The Most Demanding Run in Ninja Gaiden: The Karma Run Explained

[@onecoinmidas4541]

The mistake in that fight was you charging that whole 2nd UT. You need to get the ET and then break that vase for the UT.

[@JayTB123]

Ding ding ding! We have a winnner :)

[@Kentucky_Blue]

The developers deserve a shoutout for making such an in-depth combat and scoring system. This is the ONLY game I’ve played over the years because of their masterful work. Every third person game could be so improved with even half this level of detail in the product. I can only imagine how awesome a spider-man or batman game could be with this much thought built in.

[@xBIGALSKIx]

Great video and breakdown of that one fight. I'm hoping you make more related to this. To me, playing for score is much more skillful and shows a greater understanding of the game other than just beating the game. I know that may sound obvious but I've had a few "discussions" back in the day when people suggested UTing your way through the game is easy and everyone can do it. It does irritate me when people dismiss scoring without ever trying it. To each their own I guess.

[@alanwilson9611]

yup so many times ive had that and even ppl watch me play and click of or make the comment oh all you do is ut lol.

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Great breakdown. Karma runs always seemed like they took a massive amount of patience. Much more than I have, ha ha.

[@PrayingForMeteors]

God, this is taking me back in the Delorean quite a ways. Glad to see you're still tearing this game apart like you did at Iberian's NG Realm all those years ago. I don't have the time or the stomach for Karma runs anymore, but yours and Bigalski's vids have got those old urges for 24 million SM and 50 million MM starting to resurface. Hope you've been well JTB. -Dragon Voyager

[@JayTB123]

Hey DV, long time :) I've been doing well thanks hope you have as well. The forum is still around, just NGrealm.com now. Be good to see you on there! Bigal has a series going on right now for getting 50 million so that's definitely worth a watch if you decide to go for it again which obviously I think you should :)

[@PrayingForMeteors]

@@JayTB123 Glad to hear you're doing well. I'll definitely stop by sometime; if for no other reason than to lurk and see if these urges turn into something more tangible. Though I'd have to stop playing Dark Souls first. Best wishes, man.

[@LorenHelgeson]

Been following for you a couple years now, and I know I've said it in the past, but you are an absolute god at this game. Your current WR on the Master Ninja Collection is no fluke and well earned. You are THE definitive NG player out there.

[@FarnhamTheDrunk1]

great explanation, this is actually the first time i can see the appeal in karma running...

[@Artersa]

I would definitely like to see more videos like this. I remember when karma runs we’re getting 20 million points now I’m seeing almost 25. That’s super cool I would love to see how different players have provided strategies for these types of runs.

[@mariotaz]

Speaking of Ryu going to the toilet. When he does a shit, does it spiral down like an Izuna Drop?

[@justinontube88]

Great video and so detailed!!!

[@Peterplayingguitar]

Love your work, JTB. Always fun to watch your mission mode streams.

[@uploaded000]

my karma run put me at 40 in the Rankings! slowly working my way to beat my previous score.

[@pedrozubiaur6970]

Great video bro! I would loved to hear all explanation of karma runs, and how to make it done, for example how you do a karma run in NG2

[@SupaNinja]

This makes my brain hurt lol, but really interesting vid

[@joanmarcdidedda1564]

I really liked that video. If you want to go deepen in this you could make videos about how to get Master Ninja Rank in chapters 1, 4 and 6. As I heard those are the most demanding to get that rank, I got stuck in each one of them and still stuck in hard mode at chapter 6....

[@richsainsbury2285]

that answered alot actually also that i will never be attempting a karma run

[@alanwilson9611]

should try it all you really need to know to start with is maxing uts and getting time down after you get hang of that and enemy manipulation and timing/attack patterns then you can get more in depth. maybe do a no health run for example and force yourself to start learning the encounters more then maybe do a no health no nimpo run again depriving yourself of certain things will help you learn the enamie new manipulation tools ect.

[@ag0ny]

this is why I never did a karma run and be only around 14M-ish on MN. and because I liked izuna dropping enemies all the time, and that move as awesome as it is it's sloooow. now trying the collection, damn i hate Rachel's chapters and the game feels a little laggish on XSX.

[@klurhai-RYU]

Soo ya telling me give it a go? Aighy ill give it a go 😎

[@JayTB123]

Yes! I mean no.... I mean yes, well it depends :)

[@God0fCows]

karma run seems like no fun and much homework

[@vishwajeetvats970]

Hello jay! Are we going to get ngb4

[@pedrojonguitudcarrasco8859]

The mistake you were talking about is the time, you did not get in time 2 UTs and 1 ET

[@JayTB123]

Sort of but that's more the result of the mistake and not the mistake itself. 2 UT's and an ET is possible in this fight but you have to make better use of the time.

[@nostick18]

crazy

[@KBACpro]

Very interesting. Karma is a b**ch in these games. Always had and still have ploblems with it.

[@Alemis_]

Which game is that at 8:57?

[@JayTB123]

Hotline Miami, it's a damn good game. Would highly recommend it.

[@Alemis_]

@@JayTB123 Oh dude!🤗 At first glance it looks great. And by the way, I love your videos about NG, it's my favorite game❤️, in the future I plan to get it again and play it applying your great techniques. Greetings from Mexico, Veracruz🍺

[@JayTB123]

@@Alemis_ That's great to hear :) hope the videos help.

[@play-xi6ww]

The karma is a dificulty?

[@JayTB123]

Not exactly, karma is just the points in the game but playing with an emphasis on points does make the game a lot more difficult.

[@play-xi6ww]

Ok thanks

[@30yovegan34]

ohhh, thought it meant a reddit run

[@flindy9848]

While I respect every good player who does this cos it takes a lot of effort, I feel like the game should encourage stylish play way more than farming ut-s. this just doesnt look fun at all. Like someone dancing around while controlling ryu perfectly and puling off the coolest combos possible, and the game rewards that guy with a lesser ninja cos he didnt farm ut-s...come on

[@arcengal]

TIL I was missing 250k because I didn't manage my devil elixirs for the entire game. Here I was thinking 238kish from Emperor II was already peak performance. Neat! Wait, essence is influenced by your health!? What?!

[@JayTB123]

Bigal was the one who thought up the inazuma strategy on Emp 2, he really changed the game for chapter 15 showing that. About the essence/health are you referring to the fight shown in chapter 4? Enemies tend to drop blues a lot more frequently if your health is low so going into the fight with low health on purpose makes the white commandos more likely to drop blues.

[@arcengal]

@@JayTB123 oof. But then, there was always new tech coming out. I lost track of Tuttle's new strats after a few months for example.

[@xBIGALSKIx]

@@arcengal I'm sorry you missed out if you were only watching Captain Tuttle for new NGB strats back in the day. His HP2 vids were awesome though and was one of the best for NG2004. While there were some great players back then, in terms of score, Platinum, Kyoiori, JTB123, and Tatoshka really took it to the next level IIRC.

[@arcengal]

@@xBIGALSKIx I know mate, I beat Tatoshka's score to have the WR very briefly (22.8m). I wish I still had her videos though, the editing and music choices were so good. That and Kyoiori's free-form stuff. X_x Glad to see you're still about. Edit: Forgot about Platinum. He was a MONSTER at Mission Mode, good lord.

[@xBIGALSKIx]

@@arcengal There's been a lot of improvement in the strats in the game since we all started over 15 years ago, especially in the last few years. I thought I was done but NGB being released on the Xbox One sucked me back into it. LOL Yeah it really sucks most of those old videos were lost. Definitely some great players back then. I hope you've had a chance to watch Kell's NGB videos. I believe he's 3 million ahead of Platinum. It's great to see you as well.