How Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is an Immersive Controller Expertise on Xbox Sequence X|S

Our extremely anticipated Stealth Technique pirate recreation Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is now accessible for Xbox Sequence X|S. It’s the proper time to have a more in-depth take a look at how we designed Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew to be an intuitive expertise performed with an Xbox wi-fi controller and why it’s our most immersive console expertise but.

Following the acclaimed video games Shadow Techniques: Blades of the Shogun and Desperados III, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is now accessible for Xbox Sequence X|S. It’s the new and first self-published stealth technique recreation by Mimimi Video games. Set within the Misplaced Caribbean throughout an alternate historical past of the Golden Age of Piracy, you be part of the Pink Marley, a ghost ship with a residing soul, and assemble a cursed pirate crew. Embrace supernatural powers to defy the menacing military of the Inquisition of the Burning Maiden, who stands between you and the mysterious treasure of the legendary Captain Mordechai.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is an intuitive and immersive stealth technique expertise on Xbox Sequence X|S, combining a gripping stealth expertise with intelligent strategic pondering, designed for the Xbox wi-fi controller from the beginning. Stealth technique video games are not solely finest performed on PC with mouse and keyboard. With our new recreation Xbox gamers can have the absolute best stealth technique expertise taking part in with an Xbox Wi-fi controller with out compromising on something.

On this weblog submit, our Head of Design Moritz “Mo” Wagner delves into the thrilling particulars of how we’ve efficiently crafted an distinctive stealth technique expertise for console gamers on Xbox.

Turning Stealth Technique right into a Console Style

Mo takes you thru the method of designing the sport to be performed seamlessly with a gamepad on console. One thing we at Mimimi Video games began as early as 2016 with Shadow Techniques: Blades of the Shogun: 

“Historically, console gamers have been extra cautious of taking part in stealth technique video games that function an isometric digital camera perspective – due to counter-intuitive consumer interfaces and complicated controls that often work higher with mouse and keyboard on PC. Nonetheless, with Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew we constructed on our experience of designing stealth technique video games – since Shadow Techniques in 2016 – for an enveloping recreation expertise on Xbox consoles with an Xbox wi-fi controller from the beginning; even convincing conventional mouse & keyboard gamers that taking part in with a controller generally is a legitimate various. This makes the sport very accessible and straightforward to choose up, particularly to gamers new to the style.”

“Shadow Gambit elevates what we’ve constructed when it comes to gamepad controls during the last years and delivers an intuitive, immersive expertise when performed on an Xbox Sequence X|S with controller. With a tailor-made controller interface, gamers can entry all the required data seamlessly. The sport incorporates a specifically designed “observe cam motion” for straightforward degree navigation, clean digital camera angle modifications, and direct management over the participant characters, which can really feel extra pure and quick in comparison with clicking with a mouse.”

Why the Digital camera Makes the Distinction

Mo explains why that is such an essential step for us at Mimimi Video games to make sure Xbox gamers get probably the most out of our video games:

“This can be a large change, since in our earlier video games, a whole lot of “camera-work” was required when taking part in with a gamepad. You all the time needed to transfer the digital camera round your self which could be counter-intuitive for Xbox gamers who are sometimes used to a digital camera conveniently following their characters. In Shadow Gambit the digital camera now follows the participant by default and could be locked into place or re-positioned if wanted. This permits for a really clean and particular person strategy to every enemy encounter whereas utilizing the gamepad comfortably.”

“Rotating and zooming the digital camera now works with out having to press an additional button. This goes hand in hand with the open structured islands we designed as ranges for Shadow Gambit – you’ll be able to strategy targets from any angle and modify the digital camera in accordance to your wants. Our foremost aim with the modifications was to make taking part in a stealth technique recreation extra pure for gamers who’re used to consoles. Now they really feel proper at dwelling from the beginning in comparison with our earlier recreation the place they have been confronted with a steeper studying curve and needed to get used to the digital camera dealing with earlier than having fun with a clean gameplay expertise.”

How We Improved the Gamepad Controls

“The controls are all about stepping into the main points to design the expertise as clean and pure as doable.”, Mo continues: “We made a whole lot of small high quality of life enhancements which have a big impact – for instance altering Afia’s ‘Blink’ skill (an extended vary sprint permitting her to stab folks along with her saber from a distance) in a approach that you simply don’t want to focus on an enemy immediately with it. It will likely be aimed routinely however could be adjusted manually. Gamers now don’t must press a whole lot of pointless buttons for one easy motion like that.”

“We accounted for gamepad controls as a lot as we did for mouse & keyboard from the beginning. Once we created new skills, we all the time made positive they labored with each enter strategies within the first place. This strategy helped us to create extra enjoyable to make use of abilities for Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew general. Other than that, activating the planning mode allows you to pause the sport to sync and queue up the completely different magical skills of your crewmate for a coordinated assault. This manner you’ll be able to take your time to make tactical choices and take into consideration your subsequent transfer. Utilizing this mode will usually make you’re feeling like a superb mastermind, when your plan clicks completely into place!”

Bringing this sense of outsmarting your enemy to Xbox and conveying it in one of the best ways doable was essential for us whereas engaged on Shadow Gambit, as Mo emphasizes:

“It issues to us to achieve new gamers on Xbox Sequence X|S and present them how enjoyable and immersive the stealth technique style could be. You don’t have to be a hardcore PC participant or style veteran to take pleasure in our video games. Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is designed to be a really versatile expertise the place gamers can discover their very own options to each problem and second within the recreation. It’s your playground to experiment in! That is true for mission and enemy encounters, in addition to the crew members you’re taking with you on every mission and the talents you mix. However we additionally designed the controls with that in thoughts, guaranteeing that taking part in with a gamepad makes the sport simply as accessible and enjoyable as with mouse and keyboard. You don’t must make any compromises and can take pleasure in the perfect gameplay doable on Xbox Sequence X|S with our improved controller options.”

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is now accessible for Xbox Sequence X|S. Discover out extra or buy the sport immediately on the official Xbox Retailer Web page.