Ninja Blade demo hits Japanese Live Marketplace, likes US systems

Relevance?

I heard that term once.

Once.

Woah, I didn't know Danny Vermin was still around. You better watch out before I get Johnny Dangerously on you.

These guys are known for the Kingdom Under Fire series (Xbox 1 and 360)

That would be Phantagram (and Blue Shift) for Kingdom Under Fire.

Ninja Blade is by From Software, known for their Armored Core, Tecnhu, ChromeHounds, King's Field, Lost Kingdoms, and, most notably in my humble opinion, Metal Wolf Chaos, Otogi: Myth of Demons and Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors.

Here's to hoping this game has little in common with Tenchu other than the word 'ninja'.

I hope this isnt a knock off of Ninja Gaiden.... For thier sake I hope. But I think its itagaki and his boys (formerly of tecmo) that made this game.....meh we will see.

There is a spider? Thank you for mentioning this. I'll be under the covers not playing the demo if you need me.

"..this giant enemy spider"

i for one prefer NGII's weapon selection system. it lets you take your time and select what you want, since it pauses the game, instead of letting you get your ass kicked while you take a second to choose a weapon. i just don't see what their is to find in fault with it unless you just don't like the fact that it pauses the game.

"The combat is button mashing," "this is straight out of [insert name of series here]", ... and so on and so on....

I for one, completely disagree. First off, this game isn't sore to the eyes(though that isn't all that matters, but it's worth noting), because the motion capture for the really crazy ninja moves looks like it "could" be real(a.k.a, a guy in a motion capture suit doing acrobatics or spinning from a wire), wereas Ninja Gaiden is jerky, Mr. GameandWatch style animation(there's little blur, rather he's one place, then he's another without moving the distance). In this game there is blur, but it is not as defined as the actual character, so you can easily enjoy the wonderful choreography.

Button Mashing? I guess you didn't try, it's the farthest thing from button mashing I've done in a long time. If you mean the "do this and tap button" moves, well duh, but other than that, there can be a rythym associated with your movements and attacks, that flow great(all the better by the instant run system, where in DMC they have a slow build-up dash, forcing you to use attacks to cover small distances instead of movement, which doesn't work when you want to just dodge stuff).

I hope you're exaggerating with the "they all died in one hit" thing. Even with the Stonerender(the 2h-er), it takes 3-4 hits(up to dozens with the wired knives). And that's what it is, a slow weapon that leaves you vulnerable.

I really wish people would take off their "it's a clone, so it's gonna suck" glasses, it's distorting your view before you even try it.

I dont know why you needed to reply to this ancient post but please,if your going to reply,read it properly.

Not once did I use the term button mashing..which you have quoted me as saying...

And secondly read this

"Their was a pretty cool running down the side of a building part...at least i thought it was at first untill i realised that the enemies on the way down posed no threat as tapping on the X button will kill anything on the way down in one hit"

Because you seem to have taken the one hit kills thing entirely out of context...

Try disconnecting from Xbox Live before playing. Worked for me.

Well to be fair Ninja Gaiden 2 was kinda mediocre too.

Yeah I definitely thought that NG2 was alright but nothing truly special.

I kept thinking of Devil May Cry 4 all the time. I actually loved DMC4. SO glad that it went multiplat. Great game and great story. Loved the characters as well. The dialogue was just simply amazing.

NG2 kinda paled in comparison I guess since I was expecting some equally great.

I didn't find DMC4 to be too great. I didn't mind the repetition but something stopped it being really replayable for some reason.

Haven't finished NG2 yet (actually, haven't started, but I'll get around to it)

I loved NG: Black though :)

We have our own Ninja Blade. It's called Demon Souls. They're both made by From Software. Demon Souls is also mediocre, bordering on poor, if the videos are anything to judge by, and I don't know of anyone who has hyped it up.

LordVesper, I like what you have to say. Do you perhaps have a news letter to which I could subscribe where you take random bits of news and spin them into anti-sony rants?

"Iraqi throws shoe at Bush...just like Sony threw its brand down the shitter."

P.S. I wanted NG2 to be good, I really did. I didn't mean to rant like that, but you know how it is.