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Ninja Gaiden II has camera troubles

xsynergyx | May 26, 2008 | News | XBOX 360 
Matt Peckham writes that the new game Ninja Gaiden II has some camera troubles. He wishes that the game would stick the camera high up with a wide camera lens. He also says that a freeform camera works well, but it runs into other problems, such as directorial responsibility. On the positive side, he mentions that the camera angles are better here than in the original Xbox game. Go to the source to read more.
Your job is to control both the layout and flow, in other words, not wait for the design team to lay things out for you like road stripes down some invisible highway. No Z-trigger gimmicks with easy lock-on cameras, no cheaply hamstrung AI that won't attack from any angle. Ninja Gaiden 2 isn't just about chaining buttons and timing countermoves and learning to read each enemy's telltale combo signs, it's also about directing yourself in a way that best suits your own unique play style.

Does that sound like a chore? Then you don't get what Team Ninja's up to, or maybe you do and you reject it, which is totally cool. But don't mistakenly assume Ninja Gaiden 2 works the way it works because of some wonky design accident, or that the requirement that you babysit the camera to manage the blizzard of activity you're unleashing onscreen at any given moment isn't unapologetically intentional.

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  • -1 thumbs!
    Final Blade | May 27, 2008
    I have a question how can you fix the camera being an issue? Is it with the system or the coding of the game?
  • 2 thumbs!
    Zero and X | May 27, 2008
    people always bitch about the camera in these kinds of games, I mean at this point its almost expected that the games camera is gonna give us a hard time here and there.
  • 2 thumbs!
    Seeker X | May 27, 2008
    And this is a surprise how? Black/Sigma had the same exact problem, where were the complaints back then? Devil May Cry has the same damn issue as well, it's unheard of to use camera angles in a super fast paced game.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Storm | May 27, 2008
      Hit the nail right on the head. It's difficult to get the 'perfect' camera angles for fast-paced action like this.
  • -4 thumbs!
    bk man | May 27, 2008
    Hahahahaha! Simple game, but yet they have Camera Problems. Wow.
    • 1 thumbs!
      Storm | May 27, 2008
      Simple game? Are you joking? Ninja Gaiden is known for it's hard difficulty...it's a fast-paced action game.
      • 2 thumbs!
        Tenken | May 27, 2008
        Take a look at the japanese website, bk man, before calling the game simple and saying the camera sucks. One clip showcasing the claw weapons is such a fast video that it's no wonder the camera can't keep up.
        • 0 thumbs!
          Benedict | May 28, 2008
          I bet he cannot even read japanise Because he is so dumb
        • 2 thumbs!
          Tenken | May 28, 2008
          That's great and all Benedict, but the part of the site actually containing those videos are in English..

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