Ninja Gaiden Σ
Developers | |
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Team Ninja | |
Koei Tecmo | |
Publishers | |
Koei Tecmo | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 10, 2021 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 72 |
OpenCritic | 72 |
IGDB | 77 |
Taxonomy | |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Hack and slash, Action, Adventure |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Japan, Supernatural |
Series | Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection |
Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection | |
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Subseries of Ninja Gaiden | |
Ninja Gaiden Σ | 2021 |
Ninja Gaiden Σ2 | 2021 |
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge | 2021 |
Ninja Gaiden Σ, or Ninja Gaiden Sigma, is a singleplayer hack and slash action-adventure game in the Ninja Gaiden series developed by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo and published by Koei Tecmo. It is a re-release of the 2007 PlayStation 3 game of the same name, which was itself a remake of the 2004 Xbox game Ninja Gaiden with additional content.
Ninja Gaiden Σ was released on Steam on June 10, 2021 in the Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection, which also includes Ninja Gaiden Σ2 and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge. Although the collection was praised for its gameplay, upgrade to 4K, and performance at that resolution, its launch was marred by critics' and players' perception that the PC port was "bare-bones".[1][2][3][4][5] Commonly criticized were the lack of graphics options, the absence of keyboard and mouse support, and the inability to change the game resolution without using command line arguments.[4][6][7][8][9] On July 12, 2021, the collection was updated with basic graphics options including in-game resolution selection.[10]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Bundled in the Master Collection. Deluxe Edition also available. |
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Humble Store | Bundled in the Master Collection. Deluxe Edition also available. |
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Steam | Bundled in the Master Collection. Deluxe Edition also available. |
Version differences
- The Deluxe Edition of the collection includes a digital art book and the soundtrack.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename movie files[11] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NINJAGAIDENSIGMA\<user-id>\SYSTEM\*_SAVE.DAT %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NINJAGAIDENSIGMA\<user-id>\USER_SETTING\WINSTATE.DAT |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1580780/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NINJAGAIDENSIGMA\<user-id>\SAVEPOINT\*_SAVEDATA.DAT |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1580780/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 16:9 only. 1280x720, 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 are the only supported resolutions. FMV cutscenes are cropped to 16:9 from their original 4:3 aspect ratio. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | [5] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | On/off toggle. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped to 60 FPS.[5] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | No support for keyboard and mouse input. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Movement and camera controls cannot be remapped. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | These settings can be adjusted separately:
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Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | No support for keyboard and mouse input. |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Sound Effects, Voice | |
Surround sound | Stereo.[12] | |
Subtitles | The subtitle language can be set independently of the spoken language. For example, it is possible to play with Japanese speech and English subtitles. |
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Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Issues fixed
Game not rendering at selected resolution
- The game may render at 720p even if 1080p or 2160p are enabled in the Steam launch options and the game window title displays a resolution like [4k].
Change high DPI compatibility settings |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
Ayane's Kunai - Voices Restored (English and Japanese)
- Restores Ayane's voice for all the kunai scrolls that was cut from the Master Collection version of the game.
Use Ayane's Kunai mod[13] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-4130 | Intel Core i5-4460 AMD Ryzen 5 1400 |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB[14] | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R7 370 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible 16-bit stereo 48 kHz WAVE file compatible | |
Other | Broadband Internet connection |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1580780/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1580780) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (for PC) Review | PCMag - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- "...remarkable action games featuring rich, thrilling combat mechanics."
- "Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection collects two of the finest hack-and-slash games ever made, plus Ninja Gaiden 3, and releases tomorrow on Steam."
- ↑ Ninja Gaiden Master Collection review -- Sometimes you gotta settle - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- "All three perform flawlessly at 4K, even with a weaker GPU. I didn’t notice any screen tearing or slowdown, nor did I have any crashes."
- ↑ Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (for PC) Review | PCMag - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- "The Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection is about as bare-bones as a port can get."
- "...many players are reporting the PC port is hellla [sic] barebones."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Ninja Gaiden Master Collection PC port isn't going down well • Eurogamer.net - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- "The PC version of this action game collection is bare bones, with severely limited customisation and graphics options."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Ninja Gaiden collection is a barebones PC port, locked to 60 fps | PC Gamer - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- ↑ Ninja Gaiden's New PC Port Is One Of The Worst I Have Ever Seen - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- "...“screen settings” are gamma correction. That’s it."
- ↑ Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection (for PC) Review | PCMag - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- "It lacks keyboard support, controller customization (aside from predetermined control schemes), and graphical options to adjust."
- ↑ Ninja Gaiden Master Collection is out now | Rock Paper Shotgun - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- "And while I wouldn't ever want to play a game like this with keyboard and mouse, I know some weirdos do, and that's not an option here."
- "Throw in the fact that a warning on the store page says it, “Requires a controller in order to play. Playing with a keyboard and mouse isn’t supported,” (you can’t even navigate the main menu with your keyboard) and you’re looking at one of the most useless PC ports of all time, maybe ever from a major publisher."
- "There's another small disappointment for PC gamers: Yasuda said that the Steam port only works with a controller, and does not have keyboard/mouse support. I think the vast majority of Ninja Gaiden players would prefer to play on a controller, anyway, but it is odd to see a PC port in 2021 without at least cursory keyboard/mouse mapping."
- "It does not support mouse and keyboard, forcing PC users to play with a controller. A controller is perhaps preferable for Ninja Gaiden, but to not provide the option of mouse and keyboard is shocking."
- ↑ The Ninja Gaiden Master Collection PC port isn't going down well • Eurogamer.net - last accessed on 2021-06-11
- "But perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this PC port is how you change the resolution. When the game starts, it determines the resolution that's most appropriate for your setup: either 1920x1080 (1080p) or 3840x2160 (4k). 1440p resolution is not supported, and the game appears to be locked at 60 frames per second. In most games, you're able to change the resolution via in-game settings. Not so in The Ninja Gaiden Master Collection. To set a specific resolution, you have to open the game's properties from your Steam library, and manually enter the resolution you want ("720p", "1080p" or "4k") in the text field of Launch Options."
- "It doesn’t have resolution options in the game’s menu. Nor does it have a pre-game launcher. If you’d like to change the resolution—and only three are available: 1280 x 720, 1920 x 1080 and 3840 x 2160—then you need to get into the game’s properties then launch options in Steam and...pick it from a drop-down menu there?"
- "It's a double shame that the PC release sounds a bit pants. If runs windowed by default, without an option to change that - you have to click the maximise button on the window. And if you want to change the screen resolution, you have to... go into the game's Properties menu in your Steam Library, and select screen options from there? (Genuinely, this solution is listed on the Steam page.) What is this."
- ↑ Steam :: [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection] NINJA GAIDEN Σ :: Version 1.0.0.2 was released today. The changes are as below. - last accessed on 2021-07-12
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-06-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-06-09
- Tested with Special K.
- ↑ Ayane's Kunai - Voices Restored to 100% (English and Japanese) - Steam Guide
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-10
- The games have separate Steam library entries and can be installed separately. Actual install size is 3.53 GB.