
The player has to carefully evaluate his options in order to master the challenging missions: how will the characters behave as a team? Which one is best equipped for each task? How can they best master the given missions? Come up with your own ingenious tactics to vanquish enemies and complete missions. The mysterious marksman Takuma however, relies on his sniper rifle and takes care of the enemies from a distance. And the street child Yuki places traps and decoys enemies towards their deadly fate. Check out games like The Stone of Madness, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Desperados III, Partisans 1941, Wonhon: A Vengeful Spirit, War Mongrels and. With many of those titles becoming critically acclaimed in their own right we take a look at some of the best games to play if you like.

Aiko is a master of camouflage when she distracts enemies disguised as a Geisha. Samurai Mugen prefers a more powerful approach and can defeat more fiends at one time, but thus also forfeiting flexibility.

One of the leaders of this team is Hayato, an agile ninja, who clears the way through his enemies silently, with his sword and shuriken. The characters develop their own dynamic and each member will have to face their own personal demons. Yet over the course of many missions, trust is won and friendships are made. In fact, the migration to a strategy formula is a welcome one, and sneakers will appreciate just how much thought went into the excellent gameplay mechanics. Working together as a team seems impossible at first. 8 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Shadow Tactics may not be a third-person action title, but that doesn't mean Metal Gear Solid fans won't appreciate it. The group is composed of very different personalities. Set traps, poison your opponents or completely avoid enemy contact. Choose your approach when infiltrating mighty castles, snowy mountain monasteries or hidden forest camps. Take control of a team of deadly specialists and sneak in the shadows between dozens of enemies. I can't wait to learn more, just like I can't wait to play Aiko's Choice this December.Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. The love for the original Shadow Tactics was pretty universal at RPS, with our Shadow Tactics review calling it "a fabulous game – a game I think I prefer to both Commandos 2 and Desperados." That's high praise given Commandos 2 and Desperados were previously the champions of the entire genre.ĭevelopers Mimimi Games have already announced that they're now working on a third real-time tactics game in a brand new IP set in "a whole new world, with a new setting, story and characters." It has no name or specific details attached yet, but Mimimi own it outright, unlike Shadow Tactics and Desperados. The trailer above does end with a surprise, however, announcing that the expansion will also feature a new adventure featuring Mugen, the original game's samurai. Here's the new trailer released during Gamescom 2021:Īiko's Choice returns to Edo-period Japan for stealthy, stabby missions, this time focused on the game's disguise expert Aiko. Announced back in March, it now has a release window: December.

Now the German developer is returning to their samurai roots with the standalone expansion Aiko's Choice. Shadow Tactics was one of the most pleasant surprises of the past five years, establishing Mimimi as ones to watch before Desperados 3 established them as masters of tactical sneak 'em ups.
