This Strategy Game Makes My Brain Go Brrrrrr - Shogun Showdown

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

This game is absolutely sick. If I were to compare it to Slay the Spire, it has less of a focus on getting more powerful, but a far bigger focus on moment to moment decision making. You really do feel like a bada** samurai dancing through armies, and at its best you aren't even thinking about what you are doing because you can just know at a glance what your next 5 or so moves should be. I really hope Tyler keeps playing this, because it's really fun and I for one will absolutely watch it. 2:36 I guess Tyler heard him say "swapping won't help you" and just believed him?

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

@@tugazu no, he doesn't. Swapping is the intended way to avoid that attack, otherwise what are you supposed to do?

[@onixforrealnow]

> I guess Tyler heard him say "swapping won't help you" and just believed him? Exactly my thoughts! Though that's funny that the developers included this "mind game"

[@jackthompson2582]

@@onixforrealnow yeah i think it's meant as a way to remind the player that they can swap while also mind gaming them into thinking it won't help which i think is really funny and a good way to remind the player of an important mechanic to the fight

[@xman9354]

Badass. Just say ass

[@hippppoe6979]

​@@gengarisnotinsmash...Tank it in the face I guess. It can really mess with the player as a final boss, making it a mad rush to finish the boss off

[@kindagamer525]

21:33 "I'm gonna do a gamer move, one where I take 1 damage instead of killing the boss"

[@fire_bro0638]

A very gamer move indeed

[@aidankelly4952]

I love the hesitation on picking ice and +2 cooldown into immediately seeing how awesome it can be This is why I love roguelikes - The experimentation in them is so rewarding

[@lifetake3103]

Just sucks that it seems later bosses are just immune to it kinda reducing its ability to be useful.

[@peterpeladon]

@@lifetake3103At the same time, every lategame boss that is unfreezable (which is only the last two) tends to have a lot of summons that can still be usefully frozen. So it becomes less powerful but not worthless

[@HelloIAmAnExist]

The return of shogun showdown and peglin, back to back?! You're spoiling us Tyler

[@shinyian82]

Indeed

[@alasdairsinclair916]

2:23 Darn, Daisuke really pulled the "blatant misinformation" card on Tyler.

[@smnio5619]

27:53 fun fact: before the steam release, Kowa had two boss slots because they ran away from the first fight

[@mloxard]

It's a shame it got removed

[@KingTaltia]

This channel is predominantly Puzzle games and Roguelikes, and through that I am learning the alarming rate at which those two intersect.

[@Nevir202]

In a way ALL roguelikes are puzzle games. "Given this random grab-bag of BS loot, what can I do to maximize how long I will survive?"

[@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366]

​@@Nevir202 except for skill based roguelikes such as Risk of Rain

[@Nevir202]

@@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366 I only very vaguely remember having watched some people play that way back when it was new-ish... But if it doesn't have randomized encounters/loot, what about it is roguelike?

[@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366]

@@Nevir202 it does have random encounters/loot It's just 2d shooter (RoR) or tps (RoR2)

[@Nevir202]

@@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366 Okay, then what I said stands, unless you are in the habit of doing no upgrade runs.

[@EmilyGamerGirl]

Some small notes; in the one boss with the 15 health summoner, it's better to leave the summoner alive, as otherwise you have no way to block arrows or shurikens (you basically are required to use the summons as meatshields to do damageless on that fight) If the health potion is on sale a a shop for $2, you can buy it and then sell it for a profit. Please play more of this. It's an amazing game and I would love to see you try to unlock *everything*. (Unlocking all the stuff for skulls is just a matter of runs played; the real challenges are beating the higher Days, getting all of the red and gold stamps, and both of those things are per-character.

[@peterpeladon]

I hope this game gets enough love for more videos, cause he only scratched the tip of the iceberg on this one. There are dozens of weird interesting tiles for strategies that unlock as you play

[@pipecleanermaster]

IT HAS RETURNED

[@JosiahBradley]

I so enjoyed watching the faced paced action and almost forgot this was turned based. Those combos were sick.

[@paulomatute4114]

That reroll into 1 cooldown was deserved Rerolling one of the best upgrades in the game

[@mcarrowtime7095]

It’s only one of the best if you have an attack with semi-high cooldown already

[@snoodude]

@@mcarrowtime7095 what about when you have an attack with the 'free add' upgrade?

[@henrymccoy2306]

@@mcarrowtime7095 No it's still very powerful. Stacking upgrades and then lowering a cooldown on an attack lets you use it more than your other un-upgraded attacks.

[@mcarrowtime7095]

@@henrymccoy2306 to a lower limit of use, because of the need to queue up moves

[@henrymccoy2306]

@@mcarrowtime7095 it's not a need it's a want. If you have a heavily upgraded attack with a low cooldown that want decreases. It's just a different playstyle. You don't have to maximise the efficiency of using the queue if what's already in there is powerful.

[@himura-miki]

This was pretty great. It looks so fun, looks like there's a lot of possible strategies and combos to try out. I can't wait to see more. This was sponsored, right? This was actually a good one!

[@liampouncy7808]

I’d definitely be up for watching you play more. Hopefully as you climb any difficulty levels the game gets more interesting.

[@Franklin_Johanessan]

HECK YEAH, MORE SHOGUN

[@whotheo4878]

Favorite part of this game is making the enemies hit each other like a bunch of idiots.

[@MarcellusJasonClay]

That plus unfriendly fire

[@ToastyTastyPancakes]

I mistook Shogun for shotgun and was very excited by the idea of samurai with shotguns...

[@pandoratheclay]

Well now you have an idea for something you can make

[@ToastyTastyPancakes]

@@pandoratheclay Well I wouldn't even know where to begin with that premise, which is partly why I was excited.

[@KAMUPhobies]

if u squint hard enough, the spear is a shotgun

[@youngmostafa]

There is a shotgun item/tile actually 🤣

[@codesymphony]

shotgun showdown has no samurais

[@superexplosion5985]

Always thought that this game was super fun to watch. Glad to see it's back and possibly with a new series

[@TheGodOfInsanty]

Obviously this game harkens most to slay the spire, but the positioning and manipulating enemy movement reminds me a lot of radiant historia, a turn based RPG for the ds. Enemies in that game are in a 3x3 grid, and the main combat mechanic is knocking enemies around in the grid to pile all of them into one spot to get off a huge combo

[@DonkeyAndy]

It's like a 2D version of Fights in Tight Spaces, but more refined, IMO.

[@vittoriagnecchi5783]

You made me discover the game a year ago. I am so glad that you came back to it now that it's out!

[@dzeppetto3143]

It's been on my wishlist for months so It's nice to watch you play it

[@Tamtarter]

Recently been trying to max out this game, a lot of fun and glad to see you playing it again!

[@reagankennedy8781]

I absolutely love the little tidbits the editor adds in afterwards. makes the video 10X better

[@christophermoore6110]

Oh god the minus 2 cooldown skip hurts my soul

[@codesymphony]

he's just feeling things out it's fine bro

[@christophermoore6110]

@@codesymphony still hurts

[@alasdairsinclair916]

I takes some time to learn that's one of the high roll upgrades, alongside +1 damage and -1damage -4 cooldown.

[@onixforrealnow]

Great game. And other characters are also very fun. Glad you returned to this one.

[@tundralwhisper7345]

Peglin and Shogun Showdown, truly we are being blessed, both for games and for videos

[@Yuu-Gene]

Game was sick, I watched the whole video without being distracted by anything

[@meapyboy12345]

WOAH Shogun Showdown. I loved it the first time you played it. Great to see it again.

[@benismann]

Oh i love this, one of the times im thankful for the sponsorship, hope to see more of this in the future Wild that you only made 1 video about the game before that, i swear it was at least 3...

[@redinator5]

The sponsorships recently have been nonstop bangers. One of the many reasons Tyler is the goat

[@alli-gator-forest]

Man, I remember loving Shogun Showdown like 2 years ago on Itch... the game's been heavily polished, and the core game is still pretty much as I remember. Awesome to see it's fully released now!

[@Dragona-]

I love this game so much. I have around 60 hours of playtime at this point, and I still haven't completed a single run hitless. If you do play more of this, my only advice is that you should overthink things. Combos are fun.

[@Roger_808]

i love this game its so good id love to watch you play it more

[@dilarus8231]

So glad to see more of this game!

[@progamermove1671]

i enjoyed watching, plz continue

[@shovel2828]

I absolutely love this game. Would love to see you play a bit more.

[@chickensniffer451]

This is one of the aliensrock games that I actually want to play, it looks really fun

[@ghoulishgoober3122]

It is fully released now, and on console! I highly recommend, already have 70 hours even on full time C:

[@Lexiyeon]

What a cool game! Pro gamer move of taking damage got me good haha

[@ronanh.9261]

I'd love to see more of this

[@Luna_129]

I've been playing Shogun Showdown in EA since you first played it on your channel. Now that it's fully out, it's a GotY contender for me. Love this game

[@alasdairsinclair916]

I like how the speed challenge (beat the game in 30 minutes) pauses the timer outside of combat.

[@alexperez1663]

This game is really nice hope you play more after the sponsor

The Ed Bassmaster reference at 12:44 just killed me :D

[@Making_it_better]

Actually the plus one upgrade slot doesn’t use an upgrade slot so it’s plus one slot and minus a cooldown. (Also wildfrost got its full release so play it)

[@vampyrecat4458]

I LOVE your episodes on this series, I would love to see more.

[@the_nick_knack]

Would absolutely love a series on this game!

[@meedrowh1809]

I read the title as 'Shotgun Showdown' and expected something like a Wild-west pistol showdowns. Not disappointed in what was shown, tho

[@CrazedKen]

I called Shotgun chess shogun and shogun shotgun😅 22:44 we were thinking the same 😂

[@zucchini5056]

22:21 Straight up Refresh Bag from Peglin (I think the name is Peg Bag not sure)

[@Kartenhouse]

I love this game! Please do make some more videos on it. I can almost guarantee that I'll watch every one of them!

[@matroqueta6825]

I'd love to watch more episodes of this!

[@HalfBoyHalfGod]

This game looks awesome, I'd love more episodes of it!

[@dukem8774]

Please do make a ton of episodes on this game!

[@erickblackkwell4587]

Yeah make a series of this its a very cool looking game

[@vodar1114]

I need more Shogun Showdown!

[@kingofgameing0]

you gotta play this game more it’s so good

[@mikhael781]

Damn didn't know it has fully released, already wishlisted it on your first video. Game looks really fun.

[@mloxard]

I love this game. It kind of reminds me of "Fights in Tight Places", I wonder if Tyles is going to play the sequel "Knights in Tight Olaces" when it releases

[@ItsJustTatsu]

I don’t usually leave comments, but this was a really fun game to watch you play, I hope we get to see more!

[@TheQuicksilver115]

This game is so unique and awesome to watch!

[@jafsrob]

id love more of this

[@campbellmcternan3902]

This game is super fun to watch, you should totally continue the series

[@mw2zorzest]

Some big Into the Breach energy here, love the look and gameplay of this game, perfect information type games are very under-explored imo, always makes you feel good about your own good plays.

[@NelielSugiura]

Great game. Spent most of the episode smiling. You should certainly play more of this!

[@YMandarin]

I've never seen a turn-based fight that is played at such a speed that it almost feels real time I absolutely love it

[@P3an0t]

i loved this game, i really hope its as fun as the early access was i feel like tyler forgot a lot of the game tbh

[@andrewhomenik3117]

This is the first time I’ve found a game before him. And I’m so happy cause it’s very fun yet easy to relax with

[@christophermoore6110]

I never thought you’d play this game again!

[@PotofGlue]

Oh shit sick i thought you were done with this game My personal favorite build is perfect strike/free play kunai, perfect strike resets the cooldown if the move exactly kills an enemy and kunai hit for one damage once per point of damage the tile has so it always triggers. Free play also lets you add a move to the attack queue without losing a turn so if it has enough damage nothing short of a boss can even try to hit you

[@Tr0lliPop]

SHOGUN SHOWDOWN!! Thank you so much for making a video about it also HOLY SHIT the game's spritework got a glowup since I last played (itch version)

[@scottpeterson8591]

Minus Cool Two-Down. The name of my new Prima strategy guide.

[@bijivarughese5601]

Peglin AND Shogun Showdown have returned!?

[@JonnyO514]

“Slay The Spire but X” / “Slay The Spire mixed with Y game” is cool and all but truly unique roguelike concepts like THIS are what I truly live for

[@samuelmaltby625]

THIS GAME LOOKS AWESOME! Would absolutely love to see more please

[@superkiller5002]

I really hope Tyler plays more of this game... I could see this being a peglin long kind of series all the way down to the last achievement. Spoilers: True Mastery - Get every Ultimate stamp with every character that is beating the game truly but I don't know if the series will last long enough for him to get it. I can only pray that he keeps taking on challenges til the very last drop of blood falls. Though Tyler should probably know that in day 7 the game gets super hard and will throw you into impossible scenarios that you couldn't have possibly prepared yourself for unless you knew it could happen from experience so Tyler all I ask is please enjoy this game, you can get burnt out from it very easily...

[@figtter2530]

Yeah day 7 is hard I only got through it with an op kunai build that one or two shot bosses

[@michaelerhardt2549]

​@@figtter2530kunai are so broken when you get lucky. They can just solo the entire game in seconds

[@Diabl0pl]

I need more!

[@MathewSan_]

Great video 👍

[@Orgrath]

I just gotta say I absolutely love the little comments the editor puts near the facecam

[@turtleflightstudios]

I play video games very rarely, but I pulled an all-nighter for this one. I found some of the higher difficulties surprisingly difficult, in a good way. It's also fun to design loadouts with dramatic finishing moves and big combos.

[@peepock7796]

OMFG YIPPEEEE ITS RETURNED

[@masonsanderson9430]

I remember watching the first video and being like this game was sick can’t wait for the next vid, glad I didn’t have to wait to long

[@_Jeff_TheGoat_]

It's not the kind of video you would normally upload (at least from what I've seen) but I'm not necessarily complaining.

[@codesymphony]

wdym?? chess adjacent strategy roguelike??? it's the perfect game

[@zynstein]

The pacing is faster than I'd expect from his vids but the content is there

[@peterpeladon]

This game is awesome

[@mork6668]

Give the guy that edits this videos a raise!!

[@JamesTDG]

I honestly can't wait for you to pull a whole movement-only build

[@pumking-x-5404]

I have like 70 hours in this game it's awesome

[@0cthulhu077]

love this game soo much

[@edlerlucasbarcellosdasilva3622]

This is pretty cool

[@stuartdover2775]

I would love to watch more

[@emiaugacha9614]

YEAAAA I MISSED THIS GAME

[@heinshaaine8153]

Hey you should play outer wilds. IT would be crazy to see how oyu deal with enviromental puzzles on a solar scale

[@lightbearerj]

Bought this game a year ago when you first made your vid on it. Crazy that it’s been that long…

[@iannay3056]

I have been absolutely addicted to Shogun Showndown.

[@willuwalk]

Please continue this!

[@edendrake8204]

You are way too go at this! I love your play

[@thedarkphantom1784]

Oooo this game again, cooool!

[@mikelezhnin8601]

God bless you Tyler, for helping me find this game. It is damn amazing.

[@deltamico]

Is it just me or does the 1st character look like Bell Cranel?

[@FoxDog1080]

When I'm in the yard with my milkshakes: That's a lotta dudes

[@Т1000-м1и]

One of the thumbnails of all time