>Despite the expensive budget, attention to detail, and having aconsistent quality ludonarrative, Ninja Gaiden still fails to capture the magic that the first devil may cry had. The game not only fails at trying to compete with other beloved games in the genre like Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, or even God Of War, but it fails on its own as a game. The series lacks any semblance of a soul and lacks the ludocontextualization to even be in the same conversation as it's contemporaries like the aforementioned Devil May Cry and Bayonetta, let alone Metal Gear Rising.
Where were you when Ninja Gaiden fags got eternally BTFO’d?

>beat DMC1 (hardest DMC game) on DMD difficulty with full S-ranks, no item usage, and not even taking a single hit of damage.
I FUCKING KNEEL

Is he the only "videogame essayist" to actually put his money where his mouth is and display full skill and mastery of a game instead of just waxing poetic with poser bullshit trying to act like that art degree wasn't a complete waste?