Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

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  1. Shely
    Sep 5, 2023
    8
    Shadow Tactics has managed to bring me back to my old days as a commandos fan. It also made me have some serious fun. While doing all this, he also instilled in me little by little the samurai culture. A boon for genre lovers. It is a game that those who are not related or not interested in this genre should take a look at and give it a chance.
    For full review:    Shadow Tactics has managed to bring me back to my old days as a commandos fan. It also made me have some serious fun. While doing all this, he also instilled in me little by little the samurai culture. A boon for genre lovers. It is a game that those who are not related or not interested in this genre should take a look at and give it a chance.
    For full review: https://medium.com/@shelyshelly20/shadow-tactics-blades-of-the-shogun-bfad4a40c10b    … Expand
  2. Young_Fawn
    Jun 21, 2023
    9
    I picked it up years ago and only got round to playing it mid December 2021, having put it off for so long; prompted by the new Standalone Expansion I decided to give it a shot.

    It was amazing. This game contains some of the most rewarding strategic gameplay that you'll find on today's market. The setting and maps are all beautiful and well crafted, the voice acting (Japanese) is    I picked it up years ago and only got round to playing it mid December 2021, having put it off for so long; prompted by the new Standalone Expansion I decided to give it a shot.

    It was amazing.

    This game contains some of the most rewarding strategic gameplay that you'll find on today's market. The setting and maps are all beautiful and well crafted, the voice acting (Japanese) is very convincing and immersive, the characters interacting with each other feels very real and doesn't seem forced at all.

    The characters individually have a plethora of skills that will all need to be utilised in order to get through this game.

    There is a quite a lot of trial and error but the Quicksave/Quickload functions means you don't need to worry at all about your shortcomings and can aim to a complete stealth attack mission to mission.

    The story, well, the story leaves something to be desired, it doesn't grip you from the start and you only will show interest around mission 8/9, but you shouldn't play this for the story, you play this for how good the gameplay is.

    This game does prove that as long as you have a solid fun game mechanically and technically, you don't even need a decent story, and although this isn't often the rule, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is the exception.

    This is my favourite game of 2021 and I cannot recommend it enough.

    9/10 would recommend to anyone to enjoys strategy and stealth games.    … Expand
  3. pawq
    Jun 4, 2023
    7
    My first game of this kind, so I don't have much to compare it to, but it was definitely fun and engaging. Every aspect of the game seems really well-designed, from level design and aesthetic design, through the interfaces, music, challenges/achievements, to the rather small but engaging story. Optimal difficulty level in most places as well, which can't have been easy to achieve, with howMy first game of this kind, so I don't have much to compare it to, but it was definitely fun and engaging. Every aspect of the game seems really well-designed, from level design and aesthetic design, through the interfaces, music, challenges/achievements, to the rather small but engaging story. Optimal difficulty level in most places as well, which can't have been easy to achieve, with how much you can do with the few tools available to the characters. Still, despite being mostly pleasant and engaging, it wasn't really an unforgettable experience. Maybe need to be a fan of the genre!… Expand
  4. Sole13
    Apr 11, 2023
    8
    This was my first game of this type and i loved it. You can spend many hours replaying all those levels and still find a chalenge.
  5. gracjanski
    Mar 11, 2023
    9
    Very good gameplay: Every step to your goal is like a riddle, how to knock out or avoid the opponents. The graphics is good. The setting in old Japan is very interesting. Just the presentation of the story could be better
  6. applecookie
    Dec 11, 2022
    8
    I cleared Desperados 3 and turned on Shadow Tactics, which I bought and didn't use before
    As expected, it's fun
  7. Psendo
    Nov 13, 2022
    9
    I only take the time to review games I really like. Shadow Tactics is fun, clever, well paced. Love it. The unusually high positive score is well deserved. I only play it for an hour or two at a time and plan on keeping it installed until its finished!
  8. Sepherim
    Jun 8, 2022
    8
    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun sin duda es un muy buen juego de sigilo estilo Comandos. Las mecánicas son sin duda muy buenas, aunque las refinarían posteriormente en Desperados 3, y el diseño de mapas es variado, interesante y desafiante. Quizás le echaría en falta algo más de diferencia entre algunos de los personajes jugables, pero todos tienen algunas cosas únicas suyas que losShadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun sin duda es un muy buen juego de sigilo estilo Comandos. Las mecánicas son sin duda muy buenas, aunque las refinarían posteriormente en Desperados 3, y el diseño de mapas es variado, interesante y desafiante. Quizás le echaría en falta algo más de diferencia entre algunos de los personajes jugables, pero todos tienen algunas cosas únicas suyas que los hacen válidos e interesantes. La variedad de enemigos es escasa, eso es cierto, pero es lo normal en un juego de estas características. La historia está bien llevada y tiene algún giro que yo no me esperaba, pero no es tampoco para echar cohetes.

    Gráficamente el juego es discreto, y se toma unas cuantas licencias con la estética japonesa más tradicional. Y se me hacen super raras las proporciones, especialmente los protagonistas parecen tener piernas larguísimas. El sonido está bastante guay, y jugarlo en japonés subtitulado le da sus puntos de inmersión. Y, al menos en mi tiempo jugando el juego entero, no me he encontrado con ningún bug.

    Por todo ello, sin duda es un juego que vale la pena. Un 7,5. A ver qué tal está Aiko's Choice ahora que ya me he terminado el original.    … Expand
  9. dberlin80
    Feb 17, 2022
    10
    I was lucky to grow up in the golden age of realtime tactic/strategy games. From Battle Bugs, over Dune 2, Warcraft to Command and Conquer and Total Annihilation. However, after the overload of Realtime Strategy games in the late 90s, another subgenre emerged. It wasn't a totally new one as there was one, which is also of my all-time favorites: Syndicate 1 and 2. However, that it remainedI was lucky to grow up in the golden age of realtime tactic/strategy games. From Battle Bugs, over Dune 2, Warcraft to Command and Conquer and Total Annihilation. However, after the overload of Realtime Strategy games in the late 90s, another subgenre emerged. It wasn't a totally new one as there was one, which is also of my all-time favorites: Syndicate 1 and 2. However, that it remained a niche genre, unfortunately. Then all of a sudden- Commandos- Behind enemy lines, stepped on the stage and I was blown away again. It was tough as nails and all in all with high difficulty, great presentation and setting a very challenging game. What followed where 3 successors, another legendary series called Desperados and Robin Hood of the same type of genre. All were awesome and fun- but had the same issues of the early 2000s- that was the controls which were quite unpolished and wonky.
    For some reason this genre dies quickly though. So then for the next 10-12 years all what was available were these games on GOG(THANKFULLY!). They aged well but the issue with the controls and graphics on modern displays was really bugging.
    Then all of a sudden, with a loud BANG, Shadow Tactics emerged. I quickly played the demo and was baffled- the controls are PERFECT, the setting is charming, the sounddesign, music and voice acting are top level. I mean.. what the heck? The gameplay and gamedesign is absolutely smooth. Buttery!
    Each level begins with an introduction and briefing. Each time I thought... dude, that's impossible- but then you start.. and can't stop. JUST CAN'T STOP! Every time I'm surprised about how that was possible. You carefully watch the scenery, remember what to do, re-read the briefing, fail as there are enemys everywhere, start again, find a tiny movement of your enemy to make use of... and succeed.

    Hat's off, MIMIMI Games! Ihr seid einfach die besten!    … Expand
  10. 4y4
    Sep 29, 2021
    8
    I had great fun playing this game. The levels could be more unique and the story could be better but overall it's a nice game.
  11. Woolee
    Sep 29, 2021
    9
    Fantastic game. There's been a huge lack of stealth RTS games in recent years, and this has rejuvinated the genre. It obviously has parralels to the Commandos series of games and they've been a heavy influence, but it's also more accessible and open than they were. Contrary to a couple of bad reviews
  12. apeot2002
    Aug 9, 2021
    8
    Shadow Tactics is Commandos with ninjas. That’s a good thing, by the way.

    Very few games swim in the same genre pool as Shadow Tactics. There was the Commandos series, and the Desperados games, and that’s basically it. So all Shadow Tactics has to do is take the “shepherd 2-5 killers during their sneak-and-murder spree across a bunch of maps” to Edo period Japan to feel fresh and    Shadow Tactics is Commandos with ninjas. That’s a good thing, by the way.

    Very few games swim in the same genre pool as Shadow Tactics. There was the Commandos series, and the Desperados games, and that’s basically it. So all Shadow Tactics has to do is take the “shepherd 2-5 killers during their sneak-and-murder spree across a bunch of maps” to Edo period Japan to feel fresh and original.

    This means that there is only one question to ask if you want to know if Shadow Tactics is worth your time: Would you like to play more Commandos, or Desperados?

    For me the answer was “It’s complicated”. I played Commandos way back when. I liked the gameplay at first: Sneaking across the map littered with guards until you find the one unfortunate soul not covered by his colleagues and murder the bejeesus out of him, then moving on the guy whose back he was watching, and so on, pulling on the thread of the guard sweater until only a frayed collar remains… It’s like a beautiful puzzle that drips blood for every piece you set down. But the difficulty spikes were brutal, and at times the precision and speed with which a kill was only possible took so many tries for me to get right that I got frustrated and finally gave up on Commandos.

    These frustrating moments and difficulty spikes are in here, too, but Shadow Tactics does just enough to mitigate the frustrations that I stuck it out. The excellent quicksave system is one factor: not only does it remind you how long it’s been since your last save, it automatically rotates three slots so that when you save in a situation you don’t yet know is beyond saving, you can revert to an earlier save. The adding of banter between the characters is helpful, too. The story might be kind of rote and have a giant plot hole at the center of it, but the characters are well fleshed out, for the genre, and the dialogue script as well as the voice work elevate the game quite a bit. And yes, it helps that I sneak around ancient japanese fortresses and abduct the son of a general from a Sento instead of traipsing around european battefields and assassinating Nazi commanders, again.

    Success in Shadow Tactics relies on split second timing at times. That can only work if the controls of the game are excellent, and luckily, they are: Switching between characters and ordering them to do stuff is effortless. The art is serviceable to good: Clearly legible, beautiful at times, but lacking any true wow moments. The sound is sparse but well done, the music unobtrusive and pleasing. The voice work is, as mentioned, well above average for this type of game.

    This game is for veterans of the genre with a taste for more, spiced with a bit of variation. Complete newcomers interested in the genre might as well start here: They might still bounce off Shadow Tactics, but in a genre with very few members, this is as forgiving as it gets.

    TLDR: Shadow Tactics is a great stealth real time tactics game. If that’s your jam, it has you covered.    … Expand
  13. Surma
    Aug 4, 2021
    8
    Great game for tactics fans but has many problems.

    First of the difficulty. The game feels about as difficult in the first missions as it does in the last. Every map is full of enemies who always cover each others backs, leaving you little room to split them up or attack the one who isn't covered first. It truly offers some great challenges and it's fun to try speed run the levels    Great game for tactics fans but has many problems.

    First of the difficulty. The game feels about as difficult in the first missions as it does in the last. Every map is full of enemies who always cover each others backs, leaving you little room to split them up or attack the one who isn't covered first.

    It truly offers some great challenges and it's fun to try speed run the levels through with multiple attempts, usually though failing from a simple misstep because you simply can't see everyone's vision range same time, and the way in big towns you're often missing enemies simply because their models hide behind some structure and you have to keep turning the camera around.

    This game could have easily been 9 or even 10 if they did tweak the enemies to be more visible, and controls were just slightly easier to execute.

    It has its great moments, but many times you feel stuck because you haven't fully played through the map yet so you don't know all the specific places to click or trigger from range.

    For someone who is patient and loves tactics based games this could be easily 9, but for me who has little patience for observing the area with magnifying glass to find every fine detail before making 3 steps forward and taking out a single enemy, repeating the process 50 times throughout all map, I don't find it that entertaining.

    There's not really great enemy variety either. The characters you're allowed to play have some variety to make them unique, but not always, and that's a little shame. Sometimes your character cannot utilize enemy robes and sometimes you can but every single path is blocked by Samurai who's able to see through you. So eventually you'll have to wiggle every single path through with 50 different executions step by step.

    In later maps it also becomes impossible to progress without using even a single path or it becomes very hard, leaving very little room for improvising. Sometimes you just feel you need to cheese through pulling aggro of individual guards one by one behind a corner for like 5-6 times just to get enough privacy to kill a single guard patrolling path ahead.

    I've tried collecting all the achievements level by level but I think in mission (rescuing Mugen) 10 I just got bored and never played again because of how frustrating the escape was in that mission while trying to desperately not use those vital weapons to advance faster.

    This is not a game that you can just chill and have a fun with, not even in Dark Souls fun way where you can progress by playing in your toes. In this game you can't make a single mistake or the entire army knows your location.

    I didn't really care about story too much but I guess it was serviceable / not bad.    … Expand
  14. talipisagor
    Jun 7, 2021
    10
    bitmesini istemediğim bir oyun oldu. bazı sahnelerde kamera açısı çok zorlasa da harika bir bütünlük. bitmemesi için yavaş yavaş oynadım. bitti ve ben yeniden oynadım. çünkü istediğiniz gibi ilerleyebiliyorsunuz. harika ve ötesi bir oyun.
  15. Hoaaeinshrt98
    Apr 27, 2021
    10
    Amazing... Thank You MiMiMi...
    I Can't Wait to See Your Next Project...
    Thank You...
  16. elefsar
    Apr 22, 2021
    7
    Good game play, sometimes not fluent, a good puzzle game, sometimes i got bored.
  17. Dco326
    Apr 10, 2021
    10
    Retko kad dajem 10 ali stvarno ono mozda bih cak i igrao opet ovu igru, za mene stvarno igra sabija jebote, nije sad presavrsena ali zasluzuje deset stvarno, bas su je dobro uradili!
  18. NaziTuccar
    Feb 24, 2021
    10
    BEST haha BEST haha BEST haha BEST haha BEST haha BEST haha BEST haha BEST haha BEST haha
  19. PGABA
    Feb 23, 2021
    10
    It's a really good game. Its story is interesting, gameplay is fun. But although everything seems normal, Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun was my favorite game. Look, it's not the best, it's my favorite. It was my favorite game, although all the details seem normal. I was depressed when you ended. It will always be my favorite game.
  20. pParad0X
    Feb 18, 2021
    10
    Even a player who doesn't like strategy could love strategy, this game showed me that
    Don't say "I don't like strategy" just take a look
  21. Crimert
    Feb 6, 2021
    8
    It's a very cool Stealth-Real time tactics game. I really enjoyed it! 32hrs on record.
  22. Renaigse
    Aug 29, 2020
    8
    Очень проработанная , атмосферная и крайне непростая игра. Сюжет не сказать, что гениален, конечно, как обоснование для геймплея вполне сойдет. Геймплей тут конечно шикарен, по крайней мере на высокой сложности , лишних способностей просто нет, сами уровни идеально сбалансированы под способности персов. Единственно , что мне не особо зашло так это разные игровые условности, например то,Очень проработанная , атмосферная и крайне непростая игра. Сюжет не сказать, что гениален, конечно, как обоснование для геймплея вполне сойдет. Геймплей тут конечно шикарен, по крайней мере на высокой сложности , лишних способностей просто нет, сами уровни идеально сбалансированы под способности персов. Единственно , что мне не особо зашло так это разные игровые условности, например то, как боты тут воюют ( имитируют войну), они вообще в друг друга не попадают, или то, что здесь все зациклено, т.е. офицеры передают одну и ту же инфу солдатам, главные цели постоянно купаются или ходят к массажистам. Понятно, конечно, что это было необходимо, но мне очень все это бросалось в глаза, некого разнообразия в поведении противников не хватает. Ну и графика для 16 года слабая… Expand
  23. abbbasemressen
    Jul 23, 2020
    8
    perfect game if you want something like commandos . if u are not a fan of commandos doesnt matter definetly check this one out
  24. freenik
    Jul 22, 2020
    10
    This stealth RTT game has various amazing merits that are hard to deny -- music, art style, game design and story, etc. I had fun playing the Commandos years before and this game does not just remind me of it but also provides a superb fresh gaming experience.
  25. Biberattacke
    Jul 7, 2020
    8
    Shadow Tactics Baldes of the Shogun habe ich mir zugelegt, weil es im Sale war und ich in letzter Zeit viel über Desperados 3 gelesen hatte. Ich hatte Lust auf ein knackiges Taktikspiel und Commandos fand ich damals (1998) auch ganz toll. Obwohl ich noch weiß, dass ich eben bei diesem Commandos grandios gescheitert bin. Wahrscheinlichkeit eines Ragequits 80 %. Nun wollte ich es aberShadow Tactics Baldes of the Shogun habe ich mir zugelegt, weil es im Sale war und ich in letzter Zeit viel über Desperados 3 gelesen hatte. Ich hatte Lust auf ein knackiges Taktikspiel und Commandos fand ich damals (1998) auch ganz toll. Obwohl ich noch weiß, dass ich eben bei diesem Commandos grandios gescheitert bin. Wahrscheinlichkeit eines Ragequits 80 %. Nun wollte ich es aber nochmal wissen. Fortgeschrittenes Alter = viel klüger! So dachte ich...! Was bekam nun für meine sauer verdienten 19,90 €? GENAU DAS WAS ICH HABEN WOLLTE! Es ist ein Echtzeittaktikstealthspiel (was für ein Wort) und traf genau meine Erwartungshaltung. Man muss vorzugsweise behind enemy lines einen bestimmten Ort oder Ziel erreichen, Eine Übermacht an Gegnern steht aber im Weg und mit seinen Partymitgliedern versucht man diese zu umgehen oder auszuschalten. Wer Desperados oder das bereits genannte Commandos kennt fühlt sich sehr schnell wie zu Hause. Prinzipiell ist jeder Level wie ein Diorama aufgebaut. Jede Einheit auf dem Spielfeld tut etwas und wiederholt diese Tat in einer Endlosschleife. Das klingt nicht so spannend, ist es aber, denn hier ergeben sich Zeitfenster die bestimmte Handlungen zulassen um durch eben diese feindlichen Linien zu schlüpfen. Hierbei stehen einem diverse Fähigkeiten zur Verfügung. Fallen, Scharfschützengewehre, Wurfsterne. Auch ein kleiner Waschbär namens Kuma spielt als sehr mächtiges Mittel eine Rolle um Gegner in ihrem Loop zu unterbrechen oder sie an eine Stelle zu locken um sie dort lautlos zu meucheln. Das funktioniert alles ganz hervorragend und ist auf der Schwierigkeitstufe „normal“ relativ anspruchsvoll. Für einige Missionen habe ich über 3 Stunden gebraucht. Aber alles ist machbar und nichts ist unfair. Die Karten und Gegnerpositionen sind wirklich gut designed und es gibt immer mehrere Ansätze um ein Problem zu lösen. Die Partymitglieder spielen sich wunderbar unterschiedlich und jeder hat Stärken und Schwächen. So kann der Samurai Mugen bis zu 3 nah aneinander stehende Gegner auf einmal erlegen, während der Ninja Hayato einen Wurfstern zückt. Es gibt noch 3 weitere Mitglieder Aiko, Takuma und die junge Diebin Yuki. Die Grafik und der Sound sind auch für 2017 eher Mittelklasse aber, es fällt nichts negativ auf. Ein ohvolles Staunen gibt’s aber auch nie. Dennoch sei lobend zu erwähnen dass der englsiche Erzähler seine Sache sehr gut macht. Die Stimme erinnert an den Erzähler eines meiner Lieblingsanimes !Ninja Scroll! Der Umfang mit 13 Missionen ist völlig ausreichend und mit 20 bis 25 Stunden Nettospielzeit kein Dauerlutscher aber dafür bleibt das Spiel schön frisch und wird nicht unangenehm redundant. Größter Kritikpunkt ist allenfalls die sehr einfach gehaltene Story. Aus der Edo Ära in Japan hätte man mehr machen können, aber mich hat es garnicht gestört, Die Story ist hier halt nur Beiwerk und das ist total OK, Es bleibt ein überdurchschnittlich gutes Spiel in unterrepräsentierten Subgenre.… Expand
  26. UweElk
    Jun 21, 2020
    9
    Shadow Tactics is one of the best real time strategy games. It bribes with a sophisticated games set and a thrilling story. The characters are varied and fit into the setting. The game is highly recommended.
  27. JZStudios
    Jun 1, 2020
    6
    Shadow Tactics would be fun if the camera and controls weren't so not great. It ends up being frustrating. You can hold ctrl to kill and immediately grab an enemy and then drag him to a nearby bush, but if you ctrl click an enemy and ctrl click a bush to drop the body, it just doesn't work. You have to let go of ctrl, or mash the **** out of the mouse button 5 or 6 times before it actuallyShadow Tactics would be fun if the camera and controls weren't so not great. It ends up being frustrating. You can hold ctrl to kill and immediately grab an enemy and then drag him to a nearby bush, but if you ctrl click an enemy and ctrl click a bush to drop the body, it just doesn't work. You have to let go of ctrl, or mash the **** out of the mouse button 5 or 6 times before it actually gets the command to drop the body. It's really annoying when I'm being spotted in a bush and all I have to do is drop the body but the game just won't goddamn do it.

    Another fun thing is that bushes make you invisible, but only sometimes. I have no **** clue why. I can sit in a bush for 5 minutes, not move, have enemies walk past me, all is fine. And then just for some **** reason some random schmuck just immediately spots me out of nowhere. I'd be okay with them finding you during an alarm, but the game actively tells you to jump in a bush to stop a pursuit, so even then it seems bull**** and acts like it's broken.

    Speaking of attacking and bushes, you'd think the primary method of eliminating enemies would be surprise attacks, but when you whistle them over to a bush and then attack them, sometimes but not always, they'll just lay eyes on you and damage you. I guess they're superman or cyclops, because there's no attack animation or anything for them, they just straight damage you with eye lasers.

    I've done 5 or 6 levels (of 13), and while I'll say that for the most part it allows you to do things your own way, I've never had such a hard time trying to figure out what exactly the intended route is and what the game wants from me in a lot of situations. It has a bunch of bonus challenges per level, and I guess you don't need to do them all at the same time (Most you can't because it's different entry/exit points) but some of them I just don't get how they could be done. I really like stealth games but this one can be kind of frustrating, and the enemy vision cone is basically larger than yours so you're constantly being seen by enemies off screen.

    Enemies randomly spotting you in bushes is really annoying when you control 3 or more characters and they all get spread out, so you plant one in a bush for safe keeping and play another character, and then for no good **** reason they get spotted by an enemy. It's horse****. I ended up just save scumming which is not a gameplay style I particularly like.    … Expand
  28. perleques
    Mar 15, 2020
    9
    Best game since comandos. Mandatory to play. High replay value. Everything is great, gameplay, story, characters, music.
  29. MaxmilianKohler
    Feb 14, 2020
    5
    It was fine to start with, but as I played on I ran into some annoying things that seem like they could have been identified and remedied by a simple playthrough.

    The game gets progressively worse and makes progressively less sense. Seemingly bugginess and inconsistencies & nonsensical design get quite annoying. To the point where I uninstalled it half way through.
  30. ERIKIOS
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    O melhor jogo stealth que já existiu, jogo incrível com uma historia muito interessante. O jogo faz você pensar muito antes de fazer qualquer ação; cada personagem é incrível com suas habilidades que fazem com que você escolha qual o personagem certo para cada situação. Jogo incrível mesmo 10/10
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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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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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