Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

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User Score
8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 404 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 342 out of 404
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 404
  3. Negative: 25 out of 404

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  1. RustyJames
    Dec 12, 2016
    4
    Not even close to Commandos! Mediocre game with high pretentiousness. Only good things are: music and nice graphics. Gameplay can be described as simulator of pressing f5-f8, because devs didn't invent anything, but add the tons of guards on very small maps. The variability is pathetic - you will use only 2-3 tactics during the whole game. The game design is so annoying after Commandos -Not even close to Commandos! Mediocre game with high pretentiousness. Only good things are: music and nice graphics. Gameplay can be described as simulator of pressing f5-f8, because devs didn't invent anything, but add the tons of guards on very small maps. The variability is pathetic - you will use only 2-3 tactics during the whole game. The game design is so annoying after Commandos - moreover you simply don't have any rescue ways on every maps - they are too small, the abilities are too limited, and AI will spawn the platoon of mobs without any chance for you. Pressing f8 is not the best experience you must have.
    "Tactics"? Not funny - all your interactions are limited, even more, than in Xcom series - if you want tactics - play wargames or good strategies, not that linear parody to good game. Too boring, too familiar and too overrated.
    The story also is ordinary fills with cliches.
    4.5/10    … Expand
  2. Th3UniQu3
    Dec 6, 2016
    0
    Stealth done wrong.

    Do not be mistaken. This isn't a stealth game like Commandos, this is a puzzle game. There is only one solution to every problem, and it's up to you to read the minds of the developers to figure out how to get past every ridiculously populated corridor/room. If you can't figure out what they want from you, you will not progress. There is no freedom in your decisions.    Stealth done wrong.

    Do not be mistaken. This isn't a stealth game like Commandos, this is a puzzle game. There is only one solution to every problem, and it's up to you to read the minds of the developers to figure out how to get past every ridiculously populated corridor/room. If you can't figure out what they want from you, you will not progress. There is no freedom in your decisions. There is no doing things your way. It's: Here's an area filled with guards: Good luck trying to unravel it.

    Not for me. I got frustrated on the third map, because there's this giant corridor FILLED with guards and no apparant ways to get one of my characters through it. After 5 different attempts I gave up and refunded. Also, the map is bugged. Guards kept seeing my "footprints" in the bushes after exiting the wagon, thus putting my into an unwinnable situation.

    Never again.    … Expand

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#29 Best PC Game of 2016
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#58 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#30 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. The Digital Fix
    Sep 11, 2017
    90
    A remarkably strong challenge of your tactical skills hides some wonderful world-building and character-driven storytelling that helps this game really stand out.
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  2. GamingTrend
    Aug 15, 2017
    90
    An excellent and challenging update to a familiar formula, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is one of those games that makes you cheer at your well-planned success when everything goes off without a hitch, and groan at your own poor planning when it doesn’t. It gets so much right, that the relentless difficulty, and slightly less gorgeous console port can’t mar its beauty. This one snuck up on me, and I couldn’t be more glad that it did.
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  3. Game Debate
    Mar 12, 2017
    90
    For fans of real-time tactics and stealth games, Shadow Tactics is very nearly without compare. It’s that same classic Commandos gameplay wrapped up in an exquisite new shell; still punishing yet not cruel.
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