Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

You can sneak past enemies or you can provide them free tracheotomies, but my absolute favourite mechanic is terrorizing people.

The story starts simple but builds to a genuinely compelling conclusion that gives real weight to the choices you've made.

Nonetheless, the game still looks fantastic thanks to the crisp hand-drawn art style and fluid character movement.

Each level is a tightly constructed gradient of open-ended mechanical challenges that are incrementally expanded with new variables along a flawless difficulty curve.

Character voice acting is solid and the collectible haikus are enjoyable to listen to.

The levels are large but self contain well paced mix of combat arenas and simple puzzles that increasingly demand a bit more of thinking to do.