Tenchu: Fatal Shadows
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| Developer(s) | K2 LLC From Software (PSP) |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Director(s) | Mitsuo Kodama |
| Producer(s) | Masanori Takeuchi Naotoshi Zin |
| Writer(s) | Tomoyuki Hosokawa |
| Composer(s) | Kota Hoshino |
| Series | Tenchu |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable |
| Release |
PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, stealth |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 58/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | C |
| Edge | 6/10 |
| EGM | 5/10 |
| Eurogamer | 4/10 |
| Famitsu | 31/40 |
| Game Informer | 7/10 |
| GamePro |    |
| Game Revolution | D |
| GameSpot | 6.4/10 |
| GameSpy | |
| GameZone | 6.3/10 |
| IGN | 6.5/10 |
| OPM (US) | |
| Detroit Free Press | |
| The Sydney Morning Herald | |
Tenchu: Fatal Shadows (Tenchu: Kurenai 天誅紅 in Japan), is an action-adventure stealth video game developed by K2 LLC and published by From Software in Japan and Sega worldwide for the PlayStation 2 in 2004. The PlayStation Portable version of the game, Tenchu: Kurenai Portable, was released in Japan in 2010.
This game is much like that of Wrath of Heaven, the previous entry in the series, with the ability to drag off the victims' dead bodies after a kill making a return. Instead of Kanji points being increased after a stealth kill, scrolls are gathered. Double stealth kills are possible when two enemies are together. Each stealth kill has a name listed below as it's played out.
In a time of feudal wars, Rikimaru and Ayame, two ninja of the Azuma clan, served Lord Gohda by returning his precious daughter, Kiku, from the hands of Lord Mei-Oh. Unfortunately, Rikimaru was caught in a disastrous rockfall during his escape, in an attempt to save Ayame and Kiku, and is still missing. The land of Gohda remained peaceful after Mei-Oh's attack, and Ayame, as an agent of Gohda, continued to patrol the expansive territory.
One day in her travels, Ayame came across a destroyed ninja village. She hoped to find survivors, but arrived too late. The ninja of Hagakure died whispering the "Kuroya" with their final breaths. As Ayame was about to leave, a young female ninja stood in her way. Her name was Rin, back from her training, and devastated to see her village in ruins. She sees Ayame as the only person alive, and blames her for the destroying of her village. Eventually, Rin sees that it was not Ayame that destroyed her village. The two team up to find the people responsible.
After completing a stage, players are shown a TV drama-style teaser for plot developments occurring in the next stage. In the Japanese version of the game, these segments are narrated by popular narrator and voice actor Kiyoshi Kobayashi and always begin with the phrase "Jikai no Tenchu Kurenai de wa..." (次回の「天誅紅」では・・・; "Next time on Tenchu Kurenai...").
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