Was ready to start wagging the finger but I've just realised the GG and MS versions were different. MS Ninja Gaiden is very good, you should try that if you haven't already.

I was about to start wagging the finger then realised he reviewed Ninja Garden and not the GG Shinobi.

Are you building slowly towards Cyber Shadow?

Ninja Senki DX was an 8-bit imitator from a few years back that I enjoyed (but Muzzy hated because he got bullied by the last boss). Very basic but enjoyably so, it's better than most genuine 8-bit examples of the genre.

Citation needed

(Or at least, I vaguely remember it, but not wholly, and would like my Just Completed / Just Given Up On to nudge my memory...)

Ahaha lol

[9] is a fully moronic score in hindsight.

Ninja Seki was decent, yeah. More like a 7.

I really enjoyed 10 Second Ninja though. Mainly because of that super-condensed format. Even I can string together just under 10 seconds of skilful play.

http://thebearandbadger.co.uk/discussion/comment/1490288#Comment_1490288

[4]. Seems legit. Moot full moran, Jon semi moran.

Interesting. I thought Ninja Cop was quite tricky but the repeat 'em up types tend to feel easier for me, even though they're not, as the restart points are often far more generous.

19. The G. G. Shinobi (Game Gear)
I'm pretty sure I still own this cart. For whatever reason, the Game Gear is the only thing that survived my Dad's car-boot culling of my childhood. So complete guilt-free cheating here because I know I've sunk the hours into this before. It's good but it's tough as old boots. You can play any of the first four levels immediately, then onto the last one once you've done all of them. Only the default first level is mild and then they step up into tough, then the last level is a nightmare maze of experimentation, back-tracking, wrong doors taken and death. The Megaman structure is really decent, and it makes the levels and gameplay nice and varied. It does the Shinobi thing of giving you the time you need to react but not a split second more. 

They've really put a lot of time and care into this, unlike Ninja Gaiden which felt quickly shat out. They've done their best at bringing in the MD Revenge look into the graphics, they don't have the pixels to work with but it's a good effort. Strong soundtrack. The bosses are a slight weak point as they're considerably easier to deal with. I managed to work out cheesing methods for a couple of them straight off the bat. I don't really have anything bad to say about it. It's too brutal really. There's a million ways to die instantly, some of the enemies are an absolute nightmare. The design really shines through though. It's constantly changing and evolving as you progress through. Half-tempted to play through the levels in a different order to see how they pan out. Not going to though. 
86%

I'm considering bypassing Spiderman to play Morales when I get a PS5. I don't like to overdo it with open world games and 8-10hrs to non hundo enjoy it appeals.

I found miles morales (game) really frustrating and annoying. It’s another one of those stories where everyone is too rushed to do anything but in game you have characters waiting around forever. I think it’s a consistent bugbear of mine where massive conflicts are generated where a hug or listening would suffice and this is one of those. It was so annoying. Layered on that was the bloated mission structures (both in the numbers but also the missions themselves).

I quite liked some bits of it - miles morales interactions in his community were really nice and saving those locals was warm.

I just came here to see what Jon said about ghost but to see Moot wavering I thought I’d pitch in.

Just to contribute something good to this thread but I played and finished gnosia. It’s a really interesting twist on the traditional visual novel style game by actually having a game in there (you still press A a lot). The game in question is the werewolf or resistance card game where there are hidden enemies. I think the game does a fantastic job of some how conveying this idea of getting to know people better (through RPG stats and pattern regonition - when does this guy pipe up etc) into something that feels like a decent simulation of using deduction to wheel out the liars and hiding to avoid being caught.

After a while thought the game switches gear into a more visual novel territory (ie once you’re aware of people and charismatic enough you can basically control a round like a puppet master) and you look for story beats by forcing certain events to happen and that is kind of cool too.

I quite enjoyed all of the characters and the story is a really cool one with some nice “what is really going on here” elements.

It's unlikely I'll do any side quests, I only did two or three in RDR2 iirc. I want the game that gives me the best experience for story hopping, especially as I plan to do the same with Tsushima soonish.

27. Fury Unleashed - Switch (5hrs+)

In my still limited experience, roguelikes tend to build magical things on top of rock solid foundations.  It's very rare to find one that isn't on point on terms of the movement/shooting or whathaveyou.  Fury Unleashed gets the basics right, but the layers of intricacy are fairly restrained.  This suits my taste, and I'm learning enough about the style of games to identify the chunky luddite types to play.  This one's a slightly floaty twin stick platform shooter with a double jump, a mid-air dash, a sprint, a melee attack, a stomp, a two weapon limit and 'nades.  It plays exactly how you'd assume it would at a glance or from that description, but adds a combo system that rewards you for barrelling through the screens to maintain any chain kills perks.  The action is framed as pages from a comic, with randomised rooms generating at the start of each chapter.  You begin in the top left of the map, and the bottom right frame progresses to the next set (or boss).  As you play you'll earn XP which can be spent on a skill tree.  The more you play the more weapon sets unlock.  So far so le shrug in terms of doing anything new, and that's all it aims for really - a strong run & gun shoehorned into a perfectly serviceable roguelike set-up.  There are four comics to play, and if you defeat the three bosses at the end of each (which will require three successful runs) you can choose to start at the next one.  It also has difficulty sliders, which I'm a big fan of in these things as they take the sting out of the learning process.  

It looks fine - in an 'I guess' kind of way - and it sounds okay.  Guns make all the right noises and stages are tidy enough, but you wouldn't hang the art on your living room wall.  It makes some mistakes, chiefly the inability to remap controls, which was a huge problem with weapon swap for me as it's assigned to a click of the analogue stick used for aiming.  I would've had a much smoother ride if I'd been allowed to move the weapon change to the dpad - accidentally swapping to a weak sub-weapon during more or less every busier boss encounter was infuriating, but I suppose my now piss-weak JoyCons are partly to blame.  Also there's maybe not quite enough incentive to explore as opposed to pushing on, but perhaps that comes into play on higher difficulties.      

It's good (there's a chance it approaches superb in co-op), but the weapon switch pad complaint is enough to keep my final score down to a very strong [7].  

Look behind you, a three-headed monkey!