Ninja Gaiden > God of War

The precision required in Ninja Gaiden due to its difficulty actually forces you to become a better player, whereas God Of War's controls are sluggish, blocking is pretty poor, and often your combos tail off and leave you open for attack. Ninja Gaiden requires patience, and often I find that God Of War is just frustrating. I just wish the same production efforts were put into NG in terms of music and story. Obviously the graphics can only be as good as they can be to be able to afford the 60fps, but its music, story and voicework could use work. Also, Rachel is a **** character, she looks ridiculous and I just thought she was a tough ***** who turned out to be a weak *****.

yeah i agree

im playing god of war 2 right now

and

ninja gaiden is just so much better.

i like the story in god of war though.

Opinions. I prefer God of War because it makes me feel powerful. And I find it's simply more fun to play, and it has a kick ass greek myth story.thrones

its fun but it sucks when you do a combo and it just continues leaving you open to an attack. the camera also sucks

ninja gaiden is just a lot more smooth.

I played Ninja Gaiden, and honestly don't see why everyone considers it the definitive action game. Sure it may be harder, and require more precision than God of War, but all you have to do in GoW is turn up the difficulty, and wa la, no more button-mashing. Even if NG's gameplay is better, it's atrocious story, awful music, uniteresting characters, terrible VA, and only decent graphics completely fail in comparison to God of War. I find God of War's gameplay much more entertaining anf fun than NG's, but that's me.

Dunno if NG is better. I rate them equally. Thing with NG is that, the constant fighting just gets a bit dull after a while. God of War has puzzles and minigames mixed in to keep things fresh and give a break from the constant killing. And the Boss fights in God of War are immense.donwoogie

a ninja gaiden boss is WAYYYY more hard than a GOW boss.

Ninja Gaiden is a hardcore game due to its difficulty.

God Of War is for everyone because it's easy to pick up.

That's why God Of War is more popular overall.....it appeals to more gamers because it's less difficult. So your opinion that Ninja Gaiden > God Of War is probably in the minority.

Ninja Gaiden is a hardcore game due to its difficulty.

God Of War is for everyone because it's easy to pick up.

That's why God Of War is more popular overall.....it appeals to more gamers because it's less difficult. So your opinion that Ninja Gaiden > God Of War is probably in the minority.

darthogre

This. I'm good at shooters and RTS/RPGs so I like them difficult..with action games, I'm not so good so the instant satisfaction from God of War makes :D for me.

Yes yes we've been over this many times. It's all about personal preference.

(on a side note the NG series has scored higher than the GoW series, so in terms of scores alone (on GR) NG is better)

Way to make crap up just to support your pathetic argument. Try playing God of War before passing judgment. BTW, your avatar definitely gives you a lot of credibility in your post. ./sarcasm

EDIT*Sorry!!! Quoted the wrong person... (stupid mistake, my bad) I meant to quote the guy above you with the NG avatar.

ughhh Ninja gaiden obliterates god of war

god of war feels to slow and repetitive and the story is annoying to me a I have studied Greek mythology and the story felt like they just got a couple of famous names and throw them in at random.dgo71102244

I'm sorry but the fact you use part of your studies of Greek Mythology as a reason to not like God Of War makes me want to laugh. That's like saying I stuidied Ninjisu and I felt they took a couple of famous weapons and created a unreal depiction lol.

[QUOTE="f50p90"]A lot of people don't even think Ninja Gaiden is fun because of teh difficulty and teh hardcoreness. I think it's alright, just alrightDstorm09

Way to make crap up just to support your pathetic argument. Try playing God of War before passing judgment. BTW, your avatar definitely gives you a lot of credibility in your post. ./sarcasm

lol, wut? That doesnt make any sense. He said GoW>NG...WHAT???!!!

[QUOTE="f50p90"]A lot of people don't even think Ninja Gaiden is fun because of teh difficulty and teh hardcoreness. I think it's alright, just alrightDstorm09

Way to make crap up just to support your pathetic argument. Try playing God of War before passing judgment. BTW, your avatar definitely gives you a lot of credibility in your post. ./sarcasm

at least he has one ¬_¬

I played Ninja Gaiden, and honestly don't see why everyone considers it the definitive action game. Sure it may be harder, and require more precision than God of War, but all you have to do in GoW is turn up the difficulty, and wa la, no more button-mashing. Even if NG's gameplay is better, it's atrocious story, awful music, uniteresting characters, terrible VA, and only decent graphics completely fail in comparison to God of War. I find God of War's gameplay much more entertaining anf fun than NG's, but that's me.

bstarter29

Actually, playing GoW on God Mode is not much harder than NORMAL mode on NG...

The combat is deeper, i.e. LESS simple, that is what grants it critical praise

[QUOTE="bstarter29"]

I played Ninja Gaiden, and honestly don't see why everyone considers it the definitive action game. Sure it may be harder, and require more precision than God of War, but all you have to do in GoW is turn up the difficulty, and wa la, no more button-mashing. Even if NG's gameplay is better, it's atrocious story, awful music, uniteresting characters, terrible VA, and only decent graphics completely fail in comparison to God of War. I find God of War's gameplay much more entertaining anf fun than NG's, but that's me.

Kritical_Strike

Actually, playing GoW on God Mode is not much harder than NORMAL mode on NG...

The combat is deeper, i.e. LESS simple, that is what grants it critical praise

Never knew simplicity was bad. Ah well, I guess games like World in Conflict fail, we all have to play any game in the 4X genre then as they're obviously the best because they're more complex :|

[QUOTE="f50p90"]A lot of people don't even think Ninja Gaiden is fun because of teh difficulty and teh hardcoreness. I think it's alright, just alrightDstorm09

Way to make crap up just to support your pathetic argument. Try playing God of War before passing judgment. BTW, your avatar definitely gives you a lot of credibility in your post. ./sarcasm

If its too hard then its a chore and its not fun, who is being a fanboy. I didn't even talk about God of War?

A game is only as hard as you make it.

I prefer God of War to Ninja Gaiden IMO

Its more fun.:P

I'm a huge Ninja Gaiden fan I bought it for Xbox and I bought Sigma for PS3, but I have to say God of War.

God of War is far more epic, creative and just all around more fun than Ninja Gaiden. Ninja Gaiden is awesome, but God of War is in a class all by itself.

Both very fine games.

I slightly prefer Ninja Gaiden though.

[QUOTE="f50p90"]A lot of people don't even think Ninja Gaiden is fun because of teh difficulty and teh hardcoreness. I think it's alright, just alrightDstorm09

Way to make crap up just to support your pathetic argument. Try playing God of War before passing judgment. BTW, your avatar definitely gives you a lot of credibility in your post. ./sarcasm

I don't understand your comment. How do you know it's made up? Not one of my friends or family who play games like Ninja Gaiden BECAUSE it's too difficult. I'm sorry if reality displeases you but MOST gamers like the button mashing. It's a run and gun mentaility....why do you think Halo or FPS are so popular to begin with? And I'm not talking about the Wii casual crowd....they are a whole nother catagory. These are gamers who are not hardcore and prefer to have fun just playing rather than having to perfect moves as is required in Ninja Gaiden.

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="bstarter29"]

I played Ninja Gaiden, and honestly don't see why everyone considers it the definitive action game. Sure it may be harder, and require more precision than God of War, but all you have to do in GoW is turn up the difficulty, and wa la, no more button-mashing. Even if NG's gameplay is better, it's atrocious story, awful music, uniteresting characters, terrible VA, and only decent graphics completely fail in comparison to God of War. I find God of War's gameplay much more entertaining anf fun than NG's, but that's me.

thrones

Actually, playing GoW on God Mode is not much harder than NORMAL mode on NG...

The combat is deeper, i.e. LESS simple, that is what grants it critical praise

Never knew simplicity was bad. Ah well, I guess games like World in Conflict fail, we all have to play any game in the 4X genre then as they're obviously the best because they're more complex :|

ARGH! Stop putting words into my mouth, they taste disgusting....

I'm saying NG's complexity is what makes it good, I never said something that is simple is necessarily bad now did I?

GoW is kinda like the ying to NG's yang (if that makes sense) they both have totally different philosophies and they both work out brilliantly. NG is less accessible because of its difficulty and the way it forces you to learn the combat mechanices to a high degree.

i prefer ninja gaiden , because unlike god of war i cant just tape a rock on the gamepad a hope the button.mash win the day for medgo71102244

You can't do that in god of war either :| You button mash alot, but anything above normal difficulty you have to think abit more. Difficulty does not equal a good game, by the way.

[QUOTE="dgo71102244"]i prefer ninja gaiden , because unlike god of war i cant just tape a rock on the gamepad a hope the button.mash win the day for methrones

You can't do that in god of war either :| You button mash alot, but anything above normal difficulty you have to think abit more. Difficulty does not equal a good game, by the way.

• Combat can occasionally get away from you and feel a tad button-mashy
• A few janky animations here and there.
  
  http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/godofwar/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews

i prefer ninja gaiden , because unlike god of war i cant just tape a rock on the gamepad a hope the button.mash win the day for medgo71102244

[QUOTE="thrones"]

[QUOTE="dgo71102244"]i prefer ninja gaiden , because unlike god of war i cant just tape a rock on the gamepad a hope the button.mash win the day for medgo71102244

You can't do that in god of war either :| You button mash alot, but anything above normal difficulty you have to think abit more. Difficulty does not equal a good game, by the way.

• Combat can occasionally get away from you and feel a tad button-mashy
• A few janky animations here and there.
  
  http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/godofwar/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews

Someone never played on Titan difficulty level :|

[QUOTE="dgo71102244"][QUOTE="thrones"]

[QUOTE="dgo71102244"]i prefer ninja gaiden , because unlike god of war i cant just tape a rock on the gamepad a hope the button.mash win the day for methrones

You can't do that in god of war either :| You button mash alot, but anything above normal difficulty you have to think abit more. Difficulty does not equal a good game, by the way.

• Combat can occasionally get away from you and feel a tad button-mashy
• A few janky animations here and there.
  
  http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/godofwar/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews

Someone never played on Titan difficulty level :|

Even on Titan Mode (I've played and beaten it) it isn't as hard as NG can be. Someone hasn't even tried NG on Master Ninja mode :|

[QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="dgo71102244"][QUOTE="thrones"]

[QUOTE="dgo71102244"]i prefer ninja gaiden , because unlike god of war i cant just tape a rock on the gamepad a hope the button.mash win the day for meKritical_Strike

You can't do that in god of war either :| You button mash alot, but anything above normal difficulty you have to think abit more. Difficulty does not equal a good game, by the way.

• Combat can occasionally get away from you and feel a tad button-mashy
• A few janky animations here and there.
  
  http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/godofwar/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews

Someone never played on Titan difficulty level :|

Even on Titan Mode (I've played and beaten it) it isn't as hard as NG can be. Someone hasn't even tried NG on Master Ninja mode :|

Christ no, I never even did Ninja Gaiden Sigma past normal,. Past the first few levels. It got frustrating. To say the least.

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="dgo71102244"][QUOTE="thrones"]

[QUOTE="dgo71102244"]i prefer ninja gaiden , because unlike god of war i cant just tape a rock on the gamepad a hope the button.mash win the day for methrones

You can't do that in god of war either :| You button mash alot, but anything above normal difficulty you have to think abit more. Difficulty does not equal a good game, by the way.

• Combat can occasionally get away from you and feel a tad button-mashy
• A few janky animations here and there.
  
  http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/godofwar/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews

Someone never played on Titan difficulty level :|

Even on Titan Mode (I've played and beaten it) it isn't as hard as NG can be. Someone hasn't even tried NG on Master Ninja mode :|

Christ no, I never even did Ninja Gaiden Sigma past normal,. Past the first few levels. It got frustrating. To say the least.

I'm not going to patronize you for quitting, because frankly I don't blame you, because it gets DAMN hard especially for beginners. The thing with NG is that it gets really fun once you practice enough to get good. The problem is most gamers don't bother to do the latter.

He never said you could go thru it mashing buttons, you did. And your statement makes me really wonder if you've ever played God of War, it's far from a button masher. Infact quite a few creatures you cant kill without using the right combos.

EmperorSupreme

If there is any game in this genre that is a buttonmasher, it would be GoW. When something is a "buttonmasher" it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to require NOTHING but buttonmashing, it just means that in quite a few instances in the game, you can literally mash T and S at random intervals and beat an enemy. Some enemies require blocking/dodging but you are never forced to use a specific combo.

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"]

He never said you could go thru it mashing buttons, you did. And your statement makes me really wonder if you've ever played God of War, it's far from a button masher. Infact quite a few creatures you cant kill without using the right combos.

Kritical_Strike

If there is any game in this genre that is a buttonmasher, it would be GoW. When something is a "buttonmasher" it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to require NOTHING but buttonmashing, it just means that in quite a few instances in the game, you can literally mash T and S at random intervals and beat an enemy. Some enemies require blocking/dodging but you are never forced to use a specific combo.

NG just isn't my type of game - but then again you are comparing 2 different exclusives from Sony and Microsoft

So obviously Cows and Lemms will root for their exclusive

I have only played the Sigma demo for the PS3, i thought it was pretty decent but i'll stick to my God of War

[QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"]

He never said you could go thru it mashing buttons, you did. And your statement makes me really wonder if you've ever played God of War, it's far from a button masher. Infact quite a few creatures you cant kill without using the right combos.

dgo71102244

If there is any game in this genre that is a buttonmasher, it would be GoW. When something is a "buttonmasher" it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to require NOTHING but buttonmashing, it just means that in quite a few instances in the game, you can literally mash T and S at random intervals and beat an enemy. Some enemies require blocking/dodging but you are never forced to use a specific combo.

I'm surprised anyone would say Ninja Gaiden has better bosses or graphics. Comparing Ninja Gaiden on Xbox to God of War2, God of War hands down has better bosses and graphics.

I find it funny that a few of the NG fans think of themselves as elitists. every other game that isn't as hard is for casuals and is a button masher. That is so far from the truth it's ridiculous. God of War is far from a button masher, I can think of quite a few games that you can clear mashing buttons. God of War isn't one that comes to mind although parts of it you can, but that is true with Ninja Gaiden as well.

[QUOTE="dgo71102244"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"]

He never said you could go thru it mashing buttons, you did. And your statement makes me really wonder if you've ever played God of War, it's far from a button masher. Infact quite a few creatures you cant kill without using the right combos.

EmperorSupreme

If there is any game in this genre that is a buttonmasher, it would be GoW. When something is a "buttonmasher" it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to require NOTHING but buttonmashing, it just means that in quite a few instances in the game, you can literally mash T and S at random intervals and beat an enemy. Some enemies require blocking/dodging but you are never forced to use a specific combo.

I'm surprised anyone would say Ninja Gaiden has better bosses or graphics. Comparing Ninja Gaiden on Xbox to God of War2, God of War hands down has better bosses and graphics.

I find it funny that a few of the NG fans think of themselves as elitists. every other game that isn't as hard is for casuals and is a button masher. That is so far from the truth it's ridiculous. God of War is far from a button masher, I can think of quite a few games that you can clear mashing buttons. God of War isn't one that comes to mind although parts of it you can, but that is true with Ninja Gaiden as well.

You can't buttonmash in NG, EVER.

As to whether NG has better graphics or bosses...it's subjective. NG has WAY better character models, while GoW has better environments. GoW's bosses are few but very epic, while NG's bosses are some of the most challenging and fun bosses to fight IMO. Both are good.

[QUOTE="dgo71102244"][QUOTE="Kritical_Strike"][QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"]

He never said you could go thru it mashing buttons, you did. And your statement makes me really wonder if you've ever played God of War, it's far from a button masher. Infact quite a few creatures you cant kill without using the right combos.

EmperorSupreme

If there is any game in this genre that is a buttonmasher, it would be GoW. When something is a "buttonmasher" it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to require NOTHING but buttonmashing, it just means that in quite a few instances in the game, you can literally mash T and S at random intervals and beat an enemy. Some enemies require blocking/dodging but you are never forced to use a specific combo.

I'm surprised anyone would say Ninja Gaiden has better bosses or graphics. Comparing Ninja Gaiden on Xbox to God of War2, God of War hands down has better bosses and graphics.

I find it funny that a few of the NG fans think of themselves as elitists. every other game that isn't as hard is for casuals and is a button masher. That is so far from the truth it's ridiculous. God of War is far from a button masher, I can think of quite a few games that you can clear mashing buttons. God of War isn't one that comes to mind although parts of it you can, but that is true with Ninja Gaiden as well.

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"]

dgo71102244

I think you only read the part that fit your argument. From his review "Combat is overly straightforward at times"

Did you miss this? "you hammer on the attack buttons and find yourself making solid progress... Granted, that's only on the bottom two difficulty levels, and you'll more than likely find yourself in grave shape if you try that technique on the higher levels"

Oh "and that's a more reliable source than your weak trolling comment, nice try though"

NG was one of my fav games last-gen, it was hard at first but once you got the blocking and rolling down it really isn't that bad, but yes the BOSS fights in NG are way harder than GOW