Game Information
Overall Rank: 4788
Average Rating: 3/5
# of Ratings: 1
US Release Date: 08/01/2017
Platform: PlayStation 4
Genres: Action (Stealth), Role Playing (RPG) (Tactical RPG)
ESRB Rating: M
Multiplayer: No
Developer: Mimimi Productions
Publisher: Kalypso
Also Available On: PC (Steam), Xbox One
Synopsis: Set in the Edo period in Japan, a deadly team is assembled to stealthily take out
enemies be they fortified in a castle, confined to a remote monastery or hidden deep
within a forest. Each member of your team has a different strategy and personality:
leader Hayato is an agile ninja using sword and shuriken; samurai Mugen is the
muscle, taking a direct approach; Aiko uses camouflage and subterfuge; Yuki is a
street-wise child good with traps and decoys; Takuma is a mysterious marksman,
sniping from a distance. Control your team, learn their stories and take down your
enemies in this tactical hardcore stealth game.
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3/5
"Shadow Tactics: Blades Of The Shogun"
Megadrive - wrote on 11/03/2022
Amalgam of The Lost Vikings and Assassin's Creed that sees you switch between five interchangeable assassins with different skill sets on a Edo-period battlefield. It's one of those games that's very nearly great, but falls short because of a couple of niggles that could - and should - have been easily fixable. The problem lies in its difficulty which is not a problem in itself, but deaths are more often than not caused by your detection by enemies off-screen that you had no idea were there. This is because their view cones are only visible when you highlight the enemy concerned, which combined with the fact that the screen does not track your character's movements leads to a lot of unfair deaths and even more frustration. If a sequel appears that corrects either of these problems I …
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