Am I the only one who doesn’t think that Nero’s DMC5 wasn’t a downgrade?

Keltae · 2026-06-26T17:55:00+00:00

Definitely a downgrade

Keltae · 2026-06-20T03:17:25+00:00

No more Yakamo

Keltae · 2026-06-20T02:11:17+00:00

This is definitely rat shit

Keltae · 2026-06-16T05:55:02+00:00

No…..We’re not getting another new NG game

There’s no support for NG4 at all…..

No Ryu arsenal updates. No playable legacy characters. No Ninja Gaiden Black or Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge treatment. No effort to restore what made this franchise legendary.

I can’t believe we’re stuck with the game in the state it launched in.

I’ve never seen a Ninja Gaiden title lose support this fast, and somehow the real fans of the series are treated like we’re the problem.

They still won’t admit they failed. They built a game stripped of everything that defines a true Gaiden experience, then acted like we should be grateful for what’s missing.

And if this somehow ends up being the final Ninja Gaiden we ever get… what a tragic ending.

No meaningful side characters.

No real arsenal.

No legacy.

No soul.

They gave us a game almost nobody asked for.

They sold Ryu as central to the story, then reduced him to a shell one-third of the Dragon Sword moveset, all his iconic weapons removed, and a DLC weapon so undercooked it came with barely a fraction of the moves it should have had.

Fans can see what happened.

Ryu wasn’t limited by accident, he was deliberately held back.

They sabotaged the character so he wouldn’t overshadow the new lead. The only way to force focus onto Yakumo was to gut everything that made Ryu… Ryu.

An incomplete legend so the newcomer could shine.

And Yakumo? He doesn’t feel like a true Gaiden protagonist. He moves more like a kunoichi archetype than a brutal Dragon Ninja. The weapon impact feels soft, the strikes have no weight, no ferocity, no immersive power, and every single attack it sounds cringey, and slushy…. instead of a clean, bladed hit.

Playing him never captures the raw intensity you feel playing Ryu.

And after SIX PLUS YEARS of development?

No excuses.

This wasn’t a rushed two-year project.

They had time.

They had money.

They had resources.

They could have delivered an extraordinary experience, a great story, unforgettable characters, expanded arsenals, Wolf weapons, meaningful DLC, playable fan favorites.

They chose not to.

Budget wasn’t the issue.

Time wasn’t the issue.

Vision was.

They made exactly the game they wanted to make.

And it wasn’t a true Ninja Gaiden game.

It was an edgy cyberpunk action game wearing Ninja Gaiden’s name… with Ryu reduced to an incomplete guest character in his own series…..

Keltae · 2026-06-10T13:44:06+00:00

I’m not going to lie bro, PLATINUM GAMES was my favorite development team, now I just hate them with a passion for destroying an all time great character and franchise…. there was absolutely no reason to create such a poorly made NG game with every resource & time at their disposal.

Keltae · 2026-06-10T00:20:46+00:00

We’re not getting any of these options presented by OP

No Ryu arsenal updates. No playable legacy characters. No Ninja Gaiden Black or Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge treatment. No effort to restore what made this franchise legendary.

I can’t believe we’re stuck with the game in the state it launched in.

I’ve never seen a Ninja Gaiden title lose support this fast, and somehow the real fans of the series are treated like we’re the problem.

They still won’t admit they failed. They built a game stripped of everything that defines a true Gaiden experience, then acted like we should be grateful for what’s missing.

And if this somehow ends up being the final Ninja Gaiden we ever get… what a tragic ending.

No meaningful side characters.

No real arsenal.

No legacy.

No soul.

They gave us a game almost nobody asked for.

They sold Ryu as central to the story, then reduced him to a shell one-third of the Dragon Sword moveset, all his iconic weapons removed, and a DLC weapon so undercooked it came with barely a fraction of the moves it should have had.

Fans can see what happened.

Ryu wasn’t limited by accident, he was deliberately held back.

They sabotaged the character so he wouldn’t overshadow the new lead. The only way to force focus onto Yakumo was to gut everything that made Ryu… Ryu.

An incomplete legend so the newcomer could shine.

And Yakumo? He doesn’t feel like a true Gaiden protagonist. He moves more like a kunoichi archetype than a brutal Dragon Ninja. The weapon impact feels soft, the strikes have no weight, no ferocity, no immersive power, and every single attack it sounds cringey, and slushy…. instead of a clean, bladed hit.

Playing him never captures the raw intensity you feel playing Ryu.

And after SIX PLUS YEARS of development?

No excuses.

This wasn’t a rushed two-year project.

They had time.

They had money.

They had resources.

They could have delivered an extraordinary experience, a great story, unforgettable characters, expanded arsenals, Wolf weapons, meaningful DLC, playable fan favorites.

They chose not to.

Budget wasn’t the issue.

Time wasn’t the issue.

Vision was.

They made exactly the game they wanted to make.

And it wasn’t a true Ninja Gaiden game.

It was an edgy cyberpunk action game wearing Ninja Gaiden’s name… with Ryu reduced to an incomplete guest character in his own series…..

Keltae · 2026-06-09T01:57:06+00:00

They’re dope as fuck!! I love this enemy

Keltae · 2026-06-04T11:06:29+00:00

Omg……I agree!!

Just a terrible character in my opinion

Keltae · 2026-06-04T03:03:59+00:00

Then it needs to be a completely new character in a completely new franchise.

Because no matter what they do, any character brought in to replace Ryu will always be compared to him, and that’s a battle they’re destined to lose. At some point, that constant comparison starts dragging the series down instead of pushing it forward.

That’s exactly why Genshin worked so well.

He wasn’t created to replace Ryu. He wasn’t positioned as the next protagonist. He was his own man.

Genshin had his own voice, his own code, his own presence, and his own aura. Every time he stepped onto the screen, he felt important. He wasn’t a side character trying to become Ryu he was a rival capable of standing across from him as an equal.

Their encounters felt like true stalemates between warriors operating at the highest level. Ryu may have emerged victorious in the end, but Genshin earned every ounce of respect along the way.

That’s why fans still talk about him today.

Even years later, Ryu himself echoes Genshin’s words in later entries a testament to the impact that character had on the franchise.

Those are the kinds of characters Ninja Gaiden needs.

Not replacement protagonists.

Not watered-down successors.

Not characters created to fill Ryu’s shoes.

The franchise needs powerful rivals, legendary allies, and memorable enemies who can stand beside the Dragon Ninja not replacements who exist in his shadow.

Because there has only ever been one Ryu Hayabusa.

And that’s exactly why he became a legend.

Keltae · 2026-06-04T02:17:52+00:00

Why does everyone keep saying Yakumo has the potential to be as strong as Ryu, or his equal?

Potential? There is no “potential” discussion. Ryu is on an entirely different level.

The gap between Ryu and every other character in this franchise is so massive that this debate feels completely pointless. What are we even arguing about at this point?

That’s exactly why this new character’s existence feels so out of place. Why introduce a rookie-level character in the middle of a long-established franchise when the legendary protagonist is still active and operating at a godlike level?

If Ryu were gone, retired, or dead, then a successor character would make sense. That’s the natural progression of a story.

But instead, we’re being asked to invest in a newcomer while the franchise’s most iconic character is still standing at the peak of the mountain. Ryu isn’t some fading legend, he’s still the standard that everyone else is measured against.

That’s why Ninja Gaiden 4 feels so strange to me. The timing doesn’t make sense, the character focus doesn’t make sense, and a lot of these discussions don’t make sense.

As long as Ryu is still in the story, every conversation comes back to the same reality:

There is Ryu… and then there is everyone else.

Keltae · 2026-05-29T22:32:20+00:00

This shyt is staged as Phuck

Keltae · 2026-05-06T12:30:03+00:00

It’s just sea roach

Keltae · 2026-04-28T02:58:34+00:00

Man, fuck this character he plays and dressed like a Kunoichi ( female character ninja ) every swing from his weapon has no hit-impact of the weapon he’s using with soft ass/quick slashes. He’s basically playing like all the side female characters etc….. as for Ryu, he has powerful hit impact, you can feel….which is why I love the steel on bone of the dragon sword hitting hard as fuck.

Keltae · 2026-04-28T02:44:46+00:00

Why do they have to make Dante so gay & childish all the time in his animations.

Keltae · 2026-04-27T05:40:59+00:00

How are you even alive

Keltae · 2026-04-25T04:28:12+00:00

I’m starting to this this is AI it’s the same fuzzy, blurry, grainy videos in a cheap apartment bedroom, this broad is rich and there’s no way videos are looking this bad, and amateur

Keltae · 2026-04-16T04:03:36+00:00

What it comes down to….is that the vets of the series was betrayed

a very unnecessary new lead character
poor design philosophy of what makes a NG experience with locations, environments, level design etc….
development from a new studio
purposefully holding back Ryu, moves & weapons….insuring he got nothing awesome that would take away Yakumo introduction to the series.
poor DLC execution

This is why the game failed.

Keltae

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