Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun free Mac Game

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a stealth-oriented real-time tactics video game developed by Mimimi Productions and published by Daedalic Entertainment. The gameplay is similar to that of the Commandos and Desperados series. It was released on December 6, 2016 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux, and in July 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game received three German Developer Awards (best German game, best PC/console game, best game design).

Plot

The game setting is loosely based on Japan's Edo period. A shogun has unified Japan after years of war. However, a mysterious warlord known as Kage-sama has emerged, jeopardizing the country's stability. The shogun assigns Oshiro Mugen, a samurai in his service, to eliminate Kage-sama and his allies. During his mission, Mugen meets and recruits four agents specializing in infiltration and assassination: Hayato, a grim ninja from the former Iga Province; Yuki, a clever, inquisitive young outcast; Aiko, a kunoichi from the Shinano Province and Mugen's paramour; and Takuma, a sharpshooter, genius gunsmith and alchemist.

Together, they identify and kill two of Kage-sama's allies: Lord Yabu and General Okkoto. When they attempt to apprehend Kage-sama, however, they are captured. Kage-sama is none other than Lord Noboru, the shogun's younger brother and senior general. Noboru doesn't want peace but a perpetual state of war, where warriors like him are in their element. Holding Mugen's companions hostage, Noboru forces Mugen lead him to the secret refuge of Ryunosuke, the Shogun's son, whom Noboru's son Masaru murders. Mugen's companions escape captivity, but a guilt-ridden and dishonored Mugen commits seppuku.

After learning that the group has survived, Noboru blames them for murdering Ryunosuke and furtively devises a plan to assassinate the shogun. The group kidnaps Masaru and delivers him to the Shogun, to whom he confesses everything about his involvement in his father's plot. The shogun executes Masaru and sends the group on their final mission to kill Noboru in his castle. Having avenged Mugen, the four comrades part ways and vanish from the eyes of history. Aiko later gives birth to Mugen's son, whom the Shogun adopts, allowing his legacy to endure.

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Screenshots from the game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun