Nothing but fun you can always count on ninja team to bring it to the table

im just here for the hack and slash

I've beaten all three original Ninja Gaiden games on the NES AND all three 3D ones on the hardest difficluties on the XBOX360 back in the day. They were a gruelling and punishing delight that pushed my limits and forced me to git gud to really get the most out of these games.

That said, there's a lot of contention around Ninja Gaiden II Black for having less enemies than the original X360 version and not being as hard. To a lot of...neurotic nerds who I refuse to call "fans" that seems to be a huge detriment, but ya know what?

I'm a lot older now and don't have much time to play as many video games as I want like I used to, so I don't really care much for having to have the most difficult experience. I just want to have fun with this game now with better graphics and that's what NGIIB provides for me.

I'm sure this review sounds defensive and I'll admit that it is because I've had one of said neurotic nerds tell me I wasn't getting the true and full experience. Fitting and not so ironic that it was a younger gentleman who gave me that sphiel especially considering I've been playing Ninja Gaiden before he was even born.

So yeah no, I've already had that period of my life where it was all about conquering the most difficult video games for some invisible and intangible badge of honour. I don't need to keep proving myself to such neurotic nerds or myself that I'm "gud" at games.

At the end of the day, I just want to have fun.