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?

[@tugazu]

Wouldn't be surprised if he had boss ability to face our dude no matter what

[@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

[@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

[@alasdairsinclair916]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@JosiahBradley]

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

[@pipecleanermaster]

IT HAS RETURNED

[@liampouncy7808]

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

[@creeperizak8971]

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

[@creeperizak8971]

@@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

[@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!

[@Franklin_Johanessan]

HECK YEAH, MORE SHOGUN

[@superexplosion5985]

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

[@dzeppetto3143]

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

[@reagankennedy8781]

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

[@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.

[@matroqueta6825]

I'd love to watch more episodes of this!

[@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!

[@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.

[@whotheo4878]

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

[@MarcellusJasonClay]

That plus unfriendly fire

[@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!

[@onixforrealnow]

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

[@ronanh.9261]

I'd love to see more of this

[@the_nick_knack]

Would absolutely love a series on this game!

[@Tamtarter]

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

[@shovel2828]

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

[@tundralwhisper7345]

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

[@dilarus8231]

So glad to see more of this game!

[@erickblackkwell4587]

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

[@Roger_808]

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

[@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.

[@progamermove1671]

i enjoyed watching, plz continue

[@meapyboy12345]

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

[@redinator5]

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

[@TheQuicksilver115]

This game is so unique and awesome to watch!

[@vodar1114]

I need more Shogun Showdown!

[@vampyrecat4458]

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

[@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

[@alasdairsinclair916]

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

[@jafsrob]

id love more of this

[@Yuu-Gene]

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

[@HalfBoyHalfGod]

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

[@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!

[@Lunartic128]

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

[@meedrowh1809]

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

[@dukem8774]

Please do make a ton of episodes on this game!

[@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...

[@Lexiyeon]

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

[@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.

[@christophermoore6110]

I never thought you’d play this game again!

[@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:

[@mikhael781]

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

[@NelielSugiura]

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

[@stuartdover2775]

I would love to watch more

[@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

[@samuelmaltby625]

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

[@0cthulhu077]

love this game soo much

[@alexperez1663]

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

[@kingofgameing0]

you gotta play this game more it’s so good

[@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)

[@zucchini5056]

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

[@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

[@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)

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@bijivarughese5601]

Peglin AND Shogun Showdown have returned!?

[@peterpeladon]

This game is awesome

[@scottpeterson8591]

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

[@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

[@CrazedKen]

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

[@edendrake8204]

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

[@fulgentiuswilly5043]

Yes, enjoyed watching. Yes, play more please!

[@lightbearerj]

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

[@edlerlucasbarcellosdasilva3622]

This is pretty cool

[@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

[@chumples.]

this game looks dope, thanks for playing it. wishlisted

[@willuwalk]

Please continue this!

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

[@mikelezhnin8601]

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

[@emiaugacha9614]

YEAAAA I MISSED THIS GAME

[@macmadness5932]

i LOVE THIS GAME please do more episodes

[@aska2349]

Love this game! Sure hope for more epizodes on it :D

[@MathewSan_]

Great video 👍

[@tugazu]

It returns, woo

[@pumking-x-5404]

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

[@_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

[@mrsherm8639]

Give us that good good shogun game!

[@Robslakes]

Amazing! More please

[@JamesTDG]

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

[@emmah1408]

Amazing game

[@thedarkphantom1784]

Oooo this game again, cooool!