After a few succesive events transpiring to take me away from the game (my disappointment with it, frustration, and having a kid) for many months, I decided I could not leave my near year old Path of the Master Ninja (hardest difficulty....very, very hard) playthrough just sitting there; I had to finish the damn thing.
And so, after several months away from Ninja Gaiden I jumped back in. The smart thing to do would be to start up a Path of the Warrior (normal difficulty) playthrough, get some practice in, right? Seeing as how this game on its hardest difficulty is notoriously difficult, it would be stupid to jump right into the hardest difficulty, and no on in their right mind would do so....right?
Ha! I jumped right back into Path of the Master Ninja (POTMN or MN as I refer to it). What a DUMB thing to do. So depressing to see how far I had fallen :(
I spent a good few hours getting my ass kicked and wanting to throw my tv through the window.
So, after a bunch of frustration and laughter, I finally strarted to feel a tiny bit of the old fire, and I have managed to get to Chapter 4 in a couple of days. I'm now at the first save in that Chapter, and it's coming back......slowly.....I have to say I am still dying FAR TOO OFTEN. I swear I have died at least 100 times in the last three Chapters. :(
So, with much frustration, and doing it in the dumbest way possible (lol) I WILL finally finish this damn thing.
And then, the REAL fun begins.
You see, Ninja Gaiden II's older brother is the far superior Ninja Gaiden Black. And to Ninja Gaiden Black, my belovded frined and favorite game ever, I have a message:
I miss you old friend.
When I am done with your younger, more stupid, more irritating brother's hardest difficulty, I promise to return to you. I miss you and your nuanced perfection. Your glorious design, your incredible balance. I'll have to start over, since my old xbox is gone, and I don't have the time for you I once had, but one day, one day I promise to get back to that 22,000,000 MM score and finally break 30million.
If it's the last thing I do.
Do you, uh ... want some time alone? Cause I can totally come back later, you know!
ReplyDeletethey're not nearly as ridiculously hard as the old NES ninja gaidens
ReplyDeleteJordi: Lol.
ReplyDeleteBowser: Having extensive experience with both, I can say that on Master Ninja, the new ones are harder, although the NES games are up there, and actually, III (NTSC version) might actually be harder, so you're right depending on the game).
On Normal, they're far easier.