Ninja Gaiden 2

I've finished NG2 a couple of days before and the game was a blast (played on acolyte difficulty). It has smooth controls, over the top violence and the best (and fastest) battle mode to ever grace a console (yes it is faster than Ninja Gaiden Black). The fighting is a delight.....smooth as silk.
Unfortunately not everything is perfect and the game is pulled back by retarded design decisions (like fighting 2 bosses one right after another, fighting all the bosses in the game twice, and the biggest of them all....the fact that you are forced to use the bow in boss battles). Graphic is ranging from butt ugly (chapter 8) to cool (chapters 10/11), sound is good and the storyline is simply crap. On acolyte the difficulty is "just right" so , hopefully, you won't feel like throwing the controller in the TV.
Overall....recommended.