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Tenchu Z demo sneaks onto XBL with all the stealth of a ... um ... something ... photo

Maybe I missed the announcement, or maybe this was some clever bit of performance marketing on the part of Microsoft, but the demo for Tenchu Z seems to have appeared out of the shadows and is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Based on pre-release footage, and everything we've heard, we're less than excited about the title, but ninjas innately have so much potential for stabbing your head off with swords made out of pure awesome, that we just had to download the thing.

Reactions so far? Is this the new Ninja Gaiden of sneak-em-ups, or is it merely Wrath of the Black Manta-level ninjery? 


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tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 06/08/2007 01:38
I just got done playing the demo for a good solid hour and all I can say is...eh...

And I'm disappointed too, because I loved the last one on PS2 and Xbox. This one looks okay, and the gameplay mechanics are alright, but they're nothing special. And it definitely doesn't look like the videos they released for it.

And why the fuck do I have to kill an asian pirate/clown?
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Lt Numbnuts at 06/08/2007 01:49
is this new game gonna suck like the last ones?
cuz since y played the first ones on psone, they haven't seemed to change much at all....heh another demo to fill space y suppose
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Ocelot at 06/08/2007 01:49
Hey, I loved Wrath of hte Black Ninja! lol

DLing now though I am not too excited about it. I DL every damn demo that comes on xbla. Tenchu has never really came crazy ninja style imo. I hope this one's a bit more fast paced stealth than the previous incarnations.
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tazarthayoot at 06/08/2007 01:57
Fast-paced stealth sounds like an oxymoron to me.
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emotaku at 06/08/2007 01:57
Ninja Darth Vader says not so much.
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Ocelot at 06/08/2007 02:13
Perhaps it is an oxymoron, I suppose I meant more of a rush. Like waiting for the mark to pass below you, jump down behind, slit the throat and jump back on the roof looking for a new mark.
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tazarthayoot at 06/08/2007 02:23
Hate to break it to you Ocelot, but you can't do that. That would actually be awesome. All I could do in the demo was look down as some pissant samurai walked by underneath me, but I couldn't swoop down, slit his throat, and then jump back up.

I killed a dog too for some reason. I dunno I am really pissed that this demo sucks.
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ClarenceBoddicker at 06/08/2007 02:34
I noticed the demo for vampire rain is on japanese xbl,dling it right now
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ghettobelmontes at 06/08/2007 02:37
The first Tenchu on PSX was friggin amazing. Debug mode = Two Player Co-Op. The second one was pretty good too, especially with the level/mission creator. GOOD TIMES
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Ocelot at 06/08/2007 02:50
yeah taz I just played it. I'd rather play Def Jam ICON with my left foot than this game. That may sound harsh but that same X X X combo that has been done more times than Jenna Jameson. The demo was deleted before I even stopped playing. I am so disappointed. Now, I will rent this to check out the multiplayer, but the singleplayer is almost guaranteed to suck if they don't push this game back a year or five to redo it completely.
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Mxyzptlk at 06/08/2007 02:54
Every Tenchu sequel since the original PSX game has been a disappointment.
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RaspberryJowls at 06/08/2007 03:24
As far as my friend and I could tell, there's no way to change the y-axis inversion in the demo... For me, that makes it completely unplayable.
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Rainbowblack at 06/08/2007 03:32
@clarenence

Thanks for the heads up, I was more interested in VR than Tenchu.

I read a Review of the game about a month ago. Basically it stated that the game was "Average" but still a damn unique experience.

Cant wait to get home to try it out
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Rainbowblack at 06/08/2007 03:34
just noticed the shadowrun Demo is up on JP live as well,

doesn't NA get that Demo Tomorrow?
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Maclintok at 06/08/2007 03:42
This is my first experience with a Tenchu game. They got the ninja stuff down...except the crucial part of actually making me feel like I'm a ninja. Half-baked stealth and half-baked combat system. bleh
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Mr Fahrenheit at 06/08/2007 04:42
Didn't really feel like much of a stealth game... I fell of a rooftop in front of a guard, about twenty feet away, and he didn't respond at all.

None of the character animations really mesh with each other. Example: Jump at a wall, you're instantly grabbing on. Climb up, and you're instantly standing up.

And there's a killable dog. Not cool.

Craptacular game you got there.
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Ocelot at 06/08/2007 06:00
I never even got to the dog... But I woulda killed it without remorse... Perhaps I need to DL Overlord MWAHAHAHAHAHA... and stuff...
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Snaileb at 06/08/2007 07:33
Tazar Im still picking this one up.
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s0lesurviv0r at 06/08/2007 08:33

I look forward to killing this franchise soon!
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Pete at 06/08/2007 09:30
"And there's a killable dog. Not cool."

that's gotta win idiotic comment of the year. in case you haven't noticed, quite a few games actually feature killable HUMANS. yes, HUMANS.

(sidenote: hitler was apparently inordinately fond of his german shepherd, and many psychopaths can only emotionally connect to animals.)

(sidenote 2: just because you CAN do something in a game, doesn't mean you have to, refer to GTA bla bla bla bla)
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tazarthayoot at 06/08/2007 10:23
@Snaileb

Yeah, I know, I'm still gonna buy it too :(/

@Pete

I'm pretty sure his comment is runner up to your comment for most idiotic.
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Salamande at 06/08/2007 11:25
Holy shit, Wrath of the Black Manta. I'm having flashbacks of saving all those strung-out kids. Memories...
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908peruvian at 06/08/2007 11:57
i'll stick to Ninja Spirit where I can throw Dynamite!!
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ULTAMIT WINNAR at 06/08/2007 14:58
Actually Pete, most psychopaths get their start as children by harming animals, and then move on to harming people. Do some research before you make retarded comments.
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calpis at 06/08/2007 16:40
what was kinda neat was when my female ninja fell into the pool of scat. I climbed out and while I walked around smell clouds emanated off of me. One of the guards was all like "WTF Smells?" in japanese.
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cbebop007 at 06/08/2007 17:02
Played it. This game sucks. Yucky yuck.
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Pete at 06/09/2007 00:22
ULTIMAT - actually there are many different subclasses of psychopaths, which you would know if you had anything more than rudimentary knowledge (probably derived from watching TV).

To quote: "ALIENATED SOCIOPATHS have never developed the ability to love, empathize, or affiliate in real life with another person. They will show more emotion toward their pet or a personal artifact than toward a person."

See this page for a more detailed analysis:
http://faculty.ncwc.edu/TOCONNOR/428/428lect16.htm

So maybe you should do some research before you post ignorant comments. PWND
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