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Posted December 20, 2016
Dancing in the dark.

UPDATE: As you're getting immersed in the art of silent killing, it's sometimes easy to miss the art that went into creating the beauty around you. Not anymore: Get the <span class="bold">Soundtrack</span> and <span class="bold">Artbook + Strategy Guide</span> DLCs and experience this amazing setting even in-between your murderous gaming sessions.

<span class="bold">Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun</span>, a hardcore stealth game where you control a team of deadly assassins, is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, DRM-free on GOG.com with GOG Galaxy support for achievements and a 10% launch discount.

Shadow Tactics is an isometric, squad-based tactical strategy game where you navigate 1600s Japan, looking for cunning ways to assassinate your high-profile targets. Each of your five specialists excels at a different area, so you must be creative in utilizing their diverse skillset to strike swiftly and unseen. As the spiritual successor to beloved classics like Commandos and Desperados, Shadow Tactics brings back the suspense and satisfaction of pulling off a surgical hit with patience, meticulous planning, and split-second coordination. Use Hayato's ninja skills, Mugen's combat prowess, Aiko's disguises, Takuma's sharpshooting, or Yuki's traps and dispose of your enemies while staying undetected.

To get a good sense of how the dynamics between your five characters work, go ahead and try the free <span class="bold">Demo</span>.

Coordinate your talented band of death-dealers and employ <span class="bold">Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun</span> to pull off stealthy murders and sneaky sabotage -- DRM-free on GOG.com.
The 10% discount lasts until January 2, 4:59 PM UTC.

In the press:
"Atmospheric and impossible to rush, Shadow Tactics is a fabulous game - a game I think I prefer to both Commandos 2 and Desperados. I can see myself replaying it regularly."
RPS Recommended - RockPaperShotgun

"A glorious return for the hardcore tactical stealth genre."
8.5/10 - NZGamer


https://www.youtube.com/embed/BPuPywdVAeg
Post edited December 20, 2016 by maladr0Id
Posted December 09, 2016
Liked the demo a lot, and being a huge Commandos - Desperados fan, it was a must buy.
Post edited December 09, 2016 by strongmokus
Posted December 12, 2016
What? A Commandos-like game? Say no more!
Posted December 13, 2016
Slightly surprised the 10% discount was only till yesterday when it goes to the 2nd of January on Steam.

Still I must try it out as I like Commando's a lot, and thank you Devs for releasing a demo! Those are so rare these days.
Posted December 13, 2016
Any update on he Linux demo? Why is it still not out?
Posted December 20, 2016
Tempted for the soundtrack, might also get the artbook + strategy guide just to support the devs. Rather reasonable price in my opinion.

EDIT:

After I noticed I read way too long about the Aiko's character art from the store page, and started getting a bit too interested about the possible intended strategies.. bought both.

Thank you for releasing something I didn't know I wanted.
Post edited December 20, 2016 by Prolence
Posted December 20, 2016
hmm I think for the price of the game the soundtrack should of been included.

On another note it's great to see they have added some of that fantastic artwork as extras.
Post edited December 21, 2016 by David9855
Posted December 20, 2016
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David9855: hmm I think for the price of the game the soundtrack should of been included.
Agreed.
Posted December 20, 2016
Linux version of demo is up now.
Posted December 21, 2016
I will buy the base game but I am not interested in the extras.
Posted December 23, 2016
Included goodies: Artbook + Strategy Guide (EN)+ Artbook + Strategy Guide (DE)

Languages: Audio and text: Deutsch, English

Is the strategy guide a video or what is the audio part referring to?
Posted December 23, 2016
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eiii: Included goodies: Artbook + Strategy Guide (EN)+ Artbook + Strategy Guide (DE)

Languages: Audio and text: Deutsch, English

Is the strategy guide a video or what is the audio part referring to?
The strategy guide is in PDF format. There's no video or audio available in the artbook / strategy guide DLC. That's definitely an error on GOG's part.
Posted January 03, 2017
Good god I'm an idiot. Hadn't got it yet, put it in the basket earlier this evening before sorting out dinner and such and remember after 12am and the price had gone back up.

If there is one thing I am consistent at, its not buying things when I should.
Posted March 26, 2021
"Aiko's Choice is a brand-new standalone expansion to the beloved stealth tactics game Shadow Tactics, set in Japan around the Edo period. The game is set to release on PC in late 2021.

Aiko's Choice focuses on one of the main game's protagonists: the kunoichi adept Aiko. She is a master of camouflage and distracts enemies disguised as a Geisha. Although Aiko was certain that she left her old life behind her, a new enemy deeply connected to Aiko's past reappears from the shadows to challenge her. Together with her friends of deadly assassins she sets out to hunt down the ghosts of her past...

Sneak in the shadows between dozens of enemies, choose your approach when infiltrating enemy bases in hidden forest camps or lively Edo period towns. Set traps, poison and distract your opponents – or avoid enemy contact completely. Carefully plan your every move and come up with your own ingenious tactics to vanquish enemies and complete each of the challenging missions that lie ahead!"

Official Teaser Trailer
Posted March 26, 2021
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Swedrami: Aiko's Choice is a brand-new standalone expansion to the beloved stealth tactics game Shadow Tactics, set in Japan around the Edo period. The game is set to release on PC in late 2021.
Nice!
I can not buy Desperados Ⅲ, so this is as unexpected as it is exciting ;)
Posted March 26, 2021
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Swedrami: Aiko's Choice is a brand-new standalone expansion to the beloved stealth tactics game Shadow Tactics, set in Japan around the Edo period. The game is set to release on PC in late 2021.
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vv221: Nice!
I can not buy Desperados Ⅲ, so this is as unexpected as it is exciting ;)
I may be in the minority here but I never found that the Western setting lends itself well to the real-time stealth tactics genre at all. Desperados III and the first two installments in the franchise are very good games and iconic for a reason but for me there's too much of a dissonance when the characters' arsenal/tools of destruction include loud and noisy things like revolvers or dynamite.

Edo period Japan with its shinobis, kunoichis and whatnot on the other hand fits the genre where it's all about being sneaky and murdering people as stealthily as possible, like a glove and therefore I'm really glad that Mimimi decided to give it another shot.
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