Ninja Gaiden II Needs to Level Up the Camera Work

The team that brought you one of the more difficult games of all time (according to some) has come back for another round. According to one review Ninja Gaiden II serves up what looks to be an amazing addition to the franchise, at least what you can see of it through the very counter-intuitive camera work. "The hybrid aesthetic - high-tech Technicolor Japan mixed with muted feudalist Japan - might sound dissonant but looks sharply coherent. In fact, in the hands of a skilled player NGII looks nothing less than exhilarating, and occasionally surpasses any martial arts movie you might care to name. And this is why the camera is such a surprisingly big issue. This isn't a problem with it getting caught on a corner occasionally, nor the odd confusing switch of perspective. It is a constant problem: obscuring foes, breaking up combos, losing track of Ryu, and flicking back and forth between positions."

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[elrous0]

Have a 360 that I bought in April 2006.

0 RROD's

0 scratched discs.

My $50 a year online service is great. Most of my friends are on it and I was able to play GTA4 online from day one, unlike my PSN friends. And I get achievements and a shitload of other features not available on PSN (and I've used both, so I should know)

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How does your PS3 look from so far up Sony's ass?