Wow, you are completely blind if yOu got the feeling that he didn't see the game for what it is. What it is, apparently, is boring, repetitive, not what fans OR newcomers are interested in, easy, and all with crappy tacked on multiplayer. Maybe the author was a little "butt-hurt", but wouldn't you be if you were eagerly anticipating a game for years and it turned out to be crap? What is truly saddening is the overall level of intelligence on this site. Gamers, especially NG ...
@NukaCola - Did you read the review? He definitely mentioned the multiplayer, saying it was plan bad.
I'm not sure why so many people are so quick to defend this game. You can go ahead and try to make up conspiracies about IGN giving better scores to games that advertise on their site, but the fact is that games with a bigger budget tend to be better and have more advertising. Of course there are exceptions, but that would be the trend. Ninja Gaiden 2 was all over IGN wh...
inFamous was probably the easiest and quickest Plat I ever got. 2 playthroughs in 2 sittings and done. I make fun of my friends that have played that game and haven't platinum'd it.
I, too, own and love my Vita, but to think that GTAV on Vita wouldn't be huge is a complete mistake. The Vita is not typically competing against the home consoles, but it is competing against the 3DS, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. GTAV could easily be exclusive to the Vita as far as handhelds go and that would be a huge killer app for Sony. A full-fledged GTA with proper controls and graphics in the palm of your hand? I'd reserve mine yesterday.
Honestly, I would really just prefer to have an excellent port of GTAV with cross-play on my PSV. All of the suggestions about using your PSV to accept missions, or as a GPS, etc. must be coming from people who don't actually own one. The thing is HUGE. I don't mean that in a bad way (I love it and have been playing on it non-stop), but it would be such a hassle to use it in addition to the PS3 on a regular basis. It all sounds good in theory, but it just doesn't make sense.
You would describe the other Ninja Gaiden games as easy, boring, repetitive, etc.? If so, I would have to say YOU are the one that hasn't played them.