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Post Script

When they made Shadow Tactics, the team at Mimimi Games created a tribute to beloved games of their youth, resurrecting a genre niche that had all but fizzled out. Its success let the studio take the reins of one of the series it was paying homage to in the first place – and try to bring it to a whole new audience, borrowing from and responding to games that have emerged in the years since.

With this kind of game having all but disappeared in the early 2000s, it seems likely a lot of players will from turn-based tactics games like . The realtime element means there’s a lot more to juggle – how do you keep from overwhelming new players?

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