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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Mimimi Games · Daedalic Entertainment

Released Dec 6, 2016 · Windows, macOS, Linux · Indie, Strategy · Metacritic 85

Art style Stylized 3D

Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

4 elements · 1 screen types covered · Steam page

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Daytime view cone: one flat green wedge across a village yard Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Range ring and view cone together around the pagoda island at dusk Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Snow camp: a striped purple view-cone corridor runs the gate path Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Night view cone: solid purple sight, striped where the dark breaks it
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Daytime view cone: one flat green wedge across a village yard · Battle / Tactics

UI at a glance: the patterns that recur across this game's screens are heatmap overlay (4).

Battle / Tactics

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Daytime view cone: one flat green wedge across a village yard Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Range ring and view cone together around the pagoda island at dusk Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Snow camp: a striped purple view-cone corridor runs the gate path Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Night view cone: solid purple sight, striped where the dark breaks it

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