That daily game progress thread...
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I beat Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice
It's basically an expansion pack (but a standalone install) for Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Which is basically a modern take on the old Commandos formula. The game controls similar to an RTS style game with a 3/4 view. You have a team of characters, each with their own skillset that you use to infiltrate and complete a mission. You can click on an enemy to watch their view cone, watch their patrol patterns and use your skills to distract and take out the enemies.
I find the game a satisfying experience. It's fun to pick off enemies one by one. Coming up with a plan and having it work out. On the negative side, the controls are sort of difficult sometimes since you're dealing with real time and point and click controls, and dealing with multiple characters in parallel. And sometimes you just miss that a guard is looking at you. So the game basically involves save-scumming your way through. The game basically encourages it with a timer reminding you how long since you've saved.
I played the full Shadow Tactic: Blades of the Shogun a few years ago and liked it. So I liked this one. This game is pretty short. There's 6 missions, but 3 of them are tiny interludes that barely count. So you have three quite expansive missions and that's it. Having not played the original in a while, this one did kind of feel like I was being dumped in the deep end. And then it's kind of over by the time you get into things.
Coincidentally, a new Commados game just came out.
It's basically an expansion pack (but a standalone install) for Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Which is basically a modern take on the old Commandos formula. The game controls similar to an RTS style game with a 3/4 view. You have a team of characters, each with their own skillset that you use to infiltrate and complete a mission. You can click on an enemy to watch their view cone, watch their patrol patterns and use your skills to distract and take out the enemies.
I find the game a satisfying experience. It's fun to pick off enemies one by one. Coming up with a plan and having it work out. On the negative side, the controls are sort of difficult sometimes since you're dealing with real time and point and click controls, and dealing with multiple characters in parallel. And sometimes you just miss that a guard is looking at you. So the game basically involves save-scumming your way through. The game basically encourages it with a timer reminding you how long since you've saved.
I played the full Shadow Tactic: Blades of the Shogun a few years ago and liked it. So I liked this one. This game is pretty short. There's 6 missions, but 3 of them are tiny interludes that barely count. So you have three quite expansive missions and that's it. Having not played the original in a while, this one did kind of feel like I was being dumped in the deep end. And then it's kind of over by the time you get into things.
Coincidentally, a new Commados game just came out.