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No one can really argue that Tenchu 1 had the best story since there really wasn't one. Each level was just a random assortment of missions issued by Ghoda (although the prologue/briefing for each mission contained a little miny story in it's own right) and Onikage and Mei-Oh just kind of floated around in the background not really materializing until the final stage. There was also minimal interaction between each character.

Tenchu 2 was obviously more intricate. Each character followed their own path with distinct missions and played key roles in the main plot. The story about a world ruled by ninja and the whole Tatsu Kagami love interest was pretty hammy, but I still appreciated the structure and the depth put into each character, with lengthy cutscenes and some fairly decent acting, something which I wanted to see developed in Tenchu 3.

Of course I was dissappointed. For a start WOH's story was juvenile and underdeveloped, with exceedingly poor explinations for Rikimaru's return, not to mention the resurrection of Tatsu and Onikage. The characters were completely one dimensional, the acting was horrific and worst of all nobody's story tied together. The option to choose, at certain stages, what path you wanted to follow was completely wasted, since all it did was generate different endings that only served to confuse players as to which story was canon. Ayame's story may as well have never happened, then, if we are to believe Rikimaru is the one who defeated Tenrai.