Ninja Games, what you think they should be like.

Well first off let me say I'm not going to be bashing any games here just useful input, I think that we need a full on true blue (Or black in the ninjas case) ninja game, ok Ninja Gaiden, good series. But its very stylistic in its own rights and really brutal. All togeather not that ninja-e. Tenchu Z great idea, faild on alot of fronts.... Come on, could it really be that hard to make a game that totaly embodies the shadow warriors of today? Lightning fast speed, total silence, blood and swords and shuriken to! Any ideas as to how you think a ninja game should be laid out?

Ninja Gaiden and/or Tenchu.

If you want an action ninja game: Ninja Gaiden.

If you want stealthy MGS-type ninja game: Tenchu.

Another good engine I thought would work for a ninja game is: Mirror's Edge.

Shouldn't a "realistic" ninja game be all about stealth? Not a hack 'n slash. More like Splinter Cell. Hiding in the shadows, on the ceiling. Stealing intel, spying, assassinations, sabotage, scouting. Killing quietly.DJ_Magneto

This is true. BUT, there are mystical elements attached to the canon of NINJAS... ninja's like Ryu, Goemon, and Naruto are a different breed of Ninja... they go out and fight head on... using magic, swords, kunai, what-have-you to finish their mission.

The stealth ninja/assassin is still around; but people also like the idea of the mystical ninja who fights for his country/code/honor/revenge... The action/magical take on ninjas is also more game friendly... games like Tenchu don't have quite the production quality of MGS or Splinter Cell which is why they don't reach such high sales as the Naruto/Gaiden games.

I'd love to see a Kojima game that focused on Grey Fox from Metal Gear 2 to Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes; same gameplay like MGS but with a ninja(Raiden in MGS2 & 4 doesn't count)

I think people have forgotten the actual meaning of "Ninja"

Ninjas are supposed to be stealthy and blend in with thier surrondings like in Tenchu Z. I'm not gonna lie i LOVE the ninja gaiden series, every single one of em but i think they need to make a game with a good balance of stealth and combat. I mean i wanna see a game with a lead character with a good back story that you can actually play through like through his training and whatnot i think that would be pretty sweet. What do you guys think?

Stealth acrobatics and so many different paths to achieve a goal that that you can beat the game 100 different ways. It shouldn't contain much fighting. Ninjas don't fight.....ninjas kill. In ninja game having to fight enemies should be a punishment for failing to elude them or failing to kill them quietly on the 1st try. It should be level based but each level should be like its own little open world where you can do anything you want. It should be like Zelda or Metroid where u can find different items that will help open up new paths, but the items shouldnt be madatory. You should be able to beat every level with the things you are given in the 1st level but having collected more items in later levels should open up paths to new rewards and dangers. It needs prince of perisa style arcobatics that you can use to find different ways to get to your objectives or rewards. The gameplay and difficulty should adjust to the player. If the person isnt so good at hiding and they run in and kill a bunch of gaurds their reward should be like a sword to make fighting gaurds easier and more fun. If you kill all of them with out fighting them then your reward should be something that will help you do more of that in later levels. If you sneak past them without alraming anyone you need no reward is that you get nothing and the enemies in the next level will be harder to sneak past(keep it hard for the people who want it that way).

I think people have forgotten the actual meaning of "Ninja"

Ninjas are supposed to be stealthy and blend in with thier surrondings like in Tenchu Z. I'm not gonna lie i LOVE the ninja gaiden series, every single one of em but i think they need to make a game with a good balance of stealth and combat. I mean i wanna see a game with a lead character with a good back story that you can actually play through like through his training and whatnot i think that would be pretty sweet. What do you guys think?

Mushroomhead2

yeah people are confusing ninjas and samurais... ninjas are assassin/killers... while samurai's are soldiers

Ninja games should be like Tenchu. Ninja's are assassins... sneaky assassins. There jobs are to sneak in and take our there targets without causing a ruckus.

I believe Tenchu 2 got it down right. I miss the older Tenchu games... I also wish they would bring over Shinobido here to the US.

A new gen modern day Tenchu ! :O I would love that..

With like a Assasin Creed's play style