Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice

Great game, reminds me of the Commandos series back in the day. Since I was craving that style but didn't want to play anything too long, this game was a pretty good choice.

[h1] DISCLAIMER: This is a first impressions review, and NOT a full review [/h1] Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice is a game developed by Mimimi Productions and published by Daedalic Entertainment and is an expansion in the Shadow Tactics story You can choose to kill as a lone wolf or chain a sequence of actions between two or more mission specific heroes. Group takedowns set the scene for some remarkable assassinations. Each hero is designed for a specific purpose and the balancing is perfect. The five heroes specialise in their own respective area of expertise: close-quarters, ranged, stealth/covert, and trap-setter. The overall package of one hero completes the shortcomings of the next hero. The game offers multiple hotkeys and multi-select feature and the gameplay is not cluttered with an extravagant array of actions or overly-detailed HUD. You can also rebind every action. Even the save and load keys Graphically, Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice boasts a beautiful side-down cell-shaded art direction. You can rotate the camera freely or with 90-degree presets. You can zoom in and out and freely scout the map ahead and plan your phase of engagement accordingly. Additional design touches, such as being able to leave footprints in the snow, broadens the application of thorough planning and execution and the musical score is relaxing and well composed with the make-up of traditional Japanese musical instruments What I love is that you can either play the game with either English voice overs or Japanese voice overs with English subtitles which I highly recommend because the voice actors are really well portrayed, in the Japanese versionat least However, there are times where I find my actions are locked and my computer was working extra hard to keep this game running regardless of the graphical settings, with an occasional heating issue I experience with very few games. I noticed several others in the community are also experiencing similar issues therefore can only assume there may be a stability leak somewhere Also, I have noticed a whole load of framerate drops and my computer can definitely run this on high with my NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and the loading screens are ridiculously long, way too long Overall, Mimimi Productions and Daedalic Entertainment have delivered an outstanding product despite some little complaints here and there. I thoroughly enjoy tactical/strategy games and in this particular time period in Japan. [h1] RECOMMENDED :) [/h1] [b] REVIEW SOURCES: [/b] [list] [*] None

This is the best tactics game Ive ever played!!!!