To me it is superior in most ways to NGII. I thought I would dislike the absense of enemies, but it actually felt much more organic and natural. Yeah it was a little easier but like I said, the difficulty of the original was just unpolished garbage because they threw enemies at you just for the sake of difficulty with no more depth than that. Fighting the fewer enemies feels right to me, it is more of what I expected from Ninja Gaiden 2 before I started it. It actually feels balanced, it doesnt feel easier just to attract more players or something but it feels easier because it just isn't so hard for no reason like NGII. The difficulty on the original felt bloated and here it felt just right. It is more unique the way they implemented it and you don't have to worry about what to spend the essense on because everything is so much more expensive for some reason than it was in NGB.
