Day 4 asks which game do you consider a guilty pleasure? For me, it can only be the Ninja Gaiden titles; Team Ninjas hack and slash arcade em up, and as far as I can tell an answer to both Devil May Cry and Metal Gear. Now just because it is a guilty pleasure of mine, do not take that as a reflection of the NG titles. They are not bad games, not by any account. They do however posses all the characteristics of your average over the top Japanese anime- cheesy dialogue, unrealistically proportioned women, and heavy doses of gratuitous violence. In other words if you are looking for substance, you have picked up the wrong game... Unless that substance is intestines.
Ninja Gaiden does at least make up for its lack of depth and engaging narrative by being difficult- very difficult. I'm talking rage induced coma difficult. Even the lower difficulty settings can be like fighting off a pack of tigers armed only with a ragged oven mit. The final stages of Ninja Gaiden 2, for example, consist of fighting seemingly steroid enhanced versions of the games previous bosses in one condensed area, and often whilst fending off hordes of slightly less murderous enemies. Or fighting two bosses at once. Whilst on fire. Or upsidedown. Ok that may have been a mild exaggeration, but the end result is much the same- your thumbs will resemble shark attack victims. At least when I am wading through entrails up to my neck in claret from the hewn limbs of my fallen foes and shielding my ears from the cringe-worthy comments of scantly clad femmininjas- I can persuade myself I am just in it for the challenge.
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