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The Great has become the Best.....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 19
Date: July 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

In Tenchu 2 you use many Ninja style weapons some that were in the original game, others that are new like flaming arrows. You use stealth to sneak up on your enemy and kill him/her without them knowing what hit them! The game is really bloody for some this might be great for others it might not be all that good. Tenchu 2 comes with a new feature the mission editor, in the mission editor you can create your own levels and place enemies within the levels! It's a great feature that makes an already great game even better. All together the game has 29 levels, 3 playable characters (the two Ninja characters that were in the original game and a new Ninja character),22 weapons, a mission editor, and many hours of fun. For those of you who like games that are based on stealth this is a game you can't pass up!

a great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 42
Date: March 30, 2000
Author: Amazon User

if you like ninja games this is the game for you.You can swim and breath through a bamboo pole.and new dalight missons.

A prequel to one of PlayStation's best adventure games.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: August 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Tenchu 2:Birth of the Stealh Assassins is a kind of game which leaves you craving for more long after you have fineshed it. It is a game with a lot of depth and playability.

First off, this game is a prequel to the original Tenchu. It's story is about Rikimaru and Ayame - the two ninjas 'adopted' by the Lord Godha. There is also has a third ninja named Tatsumaru who fights alongside with the two of them. This explains the story of what happened to Tatsumaru, how all 3 ninjas protected their Lord from traitors and also how Rikimaru got his famous eye-scar.

It has around 25 levels (making it 15 more than the first game), with different levels for each of the 3 characters. However, if you're not happy with the levels in the game, you can create your own level. That's right, you can place walls, buildings, trees, bushes and other countless objects to perform your assassination in. You can even place guards and design what their pattern of walking will be. You can also make the mission peramiter, like assassination of a person, an escort to keep someone alive, elimate all guards, etc.

The game has improved gameplay-wise also. You can now swim in the water and even use a bamboo reed to breathe through it to remain unnoticed. You also have lots of new ninja gadjets to use, like a blowgun, invisibility and different kinds of shurikens. Yes, the game is still very bloody and realistic. But the game is not trying to be some kind of head-blowing, mindless slashing. You must still remain unseen by the guards and be very careful when you commit your 'cold blooded honor'. Overall, this is a definite buy for your PlayStation. I liked it very much and I suggest you give it a try.

Think of it as Rikimaru's Revenge

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: July 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I would've given this game a 4 star rating, but you can create your own missions! If you like stealth games like Metal Gear Solid, then this is for you. You can be two Ninjas....Rikimaru(boy) and Ayame (girl). Your goal is to keep away from the guards....and kill them without anyone noticing. You can use 22 Ninja Items, some magical (Vanishing Tree makes you disappear to another place in a flash of leaves), some not(Grappling Hook anyone?). Rikimaru is armed with a deadly Katana and Ayame two daggers. You can do front flips,and back flips, and you can creep along walls. You can crouch so the enemy doesn't see you, and you can breath underwater with the help of a bamboo pole. One of the best features of this game is the 1-hit Stealth kill. If you can manage to run up behind an enemy without them noticing, you can kill them silently. Overall a great game, but a little bloody.

IT ROCKS! IT RULES!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: August 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't believe Tehchu 2 did come out a week early. So, I rushed to the store to get this baby. Well, if you like the first one, you don't want to miss this one. If you don't own the first one, buy that one first (it's cheaper) :).Tenchu 2 is pretty much the same as the first one. But now, you can drag your fallen enemies into the dark or search their bodies for goodies. And there are more stealth-kill moves. The whole area map is not given before-hand, so you will get lost for some time. And there is a story with cool FMV's! Other than that, it is still the good old Tenchu. So, get it and hide-and-kill. And "I WILL SEE YOU IN HELL!" (Onikage, Tenchu 1998)

Originality: 4 <=> Graphics: 4 <=> Sound: 5 <=> Game Play: 5 <=> Replay Value: 5 <=> (Out of 5)

LET US REVISIT OUR HEROES

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: December 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

With the death of Rikimaru at the end of Tenchu/Stealth Assassins, the only way to revisit our heroes is as a prequel. Find out the backstory of Ayame and Rikimaru as they (along with Tatsumaru) fill in the gaps before the first game. With more bells and whistles, this is a great follow-up (and addition) to this series. Be sure to check out Noriyuki Asakura's 12 track soundtrack CD (to the first game) and Brady Games excellent strategy guide. I only hope that Tenchu Shinobi-Hyaksen is released domestically very soon.

still holds up in 2003

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: April 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I played Tenchu 1 for the first time about 3 months ago.
That got me hooked and I recently bought Tenchu 3. More great stuff.

I didn't buy Tenchu 2 at first since I heard it was inferior to Tenchu 1; and Tenchu 2 appears to be only available used.

Nevertheless, in reality Tenchu 2 is quite a bit better than Tenchu 1. Some extras that make Tenchu 2 sweet:

- Build your own game levels - if you use the free psx emulator you can download and play levels that other people make.

- Graphics are better in tenchu 2 than tenchu 1. Graphics are significantly better if you play it on the psx emulator since it takes advantage of the full resolution of your modern PC (I can play it at 1280x1024 on my laptop!!!).

- Comes with a real tutorial - unlike Tenchu 1 and 3. The tutorial is weaved into the game where you first practice as an apprentice Ninja on a number of obstacles, before being tested by your master.

- Ability to swim and breath under water thru a pipe is cool.

- Ability to drag dead bodies to avoid having them be discovered is cool.

These last 3 elements make the ninja sim more complete than the other 2 games.

Definitely worth getting- new or used. Don't worry if you can't get the documentation on the used versions- the controls are well documented on the web.

A soon to be Classic!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was blown away when i first started playing. New moves, new weapons, a whole lot more variety when it comes ot stealtn fatalities. The graphics are very good, and the enemies are creative and quite entertaining. If you like violence then this is for you. More blood, and death then ever. If you liked Tenchu, then you will surely be astonished by what Tenchu 2 has to ofter. In my mind tha greates game in it's genre.

This game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: August 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Well I played and beat the first tenchu game and i can say that this game is 10 times better. It gives you the life of a ninja in feudal japan close up and personal. THe death scenes are very realistic (if not overly bloody) but the stealth is the best part by far. The stealth aspect is done better than metal gear solid, (although i dont think a games story can ever compare to metal gear) so all and all i am very impressed with this game.

---Tenchu 2---- Take Advice From A Gamer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: October 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This new Tenchu game is awsome and packed with new stealth klls and combo moves. It is totaly better than the first tenchu. It all starts out in the past with a new player to fight with Tatsumaru. Awsome new levels and many more of them that would be 42 to be exact. Every character has a different story and better each time. Better graphics more blood and if you like gore theres lots of it, and if you like to be the one dishing it out then why dont you use your item selction screen packed with awsome new weapons to choose from with even my personal favorate the blow gun. Take down the Burning Dawn with your stealth and weapons kick a$$ like youve never kicked before. Thats why this game deserves a 5 two thumbs up plus fingers this game rocks!

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