Shadow Complex
I was immediately excited when I heard about Shadow Complex on the Xbox arcade first because the story line of the whole game was based as a fit in Orson Scott Cards empire series and secondly because of the gameplay itself.
ready for this?
Shadow Complex is built like an original metroid it consists of your character wandering through a complex map finding all the assorted hidden things inside the game, with an added twist in this game your firing area existed on a three d platform so while you can only walk on a 2d plane you fire and interact in a 3d plain which could sound like it would get extremely annoying, I’m here to say its not. I picked up the demo for the game and played it over and over a few times through and couldn’t get enough and somehow it didn’t get old.
Ready to kick revivalist rear!!
The great: This game really blew me away as I the game seemed like a finished piece of art and felt like a breath of fresh air in the gaming industry and for only fifteen dollars which may seem overpriced for an xbox arcade game it is definitely worth the money as this game seems like a highly polished game even if it is short for a full on console game. The graphics in Shadow complex are highly polished and very nice the whole game engine from unreal fits like a glove on the game itself it feels just right. The story is intriguing and believable in a completely video game way, but I always feel like figuring out some new way to use the abilities the game gives you.
That's right just a normal guy not some genetically modified mumbo jumbo
The bad: While this game is a great package it’t not quite all roses the 3d shooting plane although great does give you trouble at times you sometimes get frustrated as you can’t aim at what you really want to. The story in this game is extremely short and could use more content if that was so i would have no problem paying 20 or thirty for this game and with more content I wouldn’t mind it as a full game.
The verdict 9.5/10