Using these powers takes energy that is drained when standing in lit areas but recharges in the dark, so it pays to stick to pockets of darkness, teleporting swiftly between them as you make your way across each area. Shadows in the world provide not only a means of staying hidden but also a nifty way to get around, as Aragami can teleport instantly between them as well as create his own almost anywhere that isn’t under direct light. Luckily, being a ninja made entirely of shadow, Aragami has more than a few tricks up his sleeve. Staying out of the shadows too long drains him of his power, and the warriors of the Kaiho army can take him down for good in one light-imbued strike. The important thing to know is that because Aragami is made of shadow, he aint’ a fan of the light. What follows is a simple but forgettable tale full of proper nouns and poorly communicated plot turns, but the world itself is interesting enough as a backdrop to the action that it’s still easy to feel invested in the immediate story. Your player character in the main game, a being made of pure shadow named (you guessed it) Aragami, is summoned by a princess named Yamiko to defend her from an army of light called the Kaiho clan. If you also missed Aragami the first time around, it’s a stealth-action game with a heavy bias towards the ‘stealth’ portion of the equation. With the release of Aragami: Shadow Edition hitting both the aforementioned platforms and now the Xbox One with all of the previously available content plus the new Nightfall expansion, I figured it might be time to give it a look. Aragami is a game that I initially dismissed as being too stealth-horny for my liking when it released for the PlayStation 4 and PC back in 2016, despite sporting an enticing visual style. Sure, if remaining undiscovered is encouraged in a game or a particular sequence I’ll have a crack at it, but I lack the patience to sit around for an eternity while I discern enemy patterns and plan my approach. Fast and loose is probably the best way to describe how I approach stealth in video games.
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