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dont bother unless you have never played anoter version of this game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: August 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this game is very fun. however i give it a one star over all because of the way it was marketed. i own and love ninja gaiden black. i bought this game because i kept hearing about all the "added content" and "improved graphics". the added content is quite lame. this game actually has less to unlock than the "black" version, besides a few added cut scenes and a couple of addition boss battles that do nothing to enhance the story (they only provided me with irritation) this version has very little to offer. in the way of graphics. i was very disappointed. its debatable that the graphics are improved at all over "black". thats not good for a next gen system. the cut scenes which i love actually were worse because they took out the pretty cgi and used in game graphics. the difference wasnt that apparent but when you look close there were many more jagged lines where before they were smooth.
i will say that if you own a ps3 and have not played ninja gaiden black then deffinately pick this up. its very fun.

Wow!! This Game is the Boss!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are so tight you will be playing this game in your dreams! Definitely not an easy game; you will have put in some serious time, but worth every minute. If you are looking for a challenge, smart story line, cool weapons, tight martial arts moves and some kick-butt graphics you want to get this game.

I am very pleased.

Infuriating Game If Your Not a Gamer

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: July 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'll admit I'm not a serious gamer, but I'm not useless with a controller. I normally play a game on the normal setting and hard once Ive already beat it. This game though, Damn. There are no other diffuculty settings other than "Youre F*ed". I have always wanted to play this game since I saw it on the Xbox, but since I have only had Playstations, I never got a chance until now. I was so excited when the game came it. I put it in and started playing it. Well right away I had a ninja running at me slashing me to bits. So I had to pause the game and read the manual to find out which buttons are what. So I start playing again with my new found knowledge of controls and work my way through the level, all the while getting my butt handed to me. After several deaths, I finally made it to the boss, who then proceeds to slaughter me. Now I will admit that I have little patience for this kind of stuff, but a 10 minute first boss fight is rediculous. After the first 3 hours of frustrating playing and never getting past the first boss, I took out the disk and threw it like a ninja star right into the wall. Which then pissed me off more because I had just wasted 50 bucks on a game. Im sure this game wouldve been much more fun, if it had not been so stupidly hard and I had a little more patience. All in all Id say "rent before you buy"

A Farewell To Thumbs.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When talking of Ninja Gaiden Sigma, there are those who wish to talk about how the game differs from the original XBOX versions (especially Ninja Gaiden Black (2005)), on the one hand, and those who wish to talk about Sigma as simply a great PS3 game. I would like to focus on the latter point. Sure, NGS is more polished graphically than its predecessor, and has a new playable character -the heavily bosomed Rachel- but it is fundamentally the same game to any but the most fanatical Ninja Gaiden fans. Of course, Tomonubo Itagaki, who was Producer of the XBOX Ninja Gaidens, would disagree with this point: he has publicly denigrated the PlayStation 3 version of the game, perhaps because it was left to his understudies to make whilst he worked on the XBOX 360's Ninja Gaiden 2. But let's put that down to ego and move on.

Sigma is a beautiful game, but its real beauty lies in the complexity of the combat system. The game is quite simply a masterpiece of fast-paced control and combat design. It edges ahead of games such as the excellent Devil May Cry series because of its wonderful balance of defence and attack, magnificently fluid controls and ultra-demanding difficulty level. Its lasting brilliance is shown by how it is able to instil a feeling of pride in a gamer who succeeds in defeating a boss, or mastering a combo move: it is the gaming equivalent of learning a martial art. It is Ninjitsu for thumbs.

Sigma, whilst not significantly "better" than the previous versions of the game, is wonderful despite -or perhaps because of- that. Most significantly, it gives PlayStation 3 owners the chance to play the greatest action adventure masterpiece of the last twenty years.

Not sure why this game is so popular

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I agree that this game has excellent graphics moves and everything that you need. However I am stuck with the difficulty level and game play of the game.
I believe the game play is quite repetitive and the moves are really difficult. How am I supposed to remember a five or four button sequence just to perform one move. It irritated me. I spent 40 bucks on this game and think it is not worth this much.

Pretty fun but crippled by basic problems

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Ninja Gaiden Sigma was a baptism of fire, to say the least. It throws you into a flurry of shurikens and blades the instant you begin to play, and the difficulty level does not waver throughout the game at all. For someone like me who crunches through games like a fiend, I was hoping that Ninja Gaiden Sigma would put up a fight.

This game was fun, but tough. You will definitely get the snot kicked out of you many times but that makes the victory that much more rewarding. This game is not for causal gamers or people who get frustrated easily. You will repeat a lot of fights either because of respawns or deaths.

My number one qualm about this game is the camera. It is one of the worst cameras I have ever had the displeasure of maneuvering in a game. Camera failures will disable your ability to focus on the proper targets, see around corners, and be sneaky...like a ninja is supposed to be. Camera adjustments are possible, but the controls are unresponsive as the game tries to focus on things for you and fails miserably.

Your opponents are supposed to cause your death, not a camera. This is the type of game where every last drop of health counts, and when your camera doesn't enable you to target any of the four enemies that are pumping you full of lead, your death will come quickly.

I expected more out of Tecmo for this port. The crappy camera is what made the fun factor 4/5 rather than a perfect 5. The game's challenge actually adds to the fun. It takes effort to win. But again, this fundamental flaw puts a damper on what the game could and should have been.

Ryu is a supper high speed ninja power, oh wait I forgot lethal!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Playing the game was an overall great experience. I particularly enjoyed the high speed fights with all the plenty of combos to master, and I was a bit surprised to the meticulous work done on the storyline, considering this is a "Ninja" game. The game becomes really hard as you acquaint the next bosses, so if you don't want to throw your controller on the wall, I strongly suggest for some tactics hints found on the official game guide.

It's pretty great game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I love this game and it's great game. It's one of my favorite game. The images were great. The story was nice. I enjoy the game.

great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

its not perfect, but it plays and handles supperbly. Good story, and quite a challenge, due to its difficulty level. The game it self was perfect, but cant say the same for everything else, i got shipped in a black broken box, no manual, no nothing, but the disc was in perfect condition, not what i expected for 30$

The Original Masterpiece... Now Even Better

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Ninja Gaiden and NG: Black made their 'current-gen' debut on the Microsoft XBox to great acclaim. Ninja Gaiden featured cutting edge console graphics, fantastic gameplay, an engaging story and is known for it's challenging difficulty.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma takes all of these features and improves upon them on the Sony Playstation 3. The graphics have been revamped and improved upon in almost every conceivable way. Details that were simply not possible before are now everywhere. Character models move fluidly at a constant 60 frames-per-second.

The addition of several "side-chapters" as the character Rachel are also included in Sigma. Along with the side-chapters, Sigma features an extreme challenge mode that is available after finishing the game once. Essentially, it is a group of increasingly challenging battles that range from boss fights to endurance fights against groups of enemies. Also available via Playstation Network are several downloads for extra content and gameplay modes.

For new players and old fans alike this is a must have game and continues to set the bar high for the action game genre.

The only detraction from this game is that it does recycle cut-scenes from the XBox original. The interesting thing to note is that this is truly a game where the player controlled sequences look better than the FMV sequences.

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