Thread 719097035

GOTY

(Not counting the other 3 better games)

Deluxecucks already have access to it, did someone bother to upload it to torrent?

>>719097035 (OP)
>No Switch 2 version
Let me guess, 30 fps 720p on the Switch 1 version

>>719098627
>you guys are cucks please gibs medat

>>719097035 (OP)
silksong going to win goty

>>719098627
denuvo

>>719098627
I was thinking about it but won't now because you don't respect the 1 nigger that actually boughted the game so your broke bitch ass can leech off of us.
Enjoy the youtu.be playthroughs, actual cuck

>>719098871
Serious? I was going to get this on Switch 2 but if its not available I won't even get it on my PC. At least Silksong is going to be on the Switch 2 so I'll be getting that there. Silksong will be great on the go

>>719099446
Skill issue.

>>719097035 (OP)
>GOTY
Mind telling us why shill?

>>719097035 (OP)
1-combo slop
2-buy an ad, frog
3-even alex kidd in shinobi world is better than this shit

>Lizardcube first game was a 1:1 remake with the original game running under the hood
>Second game is just them drawing the graphics while other dev deals with the gameplay
>Third game, this time on its own:

>>719102194
What's wrong with combos? Gameplay is too spicy for you?

>>719097035 (OP)
I keep getting youtube ads for this game.....

>>719097035 (OP)
I just wanted nightshade 2.

>>719102282
>combos
nothing to do with shinobi

I just wanted nightshade 2

>>719100130
According to a reddit thread, it's 720p 60fs in handheld mode, and looks like shit.
Maybe they will make a Switch 2 version at some point down the line, when Nintendo gets more dev kits out there. But for now, either deal with the Switch 1 shitty version, or get it on PC or another console.

>>719097035 (OP)
waiting for the mork review

>>719102416
this has denuvo?
looooooooooooooooooool
sega really got a sweetheart deal

>>719103089
>when Nintendo gets more dev kits out there
what the hell's up with that? I already noticed how most indie or AA devs are still announcing their games only for Switch 1 still. Is Nintendo really this fucking retarded?

>>719103414
They prioritized big name developers, leaving small teams for last. I guess they really didn't want leaks before the announcement/launch.

>>719098354
>MHW
GAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH

>>719102416
Holy fuck this looks so bad
Please tell me this is just some kind of beginner challenge area or something

>>719102416
16:9 and high resolutions were a mistake

>>719104106
yeah it's the first ankou rift or whatever. they're secret obstacle courses you can find in the main levels that reward you with a shard of the dark chaos sword or whatever. I assume they get harder over time but the demo only showcased this one.

>>719102416
>>719102593
I bet people back then also wanted a sequel to their 2D platformer Shinobi instead of the weird gameplay of the 3D PS2 games. You're just mad that it's happening to you now.

It's 5am
I'm not even tired
I have to be up at 4pm for a thing
Should I try to go to sleep or chug a red bull and keep playing Shinobi
I'm halfway through

>>719105185
>people back then also wanted a sequel to their 2D platformer Shinobi instead of the weird gameplay of the 3D
>in 2002
You don't know shit kiddo

>>719102416
at around 40 seconds I thought that the webm had looped. God this looks boring

>>719105185
>implying this new game is a return to form
1. the ps2 games aren't weird.
2. this new game isn't anything like the classics. this is the first level of shinobi 3
>linear
>enemies are obstacles, not fodder to be juggled during combos
>revolves around use of kunai, with the sword as a backup
>bosses don't have a health bar
>it's not the sort of game where you whittle down their health; you find a strategy that works and survive long enough until you prevail without worrying about meeting a quota for number of hits or whataever
>no in-game shop where you buy upgrades and abilities
>just 8 levels of old school quarterbait
I'm not mad but don't act like this new direction is geared toward fans of the classics.

>>719098354
>our best game this year is a 92 slop
Last year was better.

>>719106801
>implying this new game is a return to form
I literally said the opposite. You're mad that they changed the gameplay from the PS2 game you liked, but the PS2 game was also a massive change that I bet fans of the original found too different, just like you're doing now to the new game.

>>719106891
>a slop
good morning saar

>>719106801
>>revolves around use of kunai, with the sword as a backup
...if you're a beginner. Once you get good at the game you're gonna run slash or jump kick most things.

>>719107261
>you're mad
no, I'm not mad about anything.
>they changed the gameplay
no I'm saying that I would have preferred another nightshade styled game, and this game is neither that nor anything like the classics, and appears to be courting the hollow knight audience or something similar.
>>719107421
except that there are some levels where you're pretty much relegated to using kunai and nothing else, like the very next level where you're on a horse

>>719107506
You can divekick with the horse and surfboard.
I mostly just do that to keep those levels interesting.

>>719107823
>these last 2 screencaps
>oh you were having fun? Let me fix that!

>>719107996
wtf were they thinking with those last two stages

>>719107823
ok yes that is true, but more to the point is that even if you're using the sword over kunai you're most certainly not juggling foes like it's DMC or something. no combos or anything like that.

and not to shit on this game, I played the demo and thought it was ok, but let's just be real, it's not shinobi, it's a generic nonlinear action platformer aka metroidvania. take it or leave it. I personally would have preferred nightshade over this, is all I'm saying.

>>719102416
I can't remember the last time I got bored from watching something so fast.

>>719108503
If you want another 3D Shinobi you better hope this does well, since that's what happened with SoR4 and the new game coming out.

>>719107261
>that I bet fans of the original found too different
NTA but back then people didn't really expect old 2D arcade games to get whole new 2D arcade-inspired sequels on the PS2. I remember people complaining about old series getting "emo/edgy" sequels (because "it was the style at the time").
Stuff like PS2's Shinobi and Ghosts to Glory were the standard for IPs that didn't make the jump to 3D yet.

>>719102202
>shinobi x
kino music: https://youtu.be/Y3ZF93Jn17A

>>719109406
I doubt we'll see another 3D shinobi even if this game is successful, but maybe you're right. I ain't holding my breath though.

I tried the demo and didnt like it. They made it into a totally different thing from Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi 3. It doesnt feel like those at all. Streets of Rage 4 at least did seem largely similar to the old games but this is totally different.

better than 2d ninja gaiden?

>>719106801
>I'm not mad but don't act like this new direction is geared toward fans of the classics.
I'm a big classic Shinobi fan and I can see quite a few points of resemblance between the old games and the new one. The old games themselves are pretty different from each other. Even the GG games (which are great and underrated) do their own thing even if you can tell how they built on Revenge.
>>719107506
>hollow knight audience
No.

Boomer here. The music in this game sucks compared to the Megadrive games.
https://youtu.be/EGnEg085j6U
https://youtu.be/BWn4uqPkbPQ
https://youtu.be/8Zl29i--r4U
https://youtu.be/GrsVCXgKmK0

>>719109927
ragebound didn't have a demo so I wouldn't know but it was made by the game kitchen and I liked blasphemous 1 and 2 so I'd hazard a guess that it's the stronger title but that's just my bias talking. people seem to be saying that it's better but who really knows.
>>719109967
>I can see a few points of resemblance
ok so elaborate, don't just say that.
>>719110036
this is also true.

I’m not planning to buy it, but I’d definitely give it a try once it hits PC BrokePass.

>>719097035 (OP)
I'm interested in it, but I don't think I should be buying more games.

I actually liked the new Ninja Gaiden game more than this despite never playing Ninja Gaiden but Revenge of Shinobi is one of my favourite games. This game has too much bloat and tedium compared to the snappy pace of Revenge.

>>719109927
Ragebound feels more like the NES Ninja Gaidens, even thought it does it's own thing. From the Shinobi demo, it feels more like DMC or funny enough, the 3D Ninja Gaidens.

>>719109829
>They made it into a totally different thing from Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi 3.
True, but the PS2 Shinobis are also completely different and they were good, as already been said.

>Streets of Rage 4 at least did seem largely similar to the old games
It took the old games and made it more extreme with super long combos and tons of moves. Similar to what they're doing here, except it feels more natural when done to a beat 'em up.

What age is Joe in this? He must be about 50 or 60 by now if its set in current day. The old games were set in the 80s and he was at least 20 in them.

>Old good new bad
Yawn...

I want a new Hang On game.
https://youtu.be/KyJI2hEiVhE

>>719110075
>ok so elaborate
It's a 2D action-platformer that emphasizes flow and precision. The game is a bigger departure from Revenge and III than I expected coming off of Streets of Rage 4, but Shinobi's identity was always pretty fluid. It was never like Mega Man or the Classicvanias. Even the 3DS game goes out of its way to be different while also being perhaps the hardest game in the series.

I haven't played the game in full yet so it's quite possible I won't care for the bloat of going back to previous levels with new abilities or even the concept of gaining new abilities, but what's there is as Shinobi as anything. I'm not arguing that the game isn't different, just that almost all of them are different. Even the two Super Shinobi games are very different despite appearances.

>>719098627
>>719099446
>>719101523

Man, i can‘t wait for dlc with more combat amulets. It‘s so fun
>>719109927
Yes. Shinobis combat is way more fun

>>719097035 (OP)
Hard to be GOTY with such a shitty fucking ost LOL
Everything else about the game is nice, Tee Lopes is a faggot and I'm tired of reddit thinking he knows how to make video games music

>>719111197
The desert level ost is a banger

>>719110613
>new good old bad
>don't think just consume product and get excited for next product
>>719110926
I can agree on the point that the games are different enough that it might be pointless to try and compare them to each other let alone this new game, but I don't agree that this game emphasizes flow and precision. it's very "button-mashy" for lack of a better term and you don't even have to time your double jump anymore, which is the opposite of flow and precision.
>>719111146
bro don't install viruses ok

>>719111262
It's mid, it has that generic electronic shit that all his other songs have honestly I expected more I wish the dude who did the Streets of Rage 4 OST did Shinobi, you could tell care went into that, passion. This just sounds like it belongs on a $5 indie game on steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-qFg6tRtzo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpbuB8Rst0M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLone9cTMag

>>719111146
>2.72mb

>>719111476
>bro don't install viruses ok
> they don't know about the pub
Guess how I played Stellar Blade for free.

Is full soundtrack on youtube yet

>>719111491
It's a downloader.

>>719111634
https://youtu.be/e9R4orwrE1M

>>719102416
Why is platforming still a thing ?
Shit's boring.

>>719102416
This isn't Shinobi, this is just them copying reddit shit like Hollow Knight and putting the Shinobi name on it. It doesn't even do anything new, Streets of Rage 4 actually evolved the beat'em genre to point where the og trilogy seems so archaic

>>719110926
>so it's quite possible I won't care for the bloat of going back to previous levels with new abilities
It's quite painless. You just check your map, fast travel to checkpoints near shit you couldn't get to before, and then you can just leave the level once you've got what you're looking for.
It's a bit of a time waster when it's just a chest behind a previously unbreakable wall, but most times there'll be some new platforming or combat challenge.

>>719102202
No one believes this new shit game is better than 3 LOL
20 years still you can go back and play 3. You wont do that with this new game

>>719111720
Goddamn this sucks, even Yuzo's tracks were below what he is capable of, but they at least sound better than the other faggots music

This seems very meh overall compared to Streets of Rage 4. I feel like the devs didnt understand the appeal of the Shinobi games.

>>719112136
What appeal? The series died for a reason. It‘s always funny when boomers pretend that these games that came out when there were about 10 games releasing a year are masterpieces

I love Shinobi (arcade) and I played Revenge of Shinobi to the point I could clear it without using a continue. I’ve only played the demo but this game is already looking like it’ll be another good entry

>>719111197
/thread

>>719112590
(You)

>>719108421
The final stage was great but the camera was too zoomed in during the lasers part. Pre-final one was a semi mandatory mario labyrinth.

>>719109927
About the same, wish it was harder.

I legit do not understand why there are weak and strong attacks if the only way to do those execution kills is by using strong attacks, but then if you use strong attacks you can't even do Execution kills cause you end up killing the enemies anyway.

>>719102202
69 to Shinobi 3DS is fucking criminal. How did it happen, too hard for journalists?

>>719112136
>didnt understand the appeal of the Shinobi games
Old shinobi games are generally slow and defensive. This game has a lot of throwbacks but its gameplay mechanics are the reverse of that, it's fast and rushdown heavy.

>>719117267
Check your move list, they have different values for damage, execution and penetration.

>>719117395
Yes. The game is also admittedly kind of ugly and doesn't give a very good first impression. It has other legitimate problems too, but they weren't fair to the game at all. In hindsight it should have been a downloadable game but I can understand why they would have wanted to ride the wave of Nintendo's new system (though ironically the 3DS had a very sluggish first year).

>>719118459
It doesn't look that bad for a 3DS game and it's fairly long. Tons of worse games got a retail release.

>>719118678
>Tons of worse games got a retail release.
I'm just saying it would've found more of an audience that way. Even now not many people have played it since 3DS emulation kind of sucks.

I dont like this at all. Theres too much bloat shit like combos and health bars. I just liked throwing the shurikens at enemies in Revenge of Shinobi.

>>719117395
it had ugly art style

>>719110036
i listened to a lofi beats soundtrack while playing the demo.

i love the game so far, but im sad that there wont be any cameos

>>719098354
Genuinely what the fuck is Wilds doing up there? I have my issues with Bananza and DS2 but at least understand them being up there. But fucking Wilds is rated as a top 10 game of the year?

>>719111761
SOR4 gameplay wasn't made by those french kike freemasons, only the reddit graphics

>>719112590
achètes-toi une publicité, yael

>>719106891
E33 sold more in 1 month then metaflop sold in a year.

>baguettes think they make better vidya than the japanese
laughable.

>>719120414
Because it's a great game if you play on console. It does need a expansion though.

>>719121954
>ESL jeet
Every. Fucking. Time.

Don't ask a metaflop sissy why his garbage gets 0 fanarts.

>>719123537
Persona without the romance.

Shadow of the Ninja Reborn ended up being the best one

Subhuman fanbase

>>719097035 (OP)
I'm gonna wait for Seven Dollar Sanchez to review it before I decide if it's GOTY or not

LMAO

Playing it rn, has anyone beaten it yet? Is there a harder difficulty?

>>719102202
Shinobi ps2 deserved better
best scarf in all gaming

Will I like the new one if my favorite shinobi is this?

>>719110075
>ragebound didn't have a demo s
it did, you missed it

>>719106801
shinobi 3 isn't anything like the true shinobi canon, shinobi arcade and shadow dancer. true, score based, skill based gameplay died when the series shifted to the progressslop found in super shinobi onwards. boghog and mark would shed a tear seeing how far removed the series is from arcade perfection.

>>719110717
Only if you stop Frogposting.

>>719102416
That looks depressingly slow. It's a combination of the character being legit slow, but also the camera is too zoomed out making it seem even slower.

>>719123868
Not with those god awful controls and jumping

>>719111197
>>719111485

Many are saying this

>>719112590
>The series died for a reason
And it will stay dead, they tried appealing to reddit fags who like hollow knight, dead cells and Celeste, actual sega fans and shinobi fans are not buying this shit

>>719128350
>hollow knight, dead cells and Celeste
Aren't all of these primarily platformers? This game is all about combat and long combos. If anything they tried appealing to Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden fans. I don't see Celeste in this at all

>>719128350
>shinobi fans
Shinobi has always played differently with almost each new installment. You have the original arcade and shadow dancers, the console games like Revenge and 3. And PS2 Shinobi plays completely different as well, even the 3DS game which was the last one until this, played different.

>>719102593
Is this Sonic

>>719128350
Actual Shinobi fans are like 50 years old and don't buy video games.

>>719128484
All of these games were distinct sub-series.
Mainline: OG, Shadow Dancer AC and MD
Super: Super 1, Super 2, the Saturn game
3D: the 2 ps2 games
Reboot: the 3ds title
All of them at least have the central concept of being action platformers, and not metroidtrania combo slop.

>>719128435
>I don't see Celeste in this at all
>
>>719102416

>>719128751
>and not metroidtrania combo slop.
GG shinobi could be consider proto Metroid style. If you count the final maze areas in each

>Combos
PS2 Shinobi.

>>719128798
I didn't watch the webm, I actually played the demo. Platforming felt secondary, the focus is clearly on combat. Plus, that webm is bait:
>>719104304

>>719102416
This really confuses me. You're making a re-boot of an old retro series, where the entire point is calling back to the old-school design, and instead of actually making a classic-style game you just add modern shit like combos and maso-core platforming, what the fuck is the point of it being a 2d Shinobi game then?

>>719128882
>how is it like celeste
>webm shows it's stupid auto scrolling spikes everywhere rooms with shit platforming
>it's bait
>I played the demo
>the demo has the exact same shit in it

>>719129064
Celeste has no combat at all, it's all about hardcore platforming. That webm is really casual platforming to the point most replies are calling it boring, and as I said platforming is not what you're doing most of the time in the demo. Where is the similarity?

This music fucking sucks. Fuck this game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPnrCCXGUbg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh4WaIKUMtY

>>719129026
You don't get it. If they simply made a game like Shinobi 3 but just more levels and maybe tweaked the gameplay here and there that would be outdated. You need shitty maso-core platforming to bait stupid fucking video game journalists that the game is Modern and "good"

>>719129026
I imagine the fans of NES Ninja Gaiden asked the same thing when the Xbox games came out. The answer is the same.

The Messenger?? It was a bit lame with the story but the gameplay was fantastic.

>>719129304
Nah cause the Xbox game was "next gen" That's like saying Mario 1 fans were upset that Mario 64 went 3D.

>>719129163
>Lopes is a hack
We already know anon, Richard was right (And he would probably did a better job like he did for the Saturn Shinobi game)

This game is basically megaman zero with bigger stages and enemies taking more hits to die, I like it.

>>719129445
I just wanted the dude who did the streets 4 ost to do this, but instead we get this fucking youtube faggot who isn't even a musician and doesn't know anything about music theory

>>719102416
the better silksong

>>719129542
>it's MMZ with worse pacing and damage sponge enemies. I hate it.

>>719128859
>PS2 Shinobi.
Not a combo game.

>>719131430
What's even the point of this post besides showing that you hate people enjoying something?

>>719131628
I'm translating what anon is really saying.

>>719128798
The resemblance to Celeste is surface-level at best. Yeah, there's tight platforming sections, but the core loop is obviously different-combat is central here, not mobility puzzles. If anything, the pacing feels closer to something like Super Shinobi 2 with all the arena-style fights between movement bursts. The Celeste comparison feels like a reach from people who saw one gif and decided to make a thread.

Literally everything about the game is fine. I see myself playing Shinobi 3 more times than this in the future but this is not a bad game. The only bad part is the music being really fucking bad. WTF were they thinking?

>>719102202
Shinobi (2002) having that score is insulting; one of the GOAT action games shouldn't be this underappreciated.

Also I'm quite surprised at Shinobi X being rated favorably. I remember when I was younger that it was considered kinda mediocre—and that's if you found people talking about it to begin with, because it was also relatively unknown.

>>719135808
Deserves that score for the shit platforming it has, especially that water level and the level with those orange lasers. Still a cool game

>>719102416
This part took me like half an hour to complete in the demo. It was alright, but I found it a bit dull; it's a good way to make you learn the movement options, but feels longer than it should be. Thankfully it's completely optional, which is something half the people replying to it decided to ignore.

>>719126042
>best scarf in all gaming
Ahem...

How long is the game?

Secret Boss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUnv_sH6YIA

>>719136561
the bosses in this seem really slow and easy

>>719136296
I did everything but all the s ranks achievement in 9-ish hours.

>>719106801
>Literally just holding forward and pressing attack once to one a bunch of enemies that barely even move at all
So this is the amazing, super skill based gameplay boomers are raving about. Having rose tinted glasses doesn't even begin to describe this level of delusion, the gameplay here >>719102416 unironically takes at least 10 times as much skill.

>>719139619
Sweet