Ninja Gaiden is a mean game. The enemies you encounter are absolute ass-kicking, in-your-face, unforgiving, top-of-the-line butt-whooping badasses, and they know nothing but your demise. So determined are they to bring about your end that I received the impression that the game…
Suskie · August 18, 2007
Ninja Gaiden is a superior piece of software. It resembles nothing so much as an exquisitely engineered piece of machinery, and that's both Ninja Gaiden's majesty and its weakness: it works so exquisitely, but it often feels more like a collection of well-oiled parts than a…
careless_whisper · May 26, 2005
Ninja Gaiden certainly had its share of delays before being released; a lot people were eager to take a stab at this action-adventure game by Team Ninja, and they finally got a chance in March of 2004. Was it all it was cracked up to be? Well, it's definitely not one of the…
dementedhut · May 5, 2005
The problem with hype and anticipation is that it's pretty much a vicious circle. One creates the other, while the other feeds the one. Round and round this madness goes, building momentum and whipping fan boys up into near fanatical states of delirium. With the street date…
midwinter · August 22, 2004
Introduction: Ninja games have become somewhat of an anomaly in this era of 3D gaming, and it's a shame, too. There's nothing quite like being able to jump extra high, run up walls, throw shuriken, and chop enemies up until little pieces with your katana. Ninja Gaiden manages to…
ender · June 17, 2004
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