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Posted on: Sep 10, 2008
Shotest Shogi
WORDS BY: Cameron Lewis
Shogi, a descendant of the same ancient Indian game that gave us chess, is a fascinating diversion you could spend the rest of your life pursuing, but this presentation of it is disappointingly short on frills. A symbol-based set of pieces assists gamers unacquainted with Japanese kanji, and three tiers of tutorials effectively teach piece movement and basic strategy.
Unfortunately, there’s a distinct lack of tools to help you improve your game — it would’ve been huge if we had a coaching system, practice-mode threat diagramming, or a library of tsume shogi and hisshi puzzles to improve our board-analysis skills. With only 16 progressively harder A.I. opponents, Shotest Shogi is a sound introduction to an intellectually challenging game, but it’ll leave you wishing for more.
On Xbox Live Arcade
6.5
- Good introduction to traditional Japanese game...
- ...but little beyond that.
- No guides to help you improve.
Mon, 10/27/2008 - 20:05
Posted by Spork
I mentioned the tutorials in the review text, so no, I didn't miss them.
Also, the version I saw had a grand total of maybe 5 or 6 puzzles. Hardly "a load."
Sat, 10/04/2008 - 11:13
Posted by RubiconDev
Um, I guess you missed the massive tutorial section and it's load of tsume and hishi puzzles then ?!