All Things Videogame Related: EXTREME VS!!

[davidwhangchoi]

Here's a guide highlighting the differences between NGBII, NGS, and NGII (xbox 360) 

https://gamerant.com/ninja-gaiden-2-sigma-black-comparison-difference-guide/

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One controversial decision by Team Ninja was to base Ninja Gaiden 2 Black's level designs mostly on Sigma 2 rather than the original Xbox 360 version. This results in fewer enemies in some areas, and the combat difficulty feels toned down.

 

and a link to reddit review:

Pros:

• Better graphics, higher fps and gore, if you have strong pc. Pretty good artstyle adaptation to ue5.

• Improved upgrading system

• Quetzalcotl boss is back

• They ported over the good bosses from sigma 2, sadly not statue bosses

• Girl stages are ported over, good imo

• Mentor difficulty is unlocked from the start

• No icindiary shuriken spam, but that might be a con. Could have found a good balance.

Cons:

• Same amount of enemies as sigma but easier to kill. This instead of ninja gaiden 2 enemy count.

• Removal of budha and liberty statue boss

• No giant skull worm boss in chapter 9

• Cant run on water against water dragon in chapter 6, stuck with lame sit on pillar and shot arrows boss

• no windmill shuriken, kept sigma 2 archery system

• Same costumes as in sigma 2

• No new weapon or addition.

 

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

5 minutes ago, mikeszekely said:

Neutered?  Didn't the Sigma versions have more content?  AFAIK the Sigma versions were what was used for the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection (which I already own on Steam, and why I'm not in a hurry to buy NG2B).

I can't remember specifics, and yes, Sigma added content but removed puzzles, some cutscenes, changed some music, and changed weaknesses of bosses.  And I remember the gore being removed from the Sigma series.  All the limbs being lopped off by the human Cusinart Ryu were replaced by some sort of mist IIRC.  I never did like that change.  But it's been ages since I played, did Sigma have the gore as an option to be turned off?

[mikeszekely]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie Hunter D said:

I can't remember specifics, and yes, Sigma added content but removed puzzles, some cutscenes, changed some music, and changed weaknesses of bosses.  And I remember the gore being removed from the Sigma series.  All the limbs being lopped off by the human Cusinart Ryu were replaced by some sort of mist IIRC.  I never did like that change.  But it's been ages since I played, did Sigma have the gore as an option to be turned off?

I don't know.  I didn't get a PS3 at launch, and I tended to favor the Xbox 360 more during that generation.  I played Ninja Gaiden and a NG2, but on the Xbox/360.  I just always assumed that the Sigma versions were the "definitive" versions since they came later.  It sounds like that's semi-true for the first Ninja Gaiden (though Itagaki himself says it's Black, not Sigma), but it sounds like porting from Xbox to PS3 was easier than porting from 360 to PS3, because reading up on it makes it sounds like some stuff was added and tweaked but some stuff was straight up cut in NG2 Sigma.

Edited yesterday at 03:21 AM by mikeszekely