I was really excited for Shadow Tactics but remember shelving it pretty quickly. I just looked through my emails and sure enough I did talk about it to my cousin, I guess Jan 2018 me had assumed the game let you pause and issue orders, but instead it made you juggle things in real time, and it was too much for me to try to practice getting good at when I was coming off a Christmas sale and had a ton of other games to play. I keep meaning to get back to it, honestly, as I love these kinds of games (Commandos, Red Alert, etc.) and the setting was really cool.
That said, this does look a bit more my cup of tea, in terms of mechanics and pace (it does seem a bit more forgiving as well, and I don’t remember if you could quick save/load in Shadow Tactics, but I’m guessing not, or I would have had an easier time playing that one).