Aragami

Nice stealth ninja game. Alot of fun trying to reach the exit on each story level.
Need to be carefull with guards.. ;)

A stylish dainty quiet serene stealth.
The design philosophy seems to have been: what if we take Dishonored magic, and remove the ability to spam it ad nauseam. Plus, limit player movement so that they plan their steps. Plus, let enemies instakill them.
Played it dry (ghost+pacifist), and it was like those chance encounters one occasionally has. You meet a person at a bus stop. You two talk. You discover the other as not a complete alien. You two have a better time conversing than standing there like two rocks in a dry garden. Then the bus arrives, and you never see each other again. Nor do you seek repetition.
Aragami does not transcend the barebones straightforward patrol route galore much of indie stealth defaults to.
Does it need to?
No.
Like any exciting stealth game, it's a qualiy playground for experimentation. Enemies are effectively props to serve as links for your level traversal: clean or less so.
I cannot help but half-wish it was a board game so I had a good reason take it off the shelf twice a year and have a small hour-lomg run with so neat style and strats.
Aragami is a goodly toy.

While Aragami had a lot of fun ideas, it could have used a little bit more polish around the edges. Many of the abilities aren’t balanced well, and the enemy placements seem lazy. There’s 13 mediocre chapters, and perhaps it would be better with 6 ones that had a lot more thought and care put into them. The story isn't really interesting, and there’s nothing super unique about this game art direction wise. There’s a scoring system, which is meant to encourage repeating levels, but each level is so bland I couldn’t pull myself to replay any. The good things are that the coop is implemented well, the powers can be fun when they work, and the game isn’t too long. With a little more polish and better level design this game could have been great, but as it stands the game is just passable.

This is one of my favourite Stealth games on Steam. Aragami utilizes the verticality in the maps very well, so you'll always have the higher ground (quite literally) over your enemies. There's a nice progression in difficulty of levels, the boss fights as well as finding the scrolls to unlock your skills. Sora had to be one of the hardest chapter to beat.
It's either kill your way, or sneak your way through the chapters. I like the flexibility of choices you can make to complete a chapter. The story was also decent, and quite a twist in betrayal at the end.
Although the VAs in the game sounds like mumbling jargon, the music was very immersive and even cinematic at times during the boss fights. The animations and graphics were very well-made and smooth without any bugs or glitches from my experience. I'm absolutely in love with Aragami's model design, as well as the customizations you can do for his skin.
All the graphics and audio can be adjusted to your preference as well.
Though the final boss fights was underwhelming in story mode (no spoilers), you can still go back to previous chapters as well, to try to get all the medals too, for achievement hunting purposes.
Overall, Aragami is an amazing, must-have classic Stealth game on Steam!

Disclaimer:
I measure my enjoyment of a stealth game by how much it allows me to go undetected with as little contact with the enemies as possible, however I will consider other playstyles as well.
Visually this game is dated, but the architecture and general environments I do consider to be iconic. It is clearly feudal Japan inspired, but has just enough uniqueness to it in it's colours and shapes, that you will remember it as Aragami.
Mechanically although i can be janky at times, the shadow mechanic is awesome. You can create shadows in dim light and teleport into them. This can save you from getting detected in extremely tight situations.
The unlockable abilities are divided by defensive and offensive ones, that either get you real good at killing, or staying hidden. This duality is further enforced by the medal system, which rewards you for 3 things: staying undetected, Sparing everyone, or killing everyone. This adds replay value as you do need all the stars to unlock everything.
Combat is non-existent. If you get detected, you either need to go in for the kill, or disappear. You're dead otherwise. I personally love this, because your sense of power in a stealth title should come from finding your way around enemies, rather than being able to take them in a fight!
Story is ok. I was interested enough not to skip the cinematics the first time, but if you're looking for a game that has lore bits hidden all over the place, this isn't it. It's a straight forward movie plot with a handful of boss encounters. Does enough to keep you interested, but not enough to tell people about it.
TLDR
It's a simple, but extremely fun stealth experience that I will always remember fondly. I consider Aragami my second favourite stealth protagonist after Styx because the powers are incredibly strong when you're hidden, but are extremely situational once you've been spotted. If you're like me, Get this game!

Fun stealth game. Interesting gameplay & concepts. Had some minor glitches & bugs. Decent story.
8/10

Great fun and the graphics have aged very well. It has everything I enjoyed about Assassin's Creed's game play, without being a repetitive collectathon.
Update: I found a game breaking bug on Chapter 10 after spending hours trying to clear the level. Frustrated, I decided to stop playing, but I already got my money's worth and hope the sequel is more stable.