Just to note, these are impression of exclusively, the PS3 version. I say that, in case there's differentiating performance between the two.
Liked
The gunplay was great. Makes me wonder why Rockstar seem to believe these type of games need an auto-targeting system to remain fun. They're definitely wrong. The gunplay was satisfying, and generally fun. The characters, and what I saw of the plot, definitely had me interested. Seems like it'll pack a great story. The physics in general, and more specifically driving physics and overall handling of the vehicles was also excellent. Visually the game looked pretty good, for the most part character models were very well done, and as were interiors, lighting was also great for a sandbox game.
Disliked
Unfortunately the game suffers from a plethora of technical issues. It's incredibly unlikely that these are attributed exclusive to the demo build, but I would hope the problems would be alleviated a little, on full release. Aforementioned issues include, screen tearing, generally low FPS, low draw distance, seemingly no AA, poor AI (specifically the city police when they are supposed to pursue. Other dislikeable aspects include the lack of any water physics, whatsoever apparently and areas which don't match the rest of the game, visually. Such as the foliage textures which are of notably low resolution.
Conclusion
Overall, it seems like it's going to be an amazing story driven sandbox experience, the mission available in the demo was truly excellent. The present technical issues are something I can look past, although was a little peeved by the poor AI on pursuing police. Hopefully this is something which isn't so much of an issue in the retail release, as is it looks to be an incredibly fun, if a little flawed experience.
Tom Lee, Creative Director, Team Ninja: "We’re excited to announce that The Two Masters DLC for Ninja Gaiden 4 will be released to ninjas of all skill levels on March 4, 2026! This story-driven expansion continues Yakumo and Ryu’s battle against fiends that once again threaten to take over the world. After completing the main story, players will unlock new story chapters that push both characters into battles against even deadlier enemies, challenging bosses, and new trials that will test the skills of even the most seasoned master ninja."
Kotaku writes: "A Resident Evil Requiem review published by long-standing UK gaming news site Videogamer has been removed from Metacritic after readers pointed out it was written by a fake AI journalist who doesn’t actually exist. Videogamer‘s human masthead was gutted last week, sources tell Kotaku, and the site has been publishing apparent genAI slop ever since."
Genuinely well done on metacritic for taking such an immediate hard stance. Not often, if at all, you see that these days. Credit where it’s due.
This is really sad on so many levels. Not least of all the fact that all the human lost their jobs to a language model. Can we block all content coming from Videogamer site. Can we make a rule that content sumitted to N4G must be greated by a human being.
I'm gonna report every Videogamer article I see on N4G from now on so just putting it out there.
It is amazing but I'm starting to slightly miss the moron gaming press we had in the 2010s because at least they were human.
New York attorney general Letitia James called loot boxes 'quintessential gambling.'
i think in the full game you will be able to swin its just they didnt want you leaving the area in the demo so they just blocked the water off
There was a little section of water I was able to get into. However there were no water physics, it did not react as I walked through it.
You could be right though. However then it'd have made more sense if the area had actually been cordoned off like the rest of the demo.
It looks like a damn PS2 game!
I mean I like the game alot, but damn control schemes man. Really wish l1 and r1 was to aim and shoot. I fix the other buttons square to reload and action button as x... Need to play again to see screen tearing overrall great demo...
All I have to say is 'Boobs'.