Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

I have some constructive criticism. But first, let me say that the gameplay is great. A large number of companions, each with unique abilities, makes for some fun setups. The atmosphere, visual style, art direction, and music are all great. And I recommend this game. [b]Here are some things that could have been done much better:[/b] -The story is lackluster at best, but the biggest issue is the writing. -The banter is abysmal, sadly. Between each mission, you have activities to do on the ship that involve companion missions. While that part of the game is meant to be a fresh change of pace with comic relief, it ends up being quite the opposite. -The tasks are all busywork and totally uninteresting. The dialogue is so cringe that I cannot begin to describe it. I was fast-forwarding through most of them. The side missions are also very weak. They try so hard to be funny that it becomes irritating and bad (yes, I know the dev is German, but still). Which is a shame, considering the companions are all begging for personality, looking and acting so unique, but they are all totally destroyed by the writing. -This is made significantly worse by the voice acting, which for the most p…

Super fun and im not a strategy gamer.

Gorgeous art, dripping with style. Enough strategy required to break my brain.

Solid game overall, and I enjoyed my time with it. I don’t usually play stealth games, as I tend to prefer turn-based games, but the story was engaging enough to keep me interested and motivated to finish the main storyline.

It has some really cool abilities, absolutely love the ability to mix and match up the crew for each mission- it's a good game that I would- kinda- recommend. I would recommend Desparado's 3, Blades of the Shogun and Sumarian Six over it though. While the mixup of abilities and upgradable crew is a huge selling point that I absolutely love- I feel like the customization of choosing crew members has left the level designs lacking. Repeating maps, generic enemy placement and the character stories aren't as focused as the other games as there's so many crew members so that no-one really stands out in the missions. It feels like it's just 'Move from point A to point B, enemies are randomly walking around or standing in areas' for a lot of the missions, often with the same repeated map with just a different spawn location. I kinda missed things from the other games like Desparado's with 'Oh shoot, I got drunk... I need to find my team members... where's my weapon?' or 'We need to sneak into that area... interesting, looks like it's laundry day... perhaps if I stole a disguise' over the 'We need to get over there, there's enemies in the way' missions. Still a good game that I'd recom…

Very few of the Real Time Tactics Games with replayability...