Aragami

Amazing game ong !!

I somehow managed to glitch like three separate chapters and got tired of restarting.

Aragami follows the fate of an aragami, a vengeful spirit, summoned by Yamiko. She claims to be a captive of the army of light, the Kaiho. She instructs the player in the use of shadows in this stealth assassination game. The aragami teleport to shadows and kill enemies with a sword. Aragami is divided into levels, each of which is a self contained open area. Each ends with a score screen telling the player stats like how often they killed, how often they were spotted, and if any guard sounded the alarm. It rewards the player with a letter grade. In each level the player locates scrolls. These scrolls reward the player with points they spend to learn abilities. For example, I learned how to destroy the body of any dead foe. The areas are rendered in 3D, with a third person view.

The player, as the eponymous aragami, moves swiftly through Japanese style villages and fortresses. These are patrolled by oblivious guards treading repetitive paths. They use the conventional system of noticing the player, with a slowly filling yellow bar, which changes to red, and then to an alarm. The player is always either in dark shadow, neutral light, or bright light. While this is clear, the effects are not. Enemies can see the player while crouched in dark shadow, if they are close enough. If the guards see the player or a dead body they will halfheartedly investigate. Aragami feels like a generic version of a stealth game. Level design is large for the sake of largeness, but with only repetitive motions. Guards act in a programmed and robotic manner. Even the story is generic, and obviously telegraphed. I'm one third done, but even I can recognize the true villain.

Unfinished Games of 2024

Not Guilty Gear.

VERY FUN WITH WIFE HOWEVER VERY ANGRY AT TIMES BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE GAME MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL LIKE LAGGY INPUTS TELPEORTING TO PLACES YOU DIDNT MEAN TO HOWEVER VERY FUN WITH WIFE VERY STEALTHY

Simple, short and fun ninja game!

Summary (TLDR)

Game-play

Music + Sounds

Story

Graphics

Very original stealth game. The bow guards can spot a bit too well. There is a variety of skills to learn so you can play your way.

I love the art style and the stealth mechanics - NFI about story, not what I'm here for.
Gets a LOT better once you unlock the ability to destroy corpses and then distract guards, before that it's pretty frustrating because you don't have any control over where guards get killed - usually leading to bodies being discovered.
If this is annoying you, stick with it.

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The "hiding in the shadows" mechanic is interesting but there's just not all that much to it, aside from that. Fun as a novel experience if it's heavily discounted, I guess, but not a recommendation for me by a long stretch.

Fun game. I really like the stealth mechanic. The story and ending are predictable but still alright.

Solid 8/10 for me.

It scratches the "Tenchu: Stealth Assassins" itch.

The one stealth game that isn't slow
Sneaking is fun
Slicing and dicing through the game is even funner
And if you think this game doesn't have a combat mechanics - skill issue
Post alert gameplay is fun as well
God bless Lince Works
It's a shame we'll never get a game like this ever again

I absolutely loved the stealth mechanics in Aragami.

a lot of chinese man sometimes scary

Its good, get it on sale

This game, and the DLC, is very fun to play. It offers a different approach to stealth. I like how you move from shadow to shadow, it provides a unique gameplay. You also can decide on whether you want to be 100% stealth, or destroy every enemy in sight—or somewhere in between. A good value at the current price.

looks beautiful man

Great fun, well made all the way around. Better in co-op. The DLC is ok, adds a couple more powers but only worth playing if you are just itching to keep going after the base game.

Great Stealth/Ninja game. story is good (could've been better). cool abilities

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Cool little stealth game. There are two or three annoying parts but most of the time it's fun to plan your way through the Guards. Only the story is not that good.

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That is a nice game, which will probably reminds Mark of the Ninja and the likes. I am the kind of players who love low pace games: turn by turn or stealth are my favorite. And this one is pleasant to play, not too long, not too short. At the end of the day, a good investment!

Really fun stealth game. the gameplay isnt anything super revolutionary, overall super fun. The shadow teleport mechanic is super fun to play around. Big recommendation IF you are looking for a fun stealth game!

It's peak

I really love both Aragami Games, so peaceful (although brutally Stealth killing, yes)
Best Game to overthink while having some action.

best game ive ever played, beats concord out of the water. 12/10

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I love it so far and the play with colors is smart tbh

Good game

The game was average and unremarkable but if you wanna clear my mind by just playing a simple game, this is the game for you

Mediocre and boring

Great stealth game

Short and sweet. Gameplay isn't revolutionary but it's fun, and it doesn't outstay its welcome.

After completing this game 100%

Summary: Aragami is a must buy for anyone who enjoys the older "more stealthy" stealth titles. At it's core the gameplay is very fun with a lot of flexibility, pair that with the overall atmosphere + customisation options and you have a really solid game that lets you be the shadow ninja you dreamed of. It's a shame the studio has shut down but I am grateful to them for creating such a memorable experience :)

Overall rating: 4/5

• The progression. You are quickly introduced to the bread and butter mechanics that will remain key throughout the entire game. As you advance through each mission, new features will pop up that will keep you thinking of different approaches; this is normally through the introduction of a new enemy type, map feature to work around or ability to add to your arsenal. Each level also has 3 badges that you can obtain by either killing every single enemy, killing no enemies or never being detected. Collecting these badges was a lot of fun as you get to play through the game at least twice with a completely different playstyle.
  
• That they made this an actual stealth game. It sounds weird to say but in my opinion, games nowadays treat stealth like an option where it doesn't matter if you get caught since you can just fight your way out of it. In this game you don't even have an "attack" button, so you really have to take a step back and think about how you're going to proceed. It adds a nice reminiscent, almost tribute feeling to the older stealth games I would play as a kid.
  
• The care that went into the design of this game. The overall aesthetic was very satisfying to me, from the music & art style to the abilities you could unlock, it all just clicked together really well.
  
• The customisation. Not really a lot to say on this point I just liked the diversity in gear you could equip and then all the colour options on top of that. You can make some really cool looking characters in this game.
  
• How rewarding the gameplay was. This wasn't a particularly difficult game but after playing for enough time to get comfortable with the mechanics and the different abilities this game does a great job at making you feel like an unstoppable shadow assassin.
  
• The co-op experience. Adding onto my last point, the only thing that could top being a unstoppable shadow assassin is having other unstoppable shadow assassins that you can team up with. If you're able to play this game with someone else I would highly recommend it.
  

• The boss battles that much. Every now and then you would encounter a boss level which would play more like a linear puzzle, as opposed to the more freeing standard missions that would allow for more creativity. I can sympathise with the difficulty of making a boss fight for a game like this though, you can't have the boss getting one-shot like other enemies, but the lack of an attack button means you have to take other measures to do damage to them. It just didn't feel as fun to me personally.
  
• How short it was. I think the base game took me around 20 hours to 100% which is normally fine, but I really enjoyed this game and I wish it had more baked into it.
  
[*] The DLC as much as the base game. You have less abilities and the map design was a bit too open for me. It almost felt like you should play the DLC first so that the experience gets better as you progress and you conclude the title with a better aftertaste.

A very good infiltration game, with good graphics and a very well made gameplay. Even better when played with a friend, but can be played solo if you're edgier than your shadow (or want the solo experience, no judgement here).

Life is far too short to play a mediocre stealth game.

Not nice

cant figure out how to exit the level and the indicator is no help

Good, but drawn out...
Personally I did not care for this game too much I got this on sale, and played it only for a little bit. And it was not enouph for me to keep going. Very bland and dry with puzzles that make you get antsy in your chair to make you get up and want to go and do something else.

Not worth the buy in my opinion.

Fun to 100%, good as a solo and coop game

buen juego muy divertido

I just played this game, it's great!!!
But i heard that the devs are no longer developing games? Ahh to bad...
But I hope u guys can still create another amazing games like this (maybe under a different devs name)

Fun game to play together with a friend... Unless your gf throws a grenade to the guard you wanted to stab from behind. The guard indeed got killed by the boom, unfortunately so did I.

Great stealth game with a story. You probably wanna play it only for the story but it also has a steam workshop so you can download the maps of others or create your own tricky one.

It is a good stealth game.

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Look, I know ninjas… Trust me, I know the best ninjas there are. I know them, they know me. We have a very special relationship. I know billions, and billions, and billions of them. Aragami is one of them. Very educated guy, very sophisticated guy. His work is great, he does a very great job. Believe me, none of ninjas has ever done a better job. The incredible men an women had tried, but none of them succeeded. The bad people tried to steal our win, but we are winning again.

It's been close to a decade since the original release of Aragami, a third person stealth action game. It is one of the games in my library which I kept asleep after finishing the original campaign. The DLC, Nightfall, adds 4 more missions. In Aragami, you play the remnant shadow of an assassin, brought back to life to help free the spirit of darkness, caged in by the followers of the light. In Nightfall, you play the followers of Yamiko in a prequel, attempting the same feat.

The game play in Aragami is split into chapters. Each chapter is a closed map with several checkpoints. Each chapter can be completed in several manners, each with its own medal awards. You play an assassin, so you can complete levels by remaining unseen or by killing everyone. You get another medal for remaining undetected. The Aragami has several skills which can be acquired and upgraded through collecting skill scrolls. The followers in Nightfall have all the skills the need. The skill you'll use the most is shadow jump, moving from one shade on the ground to another unseen. Shadow jump is the core of all actions in Aragami and it looks amazing.

Visually Aragami is superb. The graphics are simple and colorful. The art has a distinct impression of an ink and watercolor comic book. The presentation of the game is near-flawless, but the story line is rather tame. Going through this game means completing chapters, watching a cut-scene and forwarding through dialog screens. The animation is not perfect, but the action it delivers stands with the responsiveness of the controls, when they work.

Playing on an old laptop, a controller is not something I normally use for games. Controls is one of the negatives. Combined with some elaborated quick reaction timing necessary to avoid enemies, traps and other speed-based challenges, I found that the controls have a nasty habit of not responding to input on my mouse. I do not know if it's because of the older hardware and older software or if it's really a game feature. The problem is it's some times clear why actions are not available and some times it isn't clear at all.

Overall, Aragami is a strong recommendation. This game is really fun to play! Obviously I didn't get it to play co-op. Single player, gather all medals, play all difficulty levels and you'll maybe be done in around 60 hours. It does feel short, but the regular price is reasonable.