On your first time through, it will take about 7 hours to complete the game. You can extend that to 8 or 9 if you stop to smell the roses. Shadow Complex is prices at 1200 Microsoft points, which is a pretty good deal. It’s a game that’s most definite...
Abstract: When it was released on the XBox Live Arcade last summer, critics all across the video game land were jerkin' their gherkin over Epic Games and ChAIR's new Shadow Complex game. The game represented a classic, retro return to the "Metroidvania" style of...
Shadow Complex is fun, fresh and beats the holy loving crap out of a lot of full retail titles. For $15 you owe to yourself to download this if you have Xbox Live. Seriously unless you hate games like Metroid and Castlevania, and by extension fun, then...
Abstract: Shadow Complex starts as a cautionary tale against spelunking, with everyman Jason Fleming quickly finding himself in a shadowy paramilitary lair to seek out a kidnapped girlfriend who clumsily wandered ahead. The complex's inhabitants, a high-tech ban...
Super slick animations, dozens of power ups to find and collect, in game notifications.
Getting from one end of the massive base to the other can be a pain, Aiming doesn’t always work the way it should.
Like I said earlier by the end of the game all that’s on your mind is collecting the armour and smashing the opponents down… saving your poor better half is not actually on your mind. Unlike the other remix and remade versions this is surely...
The beautiful 3D backgrounds and fun gameplay more than make up for Shadow Complex’s weak story. The developers have rejuvenated the 2D side scrolling game for this next generation console, and this game will remind you of many classics like Metroid ...
Abstract: In 2007, Chair Entertainment—founded by key members of the team who developed the ambitious but ultimately underwhelming Advent Rising--released critical and consumer Xbox Live Arcade favorite Undertow. In 2008 Chair was acquired by Epic Games and, le...
Abstract: Check out the Video Review.Microsoft’s E3 strategy, as of late, has focused on the year in which the convention takes place, without making promises that dive into the future. This year...
When all is said and done I can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed Shadow Complex from beginning to end. Sure it’s not a long game, most will be able to breeze through it in a weekend, but it’s enjoyable while it lasts. The game borrows elements from so...
