As samurai are extremely dangerous, Mugen is the only one of the five capable of taking them head-on. He is also able to not only run while carrying a body, but can carry them two at a time. Mugen, the samurai, can use his Sword Wind ability to kill any non-samurai around him with a single strike, lift heavy objects, and lure foes by lobbing a bottle of sake in their path. Hayato, the ninja, can distract enemies with pebbles, take down an enemy with shuriken (that he’ll have to retrieve to use again), and can scale to the rooftops using his grappling hook.
She can also use a bird whistle to distract foes, attracting those guards to their untimely death. Yuki, a self-taught kunoichi (female ninja) is able to set a spring-loaded mine called the Little Trap, which will instantly kill anyone but the heavily armored samurai. Each a specialist in their trade, the balance between them, and how you use their special skills makes the difference between success and failure. The five soldiers you’ll command in Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun are a spy, sniper, thief, ninja, and samurai – not exactly the honorable and noble group you might put in charge of a secret mission for the soul of the nation. While Commandos had players battling Nazis, Shadow Tactics has a far more nuanced storyline. In truth, there’s a lot the two games have in common, both in terms of presentation, and gameplay. In this review you’ll find a lot of comparisons to the Eidos / Pyro Studios title, Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines from 1998.
Four skilled assassins (led by a samurai) are recruited to crush the rebel warlord, but this is Japan - nothing is ever quite what it seems. Taking place in the Tokugawa (or Edo) era of feudal Japan, the Shogun of the country has stabilized the country, but that peace is now threatened by a shadowy warlord named Kage-sama (I love that the Japanese even refer to their enemies in the formal and respectful nomenclature – sama is reserved for positions of high respect). If I were to describe Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, I’d have to wonder if developer Mimimi Productions was perusing my favorite games list, because it feels like a blend of Commandos and some tactical version of Tenchu. Here I am, days later, having put all of those games aside - I’m hooked on Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
But I’m busy – I don’t have time for things off the beaten path. After he mentioned it fairly relentlessly, as did several others, I realized that I was completely unfamiliar with the game. Peer pressure is a hell of a drug, and this new addiction is the fault of Brad Galloway, Managing Editor of - he did this to me.
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