First off, It is Princess Kiku, not Riku. She is the blonde woman from Final Fantasy X

I agree with you this game is fun. But at the same time Shadow Assassins is too much of a formula. Compared to the rest of the Tenchu series this feels like a puzzle game- constantly trying to find the method or correct move to advance in the stage without being spotted.

Of course they took the 'get spotted and get chased' style gameplay out as a change from the normal stealth cookie-cutter game. No mistaking it: this game is definitely a Tenchu game- at the atmosphere and mechanics are there. I just don't want to be zapped back to a checkpoint everytime i am spotted, instead of being forced to use stealth elements to escape. That is where the fun and tactics can be felt most.

Don't get me wrong, i like this game, but it's not as much as 'like' as all the Tenchu's before it.

And i don't like the story much. Thoughts on Shadow Assassins' storyline???