Mimimi has been carefully iterating on the stealth tactics genre with each game they've released and Shadow Gambit has been an incredibly enjoyable refinement of everything they've done to date - making an almost perfect isometric Hitman-esque murder puzzle game.
Positives:
- By going with a more fantastical, magical setting, they've managed to create 8 different characters with really fun novel abilities that haven't been fully possible in the more 'grounded' characters in previous releases.
- The way the game positively encourages you to play benched characters, to force you into getting out of a strategic rut, is pleasant and in combination with them all feeling enjoyable to play, its made the game feel fresher than other games of this type.
- The incorporation of the quick save/quick load mechanic into the story is nifty!
Neutral:
- The game is a fair bit shorter than Shadow Tactics and Desperados 3. While I'd like to have more islands and more missions, this also means it doesn't outstay its welcome which might be good as there's limited enemy variety. and I definitely felt myself slowly losing some of the fun towards the end.
Negative:
- While I like the characters, the dialogue barks when characters move are incredibly tiring. But if this is the thing which sticks out most negatively, the game is doing a good job otherwise.
Positives:
- By going with a more fantastical, magical setting, they've managed to create 8 different characters with really fun novel abilities that haven't been fully possible in the more 'grounded' characters in previous releases.
- The way the game positively encourages you to play benched characters, to force you into getting out of a strategic rut, is pleasant and in combination with them all feeling enjoyable to play, its made the game feel fresher than other games of this type.
- The incorporation of the quick save/quick load mechanic into the story is nifty!
Neutral:
- The game is a fair bit shorter than Shadow Tactics and Desperados 3. While I'd like to have more islands and more missions, this also means it doesn't outstay its welcome which might be good as there's limited enemy variety. and I definitely felt myself slowly losing some of the fun towards the end.
Negative:
- While I like the characters, the dialogue barks when characters move are incredibly tiring. But if this is the thing which sticks out most negatively, the game is doing a good job otherwise.