In place of releasing the full strategy game Shadow Tactics for free, Epic is instead distributing the add-on, Aiko’s Choice. Unlike other freebies on the Epic Games Store, Aiko’s Choice is a pleasant surprise. You play as Aiko, a skilled kunoichi in Japan during the Edo period, and lead her team of deadly assassins on a mission to track down the spectres of her past.Īs the player, you’ll take charge of five assassins, each with their own set of skills and abilities, and lead them to victory across randomly generated maps. About Shadow Tactics: Aiko’s ChoiceĪiko’s Choice is an all-new standalone expansion for the acclaimed stealth strategy game Shadow Tactics. Sandbox mode allows you to create any spaceship you can imagine using the game’s components and tools.

Manage the entire space program in Career Mode, from building to strategy to funding to upgrades. Use the space lab in Science Mode to conduct experiments that will lead to the development of new tools and the expansion of Kerbalkind’s knowledge. There are three distinct game modes to choose from. The game’s humanoid alien race, the Kerbals, entrust you with managing their space program without worrying about their own safety, using a realistic orbital physics engine. This is a very popular simulation of space travel. 1.1 About Shadow Tactics: Aiko’s Choice.Aiko’s Choice assumes - probably with good reason - that players will know the characters and mechanics. Those who haven’t played the original should brace themselves for a steep learning curve and some frustration. I suspect that even players familiar with Blade of the Shogun will be challenged by Aiko’s Choice. Without having played the main game, I can only guess at some of the relationship complications at play. Although Aiko’s Choice is a tactical stealth game first, there are genuine emotional beats in the story, and a few surprises. The game’s voice acting is excellent, as is its music.

The camera can be less than friendly, too.

Still, it does feel just a bit behind the curve, and sometimes the design gets in the way of reading level details. Because it is painterly and stylized, the six year gap is less a problem than it might be if the game had a more realistic approach. It’s an isometric, third person view and the art style is lovely and hand-painted. Aiko’s Choice looks exactly the same as the base game.

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