Cult / rarity still weak

PS Tenchu ​​Stealth Assassins (18er) is a weak "cult game" on the PS One.
Tenchu ​​1 plays in feudal Japan where there were battles between the powerful clans / families.
There are 10 missions offered where the player with one of two ninjas in the struggle
can draw. Tenchu ​​but partial-large play areas with nice graphics, 1998 Ok not
Compared to other games such as Resident Evil (1996) or the Final Fantasy series. The models
the figures are simple and very rough. Tenchu ​​is however bloody, very bloody (18er game) at
where you can take off arms and heads. The SFX is good, there is even the spurting blood.
The music and story has spanned and makes you want a game.

Graphics / Sound / Story
The graphics are good (tube), the 16: 9 wide screen, however heavily pixelated TFT on the PS2. That
Setting feudal Japan is clearly visible and there are with every mission a new topic.
The music is very good, the sound SFX is OK. The story is well presented and always a
good transition to the next mission.

Control / extra weapons
Unplayable is (also) by the total Tenchu ​​lousy Control (PS One / PS2). One can
not liquid turn on the spot, rotation = choppy, step-looking and very inaccurate.
Unlike Tenchu ​​2 the sword is always drawn! Attacks one opponent, so turns
the player dodges partially away from the opponent or opponents. The lousy control
Allowed difficult to align again on the opponent (mission failed).
One can often not lean on the walls to see around the corner. When piton
should the player at a 90 degree angle and are far enough away from the wall. The extra weapons
such spikes can be cast only backwards, so you have to the way the tracker
imagine and can use them not targeted (forward). Since it is difficult to Bewegnung
the opponent can explore, fall in the path of the enemy let up difficult.
The alarmed opponents fight back from throwing weapons, so does not apply to some also the ranged attack.
The poisoned rice balls paralyze the enemy only and it can not done in one fell swoop
become. Poisoned here is the misnomer paralysis rice ball correctly. Stalking is therefore
better in any case because a 1-Dash Kill is possible. Jumps sometimes go into the abyss, because
performed inaccurately z. B. Level 3. The run on a jetty or roof is wavering (no Sake).

Visibility (box) / Map
Visibility around 15m Felt, behind is darkness, even on a house. One sees
relatively late, the opponents, the AI-distance display is not a substitute for the limited visibility.
So you can see around corners you nimmte NOT to manually control the camera but
turns at a corner slowly on the spot. The sight of you. Camera positioning is in
any case limited as when moving this via rotation on the spot. Partly zooms
Camera in the 1st person view, you can see the pixelated faces but not the position of the
Opponents. The camera can only be moved when you stand and these controls manually. This is
however limited to a range of 180 degrees to the orientation of players, a look around
can not.
On the map is not the line of sight recognizable, one must always walk a few steps, then
until you recognize where to go or want to go.

Battles
In a battle with the enemy Tenchu ​​2 shows all its weaknesses:
-no liquid attacks (but blow - Pause block / strike - break)
-springende, zooming camera
-langsame, jerky rotations
-extra weapons / items difficult or not makes sense to use

Partly opponents are transmitted in the boss fight, so you have to eg
fight a wolf + Samurai.

Bonuses
One can in the game for particularly successful mission Reviews bonuses (scrolls)
obtain. One may never actually be seen or must all enemies undetected
do, otherwise the high score = scroll is gone. After completion of the mission
filled the bonus objects again, after a reboot, the number and
'diced existing objects.

Conclusion
Tenchu ​​on PS one is a real, rare rarity. The game is very difficult
(Normal Mode), since it offers some of the most horrible controller that you are in a 3D
Likely to find game.
Tenchu ​​1 can not with games like Resident Evil in 1996, the Square RPG
and much more. compete, Tenchu ​​is incomprehensible bad. The limited Sichweite that
Vision plus control prevents successfully the actual Ninja -Stealth
Assasin capabilities = Auskunschaften, stalking, off. First Games
like Metal Gear Solid, Head Hunter or other PS2 make Schleich Games
really fun, Tenchu ​​has simply too many technical weaknesses.
Rarer flop = for difficult playable control? = Annoying / minus SpielSpass

Better:
PS1: Vagrant Story, Resident Evil (technically), Final Fantasy, Grandia and very
many more
PS2 MGS, Head Hunter, ...