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Ninja Gaiden Hurricane Pack Debuts On Xbox Live

Posted by simoniker on from the natural-disasters-a-go-go dept.

RobZ65 writes "The new upgrade to Ninja Gaiden, previously mentioned on Slashdot Games, has just debuted for download via Xbox Live. The pack features improved camera, more bosses, improved AI, a new weapon, and two new costumes. What do you fellow Slashdotters think about addressing customer complaints in downloads? GameSpy has hands-on impressions of the Hurricane Pack from a couple of weeks back, and IGN covers the new Intercept Technique for blocking and countering, if want more info."

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  1. For non-live users? by Jonny_eh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Will it be available on a demo disc with a magazine? I believe they did that for the extra Splinter Cell level. Would downloading it off the net, then FTPing the content to your xbox be considered 'illegal'? Especially if this update is more of a patch, then a content download.

    1. Re:For non-live users? by jmarr · · Score: 4, Informative

      actually, it's more of a content download than a patch. new enemies, new weapons and new costumes as opposed to new camera system, increased difficulty and increased speed. It's hard to call increased difficulty and speed a patch since they are not addressing user complaints or bugs - I doubt there were many that complained that Ninja Gaiden was too easy. The camera system could be looked at as a patch since so many complained about not being able to control it, but you really can't call it a bug either. get a free 2month subscription to Live and then cancel it.

  2. Re:There goes an advantage of the console... by Quarem · · Score: 4, Interesting

    "It used to be that conole games didn't need updates or didn't need add-ons."

    Rather I think it is that they couldn't have update or couldn't have add-ons because there was no way to deliver new content. Now that a system exists to deliver new content online I see no reason why console developers shouldn't take advantage of this opportunity to give fans a little more.

    Anybody that has played Ninja Gaiden knows that the game was darn near perfect. This Hurricane Pack was not "needed" at all; it's a little extra for all those fans out there. It should also be noted that this pack is being released forthe second round of the Master Ninja Tournament, to add something fresh and more difficult for this round of competition.

    With respect to patches and updates for console games, I think it is something that should be expected when gaming goes online. In most cases the shear amount of play that goes into an online game will reveal new bugs or game balance issues that were not seen during testing. The amount of testing before release to fix most of these issues would be unreasonably long. Heck they are still working out bugs and game balance issues in Warcraft 3 and Starcraft and those games have been around for years now. Developers should just be ready to deliver fixes for problems that appear after release (unlike Ubisoft).

    "And personally, I would feel ripped off if I bought the game and didn't get these addons because I had to sign up for X-box Live."

    The fees that people pay for Xbox Live help pay for the development of new content. Xbox subscribers should feel ripped off if they paid for new content like this that was delivered to everyone freely.

  3. Holy Crap!!! by Peteloaf · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Come on now, it's the same thing again. Tecmo, COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT of Microsoft, releases a FREE add-on to an incredibly popular game and all you guys can do is cry foul? HOW? It's a FREE add-on with new content & a new reason to play the game! Do you want Tecmo to come and give everybody free money and openly declare there hatred for everything you don't like? What does it take to please you people?

    And by the way, how many of you would be crying foul if this were a free add on for a PS2 or GC game, huh?

  4. Re:It is Microsoft after all... by NeoCode · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'd mod you down but I wanted to reply to this. This download is NOT a patch. They are not trying to fix anything because nothing is broken. The camera in NG was a pain in the ass but I beat the game with it. There is a lot more content in this update.

    And its not like PS2 games have been bug free. At least, XBox has a platform that addresses these issues.

    Regardless, its NOT a patch but a content update.