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Aug 15 2005
Tenchu Shinobe Taizen Review
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I can consider myself as a fan of Tenchu series - not a die-hard fan, but I always liked the feeling of the Tenchu games, innovative, gore stealth-kills and all the ideas these games came with. Thanks to that I could forgive many bugs and developer's mistakes that every game had. I feel the same here. Even considering the fact that it's the 4th or 5th game in the series (so it's rather hard to be innovative like with the 1st one).
If anyone ever liked the adventures of Rikimaru, Ayame or Rin, this time will be no different. Draw distance? I can see no problem here - for me it's just an intended part of the game rather than a bug. I see it as another challenge for the gamer, not a technical issue or PSP hardware/developer limitation. DD is exactly the same as in Tenchu for PSone (checked it myself) - well enough for enjoyable experience but I can understand it can be annoying for some. That's why we have proximity meter, the best tool in the Tenchu series. When you see someone (about 40-50 on the meter) he can't see you yet - trust me.
There are various, interesting missions (incl. rescue/escort/follow type except killing-only) with many different cult characters from the series. As always, great, moody music, but mostly a rehash of old tracks rather than any brand new ones. It's important to play Tenchu: ST in a dark environment (afternoon, room with lights off) - it's not the game for a sunny day outside, due to mostly dark locations, with action in the night.
I really enjoy this game and I haven't even touched the Mission Editor yet, what is considered by many as the games main strong point. I don't think I will even fiddle with custom missions - original are enough to keep me busy for a while, giving tons of pure, Tenchu-ninja-slashing-fun. Give it a try, if you understand and love the series - if not, go play with Spidey.
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I respect opinions but poor draw distance is not an intended part of any game.
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If it was intended, it was a bad decision on the part of the developers. Other than the draw distance, I agree with everything said by the reviewer. This game rocks. The best game of it's kind I've played on the PSP. And the mission editor? It's AMAZING.
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did you buy it from japan
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Mine is the JP version, though I bought it from play-asia
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