001 Ninja dogs have PRIDE! but I'm not one of them.

Hey.
I passed all the exams at the University and am FREE!
Well I’m still wasting time with stuff…

First of I started playing Ninja Gaiden ∑

Oh boy. I read it was hard, but I figured, what the heck, I passed DMC on Dante Must Die, so I’ll manage…
And I fell through the trap door in the first level 9 times…
And the bosses. Hell even simple mounted enemies are H-A-R-D.

The combos can’t be interrupted. The enemies gang up on you. And what the f is up with Ryu’s jump? And I bet you don’t want to hear about the camera either…

On the 2nd level – the airship (how does Ryu stow away when he’s a highly visible shiny black latex ninja?) I found a killzone, with tons of enemies I figured there’s something of value there and tried killing off all of them. And I couldn’t.
After dying a lot I saw the “Do you wish to abandon the way of the ninja?”. I thought it was a different variable continue screen. But it’s not…

Oh so it’s a difficulty-down screen? Like in Onimusha, when ya die 3 times you get the offer to switch to easy. But I just said
“I’m hardcore. That just how I roll…” © SpoonyOne
And ignored it.

But after dying 6 or more times I decided to try it…

I got a “Are you sure?” screen – why not, my ninja ass hit the floor only so many times.

“Are you really sure?” – screen – oh come on I already swallowed my pride…

Then Ayane (or generic Hayabusa-village girl) shows up and taunts you for being “overestimated” and changes the difficulty from NORMAL to NINJA DOG. Ninja dog? That’s kinda offensive, but hey, it’s your fault you suck…

And on the “easy” dog setting – I still get my ass handed to me!

Damnit Ryu…

So I figured, if they kick me around either way – might as well have them kick me around on NORMAL… And just switched back to the “Ninja way”

Surprisingly after 9 more deaths I actually got the hang of it and beat them on NORMAL. Whoo.

It’s true when they say that, Ninja Gaiden is hard, but it feels really, REALLY, rewarding when you get to it…

Hooray for me and those 2 katanas…

I’ll do a ‘Stylistics’ review of Ninja Gaiden ∑, when I beat it.

Oh and I started taking my drawing skills back to work condition. I still suck, but hey “Good artists are crappy artists who never gave up”


Till later...