That's not to say that there isn't a technical story to tell though, and in time-honoured fashion we'll begin with head-to-head videos and a triple-format comparison gallery. Hopefully we've emphasised strongly enough that Razor's Edge is a different beast: an enormous u-turn and sterling fan service in equal measure. And as for the enemy begging for his life? Team Ninja sidesteps that one adeptly simply by removing the offending sequence in its entirety.ĭigital Foundry articles typically concentrate on the technical aspects because the whole nature of cross-platform development is all about running the same games on multiple consoles - visual effects and performance are typically the main points of differentiation. The notion of our highly trained combat master continually being "surprised" by goons jumping out at him (triggering a pointless QTE) along with the even more bizarre sight of a master ninja falling off a wall are now removed completely. In the process, the game is vastly improved and the character of Hayabusa himself is less compromised than once he was in the older, nerfed edition of the game. Bloody dismemberment and brutal decapitations are also back on the menu, and - yes - bosses have a life-bar now.īut that's not all: the hated QTEs are mostly gone and the faintly ludicrous Kunai climbing system has been tweaked.
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The newly restored technical combat system has much in common with the last game, skills progression is back via a reworking of the Karma system, a choice of weapons is available throughout the game and the difficulty level is restored to a level that fans of the series should appreciate, retaining a beginner 'hero' mode for more casual gamers.
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"This is much more than just a port - Razor's Edge on Wii U sees the return of the technical combat system brutally excised from Ninja Gaiden 3 on PS3 and Xbox 360." Series veterans will be pleased with the Ninja Gaiden staples returned to the game in the Razor's Edge edition - a technical combat system with combo counters and, yes, dismemberment and decapitations. While locations, opponents and bosses are mostly unchanged, combat has been enormously revised to the point where we suspect that Team Ninja drew upon its existing work with Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and transplanted across many of the key fundamentals. The core gameplay may superficially look similar at first glance, but just a few moments of play reveals a sequel that returns to its more illustrious roots. In Razor's Edge on Wii U, almost all of this criticism, along with plenty more from die-hard series veterans, is addressed to one degree or another. In true "No Russian" style, nothing you do alters the inevitability of the scene.
It's the most blatant, heavy-handed example in the game of an attempt to make the player consider whether Hayabusa is a hero or a mass-murderer, but actually serves no other purpose than to make the protoganist look like an arsehole mere minutes into the action while highlighting just how little control you actually have on the narrative. The review also pointed out the complete lack of skill progression, the pared-down weaponry and the omission of combo counters amongst other classic Ninja Gaiden staples.Īlso receiving paragraphs of criticism was a particular scene found at the beginning of the game where the player has no choice but to cut down an unarmed, surrendering enemy opponent driven to begging for his life after witnessing Ryu Hayabusa annihilate his colleagues. Simon Parkin quite rightly scored the original game at a risible 4/10, citing the dumbed down gameplay mechanics, button-bashing auto-combos and the emphasis on QTEs - a monotonous combination that amounted to a complete betrayal of the series' focus on tough-but-fair gameplay and intricate, technical combat.
It's very rare that we come across a console conversion that radically improves the experience to the point where swathes of text in the original review - not to mention the score - no longer seem relevant, but that's exactly the state of affairs we encounter with the release of this new "Razor's Edge" edition of Ninja Gaiden 3.
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