Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
I’m still missing some achievements but the Steam Awards are here and Shadow Tactics deserves a prize.
Briefly: Shadow Tactics is a real-time stealth tactics game, a true tribute to Commandos games. Instead of soldiers, it’s about ninjas and scheming in feudal Japan. And it fits the concept perfectly.
It’s always a bit daunting to write about a game you love. Shadow Tactics has everything you loved about Commandos games, coming with a modern interface. It’s also a great example that Unity can create truly great games.
– Real player with 93.2 hrs in game
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I guess all of us have games that we used to love back in the days, but can’t find anything like them on modern market. Times changed and now there are many dead, or half-dead genres and sub-genres. Space simulators, rail shooters… Even real-time strategies and puzzle / point & click adventures aren’t doing well now. Among all that there’s a small RTS sub-genre that was never really big, but still made a lot of loyal fans. I’m talking about Commandos series and its clones. An unique mix of stealth and RTS with revolutionary “cons of sight” system. By controlling group of soldiers with the unique set of abilities, players were supposed to finish different missions in WWII setting. The first two Commandos games (released in 1998 and 2001 respectively) were absolutely brilliant and it felt like their makers, Pyro Studios, are making instant classic. Unfortunately, the third Commandos game wasn’t that popular thanks to many questionable changes in the gameplay, while FPS spin-off called Commandos: Strike Force started the dark times for Pyro Studios. Which switched to casual games soon after that. Commandos series died. But there was another team to keep their spirit alive.
– Real player with 81.9 hrs in game
MIYAMOTO S
MIYAMOTO is a single player card game with a miniature board.
Game art is simple and oriental world with Samurai.
Open the box of the board game and you will be dive into a world of miniatures!
The important tactics is"when" and “where” and “which” play your card.
Random deck on each battles will not promise their results, It’s up to your tactics.
Collect unique heroes and defeat MIYAMOTO.
MIYAMOTO S includes the extended content “Shiba Inu”.
New units including “Shiba Inu” have been added.
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Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
Sengoku jidai is a turn based 4x4 grid style strategy game based in eastern asia and asias historical battles. Covering Japan to Korea, China and Mongolia its a true gem of a game that, get this, the developers still work on.
Lets talk about the game play:
Im going to be straight up honest, It’s not for everyone. Its like chess, with rng. Your units battle each other, based on their attack stats, armour stats, terrain and morale the computer calculates how much damage is done to the unit and if damage is done to their morale. You can also affect this based on your position which is where the game really shines.
– Real player with 216.7 hrs in game
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This game is simply incredible. I had been looking for a tabletop wargaming experience in digital format for a very long time. The direct predecessor to this game, Pike and Shot, looked very viable, but I was not interested enough in the time period and aesthetic of it to gamble $40. Something about landschneckts in frilly blouses and giant feather caps wielding impossibly long pikes just doesn’t do it for me (purely a personal preference).
But being a lifelong fan of Japanese history, and in particular the Sengoku Jidai, when this game came out I knew I had to get it. I have no regrets. It is a near-perfect digital adaptation of tabletop wargaming.
– Real player with 81.7 hrs in game
Catana
When an unseen phenomenon creates havoc in nature, strange aberrations start to appear in the courtyard of a quiet monastery.
To beat back the mutants, the Master of the monastery takes a Disciple under his wings: the young and fierce Catana!
Guide Catana as he masters the attacks that will save not only the monastery but also the world beyond it. With point-and-click simplicity, you’ll create matches that eliminate groups of enemies, unleash powerful special attacks and take down crafty bosses.
You’ll face Tentacles, Lava Crunchers, Robots and more, all of which will lead you to an epic showdown with the mysterious force behind mutations.
Total War: SHOGUN 2
OK I’m older than the average gamer and have a history of traditional wargaming - map based and figure based games/campaigns. I find all the Total War immersive and an excellent up to date computer based version of traditional wargaming. Shogun 2 is a particular favourite as it was the first one I really started to customise with user based extensions and later my own. Today, I’m downloading it again to play it for the first time in about 3 years and can hardy wait. Programming wise, apart from a few moody extensions the game is very reliable and lock-up and crash free. It also gets a big plus for not stealing all my memory and CPU run time allowing me to multi-task with high end productivity and graphics software.
– Real player with 5367.3 hrs in game
The best Total War CA ever made. It’s all downhill from here.
– Real player with 541.1 hrs in game
Uncle Ted
Uncle Ted was enthusiastically reading his newspaper, when vicious thieves made their way into the house, and their accomplices fired at his house, stray bullets flew throughout the room, and the robbers had already stolen jewelry, but they did not take into account that Uncle Ted reads a newspaper about the supernatural abilities of average men age and their skill to fight off bullets!
Uncle Ted - A top-down logic game where the player dodges bullets and bounces them in the direction of enemies in order to kill them, when the player deals with all the enemies, the game is transferred to the next room of the house with new locations of objects.
Crazy Kung Fu
Crazy Kung Fu
This game made me feel like I was the Karate Kid, except, instead of a real old man making me wax his car I was given a cardboard cut-out of an old man.
Not that that’s a bad thing, naturally. I don’t particularly want an old man watching me work up a sweat, but I would have liked him to perhaps throw some guidance my way on how I can improve rather than waiting for the end of the match.
This game feels more like I’m training in martial arts than playing a game, there’s no mid-game scoring, no timed events or any tips during the match, you just need to get on with it, give it your best and see your ways to improve at the end. It did feel quite similar to when I was in school doing marital arts training.
– Real player with 24.7 hrs in game
About as close as you can get to a training simulator for martial arts. You aren’t hitting things to a soundtrack. It is purely a training dummy with spinning targets you either Block (forearm), punch, or dodge. The harder and firmer your form, the more points you build up.
If you’re looking for a game that will give you a little cardio workout, pick this up. Level 5 and beyond will have you sparring with 3 simultaneously spinning targets to work with.
This game had me sweating from my eyelashes. When you find your groove, and stop ‘trying’, your natural reactions become instant. Your right hand will be blocking, but your already looking to your left to intercept the next target.
– Real player with 11.8 hrs in game
Stickman Epic Ninja Fighters
I LOVED BALL ADVENTURE BALL SIMULATOR BUT THE REWORK IS TERRIBLE!!!! JUST MAKE ANOTHER GAME AND DONT CHANGE THE OLD ONE. I CANT BOTHER TO BEAT THE NEW GAME BECAUSE ITS SO INCONSISTENT WITH CLIMBING AND SOME OTHER STUFF I CANT THINK OF RIGHT NOW!! THIS SUCKS!
– Real player with 17.1 hrs in game
This game is a perfect way to spend your time when you don’t know what to do. Its easy to understand but it supplies challenging gameplay that keeps you hooked as you try your best to reach the next level. The graphics and music might not be the best but if you give the developer some motivation this game could grow into so much more and they could go onto making more games for us to play. The game is free so theres no reason to not try it. Yeah if you don’t like it you may lose about 10 mins but that about it.
– Real player with 2.6 hrs in game
Desperados III
Perfect game made with love and attention to detail. Engaging story, believable characters, excellent voice acting. Smooth and customizable control scheme.
This game represents the peak of the genre.
– Real player with 117.5 hrs in game
I LOVED the original…Then I played this! The original now sits in that nostalgic corner of my gaming brain never to be played again just thought about with fond memories because when you play the original you’ll be thinking of this!. Well worth every penny and more. I lost two and a half hours on one mission that only felt like half an hour, I also managed to burn my dinner in the process! Ha. The achievements are a very nice touch that gives the game some longevity….Speed running might be a bridge too far for me though! The only negative thing about this game is you get to the end eventually and you’ll want more!. Note to Mimimi…Please take my money and make more content….(pretty please).
– Real player with 91.3 hrs in game
Shodo
Note: This game is very much alpha. All features shown in gameplay are currently accessible, and playable. However it is still pretty buggy, so heads up!
Shodō is a VR game where players fight in a 5v5 battle of chaos magic, in the martial art of their own design.
In this universe you must work for your power. No cheap fireballs, no facerolling, no mana resource to constrain you.
The raw power of your Sigil is dependent on both how complex it is, and how accurately you can execute it in the heat of battle.
Build your magic art to match your personality - do you like fast paced, rapid attacks that overwhelm your enemy? Opt for flow casting, which minimizes casting time and maximizes attack rate.
Or perhaps you would rather forge a weapon no other can destroy, that will instantly kill whatever it touches - at the expense of an intricate, complex sigil.
Enter the world of Shodō and experience for yourself, psychic abilities that come at a real mental cost. Become the protagonist, the master of your art, and carve your path into the history of this environment of controlled chaos.