Tenchu: Dark Secret
Tenchu: Dark Secret places you in the shoes of ninja assassins charged with protecting the life of a princess. Stalk your enemies with sword in hand, plant explosive traps in the underbrush, or strike with an…
Tenchu: Dark Secret is an adventure developed by Polygon Magic, released 6 April 2006 on Nintendo DS.
What Tenchu: Dark Secret is
Tenchu: Dark Secret is an adventure game developed by Polygon Magic and released in 2006. It was published by FromSoftware. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Tenchu: Dark Secret boasts three unique modes and a whole host of options to keep each match fresh and fun. Whether you're creeping through a bamboo forest to plunge a dagger into your friend's back or setting a trap to steal his precious dumplings, you're going to need a towel to wipe the sweat from your hands.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Tenchu: Dark Secret holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 25 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Tenchu: Dark Secret launched on 6 April 2006, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, Ōkami and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, Ōkami, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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