• Tenchu Video Game

Throat-slitting, decapitation, small, sharp pieces of metal thrown into people's faces, smoke bombs, blood, goo, magic, heroism, grappling hooks, cherry blossom, small dogs...just some of things that you'll come across within a few minutes of playing Tenchu.So what kind of a game is it?

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If you don't have any idea what to expect think of a kind of Tomb Raider-ish engine with a bit of Bushido Blade thrown in, and then throw in an awful lot of sneaking around and hiding.

The basic premise here is this; you are a ninja (one of two characters--big, mean-looking chap called Rikimaru--big sword, big flappy trousers, or a petite cheeky-looking girl called Ayame--two small swords, penchant for slitting throats) who has to pop into various feudal situations and complete certain missions. More often than not these involve bumping off some kind of bad guy as quietly as possible. As the adventure unfolds you will have to make use of more and more advanced ninja techniques.

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The key here is stealth. And lots of it. The game is full of helpful ninja-ly advice like 'never let your enemy see your face' and from spending some time with a near complete version it would appear to reward you for keeping quiet. Movement around the levels is best made up on the rooftops where no one can see you. Getting there is easy--as you always have a seriously groovy grappling hook at your disposal which you simply aim and fire to get airborne. Once you find a target to kill, drop to the floor, sneak up behind him and let rip. If he doesn't see you, more often than not he goes down--if they spot you though, the action turns into a hack-and-siash fest with lots of blood.

Already a fairly significant success in Japan, this 'Ninja Metal Gear' is almost ready for release in the United States thanks to the capable efforts of Activision. Unlike many Japanese ports, this is actually something of an enhancement to the original game. When released this fall it will take the original action/adventure game with all of its murderous, stealthy, seriously tooled-up features and add two complete new missions (making the U.S. game 20 percent larger than the Japanese), more blood and gore, seriously enhanced enemy Al with bad guys that respond to sound, new magic items, an enhanced camera engine and new controls.