Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is an exceptional Action/Adventure that raises the bar for the genre.
92
Verdict
91%
Steam
93
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (91% positive from 6.1K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (93/100 critic average)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
No significant drawbacks reported
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is a real-time tactics video game, the final one developed and published by Mimimi Games before the studio's closure. A year later, Hooded Horse acquired the game's publishing rights. The game was released for the PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X and Series S in August 2023.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 2d ago
The theme of the game goes really well with the soundtrack. The voice acting is funny (especially John Mercury), but sometimes it's so silly it makes me want to fart (skeletons on deck). The crew's unique abilities and the goofy side stories on the Red Marley are a blast, and I loved every minute of it. Good game overall.
the constant bug of having some supposed unfinished quest on the marleys deck has reached a point where it surpasses the games limited enjoyment factor
I mean, it's not bad, but definietely much worse than previous mimimi games. Best thing here are characters' skill sets, pretty creative, some mechanics refreshment from previous games. And that's pretty much why potential was wasted so much. Game is fairly easy, not much hard moments and definietely it's lacking of progressive difficulty over the course of the game. Especially with high variety of champions it's beggin to make game increasingly difficult. Plot is totally skippable, maps are dull, repetitive and I don't think formula with choosing heroes for missions (always 3, one mission with 1 character) or even choosing missions went well here. Got bored before completing even half of them game, very much unlike previous games
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