Okay. As I suspected, I was newbing out regarding Ninja Gaiden Sigma. Forget I said anything.

Actually, don’t. Don’t forget. Let’s talk about this a bit further. It’s a hard game, granted — and it’s got a gazillion combos and stuff, great. And many weapons (cool), with choice of advancement (nice) and secrets (awesome) and stuff (oh yeah). Oh — and it’s fun. It really is. It’s lots of fun…

…once you get the hang of it. Ay, there’s the rub! It’s a matter of practice, really. Studying the combo list (which should be more readily acessible, methinks — and particularly, should not “forget” where we were once we leave the menu and return) — and slashing and kicking away. As a friend pointed out, this game seriously lacks a “practice arena” of some sort — we had to New Game it repeatedly to catch the curve.

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I hope they fix up the PS3 interface soon. A simple “grab ” action, maybe activated by pressing R1, would be more than enough. It’s ridiculous that I have to traverse all the games and demos I’ve downloaded to reach some older (yet more frequently played) game. And no, the sorting function is certainly not enough. Not to mention that ordering downloads is a must. I currently have use “pause all” and the judicious use of “resume” to try to prioritize downloads, but come on, that’s just plain wrong.

Let’s see what happens once Home comes out. I just hope they’re not wasting spending all their man-hours on it instead of having someone do nice fixes to the menu system.