Here's a video montage of Ninja Gaiden 3's multiplayer mode. As someone who's played it, I can say this video sums up my experience pretty well. I stabbed dudes; dudes stabbed me; occasionally I stabbed myself. Sometimes honor is more important than breathing.
Here's a video montage of Ninja Gaiden 3's multiplayer mode. As someone who's played it, I can say this video sums up my experience pretty well. I stabbed dudes; dudes stabbed me; occasionally I stabbed myself. Sometimes honor is more important than breathing.
Reader Comments (27)
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 6:33AM Stevetrop Man of Mystery said
While I enjoyed playing Ninja Gaiden co-op in the arcade growing up. The modern Ninja Gaiden Franchise I really can't see as a multiplayer game. I mean I may be wrong and it may be great. However, I just feel if it was going to be a multiplayer mode make it Ryu and Ayane in a co-op story element in the game.
Like I said though it may come out great and I may be proven wrong.
Like I said though it may come out great and I may be proven wrong.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 6:46AM Teeree said
Can't wait for the next egoraptor video
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 6:57AM GhostH said
Coming from a big fan of the previous iterations, NG3 looks beyond abysmal. Such a shame. This multiplayer component doesn't look like any fun at all. Looks glitchy as-well and appears like it doesn't work properly. Oh dear.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:05AM Spookimitsu said
@GhostH
Glitchy? and doesn't work well ...according to what exactly?
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Glitchy? and doesn't work well ...according to what exactly?
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 7:06AM gilmontaubamgmailcom said
I am all for an Ayane/Ryu co-op Ninja Gaiden. Wait, scratch that... I am all for a Ninja Gaiden with Ayane as main character.
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Posted: Jan 12th 2012 7:06AM gilmontaubamgmailcom said
I am all for an Ayane Ninja Gaiden.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 7:20AM Mega Man said
useless camera remains intact.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 8:16AM MythosMinion said
@Mega Man
If you let the computer control your camera angles then you are no ninja gaiden player.
Right stick FTW
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If you let the computer control your camera angles then you are no ninja gaiden player.
Right stick FTW
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 8:14AM MythosMinion said
After playing the challenge mode in ninja gaiden black I knew that multi-player in Ninja gaiden was possible. If you don't recall, there were challenges where you would have to fight a computer controlled 'Dark Ryu' in closed off sections of the map. This Dark Ryu had the full move set of Ryu, and had me asking, "Why can't there be someone else controlling this other ryu in the enviornment"? ...I had thought for sure they would have implemented something like that for NG2, but no dice. Glad to see this coming into fruition for NG3. I just hope there is also a co-op campaign option, and that the campaign doesn't suck like NG2.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 8:16AM ByronMaiden said
The multiplayer seems like a nice feature but i bet the real deal on Ninja Gaiden 3 is in it's single player experience. The gameplay and story seems to be so well executed that is going to be the best entry of the series.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:00AM BobbyRobby said
I can't be the only person who thinks this looks awesome, right? Also remember everyone complained about Assassins Creed multiplayer and that turned out awesome. I say give it a chance.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:07AM MythosMinion said
@BobbyRobby Read my comment, I think it holds great potential
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Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:02AM Spookimitsu said
Hmm. I seem to have no problem with this, and eagerly await its arrival.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:07AM CaptainProtonX said
Not very enthrolling. All I'm seeing are ninjas killing over and over again without much variety. The stage also felt confined.
Would ninjas have all out war in the brightness of the sun with no tactical stealth?
Would ninjas have all out war in the brightness of the sun with no tactical stealth?
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:16AM Spookimitsu said
@CaptainProtonX
Not much variety???
The blue one killed the red one, then the white one flew over to the green one and stabbed a purple one, and then the yellow one stabbed HIMSELF. The purple one then hadoken'd, at which point in time the white one materialized behind the red one again and got stabby.
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Not much variety???
The blue one killed the red one, then the white one flew over to the green one and stabbed a purple one, and then the yellow one stabbed HIMSELF. The purple one then hadoken'd, at which point in time the white one materialized behind the red one again and got stabby.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:25AM MythosMinion said
@CaptainProtonX "Would ninjas have all out war in the brightness of the sun with no tactical stealth"
Have you ever even played Ninja Gaiden? Certainly Ryu hayabusa needs not to worry about silly things like 'Stealth' he can take on full armies using machine guns, rocket launchers and freaking tanks all by himself.
Stealth, pfft, how insulting
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Have you ever even played Ninja Gaiden? Certainly Ryu hayabusa needs not to worry about silly things like 'Stealth' he can take on full armies using machine guns, rocket launchers and freaking tanks all by himself.
Stealth, pfft, how insulting
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:29AM Deathguide said
@CaptainProtonX
Replace ninjas with soldiers in your comment and you have pretty much summed up every FPS multipayer ever made. Looks pretty sweet to me.
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Replace ninjas with soldiers in your comment and you have pretty much summed up every FPS multipayer ever made. Looks pretty sweet to me.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:55AM CaptainProtonX said
@Deathguide
Maybe I'm so "meh" to this mode because FPSes don't click for me.
I'm just hoping for a badass story mode.
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Maybe I'm so "meh" to this mode because FPSes don't click for me.
I'm just hoping for a badass story mode.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 9:55AM agentkuo said
This looks awesome!
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 10:18AM NumberZero said
But I still need to beat the first game. Damn those ninjas that throw exploding shurikens. DAMN THEM.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 10:54AM WeRequireMOARMinerals said
Looks better than the last one. Still, skeptical.
1.- It's Hayashi. His bad decisions have been so bad, that I can't help it.
2.- Single Player looks terrible, but at least the combat looks nice.
3.- QTEs. Way to go... maybe next time, you should add a chain-blade and have Ryu sweep it around to have him kill 10 brainless enemies that can't do **** against you.
1.- It's Hayashi. His bad decisions have been so bad, that I can't help it.
2.- Single Player looks terrible, but at least the combat looks nice.
3.- QTEs. Way to go... maybe next time, you should add a chain-blade and have Ryu sweep it around to have him kill 10 brainless enemies that can't do **** against you.
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 10:02PM gatotsu911 said
@WeRequireMOARMinerals
1. What unforgivably bad decisions has Hayashi made? Keep in mind that most of the things people hated about Metroid: Other M (i.e. story, controls) he had nothing to do with.
2. The single player looks terrible but the combat looks good? Haven't the 3D Ninja Gaiden games always BEEN ALL ABOUT the combat?
3. Weren't the supposed QTEs discovered to actually just be tutorials?
2.
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1. What unforgivably bad decisions has Hayashi made? Keep in mind that most of the things people hated about Metroid: Other M (i.e. story, controls) he had nothing to do with.
2. The single player looks terrible but the combat looks good? Haven't the 3D Ninja Gaiden games always BEEN ALL ABOUT the combat?
3. Weren't the supposed QTEs discovered to actually just be tutorials?
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Posted: Jan 14th 2012 12:52AM AriesWarlock said
@gatotsu911 Hayashi took out weapons from NGS2, gave us purple mist instead of blood, and now took any sort of dismemberment for his damned steel on bone feature.
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Posted: Jan 12th 2012 11:42AM CountNoobula said
I just hope we can customize our ninjas. Sumo-cloth (mawashi) wearing ninja with a straw hat and sandals here I come!!!!
Posted: Jan 12th 2012 12:35PM RagingStormX said
If weapons of your choice can't be used and you can't pick different ninja characters...this is a waste of time and a poorly planned gimmick. Co-op in NGS2 was done very well (although some missions seemed impossible for almost a year after it was released). I wanna see some abunch of different weapons in there! And this game better have my tonfas (or some equally awesome item of righteous pwnin')
