hundred times to a boss or insane mobs. I am sure that will happen.
YMMV, I just don't get how this is not worth every penny of 3 bucks. This is a sick game! But feel free, lmk exactly what you don't like about it if ya want. I sure would like to hear some reasons other than what was stated because I can't agree with any of those. And that's ok, if someone truly is bothered that much by one thing, But the conflicting reviews put people who might actually really, really enjoy this game in a conflicted mindset. And that really sucks for anyone who would otherwise miss out on something they would really enjoy. At least say, "this is just my opinion, this is just what bothers me", like i think..2 people actually did. Maybe. "this game is @$$" and " not worth 3 bucks", "don't buy" are just weak and not even a valid opinion or review.
Full Price: I can't currently say whether or not I would think it's worth the full price. Since I don't know how long it is. I would imagine this one will be attainable on sale pretty often. And it is totally worth the sale price. Every fraction of every penny of 3 bucks like yeeeesh!!! What a steal! I wouldn't have cared if I payed 10 for it. I'd still be psyched. Fr, pick it up if you love Ninja Gaiden "style" (since it's not exact to the main series), I don't think you will regret it. And if you do, refund it and let me know what you absolutely couldn't bear to endure about this game. lol
Sorry for the short (possibly agonizing for some) article but to be completely honest, I think this game deserves it. I think it deserves a fair shake. I regret nothing. lol
