Tenchu: Stealth Assassins

Acquire / February 26, 1998 / Rated Mature

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Released

1998

Publisher

Activision Blizzard

Time to beat

N/A

Community

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Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is an action-adventure stealth game developed by Acquire and published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan in Japan and Activision worldwide for the PlayStation in 1998. Tenchu is known for its stealth gameplay and the eerie settings of feudal Japan. Tenchu was one of the first ninja games to incorporate stealth, a very crucial aspect of ninjutsu. However, aside from featuring traditional martial arts in battles, the game incorporates elements of historical fantasy and Japanese mythology.

Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is a 1998 stealth video game, developed by Acquire and published by Sony Music Entertainment Japan for the PlayStation. It is the first installment in the Tenchu series, with Activision releasing the game outside Japan. Following Rikimaru and Ayame of the Azuma ninja clan as they complete missions for their employer Lord Gohda in Sengoku-era Japan, the gameplay involves the player guiding their chosen character through missions. With the aim to being undetected while either avoiding or quietly killing enemies.

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