Items like smoke bombs or noise makers, and abilities like being able to pull a guard through a vent or execute a surprise kill from a hiding spot add a lot of diversity to how you complete each level. As you make your way through the game you will earn points that can be used to purchase new tools or skills. You’re able to climb up walls, hang from ceilings, use a nifty grappling hook, or throwing darts to make your way through each level, and that’s just at the start. Luckily you have a number of tools and skills at your disposal. Whether it’s trying to get past the guards, who are watching (and listening) for you, laser traps, guard dogs etc, each moment has to be carefully planned and executed. Each new room brings with it a fresh set of challenges and obstacles. Mark of the Ninja succeeds in creating that needed tension, which is quite remarkable considering it’s never really been done like this in a 2D game. Progression is slow and steady because you never know what may be lurking around the corner. The key to a good stealth action game is tension. Lucky for us, the marriage is a pretty good match. It’s a game that marries the classic conventions of 2D gaming with the advances of 3D design found in games like Metal Gear Solid or Splinter Cell. So that’s why Mark of the Ninja is so refreshing. Try and stay out of the light as much as possible The argument can be made that Tenchu is the exception because it was developed after the technology of games had matured enough to allow a new expression in design i.e.
So it’s odd to me that all of those games, with the exception of Tenchu, have been presented as action games geared towards hacking your way through as many bodies as loudly as possible. Ninja Gaiden, Strider, Shinobi, Tenchu, even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have all given us a chance to walk in the shadows. In our art medium of gaming, we have had a number of series pay homage to the black-clad warriors. A fleeting moment of violence and skill that passes before its ramifications have registered in the mind of the intended target. There is swordplay, however, it’s over in an instant. When one pictures the image of the ninja, what concepts come to mind? Probably visions of the mysterious warrior creeping through the shadows, silently stalking his prey as he moves ever closer to the desires of his clan’s master.
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