Against well-armed personnel your job will be to infiltrate various strongholds and get things done while relying on the shadows for protection. While the story itself may stray a little towards silly, with its mystic tats that give you power but will slowly corrupt your body and mind, there’s never any doubt that its gameplay is all business. While some improvements to the resolution were in order to ensure it would look crisp as possible its animated visuals were never much of a concern, what makes it a stand-out is that even after so many years the stealthy gameplay it offers is still among the best ever and it will absolutely go toe to toe with any current title without flinching. In the case of Mark of the Ninja Remastered, it’s in a class that stands apart. While obviously every game getting this treatment will come out the other side graphically updated and sounding as good as ever there are simply games that immediately show their age, through either tone deaf story beats and dialogue or through their gameplay or controls simply not standing up well to the test of time. There’s something about the trend towards remasters, especially with the Switch, that’s fascinating to watch.