Comments on: Tenchu Z http://www.popcultureshock.com/tenchu-z/42003/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:23:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Crappy review skills http://www.popcultureshock.com/tenchu-z/42003/comment-page-1/#comment-106193 Crappy review skills Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:43:37 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/tenchu-z/42003/#comment-106193 Well seems like you didn't review the game all the way. You can move the bodies of dead guards - simply crouch down and press the X button dum-dum. You can 'farm' but running in and killing the main objective yes - but you'll never get any of the real rewards for your Xbox gamer tag to show off, and it will take 10 fold longer to unlock abilities. The guards vision is rather limited, thats how they wanted it - or else you'll be complaining that they spot you easy. As for the same X button mashing - not really there. You have the ability to learn alot of combos - now given, the A.I. is not very smart, and the combat is abit lacking - but thats why its a Ninja game and not a Warrior game. The partner thing was a waste of time, agreed, and the storyline was rather uninterested, they forgot they had 50 levels of plotting. But the moves you can learn, and the ability to use them correctly is all the fun in the game. I'm guess you never used your grapple hook on an enemy with that said? Tenchu Z was a nice next step in the development of the ninja games - but most the reviews forgot one thing - Tenchu Z isn't something you pick up over night and get good with - so most people still to what they know - regular stealth kills, rather then trying new types of kills - and get bored quickly. I've been playing for 15 hours now and there are still things to learn / new abilities to try. Decent game, but does have its set backs. I'm tired of seeing reviews with something things like "You can't move the bodies, it would be nice if you could." That says one thing to me as a reader - that the reviewer was simply rushing past the game, so they could write a review. Let the game grow on you - and TRY to become a master ninja. Well seems like you didn’t review the game all the way. You can move the bodies of dead guards – simply crouch down and press the X button dum-dum. You can ‘farm’ but running in and killing the main objective yes – but you’ll never get any of the real rewards for your Xbox gamer tag to show off, and it will take 10 fold longer to unlock abilities. The guards vision is rather limited, thats how they wanted it – or else you’ll be complaining that they spot you easy. As for the same X button mashing – not really there. You have the ability to learn alot of combos – now given, the A.I. is not very smart, and the combat is abit lacking – but thats why its a Ninja game and not a Warrior game. The partner thing was a waste of time, agreed, and the storyline was rather uninterested, they forgot they had 50 levels of plotting. But the moves you can learn, and the ability to use them correctly is all the fun in the game. I’m guess you never used your grapple hook on an enemy with that said? Tenchu Z was a nice next step in the development of the ninja games – but most the reviews forgot one thing – Tenchu Z isn’t something you pick up over night and get good with – so most people still to what they know – regular stealth kills, rather then trying new types of kills – and get bored quickly. I’ve been playing for 15 hours now and there are still things to learn / new abilities to try.

Decent game, but does have its set backs. I’m tired of seeing reviews with something things like “You can’t move the bodies, it would be nice if you could.” That says one thing to me as a reader – that the reviewer was simply rushing past the game, so they could write a review. Let the game grow on you – and TRY to become a master ninja.

]]> By: The Mad Gamer http://www.popcultureshock.com/tenchu-z/42003/comment-page-1/#comment-99580 The Mad Gamer Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:02:49 +0000 http://www.popcultureshock.com/tenchu-z/42003/#comment-99580 Yep. Sounds like hot garbage to me. Then again, we are talking about the Tenchu series...no surprise. Yep. Sounds like hot garbage to me. Then again, we are talking about the Tenchu series…no surprise.

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