Digibytes writer Christopher Pascarelli, shares his number 2 spot for the monthly badass for August, a classic ninja that took the stealth genre into high levels for the Playstation 1 days way before Solid Snake perfected it.
'Tenchu: Stealth Assassins' showed the world how to live by honor and kill by stealth.
Seriously?
In the 80s, there were two Metal Gear games alone that helped to usher in stealth games. And in 1998, there were 3 major games that have become the foundation for modern-day stealth games (not just one). Tenchu, Thief, and Metal Gear Solid. The last one is the most popular of the three.
Ah, I see you changed the title after my comment. It used to say it invented stealth games we know today. I agree with the new title but perhaps do that before submitting.
Over two decades later, many PlayStation 1 players have probably forgotten about the game that started the stealth genre.
It's been 25 years since Tenchu: Stealth Assassins first launched on the PS1. Let's not forget just how influential this series actually was.
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven was one of the best games I played on PS2. Rikimaru is awesome.
Played Tenchu when it came out waaaay back when in the months before MGS launched. It made me fall in love with stealth games.
Finally, some Tenchu love.
Sony should re-buy the Tenchu franchise. I wonder why they sold it to Activision, and why them sold it to From Software.
Who hasn't heard of Rikimaru?! he's fucking awesome! if you never heard of this guy then you cannot be a very big fan of stealth games