Review, analysis and drug Shadow Tactics – Blades of Shogun

The review contains:
Multistyabukaf
Claim to objectivity
Historical certificate for open sources under spoilers
Little things in the game there
Unbearable jokes with crossbreeding And without
Difficult to read inscriptions in screenshots (sorry)
Pleasant reading

Yes! Blades of Shogun – This is an excellent tactical stealth, which definitely deserves “Amazing”. He is not perfect, and the plot is not his main plus, but this does not diminish the merits of the game. We can say that it copies Commandos, But even this is difficult to call an objective minus, because it is not a soulless copying of the classics, but the return of what we missed by which we missed.

Tactical stealth explosion-a relatively rare genre. Of the more or less new one remembers only Invisible, Inc And Hitman And Deus Ex Go. But in December 2016 with a cry “I burst into a break!»From the basements Mimimi Productions Runes Shadow Tactics – Blades of Shogun And … bursts! Yes, so successfully that it attracts the attention of fans of not only Stlax, but also tactics in general. Have we really received the reincarnation of those very Commandos, Or on a nonsense and fish and Japanese cancer fish? Let’s figure it out and start with ..

… music and voice acting

Listen: the river in silence flows in the string
The task of the soundtrack is to immerse the player in the atmosphere of the work. Running forward, OST in Shadow Tactics It turns out well. So that you are imbued with the spirit of the East, while you read, we will start a review by discussion of sound support, first turning on local compositions.

I wrote music for the game Filippo Bek Pekoz (Filippo Beccoz). Eastern motifs are clearly heard in it, enhancing the charm of cities, monasteries and tracts. Due to the specific style of melodies, they may not get to your player, but at least the tracks from the main menu and from the loading screen you remember. The soundtrack immerses the player into the atmosphere of the Japanese Middle Ages, namely for this he is needed.

Here you will comprehend Zen in a patient expectation of the first load. Well, at least the music is good
The game is available in voice acting in English and Japanese. The first you know more likely, the second is better suited to the environment. Since we are talking about languages, a few words about localization. IN Shadow Tactics Only the text was translated into Russian. This is done well, but not without discrepancies between speech and subtitles. Unfortunately, there are errors in the inscriptions. They are not enough to strongly recommend changing the language, but some critical, and sometimes completely stupid.

Land – peasants, high -quality localization – games! Seriously, the correct translation is “Free Hayato“
Separately, I would like to note the “liveliness” of replicas: the speech of characters during missions is not perceived as an annoying noise. This effect is not achieved by the last way due to a change in phrases depending on the situation or plot turns. Snow? Here are complaints about freezing legs. Spoiler? Get an emotional wig. All this positively affects the degree of immersion.

What the player hears has figured out. And how are things with ..

Enjoy the tag of the local drawing: look at all screenshots.
The game has a pleasant visual style that resembles oriental engravings. Thanks to him, the picture pleases the eye, let it even be nud. Taking into account not very harsh system requirements Shadow Tactics – A beautiful, well -drawn interactive cartoon with a relatively low price (800 rubles in GOG And Steam). But the works are judged not only by the cover, so let’s move on to ..

Musician, about the heroes you still sing!
The action takes place in Japan from the beginning of the Edo period, in the 1600s. Nameless shogun – the prototype of which probably served Tokugawa Ieyasu – completes the association of the country, having finished the era of internodists. But not everyone is happy with the established world. Among the people there are rumors about the mysterious kage-sama (Teni-man) who wants to unleash another civil war. The player’s task is to calculate and eliminate the rebel, managing the detachment of local “commando”.

Shogun (Jap. 将軍 SO: Gun) (To be precise, Sei-Taisogun (征夷大将軍)) – the title of the actual ruler of Japan from 1192 to 1868, although formally the emperor was more important thanks to the divine essence. Initially, the shogun is the commander of one army, and Seii Taisogun is three. Later, Sei-Taisogun called the head of campaigns against the northern barbarians.

During the inter -plane mess at the end of the XII century Minamoto-but Yoshinaka captured the capital, Kyoto, and replaced the opponent into the southern provinces. Yoshinaka He achieved from the emperor the title of Seii Taisogun, which gave him a monopoly right to collect and manage the army. Despite this, he was killed by a cousin, who became actually the sole ruler of the country and also asked the emperor the “position of commander in chief”. Since then, the shoguns called military rulers, de facto of the main persons of Japan, and the title itself was inherited.

Tokugawa Ieyasu – The first shogun from the Tokugawa clan completed the unification of the country, begun Ode Nobunaga
Shadow Tactics – Blades of Shogun Shows Japan at the beginning of the 17th century – the time of the formation of the Tokugava shogunate (he is the period of Edo and the Edemic shogunate). Tokugawa Rod ruled the state from 1603 to 1868 and was the third and last shogun dynasty.

The main task of the local plot is to connect the missions among themselves. If in the same Commandos phrases “We beat the Nazis“Was enough to explain what is happening, then in Shadow Tactics Due to the less popular setting without narration, it is difficult to understand why you need to kill this samurai or steal documents. Let the story are simple, and in some places it is predictable, it performs its function. And you don’t expect more from it, because in such games the main thing is not the plot ..

The briefing takes place in the “shelter” ..

… or on the battlefield
… and gameplay

The enemy does not sleep, be careful – win.
In this aspect Shadow Tactics not much different from Commandos OBzzer is amazing 10/10 thank you all until new meetings. Like the predecessor creation Mimimi Productions can be considered as a set of tasks for secrecy. In one, you need to blow up the gates of the castle, in the second to kill the officers of the convoy, in the third-steal documents … Variability of goals is one of the reasons why the mission is played differently, but not the only. No less great is the influence of the level of the level of the level, including the weather. But before we move on to the left -end, we will discuss basic mechanics.

The tasks of the mission are performed in different ways: the escape from prison is different from eavesdropping and theft
The enemy’s field of view is a sector that is divided into two parts. In the near, active, player is found in any position, in the far – only if he is worth. As soon as the enemy sees the character, the field of view begins to fill with yellowness. If she reaches the hero, the guard raises the alarm and his closest comrades go to chew gum and tear his asses. “Commandos” can not only see, but also hear. Therefore, running through puddles or shooting next to the gunstile is extremely harmful.

Stop Right There, Criminal Scum!
Back to weather conditions. Some missions take place at night, when opponents do not see well away from light sources – bonfires, torches and lamps. The latter can be repaid, then noticing this guard The sun will glorify! will try to light it again. It will turn out to him or not, it depends on the player.

Day, night, snow, rain – all this affects tactics
In rainy weather, puddles appear on the ground, which are loud if you walk on them. In “winter” missions, the characters leave traces in the snow that the guard wants to check. This can lead to both the detection of the unsuccessful intelligence officer and the death of a vigilant enemy in the nearest bushes.

An interesting detail. The characters have different traces: who has larger, who has smaller, and the one -legged old man leaves one footprint and a circle from the prosthesis. Gamed -design trifle, but nice.

No matter how cunning, in the open area it will not work for a long time. You can hide in the bushes;in buildings, if there are no opponents inside;on the roofs and floor above and, crouching, behind a body or, for example, a large stone. Alarmed enemy searches the nearest houses, thickets and nooks. Therefore, kill the worried guards, luring everyone to one bush, will not work: the second or third will find the player.

You don’t spoil my story! Special forces work there
No matter how disgrace is a guide, a corpse in an active field of view alarms it. Therefore, for quiet passage Cutlets The bodies need to be hidden in stomach bushes, barrels for sake, buildings, nooks or nooks or throwing into the abyss. Sometimes it is not possible to imperceptibly pull out the dead enemy and you have to leave it in a “shabby” visibility zone at Avos.

Each saboteur has its most important cemetery
Due to the numerical superiority of the enemy, the player can win only only carefully thinking through the steps. Coordinating the actions of the detachment helps Double mode – A tool that allows each hero to give an order in advance. Characters can fulfill the conceived at the same time or in turn. Therefore, the regime is useful not only with the killing of patrols, but also, for example, with a sequential distraction.

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Blades of Shogun obviously focused on reiglable. Methods of completing tasks vary from quiet, in the style of the hitman, to meat, in the style of the Hitman. Although the “canonical” passage is considered completely secretive, which can be achieved the first time, Shadow Tactics not completely disclosed in one passage.

To attract the player to repeated approaches, the stripes are added, which are issued when fulfilling certain conditions during the mission. Some are time restrictions and lack of anxiety, but most are related to the use or vice versa non -use of game mechanics. It will not work to get all the stripes at once, if only because at the first passage, unfulfilled tasks are not displayed. Mutually exclusive conditions can be met during one passage using Save-And-Load ’A. But even with such relief, the game gives a serious call to the player, especially at a high level of complexity. Ah, yes, difficulty levels ..

The list of stripes can be seen both when choosing a mission and during the task
Everything is very obvious with them: three levels, one oh More complicated than another. “Player”, According to the developers, the most suitable for the first passage. On “Professional»The characters have less health, and the guards see better. On “Beginner»Everything is exactly the opposite and you can’t earn stripes. But it is easier to kill on it ..

… opponents

Skillful
The weaknesses of the enemy
He knows everything.
In the game, the opposing forces are represented by several categories. Types of enemies are distinguished by behavior, weapons and, accordingly, suitable tactics for the struggle with them. Consider each separately.

Enemy
Most of the enemies belong to this category. They are armed Tanegasima (Arkeobuzami (guns)), applying one unit of damage, or Yari (blade on a stick), which takes two health points for a blow. They can be killed by any weapon. Enemies personify the principle “”Sucker is not a mammoth, the sucker will not die out“. They are always ready to see who is noisy there, what a bottle is on the forest path, where these traces lead, so they are easily killed in the back streets.

Fraer The enemy checked where the traces of the snow were led

Some characters in the game are called developers’ names. If you kill them all, they will give an achievement “Mimimi”, at least in GOG.

Some unsuccessful projects are very lacking in the opportunity to kill the developer

A straw hat
Local days, never leave the nightstand, in other words, do not leave the post. Like enemies, killed in any way. The baits are distracted literally for a second. However, this time is enough to relocate or murder.

And what is you smearing like a spy of some? I am a hat, these things do not act on me!

Asigar(Jap. 足軽, letters. “Legal fiber“, that is “Not covered with armor“) – Japanese light infantry from landowners, which makes up most of the feudal armies. Until the second half of the 16th century, the main weapon was Yari – A spear with a blade at the end. In 1543, the Japanese bought two guns from the Portuguese sailors, dismantled and collected them Threw out extra details, slightly improved and put into production.

The resulting arquebus was called Tanegasima By the name of the island where Europeans sailed. It remained the main firearm of the Japanese army until the middle of the 19th century.

Asigar was an armor Open the Gusoku (literally “Landied armor“), Considered by the property of Daimo. He perfectly illustrates the market economy, balancing between the minimum necessary efficiency and the maximum cheapness. Gusoku consisted of thin cuirasses, hats and laminar – made of strips superimposed by layers – skirts. If the feudal lord was too poor or greedy, the armor was limited to a bib and a hat, where without it.

Samurai
Trained warrior in strong armor, armed with a gun and katana. Only another samurai is dangerous for him. To kill, it must first be stunned with a shot. But even in this state, he raises the alarm, noticing the player. Like a straw hat, immune to bait and noise. In addition, the samurai cannot be deceived by dressing in civilian.

If the samurai leads a group of enemies, it will not work to lure his subordinates

Samurai (Jap. 侍, the word is also used in Japanese “Busie“(武士)) – a secular landowner in feudal Japan. The main thing in their lives was to follow Bushido (Jap. “The Warrior Way“) And the service to the master.

Classical samurai armor was made of plates fastened with silk, which was so many that there was no metal details behind the lacing. The armor included cuirass, a helmet with a mask, protection of the limbs and shoulders, sliding back with active movements with hands. Depending on the provision of the owner, the elements were reduced or cleaned.

Samurai were armed were a set of two swords (Daisyo). One was long (Daito), and the other is short (Seto). In addition, Busi were obliged to be able to shoot from a long onion (Vaku or Dike). From the 16th century, firearms were also used.

If Busi did not follow the dead master (special suicide was called Tsuifuku or Oibara) or he was shoved in the cold, then the samurai became Ronin – Wanderer with Katana, moral code and professional murder skills.

Alternative to vagrancy – tonsure in Buddhist monks. Buddhist temples in Japan were isolated from the rest of society. That’s why Sokhey (“Soldate monk“) During the tonsure, he died for society as a samurai and reborn like a monk. Sohai were destroyed during the Tokugawa shogunate.

Women from the Bushi family were also taught military art, but they did not become samurai. If the representative of the fair sex voluntarily entered the army, she was called Onna-Bughai (Jap. “女武芸者”, “martial arts“).

Reinforcement
Soldiers who are sitting in the barracks – the flag of buildings. They run out of houses in alarm and, if they cannot find violators, stand on additional posts. The first wave consists only of enemies, but samurai are also found in subsequent.

With alarm, an officer from the barracks will run to notify other posts
Peaceful inhabitants
Respectable unarmed inhabitants who tell the guard about suspicious persons. There are no fines for their murder, so you can calmly throw a peasant into the abyss, who for the tenth time discovered a corpse behind the house. Not all civilians run to security when you see a player. For example, residents of the village plundered by the rebels will not give out shogun spies.

If the closest guards turns out to be a samurai, the witness will be sent to hell so as not to be distracted from the service.

Samurai hints to the peasant that the salvation of the drowning people is the work of the drowning themselves
Chicken
Poultry birds of local residents of the Skyim gray breed, run around the yards. If you get closer to them, they make noise and can attract guards. It is impossible to kill, therefore, in danger, they are close to the samurai, which, thank God, are able to eliminate ..

If there was an enemy nearby, anxiety would not be avoided
… our heroes

The spy and the ninja are walking in the darkness, the sniper will pave the path to them.

Local commandos
The detachment consists of five people, but most often it acts in a cut -out composition. Despite the differences in the skills and style of the game, all scouts know how to walk What a surprise;steal;run;climb the stairs;Shoot from wick pistols and use a local dressing bag and, with the exception of grandfather-sneeper, kill or stun in hand-to-hand and carry bodies.

Sinobi mercenary (ninja), the last of the clan. Ninjato wields in close combat – a short sword. Shuriken mosque at opponents and distracts them with stones. Knows how to swim, climb the ivy, use a hoop hook. Haimple for Hayato implies secrecy and distraction, sometimes the murder of lonely guards. Although no one interferes with the arrangement of banal stripping.

One of the phrases Hayato – “”The war never changes” – can be a reference to the series Fallout. Another replica, “again in the rear of the enemy“Probably bow towards the first part of the series Commandos – Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines (Commandos: In the rear of the enemy).

The clans lived in forests and mountains, training began in childhood. Ninjutsu (Jap. 忍術, “The art of secrecy“) Included the use of environment for disguise, spying, intelligence, struggle skills.

At night, contrary to stereotype, the ninja wore not black, but dark brown, gray or yellow costumes. In the afternoon, Sinobi dressed like inhabitants: peasants, merchants, monks, prostitutes or actresses, if the floor allowed. On the tasks used cold, throwing, firearms and explosives. In addition, they carried a hook-cat;writing for writing to make cards and records;medication;smoldering coals;Sometimes sailing and hacking products.

An orphan who lost parents during the war after their death became a thief. The streets taught her to hear things, “who want to leave“, And it is painful for people who”They want to offend her“. Armed with a dagger, puts a trap, shooting a nail in the throat, lures opponents with a whistle. Like Hayato, he knows how to swim and climb, because of which they have a similar play style. But Yuki also acts as the initiator of the murders, since it is easier for her to get opponents to a secluded place.

Cut the ligaments, beat in the neck!
Mugen

Samurai, devoted to the shogun. It is not known how many years it lay on the stove, but his strength is heroic. Muggen is able to run, carrying two bodies, a barrel with explosives or a heavy stone. With the help of the latter, it adjusts accidents, which allows you to leave corpses in sight without raising anxiety.

Katana, the only member of the detachment that wins the samurai in an honest battle, uses in hand -to -hand. Ability “Storm of swords“Allows you to simultaneously kill up to three enemies or hats in a small zone. By using Backs of cigarettes Sake bottles lure enemies, except for those in the patrol under the command of the samurai. The manual mortar of Mugen kills anyone from one shot.

I burst out … … and I will not break out
Aiko

Spy acting under the nose of opponents. Chikhable powder temporarily reduces the field of visibility of enemies. Aiko is able to change into S-ST peaceful resident, which allows you to deceive enemies and hats and distract them with a conversation. The latter is useful if you need to eliminate the patrol or penetrate the zone under constant supervision. Aiko uses hair hair clip as a weapon of close combat, knows how to swim, climb the ivy and use a cat. In terms of game style, it differs from Hayato only the possibility of changing clothes.

A well -disguised operative in the bushes does not need
Takuma and Kuma

Acts as a sniper in the detachment. During the first mission, due to Frendley Faire, he lost his leg and was captured. There he made himself a prosthesis-strip with a silencer.

Cannot attack in close combat, drag corpses and swim;climbs only up the stairs. The main attack is a shot from a rifle. If the purpose of the mission is to kill someone, Takuma is a spare bullet. In addition, grenades lie in his pockets: fragmentation or with paralyzing gas.

The owner is accompanied by the manual tanuki kuma, who is howls and mimicity lures enemies. The main style of the “grandfather” is the support of the detachment from afar, the murder of the guards who stand on the towers or prevent the heroes from passing.

Bad sniper can be seen from afar, and good – only at the minicart
And how it is played? And what was this sheet for? And where is the ellipsis between the parts?

The sage is not the one who writes a lot, but the one who does not get confused.
Two words: return Commandos. Before us is again a tactical stealth about sabotage reconnaissance. This can be called copying, or you can return to the classics. Once again it is impossible not to praise the variability of both missions and ways to pass them. The task can be completed either without a single murder, or adjusting the accidents, or something like this:

Sorry, in a different way without loss of quality was not built

Unfortunately, Shadow Tactics – This is only a game, which means that it has conventions. Active and passive field of vision, the fixation of the actions of the guard, the absence of roll call, blood and other things that would prevent the murders from hiding … The latter, by the way, is not entirely true. Some opponents notice the loss of comrades, but only if they interact with them. For example, an officer who is running around the towers will notice the disappearance of the guide with whom he speaks every two minutes. But the patrolmen, who pass by the enemy vacationer around the fire, will not do anything if he is not in place.
Nevertheless, Shadow Tactics – Blades of Shogun – This is a great tactical stealth. Yes, he is not perfect, in some ways conservative, and not innovative. After all, yes, this is not the game that is bought for the sake of the plot. But a different assessment, except “Amazing”, She does not deserve.

Pros: classic gameplay in style Commandos, There are no imbalanced and unnecessary abilities (except for the first-aid kits, if perfectly coat), a variety of missions, an uninhabited setting, high reigree, pleasant graphic style, atmospheric soundtrack, pleasant price-system requirements

Cons: some gameplayen conventions, errors in the Russian text and non -transmitted speech, only one mission with a full detachment

Thank you for reading, and I in Sidge Blades of Shogun, Knock the stripes.

Lucy Lew in the role of O-Ren Ishia, “”Kill Bill“(Kill Bill, 2003-2004. TO. Tarantino)