Chose one; which one and why."Both" and "neither" aren't acceptable answers.
NG has a better combat system but stellae blade is a better game.
>>730662310ng4 for sure. and there's a dlc coming up
NG has the better combat system, but to be honest, I had more fun collecting skimpy dresses in the desert in SB. The bosses in SB were also more fun to fight.Both have terrible environments, bland enemy designs, and one-note stories, so with everything taken into consideration, SB takes it for me.
>>730662310Stellar based is a modern masterpiece Ninja gayden 4 is not a bad video game but feels like one of those budget bin arcade slop
>>730662310SB is cool and sexyNg4 is just bland and very forgettable
insulting to even compare them, ng4 has these incredibly tight and incredibly well designed combat systems that all intertwine with each otherstellar blade is bare bones as fuck, its like comparing the combat of nier automata to dmc3 or something, its absurd
i dislike ng4 compared to the prior games but i'll recommend it any day of the week over stellar blade
>>730663845I think you're mixing both games.
>>730662310NG4 because I'm white and thus have no interest in gacha chinkslop.
>>730663845This but opposite Stellar blade felt like a tight and well design game with great combat, world, art and ass Ng 4 felt like a indie action game with same copy pasted level and enemies over and over
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I thought ng4 was alright. Like a 6.5-7/10.I have no desire to play stellar blade
>>730662310Buy stellar blade if you want to support video gaming
>>730664545I found out recently most of the SB threads are raided by crossposting /trash/ninggers since most of the images posted in those threads traces back to BBC threads over there.
Do you have to play earlier NGs to jump into NG4?
two questions>is there anything like Alma again in which shop is inaccessible so no grinding for potionsand>is there any other shitty freaking platforming section god ryu feels llike a slippery ass motherfucker
>>730665063No but previous ng are a must play action games especially first 2 On pc you can get master collection and play sigma 1(its fine but not as good as black) but only play 2 with black mod
>>730665175No and no but ryu got dmc4 treatment and their a lot of sonic like rail section
>>730665063NG1 & 2 are the best Ninja Gaiden why would you want to skip them
>>730662310Neither
>>730662310the one that didn't flop
>>730662310Ninja Gaiden 4.
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>>730662310SB easily because NG4 has literally nothing going for it except for combat which is way too rollsloppy anyway. Horrible art direction, shit story, shit characters, shit locations that recycle a handful of "biomes" with barely any changes and barely any memorable scenes, shit mobs that repeat way too much, every single thing is shit and I'm tired that fans of the genre are ignoring all of these problems. NG2 nailed all of those things, it doesn't have to suck. Hell even LSA did all of those things better, and most people didn't even play that. The real question is, LSA or NG4, that's the level NG4 is at, don't even mention SB
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>>730665325>dmc4 treatmentThere's even less of him here... He's almost like a cameo
>>730662310Ninja gaiden has platinum quality
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>>730668780The platinum seal of low quality
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>>730662310I choose NG4 because I like games with good gameplay
>>730662310Stellar Blade had good presentation but is just kinda "there", there's 1000 games with better gameplay.The combat systems are so incredibly shallow the game feels kinds repetitive by the end.NG4? I can think of maybe 3 games. That's it. Easily top 10 material for me.
>>730665063Not really. The only elements that require a little foreknowledge are about Ryu himself, his sword, and the Dark Dragon, but you can just take them at face value and be fine. ("Cool dude, cool sword, big problem.")Just about everything else is brand new to the franchise or sufficiently explained, so you can just jump in. I do really recommend playing NG1 and 2 though, because they're great.
>>730668772He's made completely redundant too. Yakumo's final weapon has Ryu's moveset, except ninpo. You are given the choice to play as Ryu for every level after beating the game, at least.
>>730669207>duuuude muh combat systemsThis isn't an online game can you people stop pretending that combat alone can somehow carry a game with shit levels and shit mobs and shit art direction? If you were fighting other people, maybe it could, but in SP you need to have an actual good SP campaign and NG4 definitely does not
I see the two games as kind of opposites. NG4 has solid gameplay, maybe inferior to the previous NG games but it's still a good action game, however the game has absolutely no sauce or anything interesting going on in its visuals, art, characters, music, story etc.Stellar Blade was made with the idea of staring at the characters all day in mind so everything is eye candy, the music is nice, levels have plenty of variety and colour etc. but the combat is basically nothing.No wonder one was a huge success and the other was a giga nuclear flop.
>>730670385I bought the game on the Steam sale (the launch price was a bit too steep for me + I preordered a bunch of 2026 launches that I play to play so I spent a lot of money) so I wonder if I should have pirated it. I buy games so more games like them keep being made, but given how NG4 was probably the biggest flop of 2025, maybe I wasted my money. Probably this is how DMC fans feel after buying 5 and being rewarded with nothing.
>>730670385>NG4 has absolutely no sauce
>>730670018>"Why are moviegames like TLOU and AssCreed so popular?"
>>730670943You don't like Ninja Gaiden 4, anon?
>>730670018NG4 has the best mobs, 2nd best levels, and the genuine best presentation of any NG gameA game is scored (by me) 90% on it's gameplay, NG4 gets a full mark and isn't slacking in other areas
>>730662401This.
>>730670981Why would you want these constant le ebin slowdowns interrupting my game
>>730669207TFW someone saves your screenshot.
>>730670385>NG4 has absolutely no sauce or anything interesting going on in its visualsCorrect but let's not pretend SB has any of that either.The enemies are also generic as fuck. The environments are bland. The music is nice but nothing remarkable. The story is borderline cringe.The "great presentation" in SB literally only shows up in the form of the eye candy heroine designs.
>>730671175I do. But still feel that buying it was a waste of money because the game bombing guarantees that we won't get more games like it. Why bother buying a game if you aren't going to get more? You may as well pirate it because it will be an one and done.
>>730662310Stellar blade is more Ninja Gaiden than Ninja Gaiden 4 will ever be. It’s not even funny. Stellar blade really is one of the best games of this gen while Ninja Gaiden 4 is one of the worst.
>>730671442Are you going to elaborate on that claim?
>>730671404Dummy, when you are not buying games then you will definitely not see sequels to them. Every single sold copy matters.
>>730671510
>>730671554>Every single sold copy matters.Not when the game bombs. When a game is a commercial failure 0 sales are no different from 500k sales. It's like with politics: the only thing that matters is who wins; the people who voted for the losing candidates may as well not exist (and they will absolutely get fucked by the winners).
>>730671291Why shouldn't NG4 have great game feel?
>>730671442>Ninja Gaiden 4 is one of the worst.Only /v/ is vile enough to claim that NG4 is on the same ballpark as something like Dustborn.
>>730670943Yeah I boughted it too because I want the existence of the game to be rewarded, but I never had any faith in it taking off and becoming a big series. But that's a good point with DMC5 which is by far the biggest and best selling action game ever, yet apparently still wasn't big enough for a sequel. Doomed genre.
>>730671723Because the originals didint have it and felt better than NG4, next tourist please.
>>730671686You know games are now sold through online stores, right? NG4 will continue to sell if it has positive word of mouth. Demon's Souls was also a flop on its launch but thanks to word of mouth it managed to get a sequel in the form of Dark Souls.
>>730662310NG4 still falls woefully short to the OGs in an embarrassing and amateurish way, go for Stellar Blade since it’s not pretending to be something it’s not.
>>730671915But the word of mouth is NG4 is wack compared to even NG1 Black lol the only people I’ve seen sucking the game off is the “it’s just le heckin fine crowd”
>>730671783>best selling action game everThe issue with DMC5 is that once a game's sales window ends Capcom lowers its price immensely and allows it to become a permanent fixture for digital stores' bundles. So number of copies-wise DMC5 may be the best selling action game but 90% of its lifetime sales came from sales and bundles where people paid $2 - $5 for the game. Ten DMC5 copies are equivalent profit-wise (which is the metric that actually matters) to one copy of something like Sekiro or Stellar Blade, games that never get that low and sold record numbers when launched at full price.
>>730671758Only on /v/ will you see retards say that NG4 feels more like Ninja Gaiden than Razors Edge even lmao
>>730671974Stellar Blade is pretending to be a real action game when in reality SB is just a janky Sekiro clone.
>>730662310Jackie Chan Stuntmaster
>>730671442Truth motherfucking nuke. Also Stellar Blade doesn’t have yellow paint, fucking yellow paint in a NINJA GAIDEN entry LOL
>>730672106And it’s more genuine in being a janky clone than an janky entry in a long established franchise that feels nothing like the entries that came before it.
>>730672195NG4 is not janky. It's insanely polished.
I loved Stellar Blade enough to play NG+ and NG++ and 100% it as someone who pretty much never re-plays games or goes for achievements. it's just a fucking excellent game. god tier ost, fun to collect outfits, satisfying combati played NG4 for maybe 4 hours, it's fun but i was having crashing issues so i gave up. if i were having crashing issues at the same point in Stellar Blade i would still be busting my ass trying to fix it so i could keep playing
>>730671915Demon's Souls word of mouth was positive.Ninja Gaiden 4 is easily one of the most hated and despised games of 2025; I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only person in /v/ who genuinely liked it. The point is, there won't be a Ninja Gaiden 5 or a proper spiritual successor because 4 sold like shit.
>>730672338shit taste
The issue with the yellow paint is a Catch-22 for all developers.If you don't use it then critics and players will slam your game with a shit score, claiming that you are an inaccessible game that never gives indications to the players where to go. If you use it then you get shat on by critics and players due to being too out of place and being too much of a handhold for players. I recently played a recently released indie Resident Evil clone and its forum and reviews were full of people losing their shit over the game having limited saves in the form of consumable items and not having automatic checkpoints and auto-saves.
>>730662310The excessive blue tint lighting permeating NG4 made me not want it. yes, small things like that will determine my purchase.
>>730673293are you a woman?
>>730668863This garbage was outsourced by square enix.
I see NG4's superiority is still causing a lot of controversies.
>>730662401Stellar Blade only have better Graphics and World. Both games have meh stories and characters.
>>730670018> combat alone can somehow carry a gameBecause it can. People prefer Bayonetta 1 over 2 for that very reason, even when later is better than 1 in every non combat aspect.
>>730662310both ain't it, chief
>>730662310I just beat Devil May Cry 5 and found the combat to be repetitive. I lot of holding down the lock-on button and mashing Y.Is the combat in these games better?
>>730672048You're looking at things backwards. They put the games on sales because there's interest, not the other way around. RE and MH also go on sale all the time just like DMC, and while some other properties do get price reductions and sales, it's nowhere near the amount those IPs and some other big ones (like Mega Man) do.Sales are a way to create and foster interest.Even then, the amount of interest on DMC is unprecedented. DMC5 has arguably quadrupled its sales since the game released, it has steadily sold well until reaching 12 million units, putting it in the top 10 most sold Capcom games of all time. And the rest of the franchise has continued to perform well too, despite being decades old.
I kinda feel like the Chain Link to be too difficult to use in NG4. It also make the combat too dodge centric for my taste.Imo, the "dodge offset effect" should always be on, and you have a certain attack that let you cancel the combos to start over, kinda like a Roman Cancel in attack form.
>>730665063NG1 is artificial difficulty slop and NG2 is just boring. NG4 is the best in the series
>>730662310If you think these two games are directly comparable, you didn't play either and you're a retard /thread
>>730662310Ninja Gaiden 4 because I prefer its combat and I like Seori more than any of the SB girls
>>730662310whats this fake and gay rivalry youre forcing between these two gamesanyways, was there any bigger humiliation ritual in gaming than returning to yakumo after playing ryu
>>730675372>I just beat Devil May Cry 5Playing once on normal mode isn't "beating" DMC>I lot of holding down the lock-on button and mashing Ysorry, you played the game wrong
>>730676418I wish she had those optional dialogues like Umi and Tyran.
>>730676418She's fine, but you barely see her.
>>730676507What would consititute beating it, then? I feel like the combat will only get more repetitive the more I play it. I mean even God of War has a second primary attack button. In DMC, you have a whole button for the guns, which are almost useless, and you only get a second attack button for more complex combos if you're playing as Dante, and even then only with Swordmaster equipped so you can't do things like parrying with Royal Guard without switching with the d-pad mid-combat which is awkward. The whole set-up feels archaic.I hope DMC6 does away with the dedicated button for guns and intergrates the gunplay into melee combos more organically, having a whole button for them is a dumb approach and feels like they only do it for tradition's sake even though it doesn't really make sense.
>>730662310Stellar Blade. Eve is at least hot. I don't care to play that twink boy.And yes. I'm a 40 year old virgin.
I've been waiting for a mod that removes Ayane's weird mushroom jacket.
>>730677360You'll be waiting forever. She only shows up in an fmv cutscene. I don't know if her model is even in the game.Maybe she'll show up in dlc.
>>730662401Flippy floppy
>>730677360Why would you want a mod for a character who shows up for 20 seconds
>>730677215>so you can't do things like parrying with Royal Guard without switching with the d-pad mid-combat which is awkwardsounds like you find it repetitive because you refuse to adjust and experiment with things that are more difficult to achieve
>>730677443>>730677519Damn really? That's gay. No wonder the game flopped.They're stuck in 2015 and needs to live in 2025
>>730677215>God of War has a second primary attack buttonYeah, and it does nothing good with it.DMC keeps it all in a single button with a handful of open-ended moves that have specific purposes, which gives you a ton of freedom without needing to overcomplicate the inputs unlike basically any other game.>you only get a second attack button for more complex combos if you're playing as DanteNero has an entire system of subweapons and Vergil has weapon switching. Neither need a secondary attack button like you're describing. Even V gives you three characters to use at the same time which adds tons of possibilities, and he's much simpler than the other characters.This just sounds like you didn't even try to engage with the game's systems and expected the game to do it for you.
>>730677360>>730677724So basically, you didn't play the game and you are just here to coom?
>>730677876Technically, DMC does have a second attack button in the guns.
>>730662310both.neither.fuck you.
>>730678217>>730677265>And yes. I'm a 40 year old virgin.I wasn't being facetious
I've played through the first 3 NG games and would rate them like this:1(Sigma) > 2(Sigma+Black Mod) > 3(Razor's Edge)Razor's Edge is the one I'm never gonna replay again because holy shit fuck the bosses, the lack of enemy variety and the fucking soft lock is somehow worse than the previous games.It targets the nearest enemy to you and not the one your(you) are facing.I liked the first one the most because I dig the level design/progression, though fuck those challenges, killing 120 enemies isn't fun.Gonna get 4 when it's under 20 bucks.
>>730675837>You're looking at things backwardsNah, you're the one looking at it backwards.Most people are addicted to buy cheap games regardless of wanting them or not; Capcom is unusual among Japanese developers because they always let their games become extremely cheap after their release window and fiscal year (AKA the period where a game is genuinely successful or not) so a lot of people ended having DMC5 on their libraries because it was cheap, not because there was genuine interest. Those 12 million units are worth jack shit when 10 of those were paid $2 a piece. I'm pretty sure Stellar Blade made vastly more money than DMC5 on its entire lifetime.
>>730662310>A game about nigger asses aimed at blacks and americans (nier automata for blacks)>A shitty modern ninja gaiden that is worse than all it's predecessorsIm not black so I'll take ninja gaiden
