Tenchu: Return From Darkness

First off, I'm addicted to playing TENCHU since the first one came out on Playstation one! This one, Return from Darkness is the exact game as the one titled WRATH OF HEAVEN released on Playstation 2, with the exception of 2 additional missions for each of the 3 Characters. The graphics are enhanced on this version, and I actually like it better than the PS2 version. The cheat codes make it more fun! I can play this game over and over.

Couldn't play the game. Full of scratches

An awesome ninja game. For anyone who loves ninjas and stealth based action adventure games. Ported from the PS2's Wrath of heaven. It's pretty much the same besides the ability to play online and with extra maps. WARNING: Not backwards Compatible (yet),

The disc is not clean it is dirty unreadable disc

Ninja Gaiden changes things. Before I played it, Tenchu: Return from Darkness probably would've gotten four stars. But after I dipped into the pot of Ninja Gaiden-ness, and I returned to Tenchu and saw how limited the game was. Well, I didn't use those words exactly; I think I said, "Holy crap! This game sucks compared to Ninja Gaiden!"But I'm here to talk about Tenchu, aren't I? Yeah, I guess so. Tenchu is a tale of two ninjas, namely a creepy looking ninja-dude, and a hot ninja-chick. There is also a dumpy bald guy, but that comes in later. As these ninjas you fight thru feudal Japan and gain spiffy weapons and crazy abilities. Rikimaru (the dude. Not the Big Lebowski dude though) and Ayame (I forget how to spell it) fight this old dude who is totally whack. Yeah, that makes sense.What makes Tenchu suck is a lot of things. For starters it has bad graphics. I suppose that could be because it was originally a Playstation game (which I did play with an old buddy of mine who eventually went sort of insane), and after adding "new levels," the tech boys kind of forgot to make the mouths of the characters move when they spoke.The multiplayer sucks. You can only play with one other person, and not against the machine itself. That really sucks for people like who have no friends (remember? He went insane). And the co-op thingies are stupid.But, there are enough saving graces to make this game worthwhile. Heck, the "B-side" soundtrack on the Rikimaru storyline is worth the package. The storylines are varied in theme. The Rikimaru and dumpy guy stories play kind of samurai movies (Lone Wolf and Cub and Zatoichi movies, respectively). The Ayame one plays like a...ninja video game plot outline. It seemed a little less creative to me, and the B-side is not a funny as the other two.The visual graphics are very nicely done. They are stark, high in contrast and somehow reminiscent of a comic book.Without a doubt, however, the best feature in the game is the following procedure: after you've gained the "animal noise maker" use it with your ninja stars: 1) Toss ninja stars at enemies. They become alert and start searching for who threw that shuriken. 2) Blow the animal noise maker, which will sound like a random animal. (This is normally used when you make noise and alert guards, so as to fool them into thinking it was an animal that made the sound.) 3) Laugh your head off when said enemy reassures himself that it was "just an animal" that attacked him. Also works great when guards find decapitated bodies!(If you liked that, get the bears to fall down the temple in the Buddhist temple level of the dumpy guy storyline. You'll figure it out.)Tenchu gets a 3-star rating because it's an average game. It's not evil; it's just stupid at times. Not that that's a bad thing. So Tenchu lovers out there rejoice. I just can't comprehend why.

The story also gets lost between the action somewhere, and doesn't keep you on your toes as much as it could. It's not terribly difficult to complete, but without a radar, you may find your self wondering in a cave ten times through, walking around in circles.however it's not all bad.

I got this game for nostalgia, I remember renting it from block buster years ago. when I played it again it was just like I remembered story still holds up well, and good graphics for the time. no damage to the disc from transport.

The item came with scratches all over. I didn’t get to play,