How hard is this game? :-\

[Gluesticky]

Is this game hard? Any option to make it story mode? I don't like hard games and play everything on easiest difficulty :-\

[relu419]

It's easy even on Hard, only Very Hard changes the game. Np to you.

[viktorhallo]

the difficultys are largely the same as other games with multiple difficulty options. the hardest difficulty is harder than most other hardest difficultys in games, but other than that largely the same.

[<<<<<]

There is an easy difficulty level, but if you came here for the plot, then I'm afraid it is extremely mediocre.

[Bolski]

Ninja Gaiden has never had a full-on story mode. It's an action/fighting game. Yes, it has cut scenes, but we're not talking TLOU or MGS hours worth of cut scenes. But there are different modes to play, but nothing to make it just a movie.

[Gluesticky]

I was just seeing if it's worth my time on game pass. If it's too hard i'm not going to bother downloading 85 gb. Game pass downloads really slow. :-\

[xr ඞ]

There's an easy mode that can be triggered if you die many times in a row.

[Bolski]

Originally posted by Gluesticky:

I was just seeing if it's worth my time on game pass. If it's too hard i'm not going to bother downloading 85 gb. Game pass downloads really slow. :-\

You have it on Game pass day one for "Free". How is it not worth the download to check it out? It has an easy setting if you want, but if you're looking for a story game like TLOU or Metal Gear Solid with hours of cut scenes (or even Hellblade II which is a walking simulator), then no, this game is not for you. But I think you're doing yourself a disservice not to try it out, especially if you do like fighting/action games.
It requires learning your enemy's moves, learning when to block, which weapon to use in certain situations, and learning boss patterns to defeat them. And do not spam button presses. You have to learn combos, cancelling cool downs between combos, etc. It's a fighting game, not a movie/story game, even though it has a story with it.

[Atrum Ruina]

Originally posted by Gluesticky:

Is this game hard? Any option to make it story mode? I don't like hard games and play everything on easiest difficulty :-\

There are relatively easy modes; Acolyte and Hero. Acolyte is where I'd normally recommend people start, but Hero basically makes it so that when your health gets low, Ryu will automatically guard and dodge for you, and you have infinite Ninpo (magic) so you can spam spells to get back into the fray. It's very accessible I think.