Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2

 PlayStation 3
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 178 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 125 out of 178
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 178
  3. Negative: 22 out of 178
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  1. Jayson
    Nov 23, 2009
    0
    The Ninja Gaiden series is on the way out. This games showed me why the top staff leaving last year was such a big deal. Too many incoherent design choices were made with this and after completing it on MN, I was even more frustrated than I was after doing the same on the 360 version. This has one hit kills, the 360 game doesn't. I don't like how it removes so much good content The Ninja Gaiden series is on the way out. This games showed me why the top staff leaving last year was such a big deal. Too many incoherent design choices were made with this and after completing it on MN, I was even more frustrated than I was after doing the same on the 360 version. This has one hit kills, the 360 game doesn't. I don't like how it removes so much good content that was in the 360 version either. But I still prefer the PS3 console. If they hadn't messed this game up, then I would have sold my 360 and games.… Expand
  2. PurestNinja
    Nov 23, 2009
    0
    To think that they decided to cut back on the violence level in the brutal fights in favor of creating booby controls for the new girls. Especially considering how the girls all look like dolls with fake boobs attached. Taking out so much useful content that even the imperfect original had was stupid, stupid, stupid. It also sucks that I encountered just as many bugs and glitches in this To think that they decided to cut back on the violence level in the brutal fights in favor of creating booby controls for the new girls. Especially considering how the girls all look like dolls with fake boobs attached. Taking out so much useful content that even the imperfect original had was stupid, stupid, stupid. It also sucks that I encountered just as many bugs and glitches in this game as the original, even though this one was suppose to be more polished up. The game is weak and not even close to being worth $60.… Expand
  3. x-billy
    Apr 20, 2017
    0
    The game is a piece of imbalanced **** compared to Ninja Gaiden II by Itagaki... Just don't play it, the game is completely ruined because Hayashi knows NOTHING about creating a good Ninja Gaiden game.
  4. MackH
    Oct 2, 2009
    0
    This game is dumbed down to the ground for the immature children, even though it got a mature rating. I feel insulted by the obvious censorship. The game is boring with nothing but run to point A, button mash, run to point B, button mash. What happen when you cut a guys head off? Does purple dust come out in real life? No!!! Uncharted 2 and God of War 3 will be much more worthy in a This game is dumbed down to the ground for the immature children, even though it got a mature rating. I feel insulted by the obvious censorship. The game is boring with nothing but run to point A, button mash, run to point B, button mash. What happen when you cut a guys head off? Does purple dust come out in real life? No!!! Uncharted 2 and God of War 3 will be much more worthy in a mature gamer's collection. This is filled with emo purple haired kids with silly looking fake boobs slapped on to their chests. The coop mode is lag central and the graphics are weak. Pass on this.… Expand
  5. tsakiym
    May 14, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I do not have to say anything more. But i need to write one hundred and fifty characters. i think my score can describe it............................… Expand
  6. h3x
    Aug 10, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is pure cancer. There are some redeeming qualities, but not many:

    1. Fun new co-op mode.
    2. New characters for said co-op mode.
    3. New Marbus boss fight is fun in CH15 instead of 2 nuclear armadillos.
    4. Gigadeath fight in CH3 is easier than original version on Xbox 360.
    5. New Enma's Fang weapon is fun to use.
    6. Removal of gatling spear gun and water combat along with it - I consider this a good thing as killing all those water mines in CH5 in the original NG2 was tedious at best.
    7. No more incendiary shuriken spam from the black claw ninjas.

    Aside from this, this how you take a good game from the Xbox 360 and completely destroy it.

    1. Difficulty done wrong: Hayashi's idea of difficulty (talking about Master Ninja here) is make everything a bullet sponge and enable them to spam exceptionally cheap 1HKO grabs. Enemies that were relatively straight forward to defeat in NG2 are now exceptionally tanky and annoying. Examples are the Van Gelf demons and Claw ninjas (I mean seriously, 2 izuna drops? Can tank a fully charged UT?). With the exception of the Zedonius fights and Dagra Dai, minions no longer spawn in boss battles

    2. The co-op missions are exceptionally cheap on the higher difficulties and I seriously doubt they have been play tested. The new Neam Ninja's idea of difficult is to throw you in with an absurd number of bosses at the same time. For example, UN1 has you facing off against 4 greater fiends at once and UN3 has you at one point facing off against 3 fiend Genshins. This trend continues in NG3.

    3. A massive number of enemies are removed from the game. Most of the time you feel like you're walking through a ghost town. Missions 3 and 14 are excellent examples of this in particular, but all levels have been edited in this respect.

    4. No gore - they could have at least made it an option like in the Vita version.

    5. Rachel, Momiji and Ayane chapters - mixed feelings. They are fun to play but on MN they are a complete pain. Rachael's mission is just pure cancer - completely uninspired and just has you facing off against annoying imp fiends.

    6. No tests of valor - why was optional content removed from the game? It makes no sense.

    7. Removal of ability to charge projectile UTs in favour of unlimited ammo. Complete removal of incendiary shuriken and windmill shuriken. Replaced with howling cannon, a slow firing gun.

    8. No option to solo the ninja trials, co-op sessions are often laggy and AI partner for offline play is completely incompetent.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#41 Best PS3 Game of 2009
24
#24 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2009
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#16 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2009

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 52 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 52
  3. Negative: 0 out of 52
  1. WonderwallWeb
    88
    A great title for PS3 owners offering a real challenge but not really worth a second purchase if you own the Xbox 360 version already.
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  2. Play UK
    82
    It's so utterly satisfying, you simply won't care that you're hammering two button for 12 hours. [Issue#184, p.70]
  3. Kombo
    85
    There aren't a ton of sweeping differences between the PS3 and 360 versions of Ninja Gaiden 2 that were released a year apart from each other.
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