Shadow Gambit - Undead Pirate Heist Realtime Strategy RPG

Shadow Gambit gameplay with Splattercat! Let's Play Shadow Gambit and check out a game where you'll send a crew of damned swashbucklers to the sea to fetch enormous amounts of cash.
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[@OdisraFlyrunner]

The devs' previous games, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, and Desperados 3, are superb real-time tactics games. Highly recommend them.

[@playingcasually]

Shadow tactics devs? No wonder it's so stylish and polished.

[@Asko83]

I was going to say that this is making me think "Desperados, but pirates instead of cowboys."

[@JohnnySabu]

I was wondering why the animations look so similar. Shadow Tactics was a great game.

[@zigedelic3909]

As soon as I saw the viewcones I knew it was the same dev

[@legueu]

It's cool to see a dev team that you can trust for a change. Well played Mimimi Games.

[@algebraizt]

I know its his job so I love it when I see Splatty having genuine, no caveats, fun in a game

[@Feulner]

Mordechai's Riddle: Ship: "What is a Pirate's favorite letter?" Ignacia: "R?" Ship: "Ah you think it'd be R, but it'd truly be the C"

[@SuperRoxasXIII13]

"i dont leave my house, i only play video games, sleep and eat doritos" living the actual god damn dream

[@fritzthelibrarygoblin]

Taco Ghost was the hero I never knew I needed.

[@cheyennecartwright7244]

Maaaan, the taco ghost diversion just spoke to me spiritually. We need that, like a saint of tacos who helps people out who are stuck living too damn far from the right, fresh ingredients, real. Also, that afia character sounds like the paladin from pillars of eternity, wonder if that's the same VA

[@armelior4610]

Thank you, it always bugs me when I recognize a voice but can't place it

[@flamegst98]

This game has been on my wishlist for awhile, glad to see you covering it Splat

[@Reoh0z]

> "You've been impaled." If you can think of a better way to sheath your sword without a sheath I'd like to hear it.

[@andrewnichols3440]

Skeleton pirate arm stabbing herself through the chest is a real grabber of a visual, so kudos to that.

[@Reoh0z]

> Skyrim Guard, "It must have been the wind." To be fair, the guard did have an arrow sticking through their brain. I don't think its firing on all cylinders.

[@Ludakrist]

Totally agree about dishonoured, I don't mind morality systems in games up until they try to make the player feel bad for killing people who are trying to kill you.

[@LordZoth6292]

Ty devs, I remember seeing the first trailer for this game and I was intrigued then. Now I have Splatt to try it out for me!

[@DoomedPaladin]

Insert Fry from Futurama "Shut Up and Take My Money!!!" meme here. This game looks amazing, fun, and unique. This one could go all the way.

[@DoomedPaladin]

I hope you can play as the monkey at some point, or some other piratical critter like a parrot or undead dog, cat, or rat. An animal character might fit through tight spaces, steal energy from enemies, or stun/confuse enemies. A cannon-guy/girl that blows up a large area, and lays down damaging terrain, but draws enemies from all over with the noise might be cool too.

[@Jedi_Vigilante]

The Jester has a real Antonio Banderas in The Mask of Zorro vibe to him, I wonder if that was deliberate.

[@omri6938]

Ok this looks like a game up my alley. I fucking loved Commandos and Desperados.

[@TheMaw365]

Aye. The good ol days.

[@thedango6890]

Dude taco ghost would be the radest thing ever. Please Splat become the hero we deserve. Taco Ghost!

[@CookinWithSquirrl]

I am also generally not a stealth game player but this looks absolutely fantastic. Definitely earned a place on my wishlist. Thank you for the review, Mr. Splat.

[@gekkobear2]

5:55 well, done shivving fools with this sword I have. What to do with the sword now? Don't have a scabbard for it... Oh well, stick it back through my chest I guess.

[@Michael-wx8xx]

Just saw it yesterday, caught my eye thematically and aesthetically, now I saw the gameplay and it looks fun! Thank you for covering it, wishlisted.

[@LowbrowDeluxe]

Did....she just use her pistol to shoot the black pearl into the guy to revive him? Okay, sold.

[@rymer1985]

I dont like tactical games and stealth games, never was much interested into pirate stuff. but my god, I was so hooked by the presentation and worldbuilding. just wow! on my watchlist now. thanks!

[@Kuhtlass]

35:36 - Brother, you can always upload a second video of the playthrough. I'm sure some of us wouldn't mind and I'd definitely watch it. As for the game, it's right up my alley - pirates AND fantasy? Yes, please.

[@PastorwithoutaPulpit]

I think this is one of the best you've showcased in a while Splat and that's saying something man. Great work as always I this one's definitely going on the list. God Bless...

[@SBBurzmali]

I mean, you are pretty much demonstrating the issue with Stealth games, they have exactly one mode, "Peeling the Onion". You create a puzzle that involves X number of guards and the player determines the order and method in which they need to be dispatched, from outside in, to complete each mission. You can usually complete each mission without fully peeling the onion, but if you do so, you could be caught off-guard by a twist at the end, so better to be safe and eliminate each and every guard on the map, even if it extend the mission with an extra hour of shiv and toss in bush. It's why Phantom Doctrine wears thin after a half dozen hours, all the missions are so identical and why folks get so frustrated by games like Invisible Inc. that attempt to subvert this design by actively making it difficult to fully kill guard.

[@AkromaBlade]

I love this... Awesome looking game with pristine gameplay and excelent storytelling and voice acting. Already wishlisted. Thanks Splattie boi

[@Gloriankithsanus]

The voice acting of that skeleton dood is great!

[@AdamSaltFPV]

Is Taco Ghost like the tooth fairy? I need a magical Al Pastor delivery!

[@PapaFreakinSmurf]

@Splattercatgaming I never have a problem when these videos go long. The ones that are lengthier are always the most interesting and often leave me wanting more. 😁

[@johnmonkey1874]

"The ocean! It's like nature's toilet, man!" I've been saying this for years.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

I always loved toys I could fit in my pocket and take every where with me. I think this has carried over into video games, because I love isometric games more than FPS or third person games. These miniature worlds are always far more interesting to me than full size ones. :D

[@uyaratful]

People, if you like what you see, check Desperados 3 from the same dev. Basically the same game with different setting (and less bombastic, more grounded, but still fun)

[@tobiastheblueman]

Hell yeah! Made it close to the drop time 🙌🏽 Thanks for all you do, Splatty, muh boi!

[@joker31freak]

Their previous ggames Shadow Tatctics and Desperados 3 were already awesome, but this might become their best work yet! Freaking amzing

[@konstantinstepanov5461]

this is that rare occasion when "copy with a different coat of paint" is not a bad thing

[@01ZombieMoses10]

You know I mostly agree with what you're saying about the 100% clearing a map in stealth games, with one caveat: If there is an actually interesting reward for not killing people. The best example that comes to mind is Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, where every guard has their own voice lines and information to glean by interrogating them, usually with an amusing dialogue between them and Sam Fisher. I mean technically you could kill them after that interaction but choking them out was equally well done... if that doesn't strike you as too macabre.

[@somedudeok1451]

The voice acting in this game is amazing!

[@lnmtlacc232]

"That's worse I'd rather pay him"-splattercat 2023

[@paultowers5580]

Excellent video as per usual, game looks good and great love the style 👌

[@alexsamaniego9061]

the waiting game really sucks when you have to do it CONSTANTLY! I mean if you have an hour to play, why spend most of it watching NPC's walk back and forward. Glad this game takes the edge off.

[@BM03]

That does look crazy high quality and fun. To the wishlist it goes! Thank you!

[@RuneKatashima]

23:30 the way I saw this stealth-kill puzzle play out was to kill the guard on the right while middle guard was talking to patrol guard, move closer and blink kill middle guard when patrol guard is done talking, then just walk up behind patrol guard normally and kill them.

[@2000squib]

Minus the killing, this type of game screams Batman. Shadow Tactics and Desperados 3 are superb games.

[@Pile_of_carbon]

Agree with Splatty 100 %! You can't hand me stealth skills and NOT expect me to go on a quiet rampage while giggling like a lunatic. This looks damn good. Will definitely keep an eye on it.

[@weston8751]

Wow! I don't think I've seen a game quite like this one before and it looks like it has a great story and gameplay! Thanks for bringing it to may attention

[@SteelRob21]

As an Italian, I can confirm that when we die, we become skeletons which adds an x to "Eccellente".

[@elitearbor]

"23 seconds ago" Wow. I don't think I've ever been so perfectly timed to take a break and watch a video or two!

[@marcturmel924]

Damn, the art style of this game is out of this world!

[@sm24knight]

Great job on the showcase, Splat. Might get this one.

[@JC-xz4ec]

This is a rather interesting game world, in my opinion. I'm definitely intrigued. Great video as usual man.

[@treeraven2738]

Looks so great! I am going to have to play that. Thanks for sharing.

[@sisbonetta]

This game and ur commentary made me very happy. Thank you for this today, Taco Man.😊

[@TheGunnarRoxen]

Wow! This looks gorgeous. Definitely on the wishlist!

[@razorback0z]

"The ocean is like natures toilet". I have always thought of it that way.

[@Malthael2218]

This developer needs to do a commandos game. Desperados 3 was awesome and so was shadow tactics. Tons of replay value as well.

[@minhnguyenle9864]

Well, in Dishonored you can kill roughly 20% of the global NPC population and still get the good ending.

[@matthuck378]

This looks really interesting. WIshlisted. THanks, Splat!

[@chrischrisson4152]

Fun fact: The dude who voiced the reveal video (Moritz) was once a WC3 pro and one of germanys best battle rappers

[@yobgodababua1862]

@24:01 - While you were talking you missed that the third guy would walk over and talk to the center guy every so often, distracting him to give you the opportunity to gank the right side guy. Puzzles, man. I'd rather have tacos. It is nice that it allows for multiple approaches to work. I like it when they are a little forgiving.

[@somedudeok1451]

1:35 _"piradical"_ is a great word I just noticed.

[@GrumpyGrobbyGamer]

This game looks BONKERS good! Thank you Splatt for bringing it to us

[@Reoh0z]

My name is Reoh, I sift through the clips to find juicy bits and I'll see you again next time!

[@andrewbeers2548]

Love how you are adding ventilation to these stuffy baddys

[@TheFrankHorringan]

Let's goooo Splatty! Thanks for the hard work :)

[@boogieboo5085]

The teleporting taco ghost would be a godsend in real life and sounds like a fantastic pitch for an indie title to promote a new restaurant chain.

[@robotbutterflies]

You had me at undead pirates.

[@florianpierredumont4775]

I am writing a novel about a team of adventurers, a monster slayer, a barbarian, a druid and a mercenary captain, who must find an island full of pirates, in order to free a family of magicians held prisonners by the pirates. I am so pleased by this game, you have no idea ! =)

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

Please tell us when you release/publish the story and then tell us the name as well as where you published it.

[@florianpierredumont4775]

@@SurprisinglyDeep I would love to ! But I am French, and I think the title will be translated differently in english because there is a pun in it, about the magicians, that works in french, but makes no sense in english.

[@SurprisinglyDeep]

@@florianpierredumont4775 Many people in Englig speaking countries also speak French since French, German and/or Spanish are commonly taught as second languages in high schools.

[@doughoback5226]

Thanks Splatt, this looks cool

[@neilclarkwork]

Ooooh I don’t even want to watch. This is my number one upcoming game. I already know I’m going to love it.

[@julatsa]

i really love the vibe of this one. They've really tried to do something different

[@joesantos7085]

I can't wait I have already added it to my wishlist

[@SilverionX]

Seems like a really interesting game. Maybe it will sail into my port this coming fall.

[@Xexelli]

He towed the body outside of the environment.

[@condamnentking4919]

'I have to kill everyone" Same Splatt, same.

[@kariko07]

As always Splat… top notch stuff.. keep em coming! More space faring stuff .. star valor was awesome!

[@dkakito]

You and I have the same obsession. Im, also, enjoy wiping the enemy from the face of every map! haha

[@sisbonetta]

I like the pirates of the caribbean feel.

[@anteshell]

14:03 I don't think I've either and it's clear why. Instead of save scumming being something you just have to resort to due to being a bad gamer, it is touted as a part of the intended gameplay loop and the audiovisuals match that intent.

[@liviuursegr]

The view cone, stealth, speed up and verticality are very similar to the commandos games. I love it. Keep an eye out for this game

[@ChrisKoe]

Massive props for mentioning Gentle Giant lol

[@UnderdogSMO]

Dishonerd 2 was way more forgiving and passifice runs also had more fun tools

[@johnnylight0]

been waiting for this one

[@gdaymaster8499]

With Mimimi's stealth games, they tend to allow the player a freedom with how to complete levels - In the past games, it was with preset characters on each mission, while after beating the mission in Desperados 3, you could use any character you wanted - With this game, they completely open up by letting you pick your crew for any mission. Thankfully, for me at least, they do have a 'random crew' selection button so I don't need to manually decide who to bring and I'm not tempted to just use my favorites.

[@TFG537]

First thing that came to mind was monkey island soon, as the main game loaded definitely monkey island II inspired. ghost ships pirate islands .like it ,Nice one splat

[@r0guestorm964]

Looks good. I’ll have to add it to my wishlist.

[@EzekielHateable]

Great video as always.

[@udirt]

The Taco ghost, does he know the hard disk fairy I was waiting for for decades so she would replace all those 100ish 4.3GB SCSI disks I had in the collection pieces...

[@RanwulfMaxwell]

Same company that made Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun! Damn good game! I'm hyped.

[@marcun666]

One might say that this ship was running skeleton crew.

[@vicetea86]

already been subscribed, but the taco ghost thing is the type of shit I come up with lol, and the mentioning of king crimson blew my fucking mind. Very impressed . I love weird indie games and you are always checking out the koolest shit.

[@lolmao500]

When I saw the trailer I said to myself, yeah this is Undead Commandos. Noice.

[@lemusketeer3232]

So you like it then? I wasn't sure as your round up at the end of the video seemed a bit non-committal! 😂.. ok, jokes aside, I'm in, i want it now, this is awesome, gimme gimme gimme don't care how much it is (i do, i really do but it was cooler to say otherwise). Nice vid O dread Captain of the Nerd fleet. ❤

[@Gigusx]

Man the artstyle in this looks absolutely great. Looking forward to this! I think the only thing I dislike in this game from what I've seen is lack of blood. Is there a setting for it that can be turned on?

[@alihunter84]

reminds me of Commandos from back in the 90s. i like the idea

[@Jasta85]

Damn I'm jelly that you got to jump into this early, their previous games were great so I'd be shocked if this wasn't also great. So many good releases coming out in the 2nd half of this year with this, Remnant 2, Starfield and some others.

[@GameTimeWhy]

Ff16 gonna be sick

[@federicomunner8336]

This looks really good!

[@vankleiss299]

After hearing that bit about the Prognosticar, my Discord name has been changed to incorporate it. Figured it was fitting given how much prog I listen to.

[@ivannunez1604]

Can't wait for this game!

[@animeyay4]

Killing everyone in stealth games is something I can relate to since that's how I play Elite Sniper

[@thisiscompletelyreta]

Very interesting, looks good. I'll wishlist it

[@etienne8110]

mimimi is a good omen. Shadow tactics was a blast and desperados3 was the nice successor to the serie. I'll keep an eye on this one, thanks for the info.