Skip to content

Ninja Gaiden II

Team Ninja · Jun 3, 2008

Xbox 360

Mature

About

The sequel to the blockbuster action game by Tecmo's heralded Team Ninja. Gamers must guide Ryu Hayabusa on a mission to avenge his clan and prevent the destruction of the human race. Armed with an assortment of ninja weaponry, players must help Ryu skillfully maneuver through a world fraught with peril and danger. Running on an entirely new gameplay engine, Ninja Gaiden 2 evolves the action in the sequel with an auto-generation health system, new enemies and locales, and thrilling combat built upon an extensive assortment of ninja weaponry.

Trailers & screenshots

Scores by platform

Xbox 360

Critic 8.4 (6 critics) · Gamer 8.9

8.3

Critic reviews

  • Game Trailers

    Game Trailers · Sep 23, 2009

    8.4
    Ninja Gaiden 2 adheres to the Team Ninja aesthetic, which will please fans but won’t endear the series to a new audience. The addition of the rebounding health bar and obliteration techniques provide the player with some relief and new ways to mow through enemies, but cheap AI, some rather sinister design choices, and an aging engine offsets a lot of the gains.
  • GameSpot

    Kevin VanOrd · Jun 03, 2008

    8.0
    You're stuck recording entire swaths of gameplay, and the frame rate takes a bit of a hit when you turn the option on. But it's a feature that, like its amped-up combat, will please the game's core audience. If you're one of those folks, you'll enjoy what this sequel offers. Its various inconsistencies and visual deficits are obvious, but the fluid, heady action makes Ninja Gaiden II a great game.
    Read review

See all critic reviews

Rate this game

to rate this game.