Enemies work with cones of vision and through line-of-sight, so sticking to dark corners is the way to go. Without access to many of the skills, you have to rely on a rather simplistic stealth experience. The first few missions I tackled were rather basic in scale. Related: Lince Works Begins Aragami 2 Video Dev Diary You’ll proceed to a message board to pick a mission, gather up with friends if you want, then set off into a small instanced space to complete your task. The plot of Aragami 2 doesn’t come into play much beyond this point as the game shifts into an MMO-lite style. I suppose this might be a prequel of sorts, but it matters not. Reincarnated in the land of the spirits called Rashomon Valley, you meet up with a wise sage that is willing to train you in the way of the assassin. Stabbed and hanging on by a thread, an imposing villain gives the command for you to die and you watch helplessly as your assassin gets killed.Īll is not lost, however. Being the virtuous assassin you are, you dive down to kill them, but get ambushed by some rather powerful ninjas. This sequel gives you the option of either killing or incapacitating foes, but the tutorial will force you to kill the first opponent just to explain how things work.Īs you get to grips with the controls, the rather linear level funnels you toward a small temple where two guards are slaughtering innocent bystanders. There is a stamina meter a la the Souls games, so you won’t be smashing attack endlessly if you get into a skirmish.

Playing as an unnamed ninja assassin, you go through a very brief tutorial that gets you up to speed on how combat and stealth work. Getting that out of the way, the plot of Aragami 2 may or may not take place immediately after the first game. Related: Aragami 2 Will Launch Day One On Xbox Game Pass Having gotten a taste for Aragami 2, I’m actually intrigued to go backward and see what I missed out on, especially since stealth games are so hard to come by.

I’m familiar with it and do have access to it on Xbox One, but I wasn’t really interested in playing it before doing this. I’ll preface this review by stating that I have not played the original Aragami. It certainly is missing the high-tech gadgetry or military trappings of Tom Clancy’s worlds, but the unique setting and striking visual design certainly gives way to an enjoyable time sneaking around. Continuing on from the 2016 original by developer Lince Works, I was quite surprised at how much this ninja stealth title feels like a classic Splinter Cell game. That’s what brings us to today’s review of Aragami 2. Sure, there was Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain last generation and we do have the new Hitman Trilogy across modern platforms, but can you name any stealth games that aren’t indies? I’m struggling to do so and I’ve actually kept up with the genre. Despite being a once prosperous genre, the stealth action game has mostly fallen out of favor in recent times.

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