Tenchu: Stealth Assassins 1998

Is it still worth playing?

Rikimaru or Ayame, ninja of the Azuma clan, complete eleven missions for their employer Lord Gohda in this 1998 PlayStation stealth game set in Sengoku era Japan. Rikimaru has more health but moves slower and carries one blade, while Ayame is weaker, faster and uses two. Before each mission the player equips a limited set of items, from health potions and smoke bombs to caltrops and land mines. A grappling hook goes on every mission and pulls the player to any solid surface. The goal is to finish levels with minimal detection, either avoiding enemies or killing them quietly. Anyone who likes to creep up on a guard can still do that here.