#Sneaky ninja fails professional#
#Sneaky ninja fails series#

Notably, characters suffer from puppet-jaw, levels are tired and sharp, and the game offers very little interactivity. In adding larger environs, it seems the team didn't afford itself enough time or resources to increase the level of detail. While the in-game visuals of Wrath of Heaven were never to be knelt before and praised, their flaws become all the more prevalent this time around when much of our generation of gaming has done away with angular environments, poorly articulated models, and muddy textures. This makes the already convoluted attempt at storytelling practically senseless. The narrator speaks of battles and vengeance and blood as renders of Rin, Ayame, and some miscellaneous feudal lords merrily cycle on in the background. More troublesome is how each of the game's cutscenes is actually made of about a dozen floating woodcuts and static renders that pop in and out of place. Fatal Shadows, unfortunately, binds its levels together with melodramatic narration that recounts the events of the title with a kind of profound heavy-handedness so stylized it makes little to no sense when taken in context. Poor acting with good writing and excellent direction is still tolerable, however. In fact, several of the actors seemed to be shared resources.

#Sneaky ninja fails professional#

The voice work, as is typical of most ported Japanese titles, screams of a weekend's worth of professional input and rivals Rumble Roses for the most outrageous interpretation of what a tough girl trying to be cuter than an eight-year-old might sound like. Together, and against one another, they progress through a tale of greed, power, malevolence, and wacky agendas.Įven though each of the game's distinctly clichéd archetypes is designed to be exactly what he or she is, Fatal Shadows never manages to tie the story together in an exciting or even believable way.

#Sneaky ninja fails series#

Series staple Ayame is the protector of her land and must investigate the slaughter of a rural village, while newcomer Rin is a survivor of that massacre who now seeks revenge. In Fatal Shadows players take on the role of one of two female ninjas.

The basic gameplay formula has remained almost entirely unchanged.

Despite being transferred over from Activision, Tenchu has been altered remarkably little over these past two years.