Ninja Gaiden 1 is THE one and only hack 'n slash game. It is the best one I have ever played! You take the role of ninja Ryu Hayabusa, who seeks revenge after his clan is massacred by the Vigor Empire. Taking full advantage of three-dimensional space, advance through the story with only your ... Read review
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Advantages: Awesome game play, good looking tricks and combinations, nice environments and weapons! Disadvantages: No multiplayer
Ninja Gaiden 1 is THE one and only hack 'n slash game. It is the best one I have ever played! You take the role of ninja Ryu Hayabusa, who seeks revenge after his clan is massacred by the Vigor Empire. Taking full advantage of three-dimensional space, advance through the story with only your wits, your ninja skills, and your deadly sword-cutting down opponents in the Vigoor Empire as you attempt to beat the Holy Emperor and reclaim the magic sword ... ...the game.
Ninja Gaiden is astonishing. The visual effects had blown me away! There is a high level of detail, as you are fighting against your enemies in a huge variety of environments. The very cool skills and combinations have taken this game to a whole new level of hacking and slashing.
If I must admit there is one minor disadvantage about this game: there is no multiplayer. I always ask myself what it would if you ... more
Ninja Gaiden 1 is THE one and only hack 'n slash game. It is the best one I have ever played! You take the role of ninja Ryu Hayabusa, who seeks revenge after his clan is massacred by the Vigor Empire. Taking full advantage of three-dimensional space, advance through the story with only your wits, your ninja skills, and your deadly sword-cutting down opponents in the Vigoor Empire as you attempt to beat the Holy Emperor and reclaim the magic sword "Ryuken."
This is what it all stands for: EXTREME ACTION!!! When I bought this game, I was astonished by the graphics. It looked awesome, professional. Already from the start, you notice that this game isn't for beginners. After some difficulties with skills, you have to take it on with a Boss. From this point on, you started a journey for a long time. This is a game where you can see who is a beginner who are the professionals. This isn't a game where you complete in only 8 hours of game play. I needed a whole month to complete the game. You have to take on boss like 20 to 30 before you can kill it. Even when you know his weak points, it is still hard because you are in the middle of nowhere with no potions. So I can assure you that when you play this game, you are definitely going to be mad and pissed about the game. It is a difficult game. That is why you have walkthrough on the internet which contains more than 25000 words with every single step and help what to do in what situation. So when you think you can't take it anymore, there is help on the way!
The game has a very good game play. As you are progressing through the game, your skills increase and you earn better weapons (and wow the look awesome!). The better you become in fighting with your enemies, the stronger you will become. This will unlock new combinations and ever bigger skills. The decisions you make in the game are crucial and they will affect the weapons and skills you can acquire, later on in the game.
Ninja Gaiden is astonishing. The visual effects had blown me away! There is a high level of detail, as you are fighting against your enemies in a huge variety of environments. The very cool skills and combinations have taken this game to a whole new level of hacking and slashing.
If I must admit there is one minor disadvantage about this game: there is no multiplayer. I always ask myself what it would if you could take on other ninja's in the game. I think I would need to rehab. Although you first need to spend a lot of time in the single player, I think there should have been a multiplayer.
Overall opinion:
I must admit that this is one of the best games I ever played. It is very addictive and even when you play it over and over again, you still get surprises! The first why you want to complete a level is because of the unbelievable extreme cut scenes, they are really over the top. The game has a very good game play and the controls are easy. The eastern music and environment gives the game the perfect atmosphere. I think everyone who calls himself a gamer, definitely must have played Ninja Gaiden. It takes you to the limits of gaming. You have to restart and restart again until you finally beat a single boss. It really tests if you are determined to complete a game. This game gives a lot of satisfaction if you succeeded in completing it. So to everyone who is searching for THE best game in its hack 'n slash genre, buy Ninja Gaiden. You won't regret your purchase. It's really worth the money!
Advantages: Graphics | Originality | Stunts | Story Disadvantages: Nothing what so ever
...in years; its name is Ninja Gaiden. It is on the XBOX, and only on the XBOX as no other console could stand up to the awesome graphics this game possesses. Ninja Gaiden was created purposely for the XBOX, which then you can assume it will have great graphics and probably have great game play also. This game is set in the past, and is like a samurai game, you control a ninja called Ryu, and he is from the Hyabusa Clan, which is a clan of ninja’s that ... ...the game. You are a ninja that dresses in black ninja clothes, so he has the advantage of camouflage from the shadows of corners on the ceilings. You are able to do many things in this game, including doing really cool stunts; this ninja does not need wires. You will be able to run along a wall for so many steps, run up a wall that’s so high, and swing on poles which are really cool. You are also able to buy weapons and items that can increase your ...
DBZKing 11.02.2005
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Advantages: Graphics, sound, the movements, ... Disadvantages: No Xbox Live
Ninja Gaiden is a third person adventure developed by Team Ninja about a young ninja called Ryu Hayabusa who’s out for revenge on the evil henchman Doku who destroyed his village and slaughters the ninjas protecting the evil Dark Dragon Blade. Equipped with his own Dragon Blade, Ryu's journey leads him aboard an airship that is bound for the mysterious Vigoor Empire deep in the heart of Asia . He stows away on this airship and on his arrival his ... ...annoying in the slightest. Team Ninja have really worked to make ambience and the original Japanese music just fits into the game. The fighting sounds realistic. They really complete the game. You can have the voice over in English or Japanese. A great feature of this game is when you stop it; you can pick up from where you left off the last time. So your journey never stops.
The only thing wrong with this game is that it doesn’t have Xbox Live, ...
galaxynicole 22.03.2005
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Advantages: Difficult. Amazing graphics. Great gameplay. Good use of downlaodable content. Disadvantages: Difficult.
...did play the previous 2d ninja gaiden games on the snes, but they do have a good reptutation among gamers.
So when i heard team ninja were developing a new game based on the series, i was overjoyed and keen to see what they could accomplish.
As it turns out, they surpassed all my hopes with this game. I'll break the review into several seperate categories to describe just how well they did with this game.
Graphics: Gamers nowadays expect a nice ... ...want from dlc, and team ninja gave us it for free. No premium content.
There are also scoreboards for the game, where you can compete with everyone from the world over by trying to beat scores. There are some dedicated gamers out there though, so it's unlikely you'll actually make an impact. I know i couldn't.
Difficulty:
This one is a double edged sword. Some people will praise it because it offers a challenge. Some will condemn it. I warn you ...
DarkDraiman 12.11.2005
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Advantages: Fast paced Action Disadvantages: Difficult game play, annoying camera angles
...the usual array of busty ninja girls that you will recognise from Dead or Alive beat em ups. On first go you just marvel at the texturing and quality of the graphics, the light and texturing in this game are very good, then you move your man forward and hes off. Its at this point you realise how fast paced this game is going to be. You have to make sure you get all jumps and angles right, make sure your not being over zealous on the jump button as ... ...of the game. You have the, "start game and learn as you advance tips", in the form of a knife appearing embedded in the wall or building. These hold tips and instructions on how to be better at the game and can be very helpful.
Very impressive are the movements like wall running, think Prince of Persia, the running up walls to reach higher places. Even the jumping up thin chambers to reach higher levels. Overall a very acrobatic game. Just be wary ...
sybenn2003 24.06.2004
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Advantages: Great graphics, good game play, overall great value for money! Disadvantages: Bad camera angle, annoying sound track, no real Xbox live
Ninja Gaiden is the long awaited update of the classic arcade game and NES slash’em up/platform games by Tecmo. In the nineties the Ninja Gaiden series was extremely popular and amassed a large following. Tecmo has made us wait a long time to be able to get our hands on this, the first proper follow up, although we have seen the games lead character, Ryu Hayabusa in the Dead or Alive beat’em up series. This poses the question “has it been worth the ... ...out of a bad 80s ninja film! Ryu Hayabusa and his clan are the protectors of the dark dragon blade. When it is stolen by the evil doku, Ryu’s village burned to the ground and all of his clan slaughtered, Ryu does the same thing any self respecting ninja would do! Go on vengeance fuelled killing spree. Luckily, myself and most other gamers didn’t buy this for its story line, but for its combat and in this area Ninja Gaiden most certainly doesn’t disappoint! ...
peejay1981 04.06.2004
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Advantages: Combat, Cut Scenes, Graphics, Game Length Disadvantages: Very difficult in places
The first ninjagaiden released for the original Xbox was ahead of its time in action gameplay. Its been over four years but finally the sequel is here. You play as a hyabusa ninja battling against huge bosses with a large choice of weapons to-do so.
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First of all I want to say sorry if I'll harm any NinjaGaiden fans, I have played this game for some time, and I regret that I've payed 40 quid for it in this review I will be honest about this game.
This game is Hack'n'Slash type of game, and there is lot's of battles in which you need to fight with all kind of different enemies. Every enemy have some abilities that makes the battles more challenging, you can't just run straight and swing your sword all around, the game makes you to jump as some crazy freak and make all different types of kick ass combos but that's what being a ninja is about.
There are plenty of nice looking moves that you can do, but with some time you get bored with them, then you need to join them in pretty advanced combos, but when you master that, then again it gets boring. Few type of weapons is helping this ...
