HashtagLapsed
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Jagged Alliance 2 is one of the greatest games of all time and should always be kept in mind if you never played it.
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Shadow Tactics |OT| A worthy Commandos spiritual successor [PS4/X1 on August 1st]
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Jagged Alliance 2 is one of the greatest games of all time and should always be kept in mind if you never played it.
Satellite Reign is a fun real-time tactics game kinda like this and also probably the mostly gloriously cyberpunk thing ever.
Yes! The Robin Hood game was pretty awesome. Just saw that it's on GOG, might have to rebuy that one as well.
Played the first level of Shadow Tactics so far, it's really really good. I hadn't even heard of this game before today. Such a welcome surprise.
Hmm. I'll do it on my second run then. A ghost playthrough seems a lot harder in this than in most 3D stealth games.
Yea played it back in the day with Fallout and Syndicate.
This looks amazing.
HellofaMouse
Member
is it as impenetrable as commandos was or a little lighter? (something like desperados if you remember that game)
Phoenix RISING
Banned
Added to the wish list. I am knee-deep in other assignments right now, and they are asking for a premium tier pricing for an indie game, which is odd because hardly anyone even heard about this game before it showed up on our Discovery queues yesterday.
I'll be keeping an eye on this topic and may join the Christmas splurge
I'll be keeping an eye on this topic and may join the Christmas splurge
It's spiritually a new take on Syndicate, so if you liked that then this should be your jam.
Haven't checked but there's an option for outline thickness so I assume one can outright disable it as well.
Loved the demo. Gamepad works beautifully, so this should definitely be ported to consoles eventually.
I actually might prefer playing with a gamepad. As much as nostalgia I felt playing Commandos like with the mouse, it almost feels like playing MGS with the controller.
Now I only need to know about the lenght to decide if I buy it full price or not.
edit: and wow, the super generic name does not make justice to the game.
I actually might prefer playing with a gamepad. As much as nostalgia I felt playing Commandos like with the mouse, it almost feels like playing MGS with the controller.
Now I only need to know about the lenght to decide if I buy it full price or not.
edit: and wow, the super generic name does not make justice to the game.
Heard there's
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More_Badass
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Not as insanely hard as Commandos while still being a satisfying challenge
More_Badass
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maquiladora
Member
You had me at Commandos.
cascardian
Member
They answered this in the AMA: Apparently, the budget just wasn't available for it. So they focussed on making the core game as great as possible.
I hope this does well. It's a bold move to revive such a complex genre from nothing.
Coreda
Member
I'll probably check out the demo. Assuming it shares the same graphics options.
And yeah, the game title isn't doing it any favors attention-wise. I scrolled past it initially before noticing the Commandos name drop.
More_Badass
Member
Better?
It's better but it's not the name of the game, so maybe it could cause some confusion? It's also bad for people who are specificaly looking for a thread about the game here (since they will search for "Shadow Tactics".
FallingEdge
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Wow. This looks amazing.
More_Badass
Member
Added the dev walkthrough video, it shows some of the second mission with commentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L39oPy2J-4o
grandwizard
Member
This game is great. The mission design is really smart and really brings back Commandos memories. There is a good balance of letting you think things through but presenting you with new interesting challenges every 'screen'.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I think I'm going to have to buy this one. I love these sorts of games, and everyone who's played this seems to be over the moon about it.
Coriolanus
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having played both, they're so similar that i can't even imagine why the distinction would be made.
Yes.
Yea I was pretty confused by that comment. Really the only distinction between Commandos and Desperadoes (other then the setting obviously) would be the difficulty. Commandos is much harder.
More_Badass
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So...the Divinity of Commandos-style real-time stealth strategy?
Ah! :]
Was just browsing that and wanted to share it here. The game is selling well and not only on Steam. Curious to see Steamspy this week-end.
It took me 1h45mn to finish the first mission. Now starting the second one.
The Illiterati
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I was thinking the same. But my total random guess after reading their AMA would be that the Shadow Tactics will serve as a naming umbrella under which different settings would fall(if they are successful).
example:
Shadow Tactics: Commandos 4
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun 2
Just a guess!
Good to see. I felt like the game had a slow start PR wise. Did not hear much about until a week ago.
More_Badass
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Yeah, you know a demo is good when you instantly want to play more when it ends
HashtagLapsed
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Difficulty picks up more around the third mission.
This game is so good. I really hope it gains more exposure and does well because it has been a LONG time since a game like this.
This game is so good. I really hope it gains more exposure and does well because it has been a LONG time since a game like this.
Considering that this is pretty much a one-of-a-kind game that is actually good, I can totally see this doing well. With good word of mouth, Steam sales and a long tail should be no problem.
Saying "it's Commandos in medieval Japan" is much easier than trying to explain why indie platformer #543 is great, even if it really really is.
Saying "it's Commandos in medieval Japan" is much easier than trying to explain why indie platformer #543 is great, even if it really really is.
Coriolanus
Banned
What's surprising to me is just how much they got right on their very first try, like the character banters. Sure, hayate is a gruff, detached badass, but the scene with mugen at the bar ends on a very enjoyable note, and then there's stuff like how yuki refers to him as soon as she joins the gang. Did not expect enjoyable characterization from a RTT title. Is something that was missing from commandos.
Just found out about this game. Tried the demo and bought the game after completing the first mission. I don't like the setting as much as Commando's (nor the art style) but everything else seems pretty damn good.
I spent a lot of hours on Commandos when I was a teen and I'm glad this game is easier (on normal anyway), I don't think I'd have the patience for a hardcore game like Commandos these days.
I spent a lot of hours on Commandos when I was a teen and I'm glad this game is easier (on normal anyway), I don't think I'd have the patience for a hardcore game like Commandos these days.