Hi, I'm new
Really I have come here to ask your advice on what PS3 games are out there which will give me some modern version of TENCHU.
Probably like many of you, I remember the Original PS games & ever since then I always long for a great Ninja Stealth game.
I live in Japan, so I have access to JP games that might not be released overseas, but i dont really know which are the good ones - are there any worth checking out?
I should probably mention that Ninja Gaiden is not a good substitute for me, its far to arcade like & I'm not a fan of that series at all. That said, i'm not adverse to trying something else thats action or strategy based if its worth checking out?
My thinking is that people on the Tenchu forum probably have similar tastes & some good recommendations.

Thanks!

Red Ninja is an okay game, just the lead female needs to put on more clothes >_<. MGS is also a good one (I never played it, but I heard it's good). Shinobi is another good one, but I don't remember if it leans onto Stealth or not. The game that is Closest to Tenchu is Red Ninja, but it's for PS2 and it does not have a sequel.

*Shrugs* why do you think I didn't judge Shinobido? I heard that the stealth isn't as heavily put on as Tenchu. I have never played it in my life, and the closest I have gotten to having something of it is my sister's copy of the OST for the first game. Red Ninja is okay, believe me. It's utterly hard to control Kurenai but I looked past that. It may have been a copy cat game to Tenchu, but it is an okay game. Remember, Shinobido never came out in the U.S. I do not have access to Ebay anymore due to personal reasons, so I am kind of lucky I was able to play the first PSP Tenchu. Sure, I will have access to it now that the second one will come out to the US, but I won't be able to get a VITA right away. This is my personal view, I am sorry if I am probably wrong in some way possible.

I'm just saying from my personal experience, so it doesn't mean that I am trying to reveal facts. Tenchu is a one of a kind type of game, there are hardly any games out there that have common elements to it. (Splinter Cell and MGS do not count.) this is what makes the game superior in it's own way possible.

Yes, you do have a point. I guess I could say that the closest game outside of Acquire out there would be Red Ninja despite the difficulty to play as Kurenai. Like I said, I never played Shinobido, I've only seen videos on it. If I did, I would have mentioned why it is similar to Tenchu, and how it is. But, I chose not to since I don't even know what I would like or dislike of the game.

I am glad you do. I tried looking for games like it, and it was to no avail. So, the gaming industry does does not seem to create video games within those elements period. I wonder why, though. Yeah, Shinobi's more arcadeish. It's been 2 years since I've played it so I hardly remember it off the top of my own head. You are incredibly right about that. And they would sadly have to reboot AC to put it in Japan, but they could make it where the main character could be part Japanese, or something along those lines.

Quote from xScarletValkyriexx on 09/02/2012 01:14 PM
I tried looking for games like it, and it was to no avail. So, the gaming industry does does not seem to create video games within those elements period. I wonder why, though.

Simple, the market for those kind of games isn't big enough. You can see it with Ninja Gaiden. After that came Shinobi and more recently that other arcade-style ninja game (can't remember the name), which was even more over the top and didn't take itself seriously.
So for the ninja genre: arcade > stealth, unfortunately...