Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
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| Developer(s) | Mimimi Productions |
| Publisher(s) | Daedalic Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Dominik Abé |
| Designer(s) | Martin Hamberger Moritz Wagner Felix Friedlein |
| Programmer(s) | Dominik Abé |
| Artist(s) | Bianca Dörr |
| Writer(s) | Martin Hamberger Dennis Huszak |
| Composer(s) | Filippo Beck Peccoz |
| Engine | Unity |
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| Release | December 6, 2016 PlayStation 4, Xbox One TBA 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Real-time tactics |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| GameRankings | 83.14% |
| Metacritic | 85/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 8/10 |
| GameSpot | 8/10 |
| IGN | 8.2/10 |
| Polygon | 8.5/10 |
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a stealth-oriented real-time tactics video game, with a gameplay similar to the Commandos and Desperados series. The game was released on December 6, 2016 and received three German Developer Awards (best German game, best PC/console game, best game design).
The game's setting is loosely based on Japan's Edo period. A new shogun has unified Japan after years of war, but now a mysterious new warlord named Kage-sama has emerged, jeopardizing the country's stability. The shogun tasks Mugen, a samurai in his service, with determining Kage-sama's identity and alliances. Mugen recruits four agents skilled in infiltration and assassination: Hayato, a ninja; Yuki, a thief; Aiko, a spy; and Takuma, a sharpshooter. They identify and kill two of Kage-sama's allies: Lord Yabu and the rogue general Okkoto. While pursuing a lead on Kage-sama's location, they are caught in a trap. Kage-sama turns out to be the shogun's brother and senior general, Noboru. The shogun's peace doesn't suit Noboru and he wants to return Japan to a state of war, where warriors like him are in their element. By holding Mugen's comrades hostage, Noboru forces Mugen to lead him to the secret refuge of the shogun's son, whom Noboru's own son murders. Noboru imprisons Mugen's comrades and leaves Mugen a knife for him to commit suicide with. Mugen's comrades escape, but Mugen chooses to commit suicide for failing his shogun. His four comrades kidnap Noboru's son and drag him before the shogun where he confesses. The shogun then sends his agents to assassinate Noboru in his castle. Having avenged Mugen, the four comrades part ways.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is patterned after the Commandos games. It is a real-time tactics video game with an emphasis on stealth. The player commands a squad of up to five characters and must infiltrate heavily guarded enemy compounds. Each enemy guard has a cone of vision which the player characters must evade. If a guard spots a corpse or one of the player characters, he will raise the alarm, and additional soldiers will spawn from nearby buildings and begin patrolling the area. Thus a reckless approach will only make the player's task more difficult. The crux of the gameplay involves studying the patrol routes of the guards and their cones of vision, isolating a single guard by distracting his comrades, then killing said guard stealthily and hiding the body. In this way, the player can pick off enemies one by one in order to work toward the objective.
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