I hardly revisit singleplayer games, so the truth that I’ve snuck all through Mark Of The Ninja two and a half occasions ought to inform you one thing. One and a half of these occasions really concerned simply as a lot stabbing and shuriken tossing as sneaking, however shh.
I say this as a result of Mark Of The Ninja: Remastered has slunk out of the shadows, boasting prettier visuals, snazzier sound, and the additional gadgets and stage from the Special Edition DLC. If this one handed you by, I’d implore you to snap it up. It’s free when you already personal the DLC, and discounted to £Four for homeowners of the non-fancy model.
That trailer does job of displaying off Mark’s strengths. There’s a bit the place he throws flesh-devouring bugs at a guard, inflicting a second guard to panic and shoot a 3rd earlier than fleeing on the sight of the primary guard’s skeleton. If you need slick stealth platforming that encourages creativity with an increasing toybox, this hasn’t been bettered.
Except, er, with this version. That’s the entire level. There’s a banner thingamy itemizing every little thing that’s new on the Steam page, although a ninja has sliced off a part of it and you could open the picture in a brand new tab to see every little thing. Or simply click on here.
It’s prettier: “The original in-game art was compressed to 720p, despite the source material being drawn at a much higher resolution. In the remaster we’ve re-exported everything in high definition up to 4K resolution on supported hardware.”
It’s euphonious: “In-game audio uses new high quality compression and the cinematic audio is completely redone to improve both fidelity and quality.”
It’s received further stuff (when you haven’t performed the DLC): “Play as a young Dosun, get new unique items, an additional story level and unlocked developer commentary nodes throughout the original game.”
Now that I give it some thought, I’m fairly certain my pacifist run devolved into grizzly homicide close to the top. If I wasn’t busy stabbing individuals in historical Greece, I’d be very tempted to take one other stab at not stabbing individuals right here.
Nathan Grayson’s review was as enamoured with it as was, look:
“By and large, though, Mark of the Ninja’s a remarkable little game. It brings together elements of stealth classics, modern standouts, and a few of its own brilliant tricks to form one of the finest sneak-a-thons I’ve played in ages. Sure, it’s a bit inconsistent in places – both in terms of level design and central mechanics – but the good positively sumo slams the bad. Bravo, Mark. Mrs OfTheNinja will surely be proud.”
Mark Of The Ninja: Remastered is on the market on Steam for £13/$17/€14, however it’s free when you already personal the Special Edition and £4/$5 when you personal the conventional one.
