Ninja Gaiden Sigma 1 is fine

Why do people always talk act like Sigma is bad compared to black? I have both titles, and saying that seems stupid.

Sure, Sigma added stuff that wasn't all that good, but it added a huge amount of improvements as well.

>better graphics
>more weapons
>new enemies
>new abilities (jumping and shooting with the bow, better water combat with spear gun, ect)
>more boss battles
>ability to heal in game without needing to pause and select items
>camera options
>more save points and shop statues which meant far less tedious backtracking
>some of the annoying puzzles and shitty underwater sections that mostly just involved backtracking were removed, smoother combat flow
>new areas within missions

Even subjective stuff, like Rachel missions, aren't actually bad, just not as good as the main game. Either way, it doesn't detract from the main experience, and can be done quickly if you're slightly competent at the game. As for all the comments that it's easier? Well, yeah, I guess, by like, 5%? It's still pretty fucking hard, and it's mostly just easier because they removed half the fucking annoying backtracking which wasn't any fun. 95% of the game is identical, and though some changes could be considered subjectively bad, there were a fuck-load of great changes. Sure, Black is harder because you couldn't choose how to control the camera, and had to backtrack every time you wanted to buy something. Great difficulty!

I don't understand many Yas Forums user's obsession with shitting on Sigma and acting like it's objectively worse than Black in every way. Are they just purists who hate anything different? I've read people here saying that Sigma is 10 times easier than black. Did they play both titles? I'm not denying that some changes did reduce difficulty, but these are mostly extremely minor, and were quality of life improvements.

I'm not trying to argue that Sigma is better, but as a way to play NG1, it's fine, and keeps the core gameplay experience intact.

Sigma 2, though...

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It was alright, but a few minor things really bothered me, like how your new bow just materializes in the middle of the square after the helicopter fight. it's like the devs thought it was too much to ask of the player to go up to the tower nearby and exchange your old one for a new one. very ceremonious and no good reason to cut that out. also, those awful rachael sequences were painful.

In addition, here's a chart that discussed pretty much all the differences between black and sigma. The stuff that's better, equal, or worse.

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I mean, I can understand why the bow thing might visually bother you, but it's still better to HAVE that ability and have it look slightly janky (I never felt it was myself) than to not have it at all. I don't see how anyone could actually consider that to be a objective downgrade.

I quite enjoyed the Rachel missions myself. Not quite as good as the normal gameplay, sure, but not outright bad. An option to skip them would have been nice, but they can be gone through very quickly if you're good. Rachel is uber strong.

I don't you think you understand my post. It takes 1 minute to climb that guard tower and get the bow. it's just a little aesthetic thing (black is full of little touches like that that make it feel polished) and sigma just throws them out the window for no good reason. Also, alma fight is a pushover.

Yeah, my bad, I misread that. Don't know how I fucked that up.

That's fair, but it's not really a big deal. Just kinda speeds stuff up a bit.

As for the alma stuff, couldn't say I noticed a difference. Well, actually if we're talking about awakened alma, she's actually easier in black, due to having a huge vulnerability to the warhammer. For some reason, it does 3 times the damage to her as other weapons like the diabilahro.

Sigma is bad compared to black.

Sigma is easy mode and also removed weapons while adding some.

What weapons did Sigma remove?

Sounds like someone literally never played Sigma, lol.

I beat both games, sigma is easier. The AI is way slower. It's actually comparable to how empty the hayabusa village was in sigma 2 vs xbox 2.