IGP First Look – ‘Nobunaga’s Shadow’

This IGP First Look has you living the spy life, trying to cozy up to the locals and avoid getting in fights (with minimal success) with RPG Nobunaga’s Shadow.

As a novice ninja, you’re supposed to be keeping an eye on what Nobunaga Oda is up to. Being the powerful overlord he is, though, he tends to keep himself safe from the snooping of nosy ninja, forcing you to fit in with the locals to try to find opportunities to see what he’s up to. Getting jobs, chatting up the neighbors, and making the right calls can all help you get the dirt you need.

Or you might just start trouble with the wrong person and get killed. Ninja are sneaky and cunning, and not so great at open combat, as we’ll come to find out more than once. But at least we’ll have some good conversations with our new friends in town, right?

Nobunaga’s Shadow is available now on Steam.

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Joel Couture

Joel has been covering indie games for various sites including IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Magazine, and more over the past seven years, and has written book-length studies on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is constantly on the lookout for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what games can be, and seeks to delve into the creative process, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.

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