It Reaches is one of those games that makes its strongest impression during the opening hours. The atmosphere works well, the bodycam perspective is a smart stylistic choice, and the sound design does an excellent job of sustaining much of the tension the experience tries to build. The problem is that, once the initial impact fades, several hard-to-ignore flaws begin to surface. The chase sequences gradually lose their effectiveness, the puzzles do little more than the bare minimum, and the narrative struggles to live up to the expectations it creates along the way. What remains is a short horror experience with its own identity and a handful of genuinely interesting ideas, but also the constant feeling of playing something that could have dared to do much more. For a few hours it manages to convince; when the time comes to leave a lasting mark, however, it stops just short of succeeding.
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Ninja Gaiden 2 Black is the classic old school title. Born at a time when the market for action games was profoundly different. Difficult, forbidding, mechanically deep, and devoid of any simplification, with Ninja Gaiden 2 Itagaki had a clear idea of how to test players. With this new version of the title, which takes its full measure from Ninja Gaiden 2 and Sigma 2, the developers a milestone of action that will be able to make the historical fans of the series happy and bring closer all those players looking for a demanding and satisfying challenge, especially if they are children of the various souls like and the like. A great pity for not daring more from the renovation point of view, leaving intact all the gameplay with attached camera glitches, the real unbeatable boss of the game. This is a great opportunity to catch up with the Ninja Gaiden saga, in addition to this new edition of the second chapter, you can download the complete trilogy via the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, which you can find on all stores, while waiting for the next upcoming titles such as Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound coming this summer, developed The Game Kitchen and this fall with Ninja Gaiden 4 that will see the collaboration between Team Ninja and Platinum Games.
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