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Sep 13 2005
Tenchu Shinobe Taizen Review
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| Summary: Like combining all the tenchu games into one.
80
When I first heard about the PSP I thought it was cool that Sony is finaly releasing a handheld system. I've always beena ninja game fan no matter what it is. By far Tenchu is the best out of all ninja games i've played. I have all the Tenchu games that ever came out. So I thought to myself it be really cool if a Tenchu game would come out for the PSP. Well to my surprise my dream came true! Yup here it is a Tenchu game. Now IF only IF ONLY I understood Japanese it be much more convenient. But that doesnt matter its a Tenchu game. Story line is very typical and light.
Presentation
The intro movie just blew me away. I mean HOLY CHOW I would say that this quality is almost up to par with the PS2 graphics. The menus are easy to get around. Although I needed to download a translation file to understand it, other than that its okay.
Audio
Well it's Tenchu, your typical Japanese musicals and sounds sword clashing, slicing, screaming sounds of pain blah blah blah. If you've played the previous games they used the same music for some levels which is okay.
Graphics
The intro movie was good. The graphics are okay considering it's a handheld system, so of course it has its limitations. It gets choppy in moments when 3 or more baddies are on screen. But other than that the framerate has a good ratio.
Gameplay
Good gameplay for the most part. Lets just say if you're a fan then camera issues wouldn't be a problem. There are only 2 things that should have been polished here. First thing is the that a ninja game is nothing without stealth kills. When you do stealth kills in the game, the camera rotates around the victim slowly. This becomes a problem in tight areas because when the camera hits the wall it points upwards which means you can't see the slealth kills. You still hear the sound but there goes the point of the game. The second thing is the view distance. I understand that the setting is always nightime. But you can't see the enemy till your ki is about 45+ which is reall really bad for the game because you end up just guessing for the most part where the enemy is. But I always say a true ninja would succumb to this problem and deal with it. Other than these 2 porblems the game is great, controls and response time.
Overall
I've personaly always loved Tenchu games. This one is a little bit different though because its in Japanese and it's on a handheld. I really hope in the future they decide to remake it in English and at the same time polish those minor problems this one had. So basically if you're a big fan of Tenchu games get this one. Other than that it's good to try out new things. I promise you that you'll have lots of fun.
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