January 30th 2013 6:00 am PT

Arcade: Skulls of the Shogun

Skulls of the Shogun™

Content: Skulls of the Shogun
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Dash Text: Skulls of the Shogun is an award-winning genre mashup of turn-based tactics and arcade action, featuring 8-10 hours of epic (but tongue-in-cheek) story-driven campaign, and multiplayer modes for 2-4 players. With fast-paced tactical elements, intense action, and eye-catching graphics and animation, 17-BIT is getting back to the pick-up-and-play fun of previous generations of gaming, where the depth unfolds as you play.

Add the game trial to your Xbox 360 download queue

Skulls of the Shogun is also available for Windows 8, Surface and Windows Phone and supports the Skulls Anywhere asynchronous multiplayer mode.

Arcade, Marketplace By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

permalink: http://majornelson.com/2013/01/30/arcade-skulls-of-the-shogun/

  • http://twitter.com/JAYLEXPWn Alex

    Framerate issues (XBOX), Buyer Beware. But still got it on my WP

    • QuixoticRocket

      So check the demo first? Thanks for the warning.

    • http://www.facebook.com/ReeferSutherlnd Stank Beard

      Despite its issues, it is a decent game. I just think 1200 msp is too much for a 200 mb game.

      • http://twitter.com/AlbertConseil Alfalfa Conseil

        what has filesize to do with the quality of a game?

        • http://twitter.com/Olimite Neil Grace

          Nothing, but the more people pay 1200 for XBLA games, the more inclined Microsoft will be to ignore lower price points.

          • http://www.facebook.com/chris.grub.5 Chris Grub

            I have to pay $22 with taxes for 1400 points in Canada. That makes it an instant pass.

      • http://twitter.com/GreenMistt Miller

        Tbh 800msp games have around 3-6 hours of gameplay. But then again I still don’t want 1200 msp to become the norm. We’re getting shafted too much as it is. And with a launch framerate problem, why should they charge 1200 msp for this?

  • Volitar Prime

    Why is it 50% more expensive on the Xbox 360 than on any other platform?

  • ElektroDragon

    $15 for Flash game level graphics. Hmmmm….

  • Lee Thomas Rayson

    Tried it on Surface it okay but does get boring quickly. though gunstringer game out a few weeks ago at £0.99 then 2 weeks later it was free so ill wait an see if it drops in price on the surface

    • KENNETH B

      The current price on Surface IS the sale price. Though I’m sure if you wait like a year or something, then it could go lower than $10.

      • Lee Thomas Rayson

        No it wont be a year, when it comes for sales on the surface there not a lot to choose from(there about 10 games atm and most are free anyhow) so I give it a couple of months

  • http://twitter.com/TarsierTT Rigoberto Montaña

    WARP on sale 50% at 400 MSP normal price 800

    • m1nh0ca

      So random comment… :-)

    • http://twitter.com/GreenMistt Miller

      That’s actually a pretty good game.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Garcia/1360847381 David Garcia

    Great game! Unfortunately there is a problem with the demo showcasing just how deep this game can be as far as strategy. The reason I say this is because the first level shows all the basic movements and such just fine, but then the second level available in the demo simply thrusts you much farther into the campaign and showcases a full battle yet does not expand upon other major components of the game.

    For example, you can harvest “money” (rice) and haunt statues and such to get additional resources like troops or special classes like monks. They all have their own abilities, and there is even a risk/reward NPC troop that randomly hurts EVERYONE on the screen, even your own team. Also, there is a gameplay mechanic that lets the general meditate at the beginning of the game and for every round you DON’T move him, he gains HP. There is a whole slew of things not explained in the demo that are present in that second level. If you watch gameplay videos and such, you can see that there is much more to this game than what you can find in the trial, and the full game will take you through the tutorials to learn those elements.

    Hope that encourages people to see what else this game has to offer, I’m having fun with it!

    Also, to the people complaining about file size.. castle crashers is, I believe under 100 megs and geometry wars is like 20. Chrono trigger is 32 ;-p file size does not mean bite size!

    To those comparing the game to flash style graphics.. you said it yourself. STYLE. The game is hand drawn, the elements are thoughtfully stylized in a consistent theme. So, it’s got bold lines making charming player models and has a good cartoon style look without pixilation or jaggedness. Because of the attention paid to making this game look as great as it can, play as well as it does without taxing the hardware, you can play it on multiple platforms and not experience a disconnect of graphics and usability. That is a feat, and to generalize it as something that is not worth your time because it looks remind you of something else, even if they are two totally different things.. is mistaken.

    • http://twitter.com/_josHaas_ ɾosɥ ɥɐɐs

      Great post! I agree, the game is quite complex once you get a little further in. I bought it the second it came out for my Lumia 920 and have been loving it ever since (a little clunky trying to select a particular unit when your units are all grouped together, but it’s a 4.5″ screen, so I’ll let that one slide, lol).

  • Fred

    Does it seem like there just isn’t much interest in XBLA titles anymore? Hardly any comments, and when there are it is mostly about price. It’s a shame. There are lots of games on there that are a ton of fun, but they just seem to vanish into obscurity right away.

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