Board 8 > Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Review Zone

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https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/ninja-gaiden-master-collection/critic-reviews

A 77 through 12 reviews this far.

Obviously Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Sigma 2 are pretty good (Sigma 2 is personally my favorite character action game), but Ninja Gaiden 3 Razors Edge brings down the score a bit. I only played through base Ninja Gaiden 3 and never played RE. I don't know what the improvements were, but maybe it wasn't enough to overcome the state base NG3 was in.

A WORD OF WARNING - Apparently the PC version is not a good port of these games with bad visuals that needs modification so buy at your own risk.

Noisy Pixel - 9/10
"Ninja Gaiden Master Collection is a must-play for action fans, especially those seeking titles demanding on-the-fly reactions and arduous trials of failing and learning. The first two entries are as masterclass as you can get, and the third, while questionable in several areas, also proves to be more than an adequate investment of time."

Gamers Heroes - 8.5/10
"Theres no better way to see the Dragon Ninja Ryu Hayabusa in action than with the Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection. Those that can deal with the odd loading stutter can experience some of the finest hack-and-slash combat on the market today."

PSU- 8.5/10
"A much-needed re-release of Team Ninja's trio of Ninja Gaiden titles, though the third game is a step below the other two games, and the remastering effort a touch on the conservative side, it's a proper joy to be able to play the first two Ninja Gaiden games once again on contemporary hardware; camera issues with the first game notwithstanding. Bolstered by a neat amount of extras and the seemingly ageless and satisfying combat that's as good now in 2021 as it was before, the king of high-octane, hyperviolent ninja action has returned."

Destructoid - 8/10
"Koei Tecmo could have used this opportunity to further strengthen the weak link beyond what it already did, but the first two games still stand so tall that it justifies the preservation altogether."

PushSquare - 7/10
"Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection brings a trio of Ryu Hayabusa's adventures to modern systems, and that in itself is worth celebrating. The quality of the individual games does vary a fair bit, though, with Sigma 2 the best of the bunch. However, bringing them together is highly skill-based combat that rewards real mastery, and it remains pretty unique among modern action titles. While not without their flaws, there's still plenty to love about these PS3-era slash-'em-ups"

Critical Hit - 7/10
"Ninja Gaiden: The Master Collection is a fascinatingly violent time capsule that shows off the best and the worst of Koei Tecmo's fan favourite shinobi. It's as barebones a collection as can be, packing all three games together with a sprinkling of DLC, but it's still a fine showcase of brutal difficulty and white-knuckle thrill power that is inimitable by anything else on the market. Just don't expect anything more than that."


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https://kotaku.com/ninja-gaidens-new-pc-port-is-one-of-the-laziest-i-have-1847068293

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3RE was fun enough, but you can definitely tell the problematic underlying game is still there. I enjoyed it overall but fuck that trex

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ninkendo posted...

A WORD OF WARNING - Apparently the PC version is not a good port of these games with bad visuals that needs modification so buy at your own risk.

details plz

i know you need to go in and manually select which resolution you want (with no 1440p option lol). but what's wrong with the visuals otherwise? and how do you fix

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I need to play these at some point. As much as I love the NES series, and even though I know it's obviously not the same genre as those, I still feel I owe it to myself.

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All the big titty kunoichi you can handle

And Rachel whatever she is

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ninkendo posted...

All the big titty kunoichi you can handle

And Rachel whatever she is

Big titty brain dead top tier in doa5lr

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I always feel like she only existed because DMC had Trish and they wanted an equivalent blonde character

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73 now through 33 reviews

Seems the switch version isn't well optimised either even ninja gaiden 3 razors edge runs worse than it did on Wii U

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No physical release in North America.

Switch and PS4 got Asia Langauge physical versions that has english subtitles in them

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I've never played the 3D Ninja Gaiden games, but I fucking LOVE the NES games. Is this worth checking out?

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I love both, but they're not really the same at all. The 3D ones are character action games like Devil May Cry and it's also a reboot so the story of the NES games don't matter here.

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BlAcK TuRtLe posted...

I've never played the 3D Ninja Gaiden games, but I fucking LOVE the NES games. Is this worth checking out?

Depends on how you feel about the gameplay in stuff like DMC and Bayonetta. They're along similar lines, with more focus on gore and brutality than style. They're also for the most part harder than DMC and Bayo, although not quite as good in terms of pure gameplay enjoyment IMO.

Ninja Gaiden 1/Black/Sigma is an absolute classic that can hold its own against DMC and Bayo but sadly not so much for 2 (and god did they make the Sigma version infinitely more obnoxious than the original Xbox 360 with the removal of blood and spongey enemies instead of more) and lol 3.

To answer the question though the 3D games are completely different than the original action platformer ones.