Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus - PSVita review

[PaTaito]

I didnt play the first one on vita, as i played the original to death on xbox years back... i also never played sigma 2 on ps3.

One mission in so far and the first thing that stands out is the sub native resolution, which is a let down after the sharp native res the first game apparently had on vita, although i understand a generation separates the first and second games...so i guess understandable. The frame rate is 30fps once again, although it dips on a few occasions even during the first level.

One thing that hit me is how easy this game feels compared to the brutally challenging Ninja Gaiden black, enemies give away blue orbs constantly, save points are regular and also heal, and enemies are very easily dispatched.

The game is full of fantastic limb slicing/decapitations etc, and blood is all present and correct.

There is a really nice prologue option which comes in the form of a animated comic type thing. Not sure if this was part of the ps3 game, but its nice either way.

Will add much more as i continue through the game.

[wakka]

Thanks for your impressions PaTaito. Interested to hear more.

[SuperBeatBoy]

So they put the blood and decaps back in? They were sorely missed from the ps3 version, it was a huge detriment to the game. Which still made the 360 version superior. If this has been "fixed" for the psvita version, I'm going to buy it.

The prologue "vampire war" was in the ps3 version. You could watch it while it was installing.

EDIT: Read some posts on gamefaqs, blood and decaps have returned but have been scaled down in comparison. Welcome addition regardless. I also read PaTaito that changing 1st and 3rd person camera speeds to max fix the framerate dips. Might be worth trying it out.

[SUMIRE]

Played a few levels, the resolution is fine, looks very nice on the Vita screen. It is an impressive feat to have this game running on a handheld, but the main problem is the slowdown which is very annoying in a game that relies on fast fluid gameplay. Blood and decaps are back, it is definitely improved over the lame PS3 version, but maybe still not as bloody as the 360 original.

Music is as awesome as ever. Another thing I noticed is if you are wearing a new costume, it doesn't update the cutscene...lazy?

So yeah, worth picking up if you are wanting to play it on the go if you can live with the slowdown, but the best version of this game is still on the 360.

Oh, and it still has that annoying loading in levels like the PS3 version, and unlike the 360 version.

btw has anyone got their codes who ordered from shopto for the additional costumes :P

[BIG EDD]

Mines on its way from shopto,sent out yesterday so I'm hoping it will turn up today.As for the codes I haven't recieved them which is unusual for shopto as they are normally on the ball

[PaTaito]

Played a few levels, the resolution is fine, looks very nice on the Vita screen.

IMO the only thing thats fine is 1:1... scaling is rather just acceptable(at best) in the few games which it doesnt make look like turd. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and Persona 4 seem to be not too bad...still disheartening that over a year into its life we are still getting games which are not fully utilizing the screen. I thought that devs would start getting used to the hardware a little by now.

Although the way vita has been going i'll take it subnative...

I havent had any shopto code either.

[BIG EDD]

Mine arrived this morning loving it so far just a shame about not running in native resolution especially as I've been playing strangers wrath on the vita which looked superb
Adjusted the camera as suggested and haven't seen any problems so far but to me it looks like another brill title for your vita

still haven't recieved DLC code from shopto but I was reading on another forum that GameStop have had problems with issuing the codes??

[PaTaito]

Actually the game seems to employ some kind of weird resolution throttling...i notice after reading every message from a fallen ninja, it looks like the resolution is halved for about a second or two...this happens during busy fighting sections too on rare occasion.

[BIG EDD]

My code from shopto just got txt to me nice one

[SUMIRE]

Cool, yeah just got my code, played some more last night in bed and it sweet!

[PaTaito]

Yeah enjoying it loads, this and persona 4 will keep me going ages on vita.

The PSN library is actually fairly decent now.

[BIG EDD]

I agree just a shame its hasn't been like this from launch because it is an amazing handheld that deserves its place in the gaming world