Enemies become more intelligent, they will kill you in a single hit, your line of sight is limited to which ever direction you are facing and you no longer have the radius area around you to show how much noise you are making. Upon completing the game, you will unlock the New Game+ mode, which is seriously one of the hardest gaming experiences you will have. If you practice enough, you will eventually heighten your reflexes and senses to allow you to progress. Whilst there is an element of luck involved in a lot of situations, the main points always come from how skilfully your carry out kills, and distractions. That is what I loved the most about this game. Some points almost feel impossible until everything just clicks into place. You will at times find yourself almost rage quitting at how difficult certain stages are. The narrator and all other voice acting are done to an extremely high standard as well. All of the characters move so fluidly it is almost perfection. Every single bit of animation looks spot on too. The backdrops in which you are in are gorgeous, plenty of awesome looking characters and bad guys too. Even though it is only 2D, you can see how much care and attention has gone into making this game look as good as it has. Visually, Mark of the Ninja ticks all the boxes too.
You can upgrade these at any of the upgrade points in the game, using the talent points you have earned. Throughout the story mode, you are able to unlock extra mechanics to use, such as sliding kicks, hanging attacks or new tools to use out in the field like smoke bombs. You are able to use the environment against your foes too, such as cutting a chandelier to fall onto your enemies head, turning on electric wires to shock them, and many more creative ways to cull the bad guys. The combat is essentially a small QTE, requiring you to press the button shown on screen in order to carry out a clean kill of the enemy. The game does have a combat system, but it is on the basic side. Noise can be used against you, or to your advantage, such as creating a distraction to enemies to allow you to pass by. You are able to see how much noise your character makes by moving, or carrying out a certain action by a circular area showing so. Mark of the Ninja places a high emphasis on stealth. You play as a nameless ninja in current times. It was initially released on Xbox 360 in September 2012, before being released on Steam in September 2013. Mark of the Ninja is a side-scrolling stealth game, developed by Klei Entertainment.