Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen Review | TVL

As a reviewer often the hardest reviews to write are those for average games. It’s easy to critisise flaws and equally as easy to sing praises, but sometimes a game comes along that makes you groan as it’s ok, middle of the road, average, so-so. You get the point. Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen is one such title that manages to scrape by as a reasonable time waster without ever being much more than that. If you’re new to the series (like me) you don’t have to worry about catching up as despite the game being set six months after the original, the story portrays a civil war that you have key influence over and doesn’t continue immediately where the previous title finished. If you enjoyed the Tenchu series then you can look at this as a sort of spiritual successor but the problem is things haven’t moved on much and so as a result gameplay can feel quite dated.