THE MARK OF THE NINJA SERIES

The player receives points for executing a variety of tactics such as silent kills, passing by enemies without being detected, successfully preventing the discovery of bodies, terrorizing opponents to cause them to fall into disarray, and achieving optional goals such as recovering artifacts and a series of haiku which tell the history of the ninja clan. They are also subject to terror tactics, and the player can learn to kill and display enemies in a terrifying manner, such as leaving a strangled enemy dangling from a perch or throwing a dead body at an unsuspecting live enemy, causing them to display an exclamation mark over their head, scream, stumble, and fire wildly at anything which scares or startles them. If they hear a sound or get a glimpse of the player character they become suspicious, displaying a question mark over their head and actively searching for the player character until they are convinced he is not actually present. Enemies respond to their environment and one another they will sound an alarm if they unambiguously spot the player character or find a body, which will alert all enemies in the area and prevent them from returning to their previous patrol routes. If detected, they must evade their enemies and remain out of sight for a set period of time, after which enemies will return to their original patrol routes and one-hit kills on them will once more be possible.Р”Р„lthough fighting hand-to-hand with the goal of quickly disabling an enemy is possible, doing so risks being killed or disabled in turn, as well as alerting nearby enemies with a noisy scuffle. To facilitate this, the player can extinguish light sources, hide behind objects and pass through narrow grates and shafts inaccessible to enemies. Unusual for a platformer, Mark of the Ninja employs a line of sight mechanic, meaning that enemies which would be invisible to the character are also invisible to the player, though their sounds are represented on screen in the same manner as the player character's.Р”В«y approaching enemies undetected, the player character is able to execute a 'one-hit' kill. Sounds such as running may also give away the player character's location and are represented visually by a rapidly expanding circle. Levels are divided into areas of light and darkness the player character is visible to enemies in the former and invisible in the latter, though passing within a certain immediate distance of an enemy's face results in the player being spotted irrespective of lighting. The character is required to sneak through a series of environments while staying out of sight of guards and performing silent assassinations. Mark of the Ninja consists of stealth-oriented 2D platforming. Reviewers praised the game's visual and audio atmosphere, strong gameplay and new take on the stealth video game genre, while criticizing minor gameplay frustrations surrounding the control scheme and difficult puzzles. Aggregate scores for the game hold in the 90% range at website Metacritic, and it received eight perfect scores from media outlets. The game received critical acclaim from reviewers. Cutscenes for the game are rendered in a Saturday-morning cartoon animation style. It follows the story of a nameless ninja in the present day, and features a themed conflict between ancient ninja tradition and modern technology.

THE MARK OF THE NINJA WINDOWS

A Microsoft Windows version was released on October 16, 2012, later released for Linux and OS X on September 11, 2013. It was announced on Februand later released for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on September 7, 2012.

Mark of the Ninja is a side-scrolling action stealth video game developed by Klei Entertainment and published by Microsoft Studios.

The mark of the ninja