Most FRUSTRATING game i've ever played... But yet... Fun!
User Rating: 8 | Ninja Ryuukenden II: Ankoku no Jashinken NES
Beware of this game. Don't pick it up if you're stressed out, or if you had a bad day. I'm waring you ,DON'T. Because this isn't only one of the most chalenging games out there, but also the most frustrating. So, what makes this game fun? Exactly that. The chalenge. This game is so hard that it starts growing on you and makes you go back again and again trying to beat it. I realy grows on you., and makes you're gaming spirit rise. Thats where it starts to get addictive. The graphics of the game were revolutionary, and not repetetive. The music is another realy good addition to the action of this game, because it gets you pumped up. And it's also realy cool using special powers. But beyond the pros, there are lots of flaws. A game thats easy isn't realy fun. A game that's "just right" is the perfect game. A game that's hard makes you hold the controle a little tighter than normal. A game that very hard makes you chew it and throw it. But Ninja Gaiden II is insane!!!!!! It's extremely frustrating when you are about to pass that stage, and you are hit by what looks like a annoying green eagle!!! Another flaw is exactly that. The annoying green eagle. Actualy, not only the green eagle, but the bats and all other annoying flying beings of this game... The problem of them is that they are almost impossible to dribble, and if you don't attack them, they will just throw you away in a pit!!! I'm sure that if they didn't put these flying menaces in the game, it would be much better... Oh, three other flaws of this game. Sometimes Gaiden's sword doesn't work, and there is a peculiar stage that me and anybody else would like to mention. Yes, that pesky wind stage. At first, I realy liked the idea of the whole thing, but then, when I realized that the wind NEVER blowed the direction I liked it too, grins started to appear... And for last, the special powers. In this game you will use special powers, that can be achieved by slashing what looks like red circles. The powers are pretty cool, and VERY usefull, especialy the Gaiden clone as I like to call it, wich creats clones of the ninja that follow his every move, and you can even make these clones stop in the air, wich can make good strategies... Back to the flaws, well, the problem of these powers is that you can't iddentify them!!! When you get them, the respective power you got appeaers on the bottom of the screen in a drawing format. The problem is that you can't understand this image, wich is red and all seem the same. Some people can, but i'm sure 90% have to use it and see what comes out...Well, overall, I don't know what makes this game so... Fun? Yeah thats the word... It's just realy fun and worth buying. Revolutionary in the past years, and still fun today. 8.0 is a perfect score.
