![]() For example, the introductory level (doubling as the tutorial) moves at a slow pace while teaching all the necessary elements of the characters, their abilities, appropriate strategies and other basics, but at the same time wastes no opportunity to firmly establish the story and characters. ![]() While this description might make Shadow Tactics sound like any of a dozen other titles, there’s so much love and attention poured into every aspect of the experience that it’s impossible not to recognize it as a superior product. It’s up to the player to study their surroundings and figure out a way to accomplish varied objectives based on the current situation and what’s in their skill set. ![]() Some hostile troops are stationed at specific places to keep watch, while others have predetermined patrol routes. The player will be ultimately in charge of a team of five warriors, each with a predefined personality and skill set. Each level in the game is a massive, sprawling affair set in feudal Japan and filled with houses, towers, castles, and, of course, plenty of enemies. Shadow Tactics is a real-time strategy seen from an overhead isometric perspective. In a year full of good games, this is a great one. Every problem that might have been an issue has been predicted and prevented (or caught and fixed) by the developers, resulting in a finely-polished, finely-tuned standout experience. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is one of the rare ones. Games tripped up by ifs are common, but titles that honestly and thoroughly address all their ifs are exceedingly rare. If the difficulty curve had been smoothed out… The list goes on and on. If the story had made a few changes, it would’ve been engaging. If this had a better same system, it would’ve been more playable. WTF YOU GUYS, THERE’S ANOTHER CHOICE HERE!!!Īs someone who spends a lot of time thinking about games in a critical sense, I’ve lost count of how many ‘if’s have held something back from its full potential. LOW Getting hung up on small objects on the ground. HIGH Finally killing that annoying cluster of three patrolling soldiers.
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