The Cursed Crew DLC Review (Yuki’s Wish, Zagan’s Ritual)

Reviewing Shadow Gambit’s newest recreation expansions: Yuki’s Want and Zagan’s Ritual. Learn all in our Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC assessment.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew’s DLCs are lastly right here.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is a stealth technique RPG the place you command a ragtag group of colorfully undead pirates and your individual (sentient) pirate ship to take down the evil forces of the Inquisition. In our Shadow Gambit review, we explored the German-made title’s strong Shadow Mode mechanics, fascinating narrative and delightful tropical vistas — all of which made a stealth motion fan out of me.

The Misplaced Caribbean is bigger than ever. And whereas Mimimi Video games’ final hurrah within the video games trade (for the meantime) does not shake up the bottom recreation, a few extremely OP crewmates presents two strong causes to return to The Misplaced Caribbean. Learn our spoiler-free Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC Overview beneath.

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Recruit Yuki & Kuma from Shadow Techniques in addition to the enigmatic scientist Zagan to your crew – and embark on two new epic pirate adventures.

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Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC Overview

Each DLCs develop into accessible as quickly as you revive your third crewmate.

Yuki’s Want – Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC

“Yuki’s Want” follows the story of Yuki, the Twilight Corsair alongside together with her companion Kuma, who be a part of your crew of their quest to discover a legendary creature that grants needs.

Enjoyable truth: The titular crewmate is a personality from Shadow Techniques: Blades of the Shogun, one other Japan-inspired Mimimi title.

Cursed Crew’s wishful DLC has rather a lot in retailer if you happen to’re a strong fan of Shadow Gambit’s tactical gameplay. And whereas the storyline boils down to a couple fetch quests earlier than an anticlimactic finish, Yuki’s Want performed like a well-polished, unique impediment course that showcased tons of Japanese structure whereas sticking to the sport’s strengths. However the principle providing of Yuki’s Want is its titular hero.

Yuki’s and her pet/companion Kuma work collectively to lure enemies away from their guarded positions in order that they set off Yuki’s lethal tripwires. That is the gist of her playstyle. However what makes her package so damaged and brilliantly true to her character is that the lure cooldown resets tremendous quick. That signifies that Yuki and Kuma can singlehandedly take out an entire squad of inquisitors simply by spamming traps and lure darts, whereas by no means exiting stealth like a real ninja within the Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC.

Loads of enjoyable will be had in Yuki’s Want, particularly while you study to be an successfully artful ninja with Yuki’s arsenal. Nevertheless, awkward bits within the writing, bugs (enemies cease being hostile while you ring sure gongs) and Yuki’s out-of-place accent took me out of the story extra instances that it ought to have. Nonetheless, followers of Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew’s tactical gameplay can discover extra problem right here, particularly in larger difficulties. 6/10.

Zagan’s Ritual – Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC

“Zagan’s Ritual” is a darkish narrative that introduces Zagan the Apostate, a zealous scientist who holds the powers of each a Prognosticar and a Black Pearl in his sundered palms. A specialist in Soul vitality, Zagan joins the Pink Marley to uncover the key of how the Maiden’s Hearth will be completely harnessed.

Zagan’s Ritual introduces the sport’s most fascinating determine but, and his delightfully twisted DLC storyline doesn’t disappoint. Perilous at each flip, gamers that assist Zagan full his ritual can count on an thrilling plot and distinctive aims that culminate in an final result that even I could not predict.

Enjoying because the mad scientist himself added an entire new aspect to the fight system. For one, Zagan’s passive skill alone surpasses most of his fellow crewmates when it comes to utility. And his kill skill, albeit sluggish, offers the ex-Inquisitor tons of maintain, successfully making Zagan a tank within the Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC.

I needed so badly for the DLC’s ending to have some type of bearing on Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew’s epic climax, however it might have been an enormous enterprise, contemplating Mimimi Video games’ measurement. Nonetheless, Zagan’s Ritual surpassed each expectation I had for a Shadow Gambit DLC. From the swap up on Cursed Crew’s painfully formulaic tutorial sequence to Zagan himself, the second DLC does nicely to attract you in and offers you the sport’s strongest standalone crewmate thus far. 8/10.

Each Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC (Yuki’s Want, Zagan’s Ritual) can be found now on PC and consoles for $14.99 every!

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