So I Tried Ninja Gaiden 2: Black..

[@FiiKryAM]

The way he slashes the enemies and jump over the roof of a building is full of the exaggerated swagger of a Japanese Ninja.

[@Bloodworia]

There are no Ninjas in Japan, it is an American invention. But Shinobi come close to it. Most of it is fiction though.

[@zeeochance]

You know a Ninja? And what else would a Ninja be, besides Japanese?

[@MadKirkegaard]

@@zeeochance no, we don't know a ninja, we know a Shinobi. That's what he said.

[@zeeochance]

@@MadKirkegaard I don't see the word Shinobi anywhere in that comment. You definitely failed reading comprehension.

[@God-k5b]

@@Bloodworiahe’s making a joke about the woke commenter who was describing miles morales.

[@mixaliss616]

I TOOK 12 YEARS for someone to beat ninja gaiden 2 master ninja difficulty no damage... It took 30 YEARS for original ninja gaiden on NES to no damage LET THAT SINK IN...

[@psp785]

The nes one is one of the hardest games I've ever beaten beating that without getting hit seems impossible especially when the enemies respond instantly

[@4evrluvbk]

Golden comment right here

[@AngelOfDæth_4]

What psychopath would even want to subject themselves to such a torturous feat?

[@thyristo]

I get furious when I cannot solve a puzzle in a point'n'click.

[@Cookieboy70]

Just beating the game on normal was one of the hardest feats for me that I am still proud I did not give up on.

[@jooyichen]

This takes me back. That wide-angle third-person shot brings back a lot of memories. Prince of persia, GOW, DMC, the action games man.

[@taylon5200]

Some of the best games to ever exist man. I loved the ability to time inputs and combo various buttons to style on enemies. Hopefully we get a new dmc game soon too haha

[@SummeR00393]

action games...now theres a genre that needs reviving.

[@electrolitez4237]

The camera sucks.

[@SpecShadow]

Dante's Inferno was also good one

[@KhanhNguyen-vu8xt]

I wish they could do POP remaster, but Ubisuck will be gone soon I guess.

[@leeee8550]

アスモンゴールドさんは興奮すると眉毛が動く癖があるのを最近分かってきました 彼の眉毛から目が離せません

[@InkyMuste]

Welcome to the club, just be careful or you'll start doing the same thing soon.

[@srai5333]

🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

[@cuttingedgecomix]

It's pretty weird looking actually.

[@romanov_uz]

😂😂😂

[@Geneolgia]

Ninja Gaiden 2 was the first time I experienced true aggressive enemies in a 3D action game, in most other games they tend to wait around too much, but here they even gang up and combo you like crazy.

[@SolidSnake240]

That's why I love Sifu especially on the harder difficulties. Enemies will straight up jump you in that game.

[@sahilrahman5066]

I played ninja gaiden 3 and the regular enemies were just going at me like crazed animals like i know they are supposed to be terrorists but jeez your legs missing how can you still attack like THAT!

[@KnownAsKenji]

I call that the 'Arkham effect', or alternatively, the 'Creed Effect'. We endured that BS for too many years. I can't play those games, I can only watch a bit and go 'bro, how are you not noticing that the enemies are basically waiting in line for you'. WHY were those games so popular? Seriously, gamers need to hold games to a higher standard than that, so bad gameplay like that doesn't become a trend.

[@sahilrahman5066]

@ Yeah as much as i love the old assassins crees games their combat was just counter attack then takedown by pressing Y and so on. Meanwhile Ninja gaiden you are getting jumped by 7 guys at the same time.

[@MahoganyBlack]

Games before the souls series were brutal in a different way. Miss action games like this 😭

[@va_str]

They're still making the NIoh games.

[@EmuQuest]

@@va_str Nioh is a soulslike though, and not as brutal as Ninja Gaiden on master ninja

[@joeyjones9041]

@@MahoganyBlack me too

[@va_str]

@ It plays a lot more like NG than the slow, clunky no-combo Souls games. It's also made by the same people, so you can just as well call it an NG-like. Yea, it's easier, but frankly the most brutal thing about NG is the camera, and how especially the Doppelgangers abuse being off-screen against you.

[@wr5488]

Nioh is like a middle ground of the two. I think it’s far more complex than either. There’s a LOT you need to pay attention to beyond just damage.

[@TheBatmanWhoDoesNotLaugh]

"Might play a bit more of this tomorrow" It's official he ain't playing this ever again Edit: I know he played it again

[@cleverman383]

Still waiting for the next Cyberpunk stream

[@saggy2slimey]

Just cuz he’s not streaming it doesn’t mean he isn’t playing it

[@godnamedtay]

He will absolutely NEVER touch this game again off stream…per usual

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@godnamedtay Lately he's actually played quite a few games off-stream.

[@HEADASSLOOKINGAHHH]

He has said in the past he plays most games off stream though, so probably the last you'll see on stream lol

[@procow2274]

Back in my day Ninja Gaiden was on Nes

[@jessehansen88]

As well as the Sega gamegear

[@austinp3979]

The future is now old man

[@bryan-hy2ez]

old head

[@Sir_Robin_of_Camelot]

Ok grandpa, let's get you to bed

[@intotheunknown21]

@@Sir_Robin_of_Camelot let's respect veterans

[@thenonexistinghero]

Pretty amazing how quickly he adapts to somewhat properly playing this game. Most streamers don't seem to be able to do that. They're trying to play it like Dark Souls or something and when it doesn't work then rather than adjusting... they just complain. Even folks who grew up with old games don't even seem to have a basic understanding of hack & slash action games, nor do they seem to understand the concept of automatically attacking in the direction of the closest enemy (while still being able to attack in other directions when you press them). They just keep getting hung up on not having lock-on.

[@emchou3]

That's what I'm saying. Criticiszing a games controls most of the time is subjective. People only say it feels rough and janky, when they're expecting it to go how they are used to. All the more, they can't see a wider perspective on how to adapt to controls , if they just generally just suck. So what do they do? Blame the game insteqd of finding out why it isn't working lmao

[@lichylickyrick8864]

Meanwhile while I'm playing Dark Souls, I don't think I've ever uses lock on, just feel better that way

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@emchou3 Depends on what aspect of controls you criticize. Sigma 2 can have a be a bit iffy in responsiveness and Black 2 can feel sluggish with certain controllers (Xbox Series X controller with this game seems to miss inputs, but not other controllers). That aside, for most part it's a matter of skill and learning mechanics. You can't dodge at every moment or block at every moment, enemies have tools to hit you. Even reckless dodging will result in an enemy taking advantage of your recovery frames. And the camera in NG2 is usually underrated. It should be treated as a combat control tool. It can give you a proper view of the combat, but it also influences enemy behavior. Using the camera optimally is basically the difference between scrubs and pros in NG1 and NG2. That said many of these things are kinda advanced, but if you pay attention while playing the games and make an effort to learn, you'll notice these things before long and start to try to take advantage of these tools and mechanics to do better.

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@lichylickyrick8864 I do use it in Dark Souls, but selectively. Not using it gives a lot more freedom in attacking direction and makes it a lot easier to keep track of your environment

[@pppp-by1bq]

The West is the land of FPS and RPGs, and is not good at action games. That is why the West has created games such as GOW, Batman Arkham, Assassin's Creed, etc., which are cinematic, narrative, and easy to understand by arranging them into simple action games. (Kind of like how Dragon Quest was born from a Japanese adaptation of a Western CPRG).

[@ImogenPi]

I remember playing this in 2010 and winning every trophy in 2011. This game was both difficult and very enjoyable. I love the franchise and the gameplay. Ryu Hayabusa is one of my favorite characters ever.

[@zeked4200]

@@ImogenPi Stolen comment is stolen. Is that all you do? Seriously, fix your programming 🤖

[@HattoriStudios]

@@zeked4200 check out my game I’m working on, it’s a open world ninja jrpg. At the moment it’s just me working on it

[@RyuhayabusaGaiden]

Bad picture so you are a bot and reported.

[@cartoonvideos5]

Bots only use TA's. Reported.

[@cartoonvideos5]

@@RyuhayabusaGaiden Why would I be mad about that? People are free to waste their money. I'm annoyed at The Hattori guy, he keeps spamming about his game no one cares about. He clearly doesn't work.

[@Siranoxz]

Now Asmongold understands why Hack and Slash has to make a return over the Soulslike games.

[@Chanshilla]

To be fair, this isn't the best example of a good hack and slash.

[@TheHeartThatRunsCold]

As a genre hack and slashes are still around. The reason you don't see them making massive waves is because for whatever reason, people prefer the less chaotic leanings of soulslikes. I say for whatever reason but I know exactly why, they are less demanding to play.

[@bend.7590]

Souls like is significantly better than mindless hack and slash

[@A.H.goose1]

@@Chanshilla Wtf are you smoking, ninja gaiden is a classic. It’s also the hardest one out there.

[@ryanisstuckin93]

Dynasty warriors origins. Best hack and slash I think I've ever played. Or best in an extremely long time.

[@CapnPicard]

Kids today just don't know how badass Ninja Gaiden was back on the NES.

[@richie0099]

The opening scenes were on another level for the time and the music was epic kids these day wouldn’t last one stage on the OG ninja gaiden

[@IcyBlaze616]

idk how controversial this is but I played the NES games back in the day and they were awesome but Ninja Gaiden Black is better.

[@AngelOfDæth_4]

And absolutely brutal

[@johnsmith8055]

New NG games are much better, but OG NES games are a classic. I was able to beat some stages when i was a kid, but that was a real challenge.

[@cleverman383]

This game is cool but its an insult to the Ninja Gaiden games on the NES. It's like trying to turn Contra into an FPS game.

[@tankeater]

Best advice is this... STOP FOCUSING ON 1 GUY AND JUMP BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN OPPONENTS. Then, spam Y for kill shots.

[@matthewtaylor2040]

He's not even playing on hard modes. The series as a whole is one of the most difficult

[@ryanvacation7319]

Even the basic enemies are pretty brutal in this game

[@commisionerq1374]

very good advice this what i do back then when i play it

[@colorless_crown3789]

Izuna drop is the best combo I just spam that shit fr😂

[@traincore1955]

Camera in this game is the worst enemy

[@TK_TK811]

Not surprised he doesn't understand that this game was hard before people talked about souls games, the playstyle you develope with the game is satisfying, rewards brutal quick efficiency and never staying in one place rather than purely stylish combos or waiting your for your turn to attack.

[@TheMasterblah]

Yup. I beat this game as a kid well before dark souls, but the souls formula has been so popular these days I need to relearn how to be good at ninja gaiden lol

[@TK_TK811]

@TheMasterblah same bro very hard mode kicking my ass in chapter 2 main boss.

[@RazgrizStraitz]

this version of the game is bad anyway, the inferior SIGMA version remake is what we have here. This is not the Drector's Cut Itagaki version of NG2 for 360.

[@TK_TK811]

@@RazgrizStraitz that's true it's very much an altered version of sigma 2, chapter 2 says it all but still better than most games that have come out recently anyway. I wasn't a fan of it being called the definitive version of 2, i wished they'd have said sigma but whatever.

[@KeirnothVT]

@@TK_TK811 What makes this version worse?

[@joeyjones9041]

That charged attack holding Y is called an Ultimate Technique, the Dragon Sword amd Lunar Staff has two variants, the regular holding Y one or do a circle motion with Left Analog and hold Y. If there's essence in the air it will speed up the charge time. Also if you jump and hit Y as soon as you land you will suck up the essence yellow, blue, or red instantly for a really fast Ultimate Technique.

[@taylon5200]

He's not bright enough to test things, and even less so to read.

[@joeyjones9041]

@@taylon5200 my comment is not so much for Asmon, but for anyone in the comments new to this game that might possibly be interested

[@MrTeamGuy]

@@joeyjones9041 So you are selling Ninja Gaiden from your garage or something?

[@Noire-]

I’m interested, but I’m not very good at it, I just gotta practice it more. Ty for the info man!

[@LocherYT]

Asmon is getting combo'd so hard, i often mistook him for the enemy that's styling on him.

[@venomfuryx3250]

"I thought I was the one doing it" -Asmon

[@matthewtaylor2040]

He's also playing in the easiest mode. Very hard mode you can be killed with a small combo or insta killed with a grab

[@zrichards907]

Asmon is a horrible gamer if you haven't noticed. Hes absolute trash on 95% of the games he plays

[@dieptrieu6564]

@@matthewtaylor2040 It's hard mode, tho. The easiest is normal, iirc.

[@matthewtaylor2040]

@@dieptrieu6564 my point still holds, not the hardest mode

[@reezekun2999]

Don't use any Dark Soul playstyle in this game, entirely different mindset.

[@SolidSnake240]

Pointless to say this unfortunately. He's gonna hit a wall cuz he refuses to meet the game on its terms. He tries to play every action combat game like it's Souls.

[@ChillGuySammy]

He seems to be alot better today ​@SolidSnake240

[@runajain5773]

​@@SolidSnake240yeah every action fighting , hack and slash games are not soul game

[@kphuts815]

@@SolidSnake240 asmon has 2 games he always references and that's WOW and elden ring, I think its pretty hard for him to not think of souls in general never mind not play like every game is one

[@RAY_II]

Eyebrows were going crazy during combat 😂😂😂

[@daami7100]

bro everything.. looks at 40min against the boss . so fucking hilarious

[@Krepticite]

His eyebrows were gooning so hard, he should let them tell us what they think of the game

[@dyo2066]

Lmfao right after reading this I noticed them shits wigglin 😂😂😂😂

[@MG-ff7se]

I saw him doing the eyebrow wave 😂😂😂

[@SlimmCity]

😂🤣😂😂💀☠️💀☠️💀

[@Ascapelios]

Ninja who puts controller down to sip Dr Pepper, is Ninja who loses focus.

[@dallybear5k666]

I love Ninja Gaiden 2. honestly it looks better than a lot of games made today (quality-wise) and you will see it has a pretty long storyline

[@bladel1ger619]

this game on it's hardest setting was the only game back in the day i could not beat the anger that washed over me in the final boss fight

[@shinymew2887]

this game made me mad asf lol

[@God-k5b]

@@bladel1ger619 you better not play it again. People who play remakes disgust me if they have played it in the past. That’s nostalgia, I won’t even watch a movie over again, let alone a video game. Hell I won’t even hang out with friends who have been with me through thick and thin if I knew them more than 5 years. I don’t even talk to my family unless I’m forced to cause its nostalgia. Nostalgia rots the mind. It makes you have biased judgements. It’s like when people say they like the original Spider-Man trilogy over the new one. I grew up with the original but it does not hold a candle to the new one. I don’t know what sick mentality would think that unless they suffer from nostalgia.

[@donthepsycho2018]

@@God-k5b bro what

[@davidcassel6079]

@@God-k5bplease for the love of God go outside today

[@ethdsththwethr7220]

@@God-k5b what is wrong with you

[@redozmasoma]

Asmongold: Sonya... is she hot? considering the female characters in this franchise are hot as hell with their own bikini beach volleyball spinoff... i say yes shows Sonya seconds later :3

[@Krepticite]

:3

[@EmperorsDoge]

I guess people that is new to the game will not know its connection with DOA

[@kri1ndawn440]

​@@EmperorsDogehaving played this back in the day I had no idea about the fighting game and the other spin-off until years later

[@sadscientisthououinkyouma1867]

Maybe with the announcement of 4 we can get some new Studio FOW animations. If you know you know.

[@EmperorsDoge]

@@sadscientisthououinkyouma1867 Are they still doing animations video these days? I thought they are still busy with that game they made and only do paid commission to support that game

[@joeyjones9041]

this game is so intense on Master Ninja Difficulty, took me a really long time to beat it. Beat it with every weapon, had 100k kills with the True Dragon Sword, 20k Izuna Drops, 20k Ultimate Techniques on Sigma version alone, had at least 5 times that number on the OG 360 version. One of the coolest games ever made.

[@Rashed1255]

OG had many more enemies so the numbers add up.

[@TopG-Cobra-69]

You're a certified Sigma for beating the hardest difficulty. What did it cost you?

[@joeyjones9041]

@TopG-Cobra-69 nothing but some time and patience...Mentor Difficulty was a huge hurdle, once I beat that, I'd say the first 4 or 5 chapters/missions were the hardest for Master Ninja, onece I got some weapon upgrades and more hp, it became a bit more forgiving.

[@joeyjones9041]

@@Rashed1255 yeah sigma actually kept track of those stats, that's how I got those numbers, had at least 10k kills with every weapon as well. I say I had 5 times those numbers on the original 360 version because I played it way more, and for a much longer period of time. Being extremely conservative with those numbers, probably way higher to be honest.

[@ronthorn3]

Yeah the first one was better I think, the level design was way more fun and exiting to explore. 2 you just literally move forward, you don’t need to use any brain power.

[@Cybajamma]

No yellow paint needed just good level design through surroundings and environment and not being overly spacious. This game is so sick

[@MaxwellXFactor]

Best way to fight bosses in this game is to be fast and aggressive. You can cancel out of combo strings, so react to enemies' attacks with block, parry, or dodge while hitting them and don't let up your attacks after that. Plus, a lot of bosses have tiny windows to safely do damage, so passively hanging back like playing a souls game isn't really optimal.

[@thenonexistinghero]

You can't cancel out of combo strings. You can end them early, but you cannot cancel them. Most moves don't have much of a recovery period so if you see an attack coming there's often enough time to stop attacking and block and/or dodge, but you cannot cancel them (well maybe a few frames are canceled if you hold block, but I'm not entirely sure. Definitely not much, if any though).

[@MaxwellXFactor]

@@thenonexistinghero I used a wrong word then. But yes, that's exactly what I meant. Point is, it's almost like a cancel out of your attacks since each move is so fast you don't have to hang and parry or dodge like you do in souls games.

[@bananaman2487]

Souls games really spoil your combat, every time you attack, then you develop a habit of waiting to check the mobs, to see if they telegraph their next move. When the combat is spontaneous, this souls habit really punishes you.

[@ronuss]

i love souls games, but them being soo popular has made pretty much every action game copy there combat, and honestly i feel there combat is so restrictive , and has one style. older action games, and afew newer ones like nioh have a more open style where it gives you more freedom to fight how you want to fight, and not rely on having to learn a dance move fight. its refreshing and creates more options for flashy combat.

[@joethestrat]

You just have to approach everything with maximum level of aggressiveness in NG. Its no secret.

[@arik2216]

There are some latest game that which increases your skills further and makes Ninja Gaiden 2 feel easy although i can't say it's easy enough depending on your talent. Mastering Nioh 2 dodging, stamina management and counter make you a better action game player. In Nioh 2 DLC you fight some Ninja Gaiden characters and their speed and variety of advantage are improved a lot.

[@zeroxiiimk2]

Well ng2 isn't anything like a souls game. Ngb would be the perfect example of being similar to one. Ngb, you pick off enemies at a time, slowly but surely with blocking then attacking. Ng2, you have to always be moving, get timings down when you should be moving utilizing i-frames, be blocking most if not all times to not get hit from IS splash damage or to be ready for a counter. etc. Well that's vanilla tho. Ng2b is much more forgiving imo than sigma 2 and vanilla 2.

[@francoisturgeon1176]

well if u cannot adapt or just played those games before .. i mean u are just dumb at this point

[@Raeaskuo]

I forget when the enemies dont wait for you to finish your combo before attacking you, looks like a multi person fight instead of a couple 1v1 in a row

[@mishkomensch3019]

and this is a dumbed down version, original had 10 to 15 ninjas on screen at once in some rooms, 10 minimum in every encounter

[@thecasualfly]

@@mishkomensch3019 I have the master collection version and I think that is even dumbed down.. but I dont know.. I got addicted and beat all those games.

[@TrestonDodd]

@@mishkomensch3019This isn’t a dumbed down version

[@Cross8ow]

@@TrestonDodd It is, its NG Sigma 2 Black basically, You can see how once you kill and new enemy arrives (Demons in tunnel), in OG NG2, you fought 5-6 at the same time. They changed some spawns in NG2B, but generally its still just NGS2B, only major difference is Orb weapon upgrades over "free" upgrade tickets.

[@jayomega2717]

@@TrestonDodd Yes it is

[@fermyonds]

2:12:57 for his thoughts on the game

[@張雅婷123]

感謝你，我的英雄

[@Rogerio45341]

Doing the Lord's work

[@TheNocturnal1]

Let people find this themselvessss

[@Krepticite]

​@@TheNocturnal1what you gonna do? Stop him? No? Then be quiet

[@Rihardololz]

@TheNocturnal1 Your gatekeeping is crazy.

[@Apexwolf117]

Beating Ninja Gaiden 1 on the OG Xbox has to be one of my most memorable gaming achivements. I beat 2 and felt it was far more forgiving and easier than 1.

[@alexkogan9755]

Bodies flying, blood fountains, blades clashing, the obliteration executions, oh how I miss this series. I think Asmon had a religious experience upon doing his first ultimate technique lol. Also there are no bad weapons in Ninja Gaiden 2 (respect the talons). And Team Ninja didn’t put back in the puzzles and left out a Sigma 2 boss. Of course they found a way to spike the football again🙄

[@mrdeathbyzombies3704]

They have to go easy on this generation so that they can ease them into playing the old games and wanting to play NG4. Unfortunately, most people get turned off by difficulty and puzzles. I'm just glad we're getting more NG games

[@alexkogan9755]

@ If this generation can handle Dark Souls and Elden Ring then they can handle Ninja Gaiden. And NG2’s puzzles especially aren’t that difficult even compared to the first game’s.

[@SolidSnake240]

I do miss the adventure aspect of NG1. Looks like NG4 is incorporating more of that though.

[@alexkogan9755]

@ I hope so. I appreciate the first Devil May Cry for similar reasons. Fighting all these dope enemies was great, but there was a satisfaction to solving the puzzles in between that rounded it all out for me in both OG NG Black and NG2. And seeing all the husks of what used to obviously be puzzle segments be watered down into glorified window dressing in Sigma 2 just hurt my soul😭

[@Lurchstavo]

It's crazy how we cant even make games this good anymore

[@Wppsamsung2024]

Was just thinking that, this would be GOTY now

[@Jeez001]

@Wppsamsung2024not really Ninja gaiden 2 black has mixed reviews in steam there are still lot of bugs & issues even after all the fixes they made.

[@95onimusha]

team ninja released a lot of great games as good as this in the years

[@Wppsamsung2024]

@Jeez001 Glad you agree with me bro

[@MrUchihaminato]

It run pretty well on PS5, no bugs or frame drops ​@@Jeez001

[@triscar375]

If u die over and over again in the first level, you will get access to an easier difficulty called NINJA DOG, if i remember correctly. Or at least the original XBOX version had that, I remember i died something like 5 or 10 times in a row then a screen comes up asking if you want to activate it.

[@mrdeathbyzombies3704]

NGB2 does not have that feature. However Ninja Gaiden, NGBlack, and NG Sigma

[@Nem_FFXIV]

lol ninja dog was so funny to add in. Now they have hero mode - where, yes, b eing the hero is kind of insulting. lol

[@Necrimonican]

When people tell me souls games are hard i hand them this series.

[@matthewtaylor2040]

Honestly I'm pretty annoyed that he isn't playing on the hardest mode. I thought he "always" played on the hardest modes

[@Zero_Tester]

​@@matthewtaylor2040he can't even finish Metal Gear Rising,there is no way he can play NG on high difficulty😂

[@MirrorBlood]

​@@matthewtaylor2040it annoyes me that you are annoyed by that like who the f cares you making up storys he never said he always plays on hard asmon always said he isnt good at video's games and he hates diffuclty modes asmon doesnt care he is bad just calm down its a game

[@Tr33Trav3ls]

​@@matthewtaylor2040you must be a casual. NG normal is every other games "hardcore".

[@KisekiFan]

Give them crash bandicoot 1st and tell them to 105% it. 😂

[@ronuss]

its interesting watching him play an old game like its new. For how old it is, and how little they changed the core gameplay asmon seemed to really enjoy it. It stands the test of time, and really shows how damn good this game was back in the day. It's also interesting how he feels the weapons feel the same ext, yet the game has a huge skill ceiling if you take it all the way up to master ninja, each weapon is better at different situations and some combs flat out change the game.

[@zalabit927]

Ninja Gaiden on the og Xbox was awesome, as a kid i saw a guy renting a few hours a day on our humble store and finished the game through the week, what a legend.

[@ghostknight1865]

Great to see Ninja Gaiden making a comeback, it's a great series.

[@RazgrizStraitz]

too bad they chosed to be lazy again and remake the PSP version not the superior console version. This game is bad compared to the NG2 on 360, but its still fun. just inferior.

[@TheIndulgers]

Ninja Gaiden is goated. I remember playing this back in the day, which made the combat in GOW feel antiquated and for babies.

[@GuyOnTheInternet53]

Did you ever see those god of war 3 combo mads? I gotta be honest those are pretty cool

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Before dmc and sekiro and elden ring there was ninja gaiden

[@ProzacStylings]

ninja gaiden's entry into the genre came 3 years after DMC1. If was a good game and all, but DMC pretty much defined the xbox-ninja-gaiden genre.

[@x-SeKret-x]

DMC released before Hack and slash ninja gaiden.

[@iliketurtles4463]

​@@ProzacStylings lol

[@nirorit]

Whatever, they all learn from each other and get better and better and I’m here to experience it all.

[@Kezmark]

@@ProzacStylings Yeah man, ninja gaiden only started on the NES in 1988. But you know ... around the same time as xbox i guess. What you're saying is only true if you're refering to Team Ninja being created and working on it.

[@fellowninja]

Can’t wait for Asmon to find out the first boss becomes a normal enemy later in the game.

[@dominush4056]

If you don’t want this series to die again PLEASE support it. Buy it on any platform you have, Xbox, PlayStation, Steam, your Switch 1 lol Remastering a 10 year old series via UE5…only the elder gods that is Team Ninja can do that. Completely faithful, accurate, the gore the girls and the godly bosses are all back. Then there’s 4 coming in the fall...what a fucking comeback.

[@RazgrizStraitz]

I WILL NOT SUPPORT IT. They HAVE RELEASED THE TRASH PORTABLE PSP PORTS SIGMA of the game instead of the superior Xbox Original and 360 versions of the game that were director's cut by Tomonobu Itagaki. This is just lazy slop pushed out by new devs who hate Itagaki also, and though the game is maybe a 6/7, it's inferior in almost every way to the console version. WHY ARE YOU PUTTING PORTABLE REMASTERS ON A CONSOLE? Same lazy trash they did with GTA Vice City and San Andreas.

[@BATTLEPENCIL]

Remaster = same engine, new features Remake = different engine, even if it's reverse engineering.

[@Kumire_921]

I remember this being the hardest game i've ever played as a kid

[@thatpersoneveryoneknowsbut7533]

Yeah and master Ninja is where sht gets crazy especially in the originals which were much harder

[@chebil_y4967]

This remake is based on the Ninja gaiden 2 Sigma version which is a more simplified than the vanilla version, the original was hard indeed to the point were devs just abandoned it lol.

[@Retrofun69]

My man embracing manliness and gaming execution like never before

[@God-k5b]

Only a gamer would think this LOL.

[@cleverman383]

The Male Fantasy

[@Metacomet7]

I beat this on Mentor, didn't have the patience to go to "Master Ninja", even though it's pretty much same formula to win. The beginning with low level weapons was the hardest part. I still remember throwing my controller pissed off about "Who fires a rocket launcher point blank?! AND LIVES?!!! WHO DOES THAT?!!! &*#@ YOU GAME!! 😂

[@ActionAbe1]

i was able to beat games like MG rising and all the dmc games at its highest difficulty but master ninja in NG2 was way too fucking much for me lol

[@SkullKnightmare775]

As someone who has beat Ninja Gaiden 2 on Master Difficulty. It's an insanely stressful experience. Every grab up until you have max health = Death, Bosses and enemies are hyper aggressive with tons of health, No checkpoints, you die you start back at the last shrine. Ninja Gaiden was Sekiro before Fromsoft came to be. It's still possiblely my favorite hack, and Slash game of all time.

[@QDaVillian95]

I couldn't get past chapter 3 on master ninja difficulty

[@CeroAshura]

*Offscreen explosive kunai throw rain* "Hmm, what's this"

[@mrdeathbyzombies3704]

It took me a month to beat NG2 Master Ninja.

[@oxypillix]

I miss these games, so much. You don't do the "hold triangle" move, until there are a couple or more golden orbs left behind by fallen enemies. It pulls them in and absorbs them, to charge the move faster.

[@jomesias]

2 is a great game, though it’s super easy compared to 1 on the original Xbox!! Team Ninja made it easier because a bunch of crybabies complained “it’s too difficult” You can just button mash on 2 and you’ll clear almost all enemies, the real skill comes in using the Izuna drops, flying swallows and super charge attacks (by absorbing orbs from defeated enemies to have Ryu charge instantly)

[@Redribbo]

"whats in the box" runs around in circles and throws shurikens at the wall! I CAN'T!!!! XD

[@timholloway8821]

😂😂😂😂

[@resiefan3258]

My 11 year old tried Ninja Gaiden today for the first time after he saw the video for Ninja Gaiden 4.

[@RyonTeachesMugen]

Did he die?

[@AngelOfDæth_4]

What a brave soul

[@matthewtaylor2040]

Ninja Gaiden is hands down one of the most difficult games. Now they've added different difficulty modes since most players stop playing due to difficulty

[@emchou3]

@@resiefan3258 to be fair, pretty that was all of us back then lol

[@Thap3l0]

Gawd damn..Ninja Gaiden is so fun to watch and play ...I'm definitely getting Ninja Gaiden 4 ...the gameplay is incredible...you forget how hard it is sometimes.

[@BlazingOwnager]

What makes me happy is this is both a faithful remaster that's now immediately on my buy list, but they also kept all the splatter from the original and didn't clean it up like Sigma.

[@hitmanholla5929]

ryu IS that mf, reminds you that badass dudes still exist in video games

[@Newtination]

Asmon did nothing but WoW from 2006 - 2021 ( except the Apex / CoD(?) with friends), when he finally broke from McConnel bugging about Dark Souls 1. So it's always very interesting to hear his takes on games, especially with personally experiencing a small amount games from the 7th gen & up. Not someone you watch for skills, just eyebrow action obviously.

[@duhmojo624]

It’s like watching black people watch heavy metal music videos from the 90s. They like it! 🤣

[@TheSmilodon85]

I want this game. I still remember the first one way back in the day.

[@ceroandone]

I don't like this triangle 🔼 all the time

[@FEARTX2]

@@ceroandonegamepass is the best option for playing them tbh

[@cleverman383]

Ah yes, on the NES

[@DefaultCommenter]

Ninja Gaiden Sigma on PS3 was one of my favorite games ever

[@MikeHunt-h5c]

The original NG2 is vastly superior to this remake.

[@DonYoGi8331]

How?? Because I'm playing this one currently and totally disagree.

[@RazgrizStraitz]

@@DonYoGi8331 then you didn't play the original. you probably played Sigma 2 because you are a brokie. This is a Sigma 2 remake. gameplay features music, aesthetics downgraded, menu downgraded, music missing, moves mussic, gameplay features like mission mode and costumes missing. You don't know what you are talking about. The studio lied about this being a remake of the director's cut 360 version of the game. it's the garbage PSP version because it's easier to work with and they are lazy and the studio hates Itagaki also, who is now retired.

[@DonYoGi8331]

@@RazgrizStraitz I had the original 360 version sir and I said what I said. That version isn't superior.

[@queenbeeader]

Love how the game has you getting curb stomped the moment you gain controls to get you thinking on your feet. Great reactions, Sir.

[@classicleslie6914]

It seems that they added more enemies than they had in NG2 Sigma. That is a major w

[@ResplendentSkull]

Barely

[@187Wretched]

This is based on the original NG2. Sigma 2 is a butchered version that’s why

[@ResplendentSkull]

@187Wretched it's really not. It's more inline with Sigma 2

[@classicleslie6914]

@@187Wretched very happy to know that. I play OG NG2 and I would say I like this Black version better from what I have seen. It looks like it has the same amount (maybe even more than) of enemies as the OG version. PS: I want to emphasize that I never played the game. I thought I made that clear when I put "...I have seen".

[@ronuss]

@@ResplendentSkull its actually more in the middle of sig and og ng2. they dont have all the mobs at once like og ng2 but they have more groups spread out now, and they have lots of waves. There are actually afew areas in the game now that are flat out harder than even og ng2 with the wave amounts being crazy. I think its a good balance and its much better than the shitty sig2

[@tankeater]

DODGE, DIP, DUCK, DIVE AND DODGE!!!!!!

[@Deezzer1212]

these games are way harder than souls games.

[@yorshka6955]

true

[@ShHsh-vb5hw]

Skill issue

[@robdurfee6861]

And?

[@ShHsh-vb5hw]

@@robdurfee6861 delete the game

[@erikomalta1947]

Not really,they are a spammy feast ez adhd games

[@16-BitKev]

If no one said it yet here’s a tip, you kill a few week enemies first and when the yellow orbs float, charge the weapon and the yellow orbs charge it immediately. The higher the weapon upgrade the crazier the charge moves get

[@thenonexistinghero]

Watched a bit more but man, the chat's really not very bright. The claws suck? Along with the Lunar they're pretty much the best and most versatile weapon in the game. And the claw's amazing at fighting crowds if you know how to use it. Lunar's better at hitting more enemies at once, but the claw has an easy time singling out enemies within a crowd and quickly killing them. Both of these weapons work well in any situation against every single boss.

[@mrdeathbyzombies3704]

A lot of them weren't even born when original 2 came out

[@Shaiandra]

I only played through NG2 once on Hard (back on the 360), and the thing I remember most is fighting most crowds using the claws, with its version of Flying Swallow going immediately into Izuna Drop.. So I'd flying dash to a target, swipe once, Izuna Drop, dash to another target, Izuna Drop, repeat.. And I mostly used the Lunar on bosses. Ninja Gaiden Black is the game that made me love warstaves.

[@DerpyDerp254]

The Nuclear Armadillo was the reason I rage quit this game a decade ago ☠

[@mattd5240]

You gotta block after you kill it.

[@mrdeathbyzombies3704]

​@@mattd5240 I was so mad when I died to it's death explosion the first time. It's funny to remember now, Team Ninja are sadists and trolls 😂

[@mattd5240]

@@mrdeathbyzombies3704 I was confused two until I looked it up. So stupid. They're bigger trolls than fromsoft.

[@DeeTek08]

gotta love how souls streamers never actually learned to "git gud"

[@taylon5200]

Asmon isn't even good at souls games lol. Tbf he's terrible at every game that isn't wow

[@timholloway8821]

Bro can't even block lmao.

[@FadiMARc]

​@@timholloway8821he never blocked lmao that's why he never finished Sekiro nioh etc he just goes fully strength face tanks and trades attacks with bosses

[@lucius8675]

8:44 Asmon forgot he was playing a game and had a real-life reaction to 4 ninjas running towards you on a wall.

[@BenGenio]

At times I genuinely feel bad for the enemies while playing this game that is how brutal it looks now

[@brucenatelee]

Falcon's Talons is where you get the Dead or Alive animations, since they are more hand-and-feet moves. The camera is the reason I never beat Ninja Gaiden 2.

[@UnknownLegend45]

This game was my childhood

[@zachmileshydra]

Classics getting (good) remakes and sequels, im all for it, and I'm glad Ninja Gaiden is getting back to form. Brutal Violence, Breakneck Speed, and Unforgiving Combat.(all with the occasional hot chick) As a kid, this was THE Ninja game.

[@ResplendentSkull]

I beat this game on mentor difficultly and didnt even die once. I died 100s of times on 360 Ninja Gaiden 2 on mentor mode...

[@sihTdaeRtnaCuoY]

I was really confused as to why you're playing this until you mentioned it was a remake. Good game, I remember it released the exact same day as Disturbed's Indestructible album. I was a huge Disturbed and Ninja Gaiden fan, so I was playing this game with the album playing at the same time for hours every day.

[@CaRLoSC2011]

Im so happy you played this game gives me so mamy memories playing it on the xbox.

[@saturo123]

I remember playing this back in the day, took me 919 deaths to clear it on master ninja lol. Such a banger

[@Kingmcshine3948]

it's kinda funny how asmon's eyebrow synchronised with his attacks like its a hit confirm

[@Krepticite]

That's because his eyebrows are the ones playing the game not him.

[@raviel498]

Wait, enemies can damage you ? That's crazy.

[@ricardofernandes5791]

Keep in mind that the original released about 18 years ago. The gameplay is the same. The only thing updated is the graphics. It shows what a true masterpiece this game is, and how modern games are mostly trash.

[@RazgrizStraitz]

this actually isn't the 360 version. this is just another remake of SIGMA 2, which is inferior to the director's cut NG2 360 version. Lazy devs pushing out slop.

[@Never_goon68]

I remember watching my dad play NG1 on the original Xbox. He loved how the worst weapon in the game (wooden sword) could be the best if fully upgraded. He was obsessed with using it to beat the game on the hardest difficulty. He doesn’t play video games anymore :/

[@mrrawww2427]

He was actually way better at it than I thought he would be 👀

[@Senumunu]

He definetly watched a guide before playing

[@richardduska1558]

Honestly If Asmon having issues with this game I don't blame him. Ninja Gaiden 2 is a brutal game. Even for people like me who could bead devil may cry games on DMD mode.

[@taylon5200]

He's having issues with the absolute basics though, not difficult enemies/fights. He has the spacial awareness of a potato, and input timing of a 90 year old man with palsy.

[@SolidSnake240]

​@@taylon5200 and he keeps trying to force a souls playstyle lol

[@mrdeathbyzombies3704]

Cut him some slack, the guy isn't used to using a controller so his muscle memory for the buttons needs to be trained

[@Jabroni_14]

You're too close to the skill floor(literally just started so understandable) to notice differences between the weapons bc the weapons have some abilities that are universally aplicable, so it becomes unnecessary to expirment. This is a problem thats exclusive to ngs2 amd ngb2 Normal mode for a NG game should be ball bustingly hard and said normal playthrough should only be a tutorial if its following tomonobu itagakis design. But ng 2 sigma and ng2 black are way too easy

[@ПавелИгаев]

TRUE, all NG2 versions are not itagakis NG, literally different game

[@ronuss]

yeah its true, but i think its a fair take for someone whos only played as little as he has. Thats teh great thing about the game though, the more you play it the more you realize how deep the mechanics go. Team ninja are masters at this, the same applies to nioh series.

[@Jabroni_14]

@ronuss yea I guess I might have been a bit harsh but my main goal was to share one of the main philosophies of the game(challange and a game that puts a shit ton of effort in the higher difficulties to the point that the real game becomes more apparent the higher the difficulty), and clear up some questions like weapon variety.

[@mrdeathbyzombies3704]

True. Everyone starts from somewhere though. If I had never found and played Ninja Gaiden Sigma, I would not have looked for Black and original 2 and played those.

[@PsychoGaming805]

This was absolutely one of my favorite games back in the day. When I was 16 I remember playing this on the Xbox Official Magazine demo disc and was so hyped. My mamaw was poor and she bought me the original NG2 on 360 and never bought a game for me before. I was stunned and it's still one of my most memorable game purchases next to God Of War 3 midnight release and my dad letting me stay up late to play it and I wake up the next morning realizing he let me skip school. I love FromSoftware/soulslike-style games and I feel like a lot of OG Ninja Gaiden players do too. I noticed Ongbal and souls players playing it so I feel like it scratches that itch with us players in regards to bosses, enemy types, difficulty, weapons, etc.

[@FKA_Skull]

When using the staff rotate the left stick 360 right before you charge the attack and you’ll get a different, better charged attack. Also, Izuana drop is the best move in the game against the enemies that are vulnerable to it, it’s a one combo kill every time, even has potential to kill more guys if you land on top of them.

[@JayGill99]

Never seen this game before, the graphics look phenomenal

[@GOTEEGAMING]

Its new though they remade this

[@mrdeathbyzombies3704]

It's a remake of Ninja Gaiden II from 2008. It's easier than the original since the OG had insane amounts of enemies. This game is still very good though

[@Ningamer-bo7ej]

​​​@@mrdeathbyzombies3704ninja gaiden black and Ninja gaiden black 2 are hardest one's right unlike sigma versions.

[@genesisone6725]

Before I played this game, I was a boy, after I beat it, I became a MAN!

[@tankeater]

17:43 there's 7 Dragon Balls... LMFFFAAAOOO

[@zakota14]

But there is 8 super dragon balls from the dragon ball super.

[@tankeater]

@zakota14 No... There's 7 in every single piece of Manga from 80's to the 2020's in Dragon Ball... with the Earth, Planet Namek and the Super Balls in Universe 6 and 7. Have ZERO clue what you got 8 from. 👍

[@OilFreeFeathers]

​@@zakota14Super is cheaply made non canon trash. No one cares.

[@khewit]

Did he ever figure out how to skip the charge on the ultimates? Takes the combat to a whole new level

[@slavo316]

One thing I learned in the first game was to just always hold the block button 😆😆 I'm pretty sure you could attack out of blocking.

[@marzialalfonzocanada888]

I remember those characters in Studio FOW's 3D animations

[@Eden-nf5pm]

God damn yall are insufferable yapping on about the difficulty.

[@cartoonvideos5]

"Dark Souls" has done irreparable damage to the gaming community

[@c.l.8213]

​@@cartoonvideos5 nah, NG fans were like this 20 years ago too

[@cartoonvideos5]

@c.l.8213 They are people that never grew out of "edgy teen phase"

[@iamgoakan]

Never thought he played this wild

[@Krepticite]

He played this wild

[@v-7815]

Oh man, this brings back memories. I remember playing the Ninja Gaiden demo disk on the original XBOX over and over again as a kid until I was able to afford the full game.

[@Ellieaaarggghhh]

"We have the woman" This is the end of woke. As a woman, I'm very happy to see hot women in games again and badass men! Thank you!

[@brandonjohn2434]

a TMNT game like this would be dope!

[@legendaryoutcast4440]

this combat style of game is called Hack and slash DMC, (original) god of war, bayonetta, ninja gaiden, etc.

[@FadiMARc]

Miss hack and slash gow was so fire ​@@legendaryoutcast4440

[@michaelhuegel4146]

Keep dreaming 🤣. All they can do is fumble that franchise. They can't comprehend pretty much the entire fanbase are adults now.

[@TheUltimateHacker007]

​@@michaelhuegel4146Batman is still a thing and that was from the 60s.

[@OilFreeFeathers]

​@@legendaryoutcast4440No it isn't.

[@Crcvmbdfl]

this game is ABSOLUTE CINEMA

[@Cristian_Nomas]

1:26 AC shadows if it was good

[@cartoonvideos5]

It's just Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 in Unreal Engine 5. This game has been released 5 different times already, it's a dried out cow, the RE4 koei tecmo. So many people go "buy, buy, buy" because it has shiny graphics but none cared about master collection because it looked like a PS3 game still.

[@GOTEEGAMING]

Its mix between the og one ànd sigma .. they the same game but they taken the gore and mobs that the og had

[@RazgrizStraitz]

@@GOTEEGAMING they are missing all the features OG had. this is trash.

[@RazgrizStraitz]

it actually looks worse becasue Unreal 5 is slop and the art direction has been ruined in this

[@GOTEEGAMING]

@RazgrizStraitz it looks next to me

[@GOTEEGAMING]

@RazgrizStraitz u must have a series s

[@RedHoodFH]

They nerfed sonia by about 2 cup sizes

[@jdzazz4155]

Back on the NES, Ninja Gaiden level 6-2 was pretty tough.

[@cleverman383]

real Ninja Gaiden fan right here

[@InkyMuste]

The whole Ninja Gaiden NES trilogy is fcking awesome.

[@banjoskip]

Wait, Asmongold is actually playing a game?

[@cmlmonstar007]

as a big ninja gaiden fan and a buddhist myself, it's pretty sad the buddha statue and lady liberty fight got removed and replaced with something that doesn't feel all there.

[@simaboather5360]

Its still one of the best games ,if you got the reaction time and iq you can go crazy!

[@jmtradbr]

Ninja Gaiden for me only the original trilogy on NES