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Ninja Gaiden II [Xbox One BC - X Enhanced] |OT| No More Stair-Stepping
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The HUD depends entirely if it's in vectorial form or if it's 2D art. If it's the later it will look pixelated.
I recall the digital Red Dead Redemption maintaining a pretty high price after becoming BC, but frequently going on sale.
Hopefully it'll happen here too.
It is wierd. In Norway it is around 19-20€. I would have given that no prob, but I have disc. Maybe one day it will be on sale.
I remember not being able to finish the first one, but got pretty far, though I did finish the 2nd one. I remember the game being pretty tough but when I got the scythe the game became much easier, but there was a section with lots of projectiles which was really annoying. Oh, and the Armadillo exploding at the end.
MS have always been forward thinking when it comes to OS and services (even if it cost them the gen with X1), really makes jumping into old games feel like a next gen feature, despite being the same game we've played previously.
There's a staircase later in the game that has so many enemies on it that the 360 couldn't really handle it and killed the framerate.
I remember the comments of disappointment over various forums when Sigma 2 came out and this was one of the changes, less enemies in the stairs so the PS3 could run it.
Ah, feels like yesterday. Here's hoping this helps push for NG4.
I would not expect to see people defending the trash Sigma 2 in 2019. I understand last gen because console wars and it was the only option for PS3 people so gotta fight. But there's no need to stretch yourself now to defend a ruined port of a great game.
FUCK YES. Let's go! I will be playing this tonight when I get home from a work trip. I'm a weirdo who never really liked the first Xbox NG game but I love this game.
I like Sigma 2 as a companion game to this game. I actually used the easier difficulties in Sigma 2 to basically build myself up to NG2 as I initially had a really hard time with NG2. Then once I cleared all the difficulties of NG2 I jumped back to Sigma 2 as some of Sigma 2's higher difficulties are insane. lol. Needless to say, Sigma 2 is kind of intertwined with my NG2 experience. Also, I enjoyed all of the Sigma 2 exclusive content.
I like Sigma 2 as a companion game to this game. I actually used the easier difficulties in Sigma 2 to basically build myself up to NG2 as I initially had a really hard time with NG2. Then once I cleared all the difficulties of NG2 I jumped back to Sigma 2 as some of Sigma 2's higher difficulties are insane. lol. Needless to say, Sigma 2 is kind of intertwined with my NG2 experience. Also, I enjoyed all of the Sigma 2 exclusive content.
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There's a level in the late game where Team Ninja forgot they're making a Ninja Gaiden game and not a Dynasty Warrior game.
The entire game slower to a crawl performance-wise. Back then I liked it because it made the game easier lol.
Original 360 game was plagued with occasional FPS drops, but there was a particular area with a staircase absolutely cram packed with low level enemies that brought the FPS down into the single digits
Thing was it wasnt like a jerky frame rate. The whole game logic suddenly cut in half and everything was in slow motion. It was kinda cool.
Not really, there's actually only 4 enemies that spawn at one time on some encounters on mentor and master ninja. That video title is wrong. And it's using the same trick people did for the prepatch Xbox staircase where you force multiple multiple enemy spawn by just running through the level, legacy code that carried over.
If you play through NG2 the enemy spawn is double that for a spawn point in that area.
And different strokes. Ayane was one of the worst parts of Sigma 2.
The problem with the extra characters was that they were padded content that you wanted to be over asap so you could keep kicking asses with Ryu.. It would have been much better if the game had let you play the whole campaign with the extra characters, like DMC does in 3 and 4 SE.
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This and he is also wrong about the gore. It's not as in the original NG2. Instead of the awesome blood splatter and stream effects, you only get some weak-ass misty clouds in Sigma 2.
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The X1X has different modes? How bad is the performance in the resolution mode? I was kinda expecting a locked 4K60
I do not own an X and I'm so fucking jealous right now :/
Godspeed new players, this one's a bastard.
Godspeed new players, this one's a bastard.
Slowdown but no framerate drops.... What do you think slowdown is lol?
I don't think it's 4k since the original was not 720p. Think it might be lesser.
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You are given the option to render the game at the original 360 resolution like all 360 enhanced titles.
There's a difference between dropped frames and a game running slowly. Think of a SNES platformer running slowly when a lot of sprites are displayed vs another title playing choppily as an explosion takes up most of the screen.
All performance mode does is let you play an X enhanced BC game without X enhancements.
I never said dropped frames, but is the game still drawing frames more slowly on the screen leading to a lower overall framerate? Is this coded in a way to slow down at a predetermined rate as to prevent fps 'spikes'?
Has Ryu been shirtless in any games? How is his upper body looking?It's glorious. Makes me appreciate the level design for the large stages so much more after slogging through DMC5's very linear room to room progression in boring environments.
He has several shirtless costumes in DOA. He has a shirtless one in NG3RE too.
So this version is actually the hardest version of the game now?
That is kind of underwhelming. Team Ninja needs to start adding better detail to chests.
Oh wow. XB1/X is much smoother, but you lose the Matrix mode that the 360 version has.
Some cutscenes are in 30 fps? Or its just framerate drops?
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Video finishing a good 40 seconds faster on XB1 really drives the point home.
Just trying to explain what I thought the user was referring to where they made a distinction, but yes frames are still drawn slower when it occurs. NGII is likely built in a way where the world simulation is tied to framerate rather than being decoupled like many modern titles.
That's good to know. I still got a physical copy for 5 bucks until it goes on sale digitally. When that happens im buying it on my, my kid and nephews account. It's a piece of art. NGB is my fav game of all time and NG2 has the most satisfying combat imo. Still unmatched.
Oh my god I didn't even notice that it ended so much earlier.
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Seems like it was uncapped but with bad performance on 360.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-ninjagaiden2-faceoff-article
So still can't get this on the US store? Guess I will look for a physical copy at a Gamestop around me.