SHADOW TACTICS: BLADES OF THE SHOGUN
Mimimi Games has established itself as a developer of excellent real time tactics games – perhaps even the best in the industry right now – and while 2020’s Desperados 3 helped cement that position, it was with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun in 2016 that they made their first mark. An excellent focus on stealth and strategy combined with smartly constructed level and a strong cast of varied characters, each with meaningful advantages and disadvantages in combat, to deliver a way more enjoyable stealth tactics experience than most people would have expected. The fact that it’s getting a new expansion soon, five years on from the game’s launch, tells you something about the game’s staying power, and about Mimimi Games’ willingness to iterate on this formula to deliver more excellent content.
