Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge is an enhanced port of Ninja Gaiden 3 that includes all downloadable content from the original title, as well as additional enhancements made to improve the game. The game can be…
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge is an adventure developed by Team NINJA, released 17 November 2012 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U and Xbox One.
What Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge is
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge is an adventure game developed by Team NINJA and released in 2012. It was published by Koei Tecmo Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The master ninja Ryu Hayabusa is summoned to London to confront a terrorist group led by a mysterious masked alchemist known as the Regent of the Mask, who has specifically demanded that the legendary Dragon Ninja face him. During their clash, the Regent lays a sinister curse upon Ryu's right arm, one that feeds on the lives he has taken and threatens to slowly consume him. The alchemist then issues an ultimatum, giving the nations of the world only days to surrender or be destroyed. Bearing the curse and the weight of the coming threat, Ryu sets out across the globe to stop the Regent and his followers.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player. There are 48 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Ninja Gaiden series
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge is the 36th of 51 entries we hold in the Ninja Gaiden series. The next entry was Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus in 2013. Its critic score of 70 is 5 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Ninja Gaiden at 93.
How it was received
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 4130 or over, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 VRAM 4GB or over, AMD R7 370 VRAM 4GB or over. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 20GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge launched on 17 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4, Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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