an incredible achievment in gaming
You go through missions on your own path. You can be stealthy, stick to the rooftops and get a grandmaster rank to get a special item, or you can run through the level cutting down every foe you see and frequently getting in fights. Either way you do it, its a hell of a lot of fun to play. The actual combat system contains a normal three hit combo, a uppercut slash you do from a crouching position, a jump slash, and left and right slash. The sound and all of those cool animations pulls everything together for a great experience.
Graphics: The graphics are the games only slight downfall. The characters other than the player are really blocky you can see the big 7 or 8 rectangles that make a head. the arms are just two basically two squares and a hand with 3 lines on it, same for the legs. The backround is squarish to but all together the graphics dont take away from the experiance.
Sound: This is another aspect of the game that really shines. The music is very well done, every song in this game is a masterpiece. You can tell they put a great effort to make the music really immerese the player into whats going on in the game. The sound effects are also great. The sound of a stroke of your blade connecting while your foe lets out a yell of pain gives a great sense of satisfaction. The voic overs are also superb. They didnt spare any effort on getting voice actors that were very good and fit the characters.
Overall Tenchu: stealth assassins is one of my personal favorite games and an outstanding achievment in the gaming world. anyone who likes game should at least give this a try, you wont be dissapointed.
OVERALL: 9.4