Posted on: July 23, 2024
talgaby
Verified ownerGames: 302 Reviews: 17
Situational teammate, interesting maps
Similarly to the crew mate from the other DLC, Zagan is firmly set in the "overpowered" category. His melee kills heal him and the victim bodies never raise suspicion. He can kill or stun enemies through any number of walls. If someone detects him, he can freeze the spotting guard for a few seconds. He can also use this time freeze to infinitely disable one guard. (Something that Pinkus should be able to do, but the spy here is useless.) Yet, I cannot declare that he dethrones Yuki as the ruler of Shadow Gambit as Zagan is held back by a bit. He cannot swim or climb, and his ranged attacks hurt him as well, so he needs melee kills as "ammo". Also like the other DLC, Zagan comes with his own map, a vertical fortress. I can understand if someone dislikes this map, but I welcomed the fresh approach to level design. We had too many flat islands with single elevated forts in the base game already. As for the storyline, I found it enjoyably macabre. The mission objectives feel different and most medals were fun to get. If he wasn't only half as broken as Yuki, I would say this is the superior Shadow Gambit DLC. But Yuki exists as a crew mate, so Zagan is only in second place. He is still better than most of the standard crew, though.
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