Ninja Gaiden Σ2
Developers | |
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Team Ninja | |
Koei Tecmo | |
Publishers | |
Koei Tecmo | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 10, 2021 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 72 |
OpenCritic | 74 |
IGDB | 78 |
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 Σ2, or Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, 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 2009 PlayStation 3 game of the same name, which was itself a remake of the 2008 Xbox 360 game Ninja Gaiden II with additional content.
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 all three games, a digital art book, and the soundtrack.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete or rename movie files[1] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NINJAGAIDENSIGMA2\<user-id>\SYSTEMSAVE\SYSTEMSAVE.DAT |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1580790/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NINJAGAIDENSIGMA2\<user-id>\CHAPSSAVE\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\NINJAGAIDENSIGMA2\<user-id>\STORYSAV\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1580790/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 | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | [2] | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | The game always launches in windowed mode. Use the window's maximize button to enter fullscreen, and press Esc to return to windowed mode. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds.[3] | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped to 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Widescreen resolution
- 1280x720, 1920x1080, and 3840x2160 are the only supported resolutions.
Change resolution in launch options[4] |
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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 | Only pre-configured presets available: Two for face buttons, and four for shoulder buttons. |
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Controller sensitivity | First-person camera and third-person camera sensitivity can be adjusted separately. | |
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. |
Face button layouts
Shoulder button layouts
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Sliders for Music, Sound Effects, and Speech. | |
Surround sound | Stereo only.[5] | |
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
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Spanish |
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.
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[6] | |
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>/1580790/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1580790) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-06-10
- ↑ PC Gamer - The Ninja Gaiden collection is a barebones PC port, locked to 60 fps - last accessed on 2021-04-03
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-10
- Tested by forcing off Vsync in the Nvidia Control Panel
- ↑ You can only change resolutions in Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection via Steam's Game Properties
- ↑ Verified by User:MasterBlaster on 2021-06-09
- Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter in conjunction with Razer Surround.
- ↑ Verified by User:Fayaine on 2021-06-10
- The games have separate Steam library entries and can be installed separately. Actual install size is 4.02 GB.