

Control has taken a step back from the PS2 era titles confusingly changing what worked previously. Tenchu Z had Microsoft helping with marketing but unfortunately it’s arguably the weakest of the stealth games.

Unfortunately the camera is a little too close to the action making it far too easy to accidentally run into enemies off-screen. Almost as if it’s trying to play like the original Metal Gear games. The only Nintendo Tenchu title is unfortunately a missed opportunity, rather than trying to emulate the PlayStation originals, Dark Secret instead goes for an overhead stealth approach with an emphasis on laying traps.


Tenchu: Dark Secret (Nintendo DS) (2006) - Polygon Magic These include a quirky Bomberman-esque puzzler and a top-down take on the series.ĩ. Outside of the four main entries there have been a few spin-offs that will also be included in the list. Other companies took on development duty for the other entries, with K2 LLC being the main torchbearer with Acquire focusing on a new ninja franchise, Shinobido. Acquire themselves only worked on the original pair of PlayStation games and the fourth game in the series Tenchu: Shadow Assassins for the Wii. Initially published by Activision until FromSoftware bought the rights to the series in 2004. Giving you tools to distract your foes and vanish from sight it set the formula many games would crib from going forward. Sign up to our newsletter for the latest news and special offers.// Articles // 1st Oct 2018 - 4 years ago // By Simon Brown Ranking the Tenchu SeriesĪcquire’s Tenchu series was one of the first games to take us to feudal Japan and emphasise stealth in an open environment.
