1. DeadP47

   10

   Yeah, I know, there is no co-op and Japanese Voices. But it's still Ninja Gaiden 2, you can't change this. It's fast, it's godamn hard and the story is cool. They even added gore that wasn't around in PS3 version. One of the best action games ever made that you can now take anywhere you want. If you haven't played it before it's a great opportunity. Enjoy… Expand

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2. deputydodger

   8

   solid port of an already excellent game, very good graphics and framerate, a few slight graphical hiccups along the way but nothing that takes you out of the overall experience. tight and responsive controls keep up with the action on screen, the only negative is the horrible camera, but thats nothing new to the series. well worth the money.… Expand

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3. Philosopher

   5

   Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus was awesome on the vita. Despite the clunky controls (featured also in the Playstation 3 Version), this port was as excellent as the PS3 Version. It was a great Handheld experience, showing what the Vita is capable of.
   
   Now we got Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus. A game featured in the current Generation. And to describe it in a few words, this port goes from decent to horrible. It feels more like playing a beta. When it comes to performance, this port sucks. The original game plays smooth with 60 Frames. This port features only 30 Frames. That's not a big issue, judging by it's predecessor also running only at 30 Frames. But the game lacks in overall performance. Gameplay feels slow. Sometimes, when it get's messy, the game is below this 30 Frames. In a few Levels, it's almost not playable. And the worst is, The Anti Aliasing says goodbye when you came back from the menues or when to many enemies inhabits the screen. So in this short moments, the game is full of Jaggies. It looks like a PSP Game.
   
   Cutscenes are pre rendered compared to the original Sigma 2. The ingame graphics are still nice. It shows what is possible on the vita. But the nice graphics paid a high price. It's a shame, Tecmo. But even with these nice graphics, the game may play smoother if the developers put more effort into this port.
   
   But still, Ninja Gaiden 2 is one hell of an Action Game. It's still so much fun. A little bonus, Tecmo included the gore and the uncensored Cutscenes from the Xbox 360 version. The amount of blood is still the same as in the Playstation 3 version (this choice was probably made because of the overall bad performance).
   For a Ninja Gaiden fan, this port is still Ok. But you may grab this for a few bucks. Maybe Tecmo will release a patch. But this may never happen. 5/10 for the bad performance. The Game is still worth a 9/10.… Expand

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4. center311

   3

   This game needs a patch A.S.A.P. The reason why people own video game consoles is because they want an experience that is fluid and requires no adjustments of settings in order to have a solid frame rate. This is completely unacceptable. In the first Ninja Gaiden port to Vita, the game had a solid frame rate of about 30fps, but the bow was so difficult to shoot because there was no way to disable the motion controls. It was so difficult, that it was as if you were sitting on a roller coaster trying to shoot at targets that were moving. In Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 plus, they completely fixed the projectile mechanics. You can tap the screen to shoot without aiming, which works pretty well if you're moving around because of the auto aim. To get better precision with your bow, you can press a button on the lower left hand corner of the screen and that puts you in stance where you can use the right analog stick to aim and the left analog to move Ryu's movements. However, aside this crucial improvement to a key element of the game, the frame rate dips below 30fps on many occasions. 30 fps is acceptable, but any less is horrible. Team Ninja, or whomever did this port, clearly didn't care about quality assurance and did not care about their fans. The overall experience gets hampered by the horrible frame rate. Avoid unless it is free. Until then, play on 360 or ps3. I would love for Techmo to prove me wrong and release a patch to make this the best Ninja Gaiden plus between the two.… Expand

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