
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is an exceptional Strategy/Indie that raises the bar for the genre.
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Verdict
96%
Steam
87
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% positive from 38K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (87/100 critic average)
Rich open world to explore
Standout indie gem
Steep difficulty curve may not appeal to casual players
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a stealth-oriented real-time tactics video game developed by Mimimi Productions and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The gameplay is similar to that of the Commandos and Desperados series. It was released on December 6, 2016, for Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux, in July 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, for Amazon Luna on October 20, 2020, and is scheduled for release on March 18, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18h ago
An active engaging puzzle, strong themed about Japanese Edo period with enough challenge yet friendly for new comers. I really like some puzzle when I’m able to resolve them, when is not the case I can’t hide my frustration. Even so, there are many kind of puzzle and this game is an example of that, and has one of the best features, multiple solutions and ways to approach it. Maybe not your regular puzzle game, instead a strategy one with a great drive on keep things stealth. Shadow Tactics let you handle the mission in a many, many ways and rewards you in challenge and a lot of achievements, with a superb OST, sound effects and story. Rewarding in many aspects, it was one of the best experience in the genre, good design and well polished against bugs and other things. Nevertheless is not perfect, some npc behave in an unrealistic way, that is expected, the story do some twist plot you could see it coming an it is not necessary bad, yet that flaws make the game more genuine. A very Japanese, oh dear, very very Japanese and I love it. Let your brain do some mental exercise, it will be thank you later. De una nostálgica memoria, a una experiencia reconfortante en un género que mis memorias guardan con cariño. Recuerdo que en algún momento cuando tenía acceso a una computadora con Windows 98, habían varios juegos, me pregunto quién habrá sido el alma bondadosa en instalarlos. Entre ellos estaba Commandos, un juego de estrategia a tiempo real, que no entendía muy bien que es lo que pasaba, estaba en inglés. Sin embargo, al ver a los personajes(enemigos) moverse algo que me emocionaba profundamente, poco a poco intuía que es lo que estaba pasando y que debía hacer, recuerdo que no lo terminé. En algún momento ya no tenía acceso a esa computadora. Este juego y esas memorias están apartados por más de dos décadas. Aún así, la experiencia que encontré y la satisfacción al jugar este título no pudo ser más completa y agradable. Por su poderosa narrativa y su toque bien cuidado del periodo Edo, la historia junto a su jugabilidad quizás sea una experiencia de la cual no te arrepentirás en lo absoluto.
difficult and fun stealth game :3 each character feels unique and has their own special tools, and the actual missions are fun & pretty. it basically a puzzle game with trying to figure out how to move throughout levels without some goober halfway across the map that you forgot about, seeing you. it's not for me necessarily but the levels are quite replayable, some less so, but some of them have options you can take between path A and path B for example. also its very much stealth and stealth only, as in if you get caught and the alarm raises, you might as well reload from a previous save. story was quite good too [spoiler] i found the true identity of kage-sama to be kinda obvious though lol. [/spoiler]
O gênero de Real Time Tactics - RTT é meio nichado, tirando o Desperados (o Wanted Dead or Alive inclusive eterno em meus versos) e o Comandos, eu acho que não conhecia outro até encontrar o Blades of the Shogun. Fico feliz por ver o gênero estar tendo variedade. Dito isso, ao game. Cara, eu não consigo pensar em uma única falha ou até mesmo crítica neste jogo, desde do roteiro, ambientação até a gameplay, tipo tudo é perfeito e bem feito. Dá para ver que o jogo foi feito com carinho e atenção. Os personagens e suas habilidades especiais são divertidas e possuem uma sinergia excelente, além de que eles também são carismáticos (tipo, todos eles são). O fator replay é absurdamente alto e eu sinceramente acho que eles conseguiram pegar bastante a essência dos arquétipos de figuras japonesas do período Edo. Enfim, para quem gosta de RTT é obrigatório. Além de ser uma excelente dica para quem gosta de jogos ambientados no período Edo.
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