Yes, I play Ninja Gaiden 4 for fhe gameplay
>>724398131I always felt a bit uncomfortable with no smooth male characters usually are down there.
Fagkumo could never
>>724399220>>724399220>with no smoothwith how smooth*
What's Ryu's skin rotuine? Man has god tier complextion for a dude in his 40s
>>724398131Seriously why did they make him look so weird and faggy in this game? I knew something was way off when I saw that water running animation.
>>724399894You should just embrace your latent homosexuality, bro. Nothing is wrong with masturbation to hot males.
>>724398131hayabussy fags are so gay
>>724399434It's either all thanks to his dragon genes or the constant blood facials.
>...
>>724399434He's not even 30.
I'd like to believe it was Team Ninja's influence that forced Platinum to make a campaign that heavily cuts down on the pointless filler minigames that permeate all their other games and make replaying their games a nightmare. They still had to get in those rail sections though. P.S. Fuck Bayo 3.
>>724398131Yes, I do, almost have all achievements, onl 1 more left. I will become a TRUE NINJA.
that wasn't too badI like that all fights are basically hell purgatory fights now but I wish the checkpoint placements are less ass
>>724402050What was the toughest achievement?
holy flop
>>724402109Completing it on MN is by far the hardest.
>>724402136What would be an unholy flop?
>>724402109I struggled most an was stuck for hours on Trial 18, so "Challenger of Challenges" was the hardest achievement so far for me.
>>724401731TOWAH
>>724401726The skill to make good action games is just not there anymore in this industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrPGm1zT5Jk&list=PLAOKDyK76v4C6NBbceiLGNCdu4PJIUdA9What's your favorite OST?
>>724401726I don't get the design philosophy behind making OT's teleport instead of giving them a hurtbox on startup like in previous games.
I thought I'd clear MN after the trials but I'm getting a little bored with it. Those no hit, health running out and that one time limit trial were harder and more interesting than the encounters in the game and the bosses 1 shotting you isn't all that compelling after already experiencing them on hard and running through them again in the challenge menu.
>>724403093I did MN and then the trials and I hated the plastered gimmicks on it, they weren't even that hard you just needed to have a good plan after experiencing them a few times. Felt like a strategy game not an action gameI was stuck on trial 15 but then a guy in here said his strat and instantly did it with ease
Taking the sigma 2 route of enemies killing you in two hits on harder difficulties is not one they should've taken. It's just a lazy implementation of difficulty.
>>724401731>QTE in action game
>>724403487based ng2GAWD
>>724402914It was like that in previous games
>>724403751Right and that game released in 2008. Today is 2025
Mod to remove Ryu's aids arm for the NG3 costume please.
>>724403794I thought that game was ahead of its time and an immortal masterpiece?
>>724402550concord
>>724403954There is not excuses for Ryu teleporting on that vangelf in 2025. Implement better executions or rightfully have your game called out for being shit.
>>724398131>>724399259
>>724404335
Worst enemy?Best enemy?
>>724403007Stage music probablyhttps://youtu.be/xPAIf8s-N9E?si=o_xaLgEE9kxBmYhNandhttps://youtu.be/RcD5NBntYco?si=AyFrkUDxUAV9zCQk&t=135Boss theme? Maybe Kagachi followed by goliath boss tracks. They're all just too good.
>>724405893Most were fun. There little lanterns that kamikaze were annoying. I like what they did with van gelfs. For their size they were complete pushovers in 2
>>724405893mahoraga as best, poison teapot as worstthere really weren't any annoying enemies, aside from van gelfs being OP
>>724403007Cestus music had me in tears. Such an odd choicehttps://youtu.be/NdzG7iUPnCU?si=k5qPCcTkbq6QZ_IZ&t=268
>>724405893worst enemies: the big shuriken DDO guysbest enemies: ghost fish
Anyone else bind both A and X to one of your controller back buttons for a reliable wind run/guillotene? I won't tell.
>>724399434...80% of his face is coveredwhere are you seeing this "god tier complexion"?
>>724407231I just put my thumb on X and press both the same time.
>>724407078kek, the beginning is alright but then it goes crazy
Man that chapter 9 boss is dogshit. I guess it wouldnt be a ng game without dogshit bosses.
>>724403794>>724404249>>724403064Design a better solution instead of complaining.What you want, the OT not turning the animation towards the camera and possibly clipping through the environment, unless the models magically move horizontally in a self-contained isolated box or make a thousand different animations for possible fringe interactions, delaying the game for years?
>>724408756have yakumo kick the enemy so it spins to right position.
>>724403007https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX_0KOiRgHY&list=PLAOKDyK76v4C6NBbceiLGNCdu4PJIUdA9&index=27this and the disco music
>>724408756For me at least the snapping to the animation isn't the problem, it's the fact that OT's used to have a hurtbox on activation making it so it wasn't just an easy tension release and you had to actually have some semblance of knowing you're safe to do it where as in NG4 when you activate the OT you just instantly teleport to doing it with no consequence. It's a lot more scrubby now.
>>724409206I've died several times trying to trigger an OT.
Might be the first time I’ve ever been sad that a game flopped. This deserved way more sales than nier automata. Sits right next to Bayo 1 and Vanquish as an action kino classic to me. Now the franchise is probably dead for another decade. Fuck.
>>724401726Literally how OT's always worked you tourist. NG just never had a hard lock before.
>>724403007https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnJMTS62LvgWILL DARKNESS CONQUER ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL
>>724398131>That stretch between chapter 8-11 where you have to fight the jelly ghost, the shark, and the tankeven Ayane can't make it any better
>>724409601It's not that bad compared to previous NG bosses
>>724410039See you around Ryu. Maybe next decade someone will make a game where you are the fucking protagonist for once.
>>724399434>>724407398
How much content do you guys think the dlc will have? And is it really just the two weapons on the cover, or will there be more?
>>724410429I expect like 5 chapters of story and a couple new weapons for each character, but I will not be surprised at all if it is only the weapons on the artwork.
>>724410429I'm going to expect the worse then be surprised if it's actually good, just like I did for the base game.I doubt there are gonna be more weapons though
I’m shocked at how much this basically feels like one of their lower budget titles. It’s still great, but this game feels like it had less money than Bayo and Nier. Did Team Ninja/Microsoft really jew Platinum that bad on the budget?
>>724411191Nier Automata felt pretty low budget
Staff's Bloodraven mode seems pretty lackluster, am I wrong or is it actually really good?
>>724411873are you doing the just release moves?
>>724411873Are you timing your button presses? Shit hits like a freight train if you get the rhythm right.
>>724411974How are you throwing them in the air like that
>>724412128Have you unlocked Guillotine Throw? You just input it in the air, mid combo or not.
>>724411964Looking through the menus and I guess I just didn't read it had timing mechanics. So that was it.
>>724403007the Tengu fight themehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTVhSDqoV1gChariot and Goliath are also good since they're some of the only DDO tracks to not be ruined by Borba vocals.>>724407078I thought it was cool how the tempo and style changed each phase. The chill one in when he's invisible is my favorite, really fits the vibe.
>>724412285Damn woukd not have occured to me to do that.
>>724412587I don't think I would've ever had fun with NG if I didn't watch gameplay from autists with a thousand hours
>>724399434>>724410287Lol
>Ryu not playable>none of the other girls are playable like Ayane or the spear shrine girlI'm going to just keep playing the Master Ninja Collection forever aren't I.
>>724398131YEAR OF THE NINJÀAAAAAA
>>724403007https://youtu.be/hiI7DHPv4hg?si=zSwYEoHXg2tAHDJvEasy.
>>724413268>>Ryu not playableBut that's wrong.
>>724413257He looks like Kota Ibushi
Why did they make Yakumo so fun to play.
>>724413475I can see it. This is how Ryu spends his time off.
>ryu's jp voice actor is 71 fucking years oldIncredible that he still volunteered for this role. What a god.Always loved his voice
>>724412587I chuck bitches whenever I can, it's way too much fun. Also it's insanely strong in this game even on Master Ninja.
>>724399894the animation work is just shoddy on this game
Is there any way to go back to the ground fast while keeping the enemy airborne as Yakumo besides shuriken?I need some combo ideas.
Trying to do all trials as Yakumo, and trial 7 made me sperg out in rage yesterday morning and I have not played since.How the ever loving fuck are you supposed to kill the jetpack grunts in the last wave? I know i can just pick ryu and ninpo the faggots but still, what the FUCK?
>>724413667>ryu's jp voice actor is 71 fucking years oldIt shows.Some of his grunts were so feminine sounding.
>>724413881assassins box bloodraven X ?
>>724413690does this game ever not look like it takes places entirely on boxes? What even is that skybox and the almost pitchblack walls
>>724413667I'm gonna miss those TOAHs and HAAAAHs one day, man...
>>724413881Bloodraven shuriken / jump, you can save them for last so there's no ambiguity with targeting.
>>724413938Sheeeeeit, i need to save the bloodbath for that then.... or use that charm. Hmm.Guess i gotta get to operating.
>Chapter 12 final wave of enemies on the elevator>Just Guillotine Throws everyone out of the ringTruly takes place in the same universe as Dead or Alive.
>>724414293there were so little enemies on there, should've been the stairs moment of ng4just drop 30 of those fucks making your fps drop
>>724414102Good advice.Appreciate it, I'll try this out, utilizing a new technique first before i pussy out and use assassin's box like a bitch
Tried to see how broken UT spam is because I've been kinda neglecting it to get familiar with Yakumo's moveset and goddamn it's busted.
>>724414548They have to know how hard it trivializes the games. They really should go back to the NG1 version of UTs
>>724414454Box is absolutely insane, but I think it's a bit more time / cost efficient to go up there yourself, so it doesn't feel too bad. Although those big poison fags get the box with no shame.
>>724413690Painting walls red by hammering niggers on it never felt so good.
>>724408430yeah he honestly makes no fuckin sense with his moves.any boss that has a grab is kinda dogshit to fight
>>724414802NG1 UTs were op af, but at least those were short
>>724399434Working out 30 hours each day while keeping the moisture with blood of his enemies and constantly changing extreme weather conditions that improve his blood flow and keep up his collagen production.
>>724409330no you fucking didnt
>>724415331True but no where near as OP as in 2 and 4 because full powered UTs didn't teleport around like they do in those games so if you wanted to get multiple enemies with a UT you had to consciously group them together. It was a cool layer of strategy that's just gone.
>>724413667>71 playing a dude in his mid 20sIt kinda shows lol
What's UT
>>724415473kinda, but sometimes enemies ran into them anyway
>>724414368should had added in itagaki mode that just spawns 100 enemies every encounter
>>724415530read the tutorial for ultimate technique
>>724415530it's your charged heavy Y, you can charge it faster when you start charge in your on-landing frames (as in literally landing from a jump) and having an orb up (it'll suck in the orb to charge even faster (one small orb gives you a lvl1 charge, one big orb gives a lvl2 charge)you need to buy upgrades for these to work tho
>>724415827they made jump input instantly absorb orbs for some reason. that's like negative synergy with landing UT. NG4 is so obnoxious with some of its balance changes.
>>724415950I can't play for much now, but didn't notice this, I'll test more later I guess
Most wanted new playable character? I’d love it if Platinum added Kasumi loved using her in RE but I’d also want to see a better take on Rachel considering platinum’s past use of guns like kilgore
>>724416153playable achilles with a bonus campaign where you kill yakumo and ryu
Does this shit get better? I just beat the wind shrine demon and I'm bored out of my mind
>>724416153Ayane is my favorite and she's already looks great, so she's an easy choice for me. Kasumi would be my second choice though.
Purgatory 2 is making me rage, those shuriken fuckers are annoying as fuck.
>>724416278it's okay action games aren't made for everyone
>>724416401They all make me rage.But that's due to the 75% health penalty
>>724416367>ng4 flopped and not successful enough for a ladies night DLC campaign with playable Ayane and Rachel missionsLife is suffering
Anyone else have a problem where if the enemy has been delimbed any heavy attack press will initiate OT no matter what? I feel i gotta go out of my way to not get fucked by how easy it is to get into OT, even on random enemies i am not even aiming at
>>724398131So Ryu can just gleam cancel out of literally anything into an immediate parry in a split second line he's jack in stranger of paradise? Seems like a complete 180 from where the 3d series started with every attack being a commitment but I'm loving it. If he gets another few weapons in the dlc, it'll be mayhem.
>>724416525talking like dmc5 had a ladies night dlc even though it was successful
>>724416467same, I get two tapped by the stupid fuckers if I don't see their attacks.
>>724416525Koei plots out all the dlc for their games well in advance so that wouldn't happen either way. If there were ever plans for more than just the Two Masters they would've said so before launch, just like they did with Niohs' season passes.
Fatal Flash is a reference to NG2004's Intercept.
>>724416803You can usually bait them into a guillotine throw then wind run into swallow just as their guillotine lands. Then you can usually airlift into izuna or just mince them
>>724413938Hey anon play the fucking game before you give tips, i forgot you can only use dual swords for this trial. Shame on me for even believing your lies.Anyway, there is ANOTHER wave after the flying soldiers and it had fucking tengu jew niggas in it, holy shit fuck this challenge
>>724417216Don't blame me for not remembering every trial..I think I did that one with Ryu because it was too hard with Yakumo
>>724415068You cant use the box in trial 7, its dual swords only.I might just use ryu for it, it feels insanely impossible or just 10 times more difficult to do as Yak.Draining your health just encourages UT and izuna drop spam cause those are the only times your health isnt dropping, and using the bloodbath lifeleech charm is essential.Fuck these challenges, theyre actual bullshit artificial difficulty.
>>724417437there's also a charm where you get life back after OT
>>724417352I might just do this, but FUCK i like using yakumo
>>724417437Ah I remember that one now, I did all the trials with Yakumo but yeah it gave me quite a bit of trouble. I used the charm that leeches health from obliterations to survive. A lot of bloodraven jump light for delimbs, and unless there was a good opportunity I saved the flying metrosexuals for last. Don't think the Bloodbath leech would work nearly as well.
>>724417659I was about to look up if there was cause i missed it, i havent cleared all missions yet.That will make this so much easier for sure.
>>724416153Kagachi and Ayane.
>>724417881Yeah i need to get that damn charm before trying this, i kept dying to the wave of flying soldiers and thought surely thats the final wave, and retrying it just now fired me up realizing that was absolutely not the end. Quickly ran out of hp but it was the furthest i got.
>>724416153everyone is saying ayane but yakumo basically plays like her, fast but low damage with twin swords
>>724410287>Yakumo face reveal.
>>724418601you wish faggot, he's the most handsome ninja
Fuck me, Ryu is completely busted. Now he just needs more weapons
>>724419651Why do bishie makes the best raven themed warriors? https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ou8-h77X9So
>>724419651>t. Umi
Finished my first run on MN yesterday. 88 deaths on hard. 109 on MN. I'm unsure on whether this is the best because Ryu got sidelined so badly, but I do like where they went with the combat. Especially when you learn the gleam dash cancel with Ryu the game feels like it opens up a lot.The bosses and especially the music are massive upgrades. For now I'd go 2-4>1>3There's not a massive gap between 2 and 3 even though they're rated like that. I quite like every game in the series though and 4 is another one I'd easily replay whenever.
I got to Ryu on Hard on my 2nd playthrough. Yeah he's pretty hard alright.
>>724420151Honestly my rating is very similar. Ryu being able to cancel out of pretty much every string with gleam is crazy.
What are some underrated and overrated moves?Assassin's Box's back forward Y has to be one of the best moves, it's like the Talon's forward Y but you can do it three times.Rapier's 360 + Y kinda sucks, it looks cool but never does anything.
>FAVORITE WEAPON>FAVORITE BOSS>FAVORITE ENEMY>FAVORITE CHAPTER
>>724403007This chapter went full kino mode when this track started playing. One of my favorite chapters in the game for sure.
>>724403407You have much stronger defensive options in 4.
>>724409601The vacuum cleaner is a good boss thoThe jelly ghost sucks and shark is whatever, but I liked those levels a lot more than the wind canyon levels, those had a bit better bosses though.
>>724410429My expectation is 3 story chapters, only those two weapons on the cover and some small extra content combat stuff.My hopes are a lot bigger.
I love how you can jump into MN chapter challenge right after beating the game on hard. I just wanted to try Ryu on MNM.What are your tips for playing Ryu? I just figured out gleam can cancel moves and it blows my mind. Here's me trying that first proper ch1 MNM encounterhttps://streamable.com/wz0w6z
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZZ5nq_quzc
>>724415950that explains shit that i have no get into the habit of wind running for the land>OT nowevery other time i try to do just off raw jumps it never reads the input right or i flying swallow insteadi swear you could always buffer a charge mid air while landing from a jump so you're instantly charging as soon as you touch the ground or maybe im gay and retarded
>>7244104295 new missions 2-3 new Ryu weapons (he has a ton of potential thanks to stuff like gleam cancel)1 new Yakumo weapon5-10 combat trials3-5 boss trialsNo idea how they'll divide ryu/yakumo story segments
>>724415950Just hold block
>pooferllama can barely do MN on NG+NiohKEKS...I thought you were stronger
>>724420806It's too fitting...
>>724420151how do you gleam dash cancel?
>>724420151>I quite like every game in the series though and 4 is another one I'd easily replay whenever.Based and same
>>724420864>i swear you could always buffer a charge mid air while landing from a jump so you're instantly charging as soon as you touch the ground or maybe im gay and retardedyes, previous games had that. ng4 though, you need to input after you land, or as close as possible to the point where you land, but not before it
Can I choose somehow which perfect dodge animation I get for Ryu? I prefer the one where he uses the cicada surge and goes right behind the enemy. I wish cicada surge was in.
>>724421072seconding thisi dont even know what people mean by gleam cancels and all that shiti need to level up my gamer skills. unc needs all his advantages
>>724420767>chapter 18 where you murderize fiends while a mashup remix of Ryu's themes play>chapter 19 where you go through the level that Ryu went through and there's barely any enemies and the walls and floor are covered in blood splatterKino... Dragon Falcon Kino.
>>724421325I do some of it at 20 seconds in >>724420767 you can cancel pretty much any string or movement by hitting the gleam button. For example you're doing a light string like xxx and about to take a hit from behind you can immediately break out of your string by hitting gleam button and then immediately start another string like a parry. Kinda similar to stranger of paradise job change cancel.
>>724421475My favourite I think is ch12. I need to play through Dragon's Maw as Ryu on MNM
>>724421325you can press the gleam button at a certain point during an animation to cancel out of recovery frames much faster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqJ721D01k0
>>724421729Lmao. Ryu edging his combo. This is so goofy, I love it.
Ryu is raping the yakubussy on hard mode.tips? Maybe I just need to lock tf in like Yakumo would say, I'm trying to play around too much and experiment.
>>724421894split open that hayabussy
>>724421894I just locked in and used dual swords exclusively for the fastest hits, punishes and fastest blood X to block his red attacks. It's a tough one.
>>724420294>>FAVORITE WEAPONMagatsuhi and Dragon Sword>>FAVORITE BOSSRyu and Shark>>FAVORITE ENEMYDDO niggas>>FAVORITE CHAPTERUp in da club
>>724421894That fight had me sweating buckets on hard. I dread it on MN
>>724422471>giva me ona thousanda ninja coins
>>724421964>>724421894I did it with the drill. In hindsight it was a terrible decision because blood X with drill has terrible side tracking and ryu would always be ever so slightly out of the hitbox
>>724420294>>FAVORITE WEAPONThe BOX>>FAVORITE BOSSDark Dragon phantom>>FAVORITE ENEMYDDO anything>>FAVORITE CHAPTERDragon's Maw
>>724420294>FAVORITE WEAPONYatousen>FAVORITE BOSSThe Dark Dragon>FAVORITE ENEMYProbably DDO elites>FAVORITE CHAPTEREbon Wings
>>724422835I want to use the weapon more creatively but I always end up just spamming blood raven X for the charged ranged shurikens
>>724421894Just accept it.
>>724422038My hero...
>DMC status unknown>Ninja Gaiden 4 flopped >Bayonetta and Platinum is on deaths doorIt's over isn't it...........
>>724423021BACK OFF Hayabusa
>>724423272We need a hero to save the action genre.
>>724423272I would rather Bayonetta die than continue down the path 3 set. Terrible game.
>>724423272No idea what the state of 4 is. Maybe console bros saved us. Be positive.
>>724423361I know people seem to hate him after Dragon's Dogma 2 but I still believe in him.
>>724421070https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REDfd2Ea-e8
>>724423370>>724423272Xbox funded the game, its on gamepass. So even if it flops, devs are ok
>>724423652The problem still stands that there's no financial incentive for Xbox to fund NG5
>>724421072>>724421325The inputs are as follows.Any attack - activate gleam - block while in gleam - dash out of the gleam block and release gleam.It let's you cancel a lot faster than a dodge or shuriken. It also works off a shuriken. A gleam cancel also allows you to do anything unlike a dodge/shuriken cancel.
>>724423652That still doesn't change the fact that we might not get a new game in the future and if that happens, we have to deal with the idea of Ryu and Yakumo being stuck in DOA.
what do you get for beating the game on master ninja? or beating all the boss trials in every difficulty? combat trials?
>>724423652>Xbox funded the game, its on gamepass. So even if it flops, devs are okIt still needs to sell well enough that somebody else is willing to fund more Platinum games, even if Xbox doesn't, otherwise they will have to shut. Buy NG4 if you can afford it
>>724423652I don't care if team ninja continues to exist if their future is only making souls clones
>>724423872Iirc trials unlocks dark dragon blade for yakumo permanently but I'm not there yet
>>724423845I should add that you're doing all of that in a split second. If you've ever played street fighter 4, the gleam cancel works VERY similarly to FADCs.
>>724423937Leave nioh alone
>>724421016MN or not, Rape Valley was brutal for me too so I can understand why he's strugglingin that area.
>>724424083I'd be fine with nioh if the other games team ninja were making weren't also souls clones but wolong and rise of ronin were.
WHY DID THEY MAKE VAN GELFS SO FUCKING STRONG JESUS CHRIST?
Ninja Coins are so useless, they were definitely an afterthought.
>>724423272We just have to survive maybe 10 or 15 years of soul purgatory. The next generation will turn on it during its rebelling phase and it might be just the window that we need to escape this purgatory.>>724423579Discord trannies aren't people. His next game might be an action one but we'll have to wait and see. Itsuno never made a bad game.
>>724424208Kneel.
>>724421016Poofer is unfortunately out of his element.>>724424194I personally like them all but wo long and ronin weren't as good as I hoped. Nioh 3 will be goty. Trvst.
>>724423367i thought the same thing after 2. 3 saved it.
>>724424446I will always trust you Jack and of course respect your strength.
Get ready for some retards to get triggered:I think Ryu isn't as fun as Yakumo and I don't like having been forced to play him. Just got to his chapters and my interest level is...low
>>724425102lukewarm take
>>724425102Ryu would be more fun with more weapons but he's a murder machine. His gleam cancel has so much potential.
>>724407150Yeah fuck those dudes >dash around the entire map nonstop>offscreen projectile kill you
>>724425197It's not about the weapons. Gleam is badass and cool but not very fun and I'm really not appreciating the recycled level geometry. Disco Sharks was a PEAK level and as Ryu it's lifeless and gay. >>724407150>>724425232I just throw them off cliffs wherever possible.
>>724407150>Purgatory spawns 3 of those shuriken motherfuckers in a tight area.I am malding so much.
>>724425461Just fuckin' Bloodbath them
>>724425317Yeah your grievance with the levels is 100% trvthnuke. Ryus levels were an afterthought. I hope he gets more love in the DLC.
The cp spammer is back. Why is he always in every NG thread?
>CP I really hope this is a bot.
>>724425102I was pumped and just trashed everything with his master ass it was sick, first master ninja ranking for me was on his first level and it felt very appropriate.
in real life ryu would have all types of blood diseases fighting monsters and getting splashed with their blood all the time
>>724425861Someone talked bad about one of the autistic micro e-celebs and now stuff like that gets posted.
>>724424329The next wave of action games after souls is ZZZ-likes. Be careful what you wish for. That old style of action game will go the way of fightans and strategy games
>>724425993He has magic dragon lineage anon.
>>724425993Dragon genes make him immune to std's and diseases I guess.
>>724425993Ryu literally DIEDA little blood aint gonna do shit to him.
Does he like gacha games? Is he that guy everyone kept calling retarded because he said NG4 looked like ZZZ?
>>724425993nah hes masked up
>>724426101i was really hyped for zzz at launch even if it was a gacha but the combat wasn't good enough
what they need to do is get that 4chan proxy taken down so retards stop posting extra retarded shit
>>724426272IDK what you were expecting, gacha games are all low effort games with gambling attached that uses tits and ass to hold your attention. Having sexy chicks in your game used to mean something, it was a statement your game was going to be bad-ass like NG and old GoW.
>>724426272Same, now I just jerk it to Piper and I think that's much better than playing the game itself.
Someone put that nigga in jail
>Struggled a ton on every boss>Took down Kagachi and Achilles in 2 tries
>>724425993ironically the only blood disease Ryu got was from Rachel. Dirty whore.
>>724426832Well, there was the grip of murder too. I think that counts.
>>724410429I have a PHD in Platinum and let me tell you don't expect anything more than the 2 weapons shown already and any level that isn't a retread of existing assets.
>>7244104292 weaponsa short campaignmore ninja trials (if we are lucky we get a horde mode instead)
>>724427712>>724427529After the criticism on release for ryu only have 1 weapon, adding just 1 more in the dlc sounds like a slap in the face.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JPwiLeo4WY
STARE YOURSELF DOWN FACE TO FACE
>>724427982>same jap va across the entire 3d seriesI kneel
Getting my ass beat at 4k 240fps with hdr on in this game was quite the experience
>>724428110TO FIGHT FOR THE SAME CAUSEASENEMIEEES
>>724427982Why does he cross his arms like that? Autism or biceps too big?
I like Yakumo more than Ryu. Love me an underdog story
>>724427982..............
>>724429134Me too, no disrespect to the OG but Yakumo's story resonated with me in a way Ryu hasn't before.
>>724429134>>724429465I think he'd be a lot more unlikeable for me if I had English voices on. Jap audio he was fine
>>724429203Kino...
>>724429790I did my MN playthrough with him on english and I was laughing at some parts at how edgy and uninterested he is. I don't understand japanese but his tone was so much better, his heart was still in it but sounded distant.
Best girl
>>724429790>>724429954>mfw actually prefer his and Seori's EN voiceYakumo sounds so tired and depressed I actually liked it. He sounds like a super unmotivated Vergil. The performance came off quite solemn at some points as well which I liked.
UT deals so much damage jesus christ.
>Fuck off.
>>724398131where are the cute women? no wonder it flopped lmao
>>724430147Your taste is just trash bro..Seori sounds like a 50 viewer vtuber
>>724430147I liked them a lot too, he sounds constantly exhausted and annoyed, which is interesting with how young he seems. Probably killed his first man as a 5 year old.
>I parry Ryu>HE FATAL FLASHES MY PARRYHOLY
how long until a chinese gatcha game rips all the animations?
>>724430601The first time I fought him I was in synch with Ryu, we kept fatal flashing each other at the same time, basically some anime Iai quickdraw bullshit. It was so good.
>>724430386
>>724430603didn't sell enough for the chinks to care.Which is sad considering they made yakumo for these fucking chinks in the first place.I love this game so much and it's a genuine masterpiece, but holy fuck they really fucked up thinking Yakumo would sell copies. He should have been a sexo girl instead at least and that would have worked way better (when trash like Stellar Boring did 100K on steam just because of her ass) if the only reason we couldn't get an elder god tier Ryu game is to sell out.Fuck man. Personally I do play NG for the gameplay so it's not that big of a deal, but the more I look around the more it's obvious that:>the kind of faggot chink would think Yakumo is cool would never play a game like this in the first place>chinks who would play hardcore games would never like Yakumo so they gave this game a pass>some NG players clearly lost interest completly because it's not a ryu game (equally as dumb imo)
>>724430415they're there tho
>>724429954>>724430147I like Yakumo's english voice. I feel like it fits how chuuni his character looks. Seori fucking sucks though and I immediately went to try and change the audio because of her.
>>724431419the only good thing its the design of that whore and even that can be questionable
>>724422867>YashitsenOpinion discarded
Just got the black box. What the fuck, this thing is op as fuck. It also made me realize I havent been using my shurikens at all and since you cant change your ranged weapon i bet all of it went into the black box. I bet its also the reason why finishing an opponent snaps you into animation immediately seeing as this weapon has several ranged finishers. And that mech boss was actually great. Gotta say so far the hammer has been the absolute weakest out of the bunch for me. It takes ages to delimb anything.
>>724431779Double faggots like you really should fuck off.
>>724432102>snaps you into animationwasn't it always the case
>>724432102Hammer with the br release timings fucks hordes of zombies for me, I pretty much only used it in the sewer chapters
>>724423272Our only hope is Tides of Annihilation and whatever Itsuno's new studio is working onwe are fucked aren't we
>>724432221I believe there was a short pre-animation where ryu kicks the enemy first during which you are vulnerable in 2, but it has been some time honestly.
>>724398131I play it for the romance. Serious question. Who is you guys prefered Ryu-ship? I mean, he has to continue the dragons bloodline with someone, right?
>>724432102It's strong but it's not quite as OP as you might initially think it is. That said if you master the hold and release shit for the robo arm attacks it can be maybe the more impactful bloodraven form.
Just had THAT bossfight as Yakumo.Ren Hayabusa in Nioh 2 is infinitely more difficult but he's also unfair, because you are plalying Nioh and Ren is playing Ninja Gaiden. That being said, Ryu fucking wrecked me a couple of times, he attacks way too fast to be parryable. Finally I defeated him with some massive hammer strikes, followed by a full Essence combo, and finished with the berserker thing where you press both thumbsticks together to kill everything in range. I'd still rather fight Ren though
THE FUTUREEEEEEEEEEE REST IN YOUR HANDShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnJMTS62LvgKINOFUCKING GIGA LEVELS OF KINO
>>724432102I thought that I could fight some very brawly, close-quarters enemies easily with the Box because it has a lot of ranged and explosive things and also some attacks make you jump backwards.The first thing I learned: That shit doesn't work, the enemies who get to your skin just don't fucking care about the ninja tricks.
>>724430601He also absorbs essence drops for his UTs
I just had the displeasure of fighting okinawa in the maw. And of course his final fucking form is everything I hate about enemies in this game. Infinite hyper armor, blocking after 2 hits, can somehow zoom across the entire fucking room, just decides to ignore your combo and facetanks a hit yo make you eat shit. FUUUUUUUUUU
>>724435051Ren is dumpstered by big, hefty, hyper armored moves
>>724434918>>724435239Cant say for certain, but the bloodraven attacks come out so quick and just the ability to actually delimb and do damage at range is quite huge. Not to mention it has the claw flying swallow that picks up enemies. So far its been incredibly op compared to the rest of the weapons for me.
>>724434863I don't think he needs a female for that, people just one day see him mentoring a young child in the ways of the Hayabusa Clan but there never was a mother, Ryu just said "TOWAH" and a fucking ninja kid came out of a shadow.
>>724435371Bro just block, get a few hits in when their string is finished and start blocking again. The bosses all boil down to this, only a few have grabs
>>724435391True, I was playing 1kat and 1kat only without any ninjutsu or onmyo gimmicks apart from the basic buffs. The fight took me ages because the only thing that could stagger him or make him retreat was a poison bomb or a katana parry.
>>724435471The ranged delimbs can be good but I find it sucks the BR Gauge really quickly and isn't terribly flexible. 2kat is a perfect all rounder, drill rapier is all aggro and all agility, the rocket staff is ideal CC and then the box is like a ranged crowd control thing with some decent close range options too. It reminds me of Kafka from Bayo 2 crossed with the Rodin Weapons from all 3 Bayos. Excelpt Rodin was absurdly OP and this is only MAYBE the best.
>>724435471It is very OP in some specific scenarios, but I think it's only because it has the range to be OP in that scenario. You can't explode a bunch of dudes with the staff from 30 meters away.
Contrary to what I initially thought, OT offset actually works exactly like Parry Offset. You don't need to dodge offset into the OT to keep your input, you can just dodge offset during the OT animation itself. Which means you can continue your strings even if you OT by accident with an option select input, making it a lot more useful than something you need to immediately perform on reaction to a delimb.Input is XY, dodge offset during OT animation, keep it held and release whenever.
>>724436374So I just keep dodge pressed when the OT begins and I can continue the combo after the OT ends?
>>724436507Yeah, but actually input a dodge during the animation, don't just hold block. Works if you keep spamming dodge like a maniac too, no strict timing required.
>>724436374I always wonder what mechanic you think you're showing off in these. You write some text but what you describe doesn't happen in your webm. Is this a bot?
>>724434737I checked in NG2B, yes there's an initial animation which starts the ot, it does look a bit better but Ryu and the ennemy still teleport during that initial move before the OT animation starts. I definitely think the animation work in general is more jank than NG2 or 3RE but I give them a pass because there's been surprisingly not many games in general that did it better.For NG4 one benefit of not doing that initial attack hitbox is that OTs start instantly almost the exact instant you press the button, which feels great, you cannot randomly miss it which could happen in NG2. I remember 3RE's OTs being a bit faster too. I like cancelling moves into OTs directly without shiruken cancels.
>>724436591So simply put, just bury the dodge input in the OT animation
>>724436616Yakumo doesn't have a raw launcher with the katanas, the launcher I use at the end and go into izuna drop comes after the very first hit in the webm, it's the one you get when you input XY.
>>724436374neat
>>724436725NG4 and NG2 OTs differ pretty much in the sense that NG4 always gives you a shitload of space to fight. NG1 and NG2 sometimes makes the OT's weird because you are sharing a tiny corridor with three other ninjas.
>>7244367253RE has Ryu slide into targets letting you confirm that when you press Y you will OT if they're delimbed or SoB if they're glowing red or just to start a string. That feedback was something I wish was in more games.
SOB definitely has suck to target as well as easy option select. Spamming 360Y with the scythe will give you health for days with all of the accidental SOBs you'll be hitting. They were probably building off of that with how they made OTs behave in 4.
>bloody screen of dead so fun!
>>724437195YOU BLOODY
>Combat challenge 10 - kill a giant wave of enemies + giant guy with a hammer, then a Van Gelf and a armored guy with a rocket launcher, all in 30 secondsLiterally impossible.
I want the Deluxe content but not enough to drop 20 bucks, everything about this game is overpriced
>>724420294Dark Dragon SwordRyuDDO soldiers10
>>724437485Swing de staff
>>724437485> then a Van Gelf and a armored guy with a rocket launcher, all in 30 secondsbros... should we tell him
>>724437842Then clearly you don't want the deluxe content.
Finished the game finally. What a great fucking game from start to finish, those boss finishers. Kino ending is kino. Gonna do the Boss Trials to get the Dark Dragon Sword next.Of all Platinum Games I've ever played, I'd rank them like this:Bayonetta 1 > The Wonderful 101 > Ninja Gaiden 4 > Metal Gear Rising > Nier Automata > Mad World > Vanquish
The airship level from the first game is still the best NG level and one of the best levels in any game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzThp1UTdts
>>724409437>>724403751Typical NG4 apologists, either retarded or haven't actually played NG2. Heavy attack hitboxes needed to actually land for an OT to come out, which is why some attacks are easier to OT with than others. For example, the basic tonfa Y attack is slow and difficult to OT with.
>>724425317If only Bloodraven didn't slow the game down to just go through block and be smacked in the back>I might be trash at this game.Also NG4 kinda gimps the player if you don't know the best moves to flow into other moves or are too laggy. This is most noticeable on the lanterns.
>>724438640>gimps the player if you don't know the best moves to flow into other moves or are too laggyyes. this is how games work
>>724430046Please retcon her death in the DLC. Please.
>>724429134>The underdog>is from a new clan that are the only ones capable of killing the Dark Dragon. His story is mostly the same as Ryu's he just looks more emo. I'd like Yakumo a bit more if he had some more screams and grunts during combat using certain moves like the classic TOWAH. Also if his ninja team could stop talking to him while he's trying to fight that be nice thanks. It's very annoying to hear the same dialogue over and over while trying to listen to the music and fight the boss or complete a quest.
>>724437485There's a 3rd wave after that
>>724437842Just hope they don't do the maximum jew move of putting Deluxe Edition on sale all the time but never the DLC alone.
>>724432102The staff is good for crowd control. Its hammer form, not so much.
>>724438640FUCK THE LANTERNS, I just spam blood toolbox attacks and hope for the best
>>724435371Spam UT. I'm serious, just spam UT against him.
>>724432102I really love the BR A with the hammer, super satisfying to use mid string as a boss tries to use a power attack. Not nearly as busted as the drill that will just melt half a life bar away every stagger but a ton of fun.
>>724437485>Pick Ryu, use tiger charm>Flying swallow to the ogre, mash heavy a few times while the scrubs surround you>Wind blades>OT everything, make sure to hold block so the orbs stay on the ground>UT the van gelf, then UT and OT the rocket guy>True Dragon Sword super move on the 3rd wave (make sure they surround you and are in the AOE)>UT the last guy if there is one>
>weapon skill mapped to A+Ywhat the fuck do they think my hands look like
>>724439374There's no skill like this
>Trying to enjoy Ryu levels>I realize there's NO FUCKING MUSIC >Unable to forget itWhy the -FUCK- didn't they give him music for his fights or his levels? It's 99% moody atmospheric trash.
>>724439273If there are a ton of lanterns and if you're not doing no item, pop an attack buff and do BR A X with the swords or BR Gear Y. Instakill.You can also go for specific strings that will trigger their explosion without the chase, but those can be trickier if it's something like a purgatory with a ton of them. Webm related.The trick is that if you let them with a bit of health they'll trigger the suicide chase explosion, so you need to take it all out to make them explode right away, but always finish your string with a move that will get you away so it doesn't explode on you.
is there really a charm that heals on berserk kill?
>>724439374There's literally options to map your buttons however you wish
I really liked the theme that played in Ryu's final stage where it was an orchestra of all of his themes over the games. I'm glad they didn't skip over NG3 because honestly that game had a great ost.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiI7DHPv4hg
>>724439374When it says A+Y it means first A then Y, you don't have to press them at the same time.Only moves you need to perform at the same time are the A+X ones like Wind Run and Guillotine Throw. Even something like the Bloodraven Perfect Guard you can just sit still in Bloodraven stance and tap guard, you don't need to press both at once as a single input.
>>724439480Yes, in bloodbath kills, not every kill in berserk mode and not that much healing either.
For the love of god, let me do something with the grapple hook in COMBAT in the DLCRB is right fucking there unused, what were they thinking?!Also, make the travel sections not a waste of everyone's time? Either make that shit impossible kaizo platforming or remove them entirely.
>>724439641It can add up if it stacks with the charm that gives you a random chance of a bloodbath kill on any charged BR move.
>>724425927I think that level in particular has a very very lenient ranking system, because I s ranked it and I didnt even play particularly well. The next mission I got A.Every other level was C, with some Ds and a few Bs.Hard mode btw.
>when you realize you can toss fuckers when they wind up special moves and you're low on meterGuillotine Throw is SO good now.
>>724439714I think the issue is the overlap with the grappling points baked into arenas. Bloodraven RB is already used.
>>724439416why are you gay>>724439497no better alternativei forget what the terminology everyone here uses means. whats UT and OT>>724439480there's one for bloodbath kills and one for obliterations
>I charge UT>Ryu starts doing his Gleam attacks, leaving afterimages behind>Release UT>Yakumo catches him during GleamTHISMOTHERFUCKINGGAME
So how are rankings really calculated? I guess the most important are items used + deaths?
>>724439714>grapple hook in combatI mean something towards the enemies, not that circumstantial wall cling shitPull them or pull me, IDK>>724439815Shrimple, just use air brRB or air brA
>>724439729I hate that charm because it doesn't let you do the super, he main utility of berserk mode. Maybe if you know the route for a stage really well it's better to equip it when you know you're not coming up to a section where you want the super but it's too powerful to ignore for some encounters or bosses.
>>724439829Press BR+A, it'll put you in your Rising Stance, from there you can press X for Spin, Y for Crush or also press jump to jump off of it and get your full air moveset. Very useful to kill flying enemies when there are no grapples around.
>>724439829UT= Ultimate TechniqueOT= Obliteration Technique which you used to kill Delimbed Enemies
>>724439537>>724439829oh i see now. A Y means A then Y. A+X means simultaneously
>>724429954The japanese do emotionless cold voices really well somehow.Wolf in Sekiro and 2B are other good examples.Oh, and Allmind from AC6.
>>724439829OH OH RETARD ALERT RETARD ALERT
>>724439829That's not A+Y you gay retard. Is this the first action game you ever played? Have you never seen a moves list in a game ever? kys
>>724439875Deaths are a lot heavier than items. You can use 3 items and still have 1.0 score, 0 items is 1.2, so a bonus. Basically not dying is more important than not using items. Both is ideal.
>>724439939Yeah, definitely not first playthrough material. But then again if you're on a first playthrough you can just heal with items, you're not getting SSS anyway.
>>724398131True but wrong person to play for
>>724417049How so?
>>724419651Not with those fucking stick arms, nigga needs some meat on those bones to be real protag material
Just finished NG4 and enjoyed it but at the end of the day I feel that I enjoyed NG3RE more. There was just something about the story in 3 that clicked with me. It being a personal story about Ryu was nice after seeing him as this immortal legendary ninja. There was a brief moment of this in 4 as well when he knew what Seori was planning and it reminded him of Kureha. The game would have been waaaaay better if it was 100% focused on Ryu and he knew he was regrettably going along with getting another miko killed as he struggles to find a happy ending.
>Achilles appears out of nowhere and talks like he's a bigshot that have been in the series for a long time >Actually never appear in any NG medias ever >As if that wasn't retarded enough, he somehow disguised as the Raven's chief strategist>At first, I thought he killed the real Misaki and replaced him like Liquid Miller in MGS 1>But the game's material said that there are no "real" Misaki >So the Raven clan accepted some random weeaboo into their clan and promoted him to a chief strategist position in a span of a few yearsThis clan deserves to be extinct
>>724439998it's right under the A+X move kys yourself
>>724431259Im not sure they were targetting chinks, even though i do believe that design is pandering as fuck, its just not colorful enough. Shun ei from KOF14/15 is a much more blatant example of chink pandering.The art director for ng4 is this woman, and she was mainly a concept artist.I feel like this is more of a raiden scenario, a character for women.Even the way Yakumo behaves around Seori I feel like is a way to get jap girls going "kawaii"But i do agree ninja gaiden fanboys are insanely narrow minded to put off this game just because of ryu not being the main focus.He is insanely fun to play in this game and his missions have my favorite music tracks.
>>724438048>>724438909>>724439347Just did this, what an absolute dogshit, rng mission.>Hope the wind blades dismember everyone, because you don't have time to chase them around afterwards>Hope the bloodbath ult kills everyone, or at least everyone but one rocket launcher guy, otherwise you loseFuck whoever designed this, it's literally just following a preset script and hoping rng goes your way.
>>724439506Just listening to the music always pulls me back in and makes me want to play more.
>>724439808I was so happy I saved myself from a tricky spot by Swallowing back onto the platform but the fucking enemy just splatted against nothing when I tried to Guillotine him out of the arenahttps://streamable.com/o61imc
>get my ass slapped for a few seconds in a row>pull my shit together start parrying backlashing breaking armor>boss goes into phase 2>BURY THE BUTTROCK STARTS PLAYIN>bloodshed mode BAM BAM BAM ender>boss already half healthexhilarating
>>724439457cancelling light combo into front back light is nifty, avoids the finisher
>>724435371He pissed me off too, did his final battle ng+ on master ninja.I just played more patiently, blocked more, only entered offense on easy punishes or guard breaks.When I finally killed him I pointed my finger at the screen shaking in rage going "FUCKUH YUUUUU" in a racist accent.This game makes me go insane, usually only hypercompetitive games like fighters or deadlock do that to me.
what character's design would you swap yakumo's with? I think even just major Ayane would move more copies
So is microsoft okay with characters like this now?
>>724440874hell yea she got big yum yums
I wonder if woman feel the same way towards big titty male-pandering designs as we feel towards the female-pandering kpopfag yakumo
>Game told you that when enemies block, use the second form to break their guards >Proceed through the game>A boss fight >Boss can guard second form attack good internal rules there, Platicucks
>>724440654Literally the only situation I use that move so far in my 37 hours, but it's really useful for that.
Steel on bone was a good mechanic that gave value and tactical depth to dismemberments. Change my mind.
Neat, Master Ninja first boss kills me in literally three hits or one if I fail the heavy attack
>>724435371Just use assassin's box blood light combo with perfect release timing, that combo+bombs from the perfect timing knock his ass to the ground. Refill your blood bar with the pills and he's dead by 2nd pill. Still has to dodge his flying disc attack, but other than that you can cheese him with this method.
>saori!!!!shut up edgy faggot you just meet her 5 minutes ago
>>724440874exceptions to the rule never apply
Something that blew me away the first time i launched the game with the jap voice cast.Tyran is fucking Rusty from AC6. So thematically appropriate, considering the Raven clan (though they actually call them Karasu in this, but in armored core they say "reibun")Love that detail. Hopefully some ac fanboy makes dope artwork where Tyran is piloting Steel Haze Ortus.
>>724398131Bo Staff/Hammer is the best weapon.
>>724441890The hammer is indeed awesome but against some enemies it's pretty much useless. The staff is super fun to use though, very nice animations.
the staff reminds me of dynasty warriors because you just button mash and the aoe catches everything.
Still works on Master Ninja, best move.
>>724442134may aswell play with cheats
>>724442134And even if it doesn't throw the dude off the map, he might hit another dude and they're both stunned and damaged for a long while. Best move.
>>724442134is GT the new you didnt beat the game for ng4?
>>724442302Literally everything that was OP at any point in the previous games is OP in NG4.
>>724442302It was even stronger in 2. Guaranteed delimb on wall splats, guaranteed kill if the enemy was already delimbed, stages were much smaller so wall splats were everywhere.
>>724442224Then you can flying swallow into a Bloodraven aerial attack to dismember both.
Ryu's ninpo is insane, it literally feels like a waste of ki to ever use it on gleam attacks.
>>724442909Have to know which one to use though, a bunch of fire-spitting tanks don't give a shit about your blades of grass.Now that I finished the game, what do I choose in the menu to play as Ryu from start to finish? Do I go through the chapter select? The game doesn't tell anything about this matter.
>>724443112Chapter select is the only way to do every level as Ryu.
>>724423367WHY DID THEY KILL JEANNE FOR NO FUCKING REASON WHY WHY WHY
>>724442654With one exception: NGB had the attack where you roll and do a couple of quick horizontal slashes that autoaim to whatever is nearby and then you return to defense like it never happened.There's the Back-Forward-Gleam attack for Ryu that imitates it but it's not the same.
>>724443570the animations in previous ninja gaiden games were better
so uh what can i unlock after beating stuff?its not really clear other than money on some of these trial/challenges, and every chapter on a specific difficulty
>>724443570Crazy how good it still looks. I can't wrap my head around anyone thinking Unreal Engine is an upgrade over this.
>>724443638Well yeah, Team Ninja used to be at the top of the industry in that regard.
>>724443740>>724443570It's the down-to-earth animations and the satisfying little particle effects around them.I miss the XX>XX and XX>XY kick strings so much in NG4
>>724443740t. hasn't played a TN game in the last decade
I hate this game. I fucking hate it. It's just cheap unfair bullshit
>>724443740NG2 Black looks way better than NG4
>>724443425jeanne dies in every game. she died 3 times in bayo 1
>expect to see a gigachad under ryu’s mask>he’s some ugly Frankenstein looking creatureDay ruined
>>724443965If you think this game is cheap and unfair then don't try playing the older games in the series.
>>724441019was it ryu? he's too sigma for your gay rules
>>724444040The older games are way more fair than this bullshit. Even when they're hard Ryu still feels strong. Yakumo feels like a weak bitch and all the enemies are tanks. Onikawa might as well be the strongest character in this universe now.
>>724443993Hard agree otherwise but NG2B is very fuzzy and smudgy looking. I still vastly prefer NG1 and NG2 style over anything that is presented in NG4
>>724440874gib the lora asap you bloody bastard
>>724443965From the enemies perspective you are unfair and bullshit. They kill you but you keep coming back and getting stronger. Think bout that next time you complain, punk bitch.
>>724444146The fucking shield goblins probably think you are a pathetic weakling, not being able to go through the shield without resorting to some bullshit blood magic gimmicks
>>724444118No way you have insanely strong tools this time around. Even Yakumo is way stronger than Ryu ever has been in this game, let alone the big man himself.
>>724443993Hell no.
>>724444146The enemies are allowed to just stop getting hitstunned and attack through your moves. They're bullshit and unfair. And I die in two hits.
>>724441742Man I love that guy vo. I think it was a coincidence but it's cool nonetheless.NG4 and AC6 are my top favorite games from the last 2 gen easily.>dope artwork where Tyran is piloting Steel Haze Ortusnot sure about the dope part, but I would doodle that
>>724444289Just step on them and attack their backs. They actually need to be facing you with their shields to block you physically, it's not a magic block state like power attacks.
>>724399434They're gonna retcon the timeskip and push him back to his 20s. No way they're not having Yakumo meet the DOA Crew.
>>724442134>AAAAAAaaaaaaaᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃᵃʰʰʰʰʰʰʰʰKek everytime, it's such a cool touch
Bros, I have an URGE to get the cheevos for NGS, OG NGII, NG2S, NG2B and NG3RE before playing NG4. If I get all the cheevos for NG, would that make me a God Gamer?
>>724401626My complexion comes from my routine, not some alcohol in my lotion.
>>724441742He also voices Young Kagachi in FFVII Remake
>>724444417I know, they're just annoying because usually there's a bunch and they are accompanied by tengus and dogs. Even a UT just clangs against the shield if you accidentally aim it at them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDLNvUj0IwYIt's up
If you don’t reply to the obvious YouTuber shilling his contrarian video, he WILL go away
>>724444609
>>724444609>it's not Mork's nor JayTB's review>It's not a clip of Farnham raging like an spergGolem get jeet gone.
>>724444609>900 subscribersTHIS is the nigger these threads keep shitposting about treating like some celebrity? Literally fucking who.
>>724443570My favorite part of NG2 is how all the enemy strings seem to be intentionally designed to punish panic parry spam. If you get hit by that kick string and start spamming parry, when you come out of the stunlock and actually parry, the next hit is delayed enough to make it whiff. It makes parries dead easy to land when you get yourself into trouble, while still requiring you to actually pay attention.
>Click the youtube video expecting /ourguy/, Mork>its some jeet with his computer in a hutHow does he have internet access? Isn't Israel nuking Gaza? How the FUCK does he have time to sperg about NG4 when he should be focused on dodging bombs?
>>724444735Pretty sure even the biggest NG focused channels are under 15k subs.
>>724444814NG1 also had ninjas and guards just straight up kill you if you tried turtling for more than a second
>>724444842right before the bomb hits he OTs
>>724444923The grab = turtle punish seems awkward. Its not unusual for me to get grabbed out of an aerial or even a windmill slash, which I find crazy.Though they do have fairly long windups, garbage tracking, and very small hitboxes so although they don't enter "fucking grab him" mode when you turtle (they're always in the mode) you are definitely at more risk if you turtle.
>>724445048True, they don't go for a grab if their hits connect. But if you block, then you _will_ see a fucking riot cop zooming straight at you and he will kick the shit out of you if you don't react.The grab animation itself is so fast that it's practically uncreactable but the sprint they do to perform the grab s the telegraph
>>724445163Oh yeah, you mean the one where they knee you in the gut right?I was thinking about the one where they do a flip over you. That one is a doozy and I think you're right, they do seem to do that more (but not only) if you turtle.
>>724445285Yeah the ninja backflip backstab grab isn't quite as clear, they don't exactly run at you. But then again they like to prowl around around you so you never know when they do it
>December, two months from now>Doritos Pope welcomes some celebrity on stage to present the nominees and winner for Best Action Game of The Year>"And the winner for Best Action Game of The Year goes to">Silksong
>>724445771Best action game is so insignificant it won't be announced on the main stage. They get the co-host lady to do that one. But it will be that game yeah. I would be surprised if NG4 is even nominated, remember there were tons of lame ass games released all over this year like Doom and Ghost of Yotei
>>724445771Does the pope even take part in any vidya conventions anymore? I would love to see Sessler on the stage, red as a burning coal, jaws working, clearly methed out of his mind while the pope tries to keep the show going.
>>724445771>Implaying normies would ever allow a true action gameShit not even DMC could do it and that's the biggest one for normalfags
Okay now when can we get team ninja to make a Taimanin game?
>>724446008what's the deal with this, are they VNs?
>chapter 1 complete>4.8 hrs played >C rankHow do you use the bloodraven parry? I keep eating shit for swinging BR light into an enemy’s attack expecting it to clash
>>724446109You parry and then you bloodraven
>>724445973DMC5 did win best action game though. It lost GOTY to Sekiro, which was a tough but fair decision.
>>724446109if you hitbox touches the enemy hitbox you get the parry
>>724446008How about we convince Lilith to finally make a new porn VN installment for Taimanin?
>>724446109Don't try to get the swords to clash, just input the move when you're about to get hit. Don't worry about your startup, the parry will take over from frame 1.Think Demon's Souls/Dark Souls 1 parries instead of Dark Souls 2/3. You press the button you parry, the animation doesn't matter.
>>724446146Not that anon, but do you gain some Bloodraven meter upon successful parrying?
>>724446295>>724446109Also if you are struggling with the final flash, you have to input the final flash button when your character flashes. It's very simple to see in training mode but almost impossible in a real situation. But you will learn the timing, because practically every parry-to-flash distance is of equal length.
>>724446310Yes, see >>724444856But not a Bloodraven parry, that uses meter instead.
>>724446109dont feel bad about using items. you can use up to 4 items total before it penalizes you and even then it doesn't matter much.i used 25 items on the last level and still got a B
The negative reviews are out.
>>724446103VNs, some shitty games, some h anime. The lore is about as extensive as NG. They should really make a proper action game out of it, the gacha slop is not it.
>>724446870H action game with actually good gameplay would be dope.
>>724446814NG4 is very lenient with items in general. I think in NG1 even the merchant had a limited stock of healing salves and if you ran out you just had to play without any.I feel like almost every chest has a potion or a grand potion inside.
>>724446295>Think Demon's Souls/Dark Souls 1 parries instead of Dark Souls 2/3Wait, they were different?
>>724446989yeah i challenged myself on normal my first go to and died like 25 times on the very first level because i just refused to use itemsRETRY battle is a trap and that will rack up so many fuckin deaths.
>>724446962They obviously could never go all in on it but they could maybe push senran levels. We need some grab animations from Orcs and Oni and clothing damage.
>>724447156I know that feel bro, I died in the very final fight 16 times because I had no healing items and I didn't want to return to the chapter beginning.Still got a B though for the score, surprising.
>>724447383What? I used up all my healing items for the first phase of the final boss. Got my ass kicked in the 2nd phase. Hit retry and then I started at 2nd phase with all my items back in my inventory.Normal mode, by the way.
Update?!?
NG4 is saved.
>>724447653I spent literally everything except the reincarnation incense on the dragon and started the fight after that with nothing more than that, played on normal as well.I am playing a pirated version though, perhaps they have changed it since the torrent was released.
CAN A CUTE POPULAR VTUBER WITH AT LEAST 500K SUBS PLEASE PLAY NINJA GAIDEN 4 SO WE GET A SEQUEL?
>>724447383ryu and your dragon evil spirit form are a bit of a wake up that i can see that happeningyou go from just melting niggas to niggas that put you in check every 3-4 hits.
>>724447867Wasnt in the marketing budget
>>724447867Maybe biboo will play it in 2 years assuming she doesn't graduate first
>>724447871>>724447653The final fight was immensely fun though, a very pleasant surprise to see that kind of AI in a modern game.
>>724447969Yakumo exists for girls to thirst over though
Yakumo deserves a trilogy.
>>724441059Proactive gameplay > reactive gameplay.
>>724447000VERY different. In DS2/3 there's a delay to parrying, you have to connect your shield to the attack, in DS1 it's practically instant, the animation doesn't matter.Probably done to add a more meaningful distinction to the different shields in the game, if I were to guess.God bless them for fitting this whole game in 3GB, downloaded to record. Notice the sparks on the wall the instant I press the button, long before the animation is in the frames you'd assume are the active ones. The moment those sparks are out, you're parrying.
>>724447791For some reason I read "MJ voice for Yakumo" and thought I'd be doing HEE HEE during OTs and shit.
my game updated. what happened?
>>724448938They received complaints from Naughty Dog that Seori's tits were too big, so they made them bigger.
>>724448372but nearly everything in ng4 is reactive with enemies getting super armor and red attacks. steel on bone was about setting up enemies to get your health back and quick kills.
>>724449082you can just start comboing them and then add a blood raven move to pre-empt the boss's super armor. the AI is simple enough that you can just expect the white attack after they use certain other ones
>>724426832It was Doku who gave Ryu his first blood disease actually.
DMC5 speed feels like molasses after playing this game. Even as Vergil.
is ragebound any good? also opinions on the new shinobi?
is 4 a good starting point? I heard the PC versions were ass
>>724449652>is ragebound any good? it plays nothing like ninja gaiden and the levels are basically a memorized sequence of inputs because you're supposed to kill each enemy just so with one specific move >also opinions on the new shinobi?the juggle system is bizarre and clashes with their weird attempt at ps2 shinobi tateboth are okay as generic Ninja Platformers
>>724449748Any NG is a good starting point, but the PC versions of the others are great. The only exception is that 2 in the collection is Sigma 2 and that version sucks, but there are mods to make it better and if you're thinking of starting with 1 that won't matter for a long time anyway.Much cheaper too, with this one being $70 and everything, in case you're not pirating.But yeah, it's as good of a starting point as any, don't let that stop you.
>>724439875Time is a big thing too, if you want to S rank you have to be efficient and not explore like you would on a first playthrough.
>>724449082I've found that pretty much every single enemy in the game apart from bosses will attack you with a normal white swing if you throw a shuriken at them
>>724398131Do trannybusa fags really?
so now what, does >ng5 star yakumo or his he to be ditched? This really shouldn't have been a numbered entry
>>724444609tl;dw on this chud's video?
>>724443740It's not an unreal engine game.
>>724452678Your reading comprehension bro...
NG4 is a good game but thematically its a pretty shitty NG title.
Did there really need to be like 8 different counterattacks each weapon can do?
>>724444609Uhmmm yikes, no wonder chuddies like this game.
damn this looks fucking stupid
>>724443740It looks nice and runs like a dream, ive only had maybe three stutters in gameplay total, and they were the weird kind where the game fully froze, audio cuts out, you think it is gonna crash and then it just resumes.HOWEVERI hate the frequent loading screens. There is a loading screen for every single thing. And it is the same length of time every time too. Loading into your save, and quitting to the main menu, take the same 5 or so seconds. Every time. It is so annoying.I feel like jp devs deliberately put load screens in games because they like them sometimes. They think having a break is nice.I like maximizing my game time all the time.
>>724452887the cyber wing is nifty but the color scheme makes it look goofy
WEAPON SKILL IS AVAILABLE
>>724452389Depends on who's making it. If it's Platinum again they should keep building up on Yakumo, maybe go 50/50 with Ryu. If it's Team Ninja keep him around as part of the supporting cast but have Ryu as the sole character, maybe a couple of missions where Ryu asks Tyran to go on a mission for him and you play as him as the "Sigma girl" for 5.
>>724449645I love DMC5 but enemies are a lot better in this game, even when playing on turbo it feels a bit slower than NG4 because you're just too strong in DMC5.
>>724452798>he was a Nep directorholy fucking BASED
>>724452887Yeah not sure why everyone loves this one, it's easily his worst, in my opinion. The Master Raven or whatever it's called is the coolest.
>>724452887Why is the mouth gaping open like that?
>>724452389I feel like one of them is getting shafted no matter what if you want multiple weapons no? I mean they already had the opportunity this game to literally just copy and paste animations like they did for the dragon sword and they missed it, if they try to do it one game later it's just lazy
patch notes just dropped.
>>724448938>>724447691
>>724444609>I knew I wouldn't like it but I wanted to have fun with it for youtube views
How do I get good at killing dog fiends in og NG2? On mentor chapter 11 when they dogpile you, it's hard to deal with them when they use flying swallows and grabs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJkQLo_-RCk&t=60sNow will they market it?
