The sound similarly is good, with no bad sound effects coming to mind after playing through the game. The graphics are a crisp, cartoonish style that look really good. Similarly combat is a clean, careful affair - sneaking into a spot for a single button-press kill, or luring enemies into just the right place to drop a chandelier on their head.Įach act you take is given points for a total level score, be it distracting a guard, sneaking close to guard, terrorizing a guard so badly he shoots anything that moves, killing a guard stealthily, killing a guard with a ninja tool (portable spike traps are brutal and effective) or hiding a guard's body - all this gives instant feedback to the way you play and puts you on a leaderboard at the end of a level.Įach mission also comes with three specific style goals - something that corresponds to one of four gameplay styles (Might, Hunter, Silence and Nightmares) and as soon as you complete three of these goals through the various levels you unlock a new set of armor with specific bonus abilities and drawbacks (for instance the Silence armor allows you to run without a sound, but you cannot bring a sword with you, completely removing stealth kills) These goals additionally unlock skill points used to unlock new attacks, items and upgrades in between levels. Platforming section are easy, as the ability to freeze time as you aim your hookshot means you never need to miss. This in fact encourages experimentation, for if you attempt to trick the AI into a trap and fail you'll only be set back moments after the guard lights you up with his rifle.
The game immediately feels more modern than games like Hitman: Blood Money or Tenchu Z for three reasons: 1) you can move quickly around the levels, 2) visual representation of sounds and tight controls allow for great precision in your play and 3) and significant checkpointing means a fatal screw-up doesn't restart the level from the beginning. Set in a modern world you play as a ninja on a quest for vengeance, fighting armed security guards and avoiding security devices such as turrets and deadly deadly lasers. Mark of the Ninja is a 2D stealth action-adventure - you climb through vents, smash lights with iron darts, slit guards throats from hiding spots, stuff bodies into dumpsters, hang from ledges, trick enemies into shooting each other, lay traps and can even go through levels without killing a soul.
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