The game features trap-filled stages that will definitely make you jump, and a few puzzles that will make you think as well, the Tomb Raider influence is very present all throughout. In middle school, when I first played this, I didn’t know any better.īut let’s talk about the actual game! The best point about Ninja is the level design. It’s not something that really affects the gameplay, just something that I kind of found amusing after learning more about Japanese culture. Eidos was a European game development firm, now a part of Square Enix, and the fact that it’s a Japanese subject made by European developers definitely shows in the game. I’ll say right out that it isn’t a Ninja Gaiden experience by any measure, but is still a solid action/adventure/platformer. In keeping with that tradition, you’ll find that Ninja: Shadow of Darkness for the Playstation 1 by Eidos Interactive, is not a walk in the Zen Garden. I suppose developers just marry the concept of ninja and hard gameplay because ninjas are supposed to be able to do the impossible, the jobs that nobody else will take. Many ninja video game franchises have been made, and I notice that a fair amount of them are all fairly, if not very difficult. Here at Play Legit we even have our own ninja mascot. There have been few historical figures in video games as exploited as the Ninja.

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