Tenchu Z is one of the few games that i think gamespot rated wrong. Its not as horrible as they make it sound at all...but at the same time its not ground breaking and overly fun either. Graphically tenchu Z is sound, it's an upgrade from its play station 2 counter parts...but it isnt on par with most xbox 360 games. It just feels like they tried to make it a little better looking then the play station and stopped. The game also has graphical glitches, like seeing shadows through walls or your part of your character model dissappearing when you are bumping to walls and such. Now these werent big deals on the ps2 but now that we've moved up to 360, you'd think they would have iced these problems. The sound of Tenchu is what you'd come to expect. They still speak Japanese and shout random phrases as they walk around and get killed. For the most part everything sounds fine, and the music that they've added sound like ancient Japanese music that a ninja may listen to on their head phones as they are stabbing people. The A.I. in tenchu is also what you suspect. Enemies still arent too bright. And still when you stab them, and hide for a second, they will totally forget you are there...which i find pretty funny. For the most part they walk a certain path, and when you are caught and they follow you, after you hide and they forget you the try to go back to that path, but sometimes get lost and glitch up, making them turn around multiple times or just stand still for a while doing nothing. The gameplay of tenchu is also what you'd expect. They've added in a few new features and such and incorporated a neat level up system so you can somewhat customize your character. Customization is pretty limited but they have quite a few items for you to place on your character, which can be pretty fun. Tenchu's gameplay isnt ground breaking but when you add multiplayer via xbox live it can feel pretty close. It is very fun to run with other people in your ninja squad and stealthily complete mission. Although missions for the most part all feel the same, playing on live seems to break up the monotony. But tenchu's serve is kinda of flawed and talking on the headphones can be a pain. It likes to give bad headphone connection and as one person is talking, they will break up and sound broken, which breaks up some of the fun. Tenchu Z is a fun game if you can get past its flaws. It's mostly for hardcore tenchu fans but some newbies can get into it too. I give tenchu a 5.5 out of 10
I will start by agreeing with many that this game is indeed under-rated. A score below 5 is absolutely abysmal, with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. I think Tenchu deserves a score in the 7's for this reason: it's ... Read Full Review
This is my first time playing Tenchu so try to keep this in mind. I can't relate to any of the past titles, so this is a review from a new player. Before I actually purchased the game, I downloaded the demo from XBOX... Read Full Review
