I enjoyed Ragebound a lot, but it wasn't the NG4 that I was waiting for, and I finally realized why. There's no "looking at a castle" scene.

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Not every. 2 has a worse story, and it's not nearly as challenging. It's still my favorite of the trilogy, though.

>Ninja Gaiden only really ever gets compared to Devil May Cry due to the 3D games
Maybe Ragebound will turn that perception around a bit?

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3 is a good game, but I'd argue it has more flaws than the first two. Ryu's jumps are too floaty, he takes double damage, the final stage is so long that there's a reasonable chance the timer can kill you, and (while not terribly important,) the plot is full of holes and contrivances. But it does do a lot right too, like the sword extension, seeing what's in an item orb, great music, implementing vertical sections. In fact, they probably made Ryu floaty to accommodate the new verticality.