History YMMV / MarkOfTheNinja

** [[spoiler:[[EliteMooks The Hisomu Stalkers]]]]. Not only can they not be stealth killed as they have keen senses (they can identify the Marked Ninja within a certain radius), are extremely agile, persistent, cunning and their attacks can kill the Marked Ninja almost instantly [[note]]Unless it's [=New Game+=] the attack isn't outright instant kill, but bites a very large chunk of health and hits so fast it doesn't really matter[[/note]]. They also need to be stunned akin the Elites but are far more agile and acrobatic meaning that physical combat will most likely result in a NoSell. [[spoiler:The final trial of the game has you temporarily locked in a large room with '''three''' of these]].

** [[spoiler: The reveal that Ora was never real. Even if she is just a hallucination, Ora has been the player's guiding voice throughout the whole game.]]

** When you begin to make your decision, but before the [[spoiler:execution, your target will be shocked, then lower his or her head in a combination of sorrow, disappointment, shame and acceptance of his or her final fate. Hesitate and it's possible to change your mind, but the individual remains in the same position. It prevents any real clear 'right' decision, as both characters will accept and respect your final judgment.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: Use a Flare Bomb against enemies wearing Night Visions Goggles and you'll blind them, additionally, enemies wearing gas masks are immune to the upgraded Smoke Bomb.

* GoddamnedBats: The Dogs. They can smell the ninja in the darkness (even hiding) and will start barking alerting the entire and room giving your position even if you try to move to another spot.

** [[spoiler:[[EliteMooks The Hisomu Stalkers]]]]. Not only they cannot be stealth killed as they have keen senses (they can identify the Marked Ninja within a certain radius), are extremely agile, persistent, cunning and their attacks can kill the Marked Ninja almost instantly [[note]]Unless it's [=New Game+=] the attack isn't outright instant kill, but bites a very large chunk of health and hits so fast it doesn't really matter[[/note]]. They also need to be stunned akin the Elites but are far more agile and acrobatic meaning that physical combat will most likely result in a NoSell. [[spoiler:The final trial of the game has you temporarily locked in a large room with '''three''' of these]].

** [[spoiler:[[EliteMook The Hisomu Stalkers]]]]. Not only they cannot be stealth killed as they have keen senses (they can identify the Marked Ninja within a certain radius), are extremely agile, persistent, cunning and their attacks can kill the Marked Ninja almost instantly [[note]]Unless it's [=New Game+=] the attack isn't outright instant kill, but bites a very large chunk of health and hits so fast it doesn't really matter[[/note]]. They also need to be stunned akin the Elites but are far more agile and acrobatic meaning that physical combat will most likely result in a NoSell. [[spoiler:The final trial of the game has you temporarily locked in a large room with '''three''' of these]].

*** Unless, of course, you want to go toe-to-toe with them. Hit them enough times and they ''will'' be stunned... but that tends to be a ''very'' bad idea unless they are completely and totally alone. Oh, and you lose points for raising the alarm. It is possible to beat them into dizziness without raising the alarm, but it requires hitting them relentlessly until they're stunned; stopping for a second and letting them get a look at you will instantly actiave the alarm.

*** Unless, of course, you want to go toe-to-toe with them. Hit them enough times and they ''will'' be stunned... but that tends to be a ''very'' bad idea unless they are completely and totally alone. Oh, and you lose points for raising the alarm.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Azai. [[spoiler:A man simply trying to protect his clan by giving them resources to replace the now extinct ink-flower even at the cost of his honor, or a ruthless leader who never cared about the honor in first place and will do ''anything'' to "protect" the clan?]]

* DemonicSpiders: Snipers. They come every now and then, but are generally positioned in obnoxious places, [[OneHitKill kill the Marked Ninja in a single shot]] and to make matters worse they can spot him even in complete darkness unless the Marked Ninja is hiding.

** When you begin to make your decision, but before the [[spoiler:execution, your target will be shocked, then lower his or her head in a combination of sorrow, disappointment, shame and acceptance of his or her final fate. Hesitate and it's possible to change your mind, but the individual remains in the same position. It prevents any real clear 'right' decision, as both characters will accept and respect your final judgment.]]

** Hessian and Karajan. [[spoiler:Callous MegaCorp headed by a CorruptCorporateExecutive, or normal people reacting to the unprovoked and unexpected murders of their colleagues/employees during a robbery-gone-bad? Or maybe both?]]

** Hessian and Karajan. [[spoiler:Callous MegaCorp headed by a CorruptCorporateExecutive, or normal people reacting to the unprovoked and unexpected murders of their colleagues/employees during a robbery-gone-bad?]]

** [[spoiler: The revea that Ora was never real. Even if she is just a hallucination, Ora has been the player's guiding voice throughout the whole game.]]

** [[spoiler:Ora isn't real? And you want me to ''kill her''? Even if she really ''is'' just a hallucination, Ora has been the player's guiding voice throughout the whole game.]]
** And if you do [[spoiler:kill her, she dissipates into a flock of crows, and the scene changes to the Marked Ninja ''impaled on his own sword'', having committed seppuku.]]

* DemonicSpiders: Snipers. They come even now and then, but are generally positioned in obnoxious places, [[OneHitKill kill the Marked Ninja in a single shot]] and to make matters worse they can spot him even in complete darkness unless the Marked Ninja is hiding.

** [[spoiler:[[EliteMook The Hisomu Stalkers]]]]. Not only they cannot be stealth killed as they have keen senses (they can identify the Marked Ninja within a certain radius), are extremely agile, persistent, cunning and their attacks can kill the ninja instantly. They also need to be stunned akin the Elites but are far more agile and acrobatic meaning that physical combat will most likely result in a NoSell. [[spoiler:The final trial of the game has you temporarily locked in a large room with '''three''' of these]].

** The Elites. They cannot be dispatched via normal means (trying to kill them before anything will result in a rather embarrassing NeckLift NoSell), you must either use the environment or a ninja tool to at least stun them before moving for the kill; AND if you fail the quick-time event they will ''snap out of it'' just in time to counterattack. The biggest problem is that there's no way to kill them in certain places unless you use up one of your very scarce attack items, otherwise you have to avoid them entirely.
*** Unless, of course, you want to go toe-to-toe with them. Hit them enough times and they ''will'' be stunned... but that tends to be a ''very'' bad idea unless they are completely and totally alone. Oh, and you lose points for raising the alarm.

* FridgeBrilliance: Use a Flare Bomb against enemies wearing Night Visions Goggles and you'll blind them, additionally they are immune to the upgraded Smoke Bomb.

* DemonicSpiders: Snipers. They come even now and then, but are generally positioned in obnoxious places, [[OneHitKill kills the Marked Ninja in a single shot]] and to make matters worse they can spot him even in complete darkness unless the Marked Ninja is hiding.

* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler:Ora isn't real? And you want me to ''kill her''? Even if she really ''is'' just a hallucination, Ora has been the player's guiding voice throughout the whole game.]]