Ninja Gaiden 4 Could Be The Easiest--Or Toughest--Game In The Series To Date

"Ninja Gaiden 4 will allow players to choose from three core difficulties--Hero, Normal, and Hard. Hero Mode can be customized through menu settings, and when active, protagonists Ryu Hayabusa and Yakumo can focus purely on fighting as the mode enables automatic blocking, evasion, healing, and movement features. Each setting can be toggled on or off at any time during the campaign, and it's designed to help familiarize you with the intense action of Ninja Gaiden 4."

"Once the campaign has been cleared for the first time, the Master Ninja difficulty mode will be unlocked. This increases the challenge, as even a single hit could mean death. Tougher enemy-types will appear sooner in the campaign, they'll strike from beyond your view, and they'll hit harder than ever before. To make things even more difficult, soldiers wielding rocket launchers will be positioned before each checkpoint, so you'll need to be on high alert constantly. This difficulty option cannot be changed during the campaign, so once you select it, you're locked in for a painful experience."

"For the apex difficulty setting, Death Wish mode pushes things to the extreme. The entire goal of this option is a deathless run through Ninja Gaiden 4, but it's easier said than done. The game will include a training mode to help you learn the ropes in your quest to be the u"

Ninja Gaiden 4 features three core difficulties—Hero, Normal, and Hard—plus unlocked Master Ninja and an apex Death Wish mode. Hero Mode can be customized to enable automatic blocking, evasion, healing, and movement so protagonists Ryu Hayabusa and Yakumo can focus on combat, and those settings can be toggled any time. Master Ninja unlocks after a first campaign clear, introduces tougher enemies earlier, one-hit deaths, and checkpoint rocket-launcher threats, and cannot be changed once selected. Death Wish targets a deathless run and includes a training mode to practice required skills. Higher settings demand extreme precision and persistence.

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