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Saturday, 3 April 2010

Shadow Complex - best budget game ever?

So I finally completed Shadow Complex yesterday.

Because I started the game on 'hard', I lost my patience with it 5 hours in as I just wanted to finish it so shamelessly switched to 'easy'.

The second half of the game sees you collecting additional armour pieces, and for each piece you collect - the game just gets better and better.



As you gain new abilities and strength with each armour piece, you really are a 'bad-ass' by the end, ploughing through countless enemies. The final boss is so over-the-top the game's spectacle just blows you away considering you are playing a £15 2.5D game.

My game time was just over 7 hours, but depending on how much of the game you want to explore you could spend a lot less or a lot more in it.

Although it owes a lot to Metroid, SC has written a new template in game pricing. Premium budget games that cost £15 will break sales records if they are of AAA standard.


I also finished GTA IV the other week, and was left feeling uninspired. Sure, the graphics are nice and the new cover system is welcome. But I'm not sure why a return to Liberty City was necessary. For me, Vice City and San Andreas were more fun, the former for its atmosphere the latter for its exploration and variety. The series' biggest flaw is also still ever present - having to retread the entire mission and its cut scenes if you fail, which may not necessarily be any fault of your own.

I'm about four hours into Bayonetta. The hack and slash genre is simply not for me, it is either too tough or too shallow. The combat system in Bayonetta is superb though, if that is you thing.

1 comment:

  1. Hi there Matt.

    Can absolutely say I enjoyed the heck out of Shadow Complex and hope there's a second helping and soon. Definitely owed a lot to similar games of old and it was fun to revisit that game style amongst the zillion 3D styled games.

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