MARK OF THE NINJA REMASTERED REIVEW MAC

MARK OF THE NINJA REMASTERED REIVEW MAC

The original version debuted on Xbox Live Arcade in September of 2012, and eventually expanded to Mac and PC. Before then, developer Klei Entertainment was known for its work on the Shank titles, which I gather are quite good. Since 2012, though, the studio mostly seems to get recognized for Mark of the Ninja even though it also has produced modest hits such as Invisible, Inc. There's a reason for that: ninjas kick butt, and here you get to be one.

Most of the stealth games I've played in the past, even some of the ones that irritated me the least, have been three-dimensional excursions. Mark of the Ninja gets the job done with only two. Action is viewed from the side, with the camera pulled back far enough that you can often see a lot of what's going on around you and plan accordingly. You're not omniscient, though, and enemies might still surprise you when they emerge from shelter. For instance, they might come strolling through a door that was closed, and there's no real way your character would have known they were there unless he got close enough to produce audible footfalls. Foes can hear you if you run around and make noise, and dogs can sniff you out even when you find shelter behind a potted plant and the guys with flashlights don't notice. So there's a bit of realism there, and it makes environments feel like places that might genuinely exist (as much as impregnable fortresses in a ninja action sequence ever can). Your adventure through those environments begins as you wake to find your village of ninja warriors being invaded by armored soldiers with automatic weapons.

They're indiscriminately shooting anything that lurks in the shadows, which will include you if you're not careful.

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