Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko’s Choice Review (Heartman36)
I would like to thumbs up this. it is along the lines of games i like.
BUT... lets get into it.
graphics are acceptable for what it is. No complaints there.
this is a RTS option for game play... BUT IT IS REAL TIME COMBAT... there is NO PAUSING IT
-- on top of that the combat is such a pain in the you know what for the very reasons of trying to sync up your characters to execute a plan. YOU CAN"T DO IT!!! sure they say you can... but every time you want to RTS an action you have to "Shadow mode it" then plan it out... But not with any other characters unless you shadow mode them too. WHILE the guards are actually moving around. So the plan a moment ago is NO GOOD.
You could play this so long to get great at quick keying things to then execute plans to bring down guards. But in 3 hours i'm barely out of the first series of buildings, and have failed to get access to a house to get the disguise. WHAT SPY doesn't have back up supplies?
You could attempt to lure them with dead bodies... but damn it gets WAY beyond aggravating to have to consecutively lure groups of guards, & super samuri that requires bullets or the tank to kill assuming the maneuver is not on cool down or your not duck walking while being shot in the face.
NO refilling any med kits, and, and and.. just so aggravating. if it was mod-able for the things that just is set to P-U- off. then it's a keeper. but NO modding it, no real change in settings to make it fun. You also can't see where everyone is looking but only looking on a single point, or a single guard. and most people have 2 or MORE cover scouts so you can't even kill one guy after the first section and hide the body if you have a good strategy. had a pile of 12 bodies and your still are not touching the total number of guards in one building. WHO wrote this? 1.5 seconds of spot time, on a field of view that swings so fast you can't run a short gap before they call for back up and try to chase you down even if your trying to run away. not to mention the nearly 100% gun accuracy they have on you. BAD news but muskets are NOT accurate near max range due to round balls and NO rifling.
OF the little fun this game has, it has MANY MANY MANY times more aggravation with it that severely out weighs the fun it is said to have.
That said just a few changes could make it fun and enjoyable.
I do like the voice actors and what little there is of the story. As it does info dump you on the intro.