Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z review | Edge Online

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Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z review | Edge Online

Added: 18.03.2014 20:15 | 2 views | 0 comments

The first of Tomonobu Itagakis Ninja Gaiden games was defined by its counterattack. Activated by blocking and then pressing an attack button the moment an enemy blow connected, it powered a game that required careful play and insisted you respect your opponent, punishing mistakes severely. In the process, it set a new high bar for its genre. Ninja Gaidens been going downhill ever since, and it says much about how inexorably bound this series is to the law of diminishing returns that its latest entrys defining mechanic asks for no timing, precision or respect for your opponent. Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z is built on the QTE.