Ninja Gaiden

In this game you play the role of Ryu Hayabusa,a master ninja who recently has been appearing in the Dead or Alive series of games. As Ryu, you must recover the Dark Dragon Sword. Ok, well the story is not so great, but you don't play games for the story anyway. First of all, this is just beautiful. This is definitely one of the best looking games I have ever seen. As for the gameplay, I don't find the combat to be too difficult. Actually, I think the combat system is very good. You just have to remember to play it like a fighting game rather than like an action game. You have to block a lot more than is typical in action games. Once you adjust to this point the combat isn't difficult. Actually the difficult thing in this game is when it tries to be Super Mario and makes you jump around on a bunch of platforms. The reason this is frustrating is that the camera is really quirky and it's very difficult to line up jumps correctly, so you spend a lot of time trying the same jumps over and over again. This is the reason I give this four stars instead of five. If they take out the Super Mario, then I'll give it five. Also, it would be nice if they put the save points closer to the bosses. As it is, you have to play through a few minutes before you reach the boss, so if you fail to beat the boss, then you have to go through those few minutes again before you can face the boss again. Basically, I just ran past any enemies that I could to save time. Well, other than these minor problems, it's a super game. Check it out.