I loved it. Reminds me of Tenchu (stealthy assasination games on ps2) but like it, this game isn't exclusively stealthy. There may be levels/missions where its stealth or fail (speculation) but with the current demo, you can go blazing in (and most likely die horribly). Its nice to have games that gives multiple routes to an objective especially with the varying companions you'll have at your disposal. Each has their own strength and weaknesses that may or may not be to your liking. This demo introduces you to three characters and minimally, a fourth. The characters do seem to be lively but its...typical? The demo has two levels and I kept hitting a snag on level one and ended up killing every guard. Unfortunately, level two begins with a countdown of "demo ending" forcing you to rush things when you are learning the new character/enjoying the atmosphere. It probably has the same time limit as the "acceptable" time to finish the mission but I ended up messing badly with the rush. I changed the voices to Japanese so it was hilarious to try to sneak with the samurai yelling warcries. This is a game to look forward to if you're into tactical-sneaky-ninja-Japan fun times. But it will get frustrating with line of sight and all those shiny medals/achievements with every mission.
