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GF Rating
5.6

2151 ratings

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GF Rating
5

Fair

Mediocrity strikes the series

posted by Ag3nt_Shadow (OLATHE, KS) Apr 12, 2012

Member since Apr 2012

Ninja Gaiden 3 is by no means a BAD game. It simply gets very monotonous. You can clear a whole room simply by tapping X. The difficulty is gone, as is the satisfaction once gained from clearing a tough area. I could clear entire areas without looking at the screen while fighting. Players new to the series might not even notice. The other bad thing...they removed the orbs that were used in the precious installments that allowed you to upgrade weapons. All of the RPGish elements have been removed. The camera moves around so much that it can get disorienting. Luckily, you can click in the right stick to "sense" the path you need to take. The graphics are good, the story is okay..not great..kind of convoluted, even though NGs stories never were the selling point...but, all in all, I'd say it deserves a 5 or 6. Very mediocre...so sad that Ninja Theory took this direction for a once great series.

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GF Rating
7

Good

ninja gaiden 3

posted by mattcoppola (DALLAS, GA) Apr 11, 2012

Member since Apr 2012

this game is pretty cool. there is a lot of blood and fast ninja moves, but... i think its a bad case of the "too little, too late". i did enjoy it and it is cool to climb walls with knifes and its cool it takes place over the whole world but not open world. it is hard to play all these great epic open world games then play this one. very repetitive. i wish u could plan your attacks and be more stealthy in many ways more than just one way. it does look cool and a treat after a long days work. but no replay value. maybe try it, but dont buy it.

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GF Rating
4

Weak

Wow I mean Wow. Nina Gaiden 2 was better

posted by royaladam (LONG BEACH, CA) Apr 6, 2012

Member since Oct 2010

First let me say that I'm a huge fan of all Ninja Gaiden games since forever. Yes it does sucks that the gamer director (Tomonobu Itagaki) is not working with Tecmo anymore since he quit & made lawsuits against the company. Anyways since now he is gone, I still give it a shot. For the last 2 days, my left index finger & my right hand wrist hurts because I have been keeping pressing X,Y, & LT. It was so repeative that the enemy will NOT die. It was like hard to kill. Team Ninja has taken good things on NG3 like no more weapons upgrades,you now need to buy weapons as a DLC if you do not want to use the Dragan Sword,no more rebirth,no more health upgrades,no more combo,no more air combo,no more buying weapons from the old man, & the stoyline was very poor. I really did like having all the characters speaking Japanese with English subtitles but they also remove this too. I wish I could give this game 9 out of 10.

P.S. Since (Tomonobu Itagaki) is gone, Dead or Alive 5 MIGHT also sux too.

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