/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7120507
Yes and no.
Art style is similar, but not as good.
Music is similar, but not as good.
Characters/Story is worse.
The gameplay is where Shinobido shines. You can see that Acquire wanted to try a shitload of new things with Tenchu but it was too late.
The whole engine they use is very very interesting. You can do several things using the AI and mechanics that makes it so that you have a dozen different approaches to each mission, depending on how you want to play it.
There are three factions fighting for power in the game. They'll fight each other if they have the chance. You can take on missions for any of the three lords, but it changes what happens next depending on how much you fuck it up.
For example, let's say you're on a mission to steal faction A's rice supplies. If you're spotted during the mission and don't kill the witnesses, your reputation will drop with faction A.
Also, the next time you enter a mission and faction A soldiers are in the map, they'll often stop during their walking routes and complain about being hungry. Giving you a huge window for a stealth kill.
You can deliver or steal weapon plans, which will also make it so that each faction will have soldiers with more and better equipment.
There was a mission in a mountain where a group of 8 soldiers were transporting money, all 8 walking very close to each other, nearly impossible to stealth kill all without a lengthy fight.
I found a bear and lured it with rice balls so it'd cross paths with the convoy. The bear ended up killing 6 of them before dying, so I finished the other two and finished the mission.
And I haven't even talked about alchemy. You can gather plants and ingredients and make all sorts of different potions, then infuse any of the items with it.

>>6830930
Well there are +999 everything out there.
Now that you mentioned it, I remember going in loaded with stuff. They don't push the alchemy system too hard but you're meant to use the pots to get good stuff going.