• Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Feb 15, 2005
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 44
  2. Negative: 5 out of 44
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  1. Sep 14, 2019
    7
    As a whole is a good game in the Tenchu franchise, but with the same problems as its predecessors, either with respect to the camera and the very stupid AI of the enemies in it; Other points against it is the lack of the character Rikimaru, and the fact that during the whole main game plot, of all the cool characters in this game, only Ayame and Rin are playable!
  2. AshuryaB.
    Feb 16, 2005
    7
    This game is very impresive than latest version, but the problem in this game is very simple to solve and finish.
  3. VLG
    Aug 22, 2023
    7
    I always liked Tenchu, and played all of them with my friends (that were way better than me at these kind of games). Good old times.

Awards & Rankings

78
#78 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2005
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 33
  2. Negative: 7 out of 33
  1. Edge Magazine
    60
    Few games can capture the sense of being in the hunt so well, and by degrees few games can disappoint so much when this sense is lost to wrangling with the camera or gawkish, unpredictable controls shackling your weightlessness. [Oct 2004, p.108]
  2. Weekly Famitsu
    78
    9 / 7 / 8 / 7 - 31 silver [Vol 815; 30 July 2004]
  3. One thing that fans of the Tenchu series will enjoy is the enemies have increased AI. You can't just hide in a bunch of bushes and be "invisible" to enemies anymore. [JPN Import]