The Linux GameCast Weekly crew break out the black spandex and sharpen ze chairs. Then we totally uppercut some kid just because he opened a window.
About:
In Mark of the Ninja, you’ll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
Scale:
Game: Mark of the Ninja
Webzone: www.markoftheninja.com
Devel: Klei Entertainment
Engine: Custom: http://bitscreed.com/developers-insight-klei-entertainment/)
Price: $14.99
Makes with the working
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Min SPEC 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Tempted to ding it a chair for going 3840×1080 by default
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AMD graphics, both open source and proprietary drivers, ootb!
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Shiny / Sounds
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This is Shank with a paint job and reworked controls
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It keeps the Shank look and I’m okay with this.
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Voice work is good and no issues with the effects.
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The graphics are good for what this is
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Dinging it a chair because the dialogue the guards use is really repetitive and the dialogue that the guards use is really repetitive and the dialogue that the guards use is really repetitive
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Footsteps are way too effing loud! Immersion goes right out the window.
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Other than that, it looks just like Shank with a palette swap.
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Control
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Works fine with my Xclone gamepad
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Small hiccup with the targeting system getting stuck at the beginning of levels so dinging it a chair for that.
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Don’t even think about playing this /w a keyboard
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Yeah, really does need an Xbawks controller for this’un.
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Controls are reasonable aside, however the 360 controller isn’t really designed to handle subtle little movements as you’re crawling inside vents.
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The Camera is completely fucked
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Killing shit is very weird
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My PS2 Dual Shock works great with Shank. With this one… Not so much.
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Everytime I start the game with the controller the level locks up at the beginning
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Playing with the keyboard and mouse is like jamming rusty razor blades in between your finger nails.
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Also, aiming to the gongs in focus mode with the controller is fucking frustrating
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FUN
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I’m about as stealthy as a rabid emu on a meth binge so this game pisses me off.
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That said, angry gets shite done.
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It taunted me with instadeath until I figured out the levels.
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I would give it 4 chairs but the random “challenge” rooms serve fk all purpose.
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Kill lasers and murder holes
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Why can’t I murderhole!
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Venn quoted Yahtzee so I’m doing it too, I wish the game would figure out if it wants you to murder every last one of the guards or if that’s just for ninja poseurs.
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There’s a big bonus for not raising alarms and not killing anyone, but all you can buy with those bonuses are better ways to murder people.
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I’m a big fan of cartoony violence and even in its youthful indecision I can see why Mark of the Ninja may appeal to some people.
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Problem is, I like Thief: Deadly Shadows and its sequel a little too much to excuse this bad attempt at a Stealth’em-up.
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Verdict-
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When it boils down to it: Having to play with the keyboard and with schlopping footsteps sounds echoing inside my cranial cavity, I was just not having fun. I beat Shank before Steam for Linux was even out and I loved it, I had a lot of fun with it. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for MotN.
