For example, you'll often come across the same village in assassination missions, while the same walled compound will pop up time and again for thievery quests. Annoyingly, some of the maps are repeated for the same type of missions. Missions fall under the broad objectives of assassination, total destruction (kill all enemies on the map), thievery (steal an object and escape), courier (deliver a document) or reconnaissance. While there are plenty of missions of offer, there's actually little variety in the type of missions you'll be asked to do. Your actions have a direct impact on the greater power play happening in Utakata - the power of the three feudal lords will grow or wane depending on whose missions you choose to accept. Each of the three feudal lords will offer Crow missions to complete - choosing and successfully completing a lord's mission will raise Crow's level of respect in that lord's eyes, while diminishing it in the others. Crow's shack acts as a game hub of sorts, and is where players choose missions, buy equipment and train their skills. After finding a magical stone containing tiny fragments of the events that took place before his awakening, he decides that the only way to find out more about his past is to localize the remaining stones.The three-pronged story approach is one of Shinobido's highlights. You take on the role of the ninja Goh, the sole survivor of the Azuka Clan, who finds himself unconsciously lying near a river having completely lost his memory. The story takes place in the Japanese province of Utakata in the 16th century. Shinobido also gives you your own hideout, around which you can place decoration like various trees as well as traps to strike back invading enemies. The game allows you to use alchemy, by which you can create your own equipment like strength potions and smoke bombs. Depending on your choices the trust of each landlord in you increases or decreases. There are three landlords for whom you can accept missions. Carefully approaching of your enemies from behind is crucial, because your character isn't very capable in direct combat.Ī huge difference in comparison to Tenchu is, that the game is widely non-linear, which means that you can choose the missions you want to participate in at almost any given time. The gameplay's main idea is to complete your missions without being noticed by guards, watchdogs or even harmless townsmen.

Shinobido: Way of the Ninja is stealth-action game, that is comparable to the well known Tenchu series.

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