![]() That didn’t stop me from messing up frequently, though. ![]() Take an action, pause for thought, see what happens and then begin planning your next move. Although it’s a real time game, the flow of action still makes it feel as if it were turn based. Hiding under a bush or behind a wall lets you catch your breath and take a look around, planning your next set of moves in peace. The game makes it easy to see where guards are looking at any given time, and where their blind spots are, so you always know whether or not you’re safe. ![]() Like many stealth games, places to hide are plentiful and enemies are predictable, so you have time to look around you and plan your next move. Fortunately, Shadow Tactics didn’t take that away from me. I’m not a big fan of real time strategy games I like to be able to think and plan before executing orders, and I’m not comfortable having to do so on the fly. It’s much more Invisible Inc than XCOM, with the additional caveat that it takes place in real time, not in turns. Mechanically, Shadow Tactics’ focus is on stealth. Takuma-san, master sharpshooter, tries to think of another Haiku Despite my initial reaction to the title, everything I’ve seen of the game so far takes the setting somewhat seriously, while still allowing itself to have a little fun.Īllowing a little fun. It’s a time period when Japan was ruled by a series of leaders holding the military title of Shogun, rather than the divine title of Emperor, and is the basis for many stories set in “Medieval” Japan. Shadow Tactics is set in Edo period Japan, a time known for its isolationism and general internal stability. I definitely didn’t expect to see quite so many muskets. I didn’t think I’d see a thoughtful game in which combat should be avoided at all costs, and in which the heroes had quite down-to-earth abilities. I expected Kensai ‘sword saints’ and deadly ninja doing battle on a tactical map in the style of XCOM, perhaps with Chi Wizards summoning up dark forces of Oni to present me with a greater challenge. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a title that inspired me to think of noble samurai defending their Daimyo from hordes of evil ninja.
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