By Gerald Lynch
I’ll never forget the look on my Mum’s face on Christmas morning, 1998. The turkey was cooking, the present unwrapped, and my brother and I had just popped Tenchu: Stealth Assassins into our original PlayStation console.
Then came the blood. Gallons and gallons of polygonal blood. The 18 certificate should have been a giveaway, but somehow the reality of ninja assassinations must have been lost on my Mum as she approached the till at our local games emporium, instead picturing how her sons’ glowing, cherubim faces would weep with joy upon receiving their most-wanted of gifts.
But when the ninjas leapt from the rooftops, splitting lowly guards in two like meaty Kit-Kats with their katanas, Mum must have wondered if this was quite in the same spirit of Christmas as the wintry saccharine cards and carols surrounding us.
From blood spills to Bloodborne
The Tenchu series, first developed by studio Acquire and later by Dark Souls and Bloodborne legends FromSoftware turns twenty this year. But it’s been nine years since we’ve seen an entry into the ninja-stealth-and-slash-em-up series, and that was the risible Shadow Assassins for the Wii.
It’s hard to put into context just how amazing Tenchu seemed to a 10 year old me …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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