Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

This is just a masterpiece of stealth tactics in a stunning setting!

An absolutely terrific masterpiece, one of the best games I've ever played. I'm genuinely trash at strategising anything but I love stealth games an awful lot and this game was such an absolute joy to play I'd be depressed if I hadn't found out Mimimi has made more games like it. I'm not as much of a sucker for the Edo period as for the Sengoku but the Japanese localisation (minus the English subtitles which I assume are just 1-1 for the English dialogue, reading them made me cringe a fair few times tbh) was amazing but even if the game was set elsewhere, gameplay alone would make it a masterpiece. If you love stealth, you should really try this. If you love strategy, you should really try this. If you hate both, you STILL should try this (there's even a demo, what more can you ask?). The satisfaction that comes from a complete level, after mistakes, ♥♥♥♥-ups and enemies suddenly being smarter than expected really took me back to Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory played at the highest difficulty...an amazing rollercoaster. Can't wait to put my hands on Aiko's choice.

A surprisingly tough top down tactical puzzle game, it was really fun if not a little frustrating in places. I'm pretty dumb though so do with that knowledge what you will. It's worth picking up, each mission is vast and rewards patience while the player characters have their own strengths and weaknesses so it's up to you how to use each, either alone or in combination to achieve your goals... it's a pretty rewarding feeling.