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E3 2009 DEMO: Shadow Complex

Footage from this SOTN style action game from Microsoft's press conference.

Video posted by drewbert on June 3, 2009

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Shadow Complex is a modern and masterful side-scrolling action-adventure platformer designed in the Metroid & Castlevania style. When an American terrorist group seeks to create a new civil war, only accidental hero Jason Fleming has a chance of stopping them.

US Release Date: Aug. 19, 2009

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Qjton June 3, 2009 at 1:32 p.m.
Good stuff.
drowsapon June 3, 2009 at 1:40 p.m.
sweet i loved castlevania and super metroid and it has vanashing bosses lol but even with the bugs I think ill still  pick this up
bdoubleon June 3, 2009 at 1:44 p.m.
Was excited about this and then I saw Metroid.  Will most likely get it on PC though.
rmanthorpon June 3, 2009 at 2:13 p.m.
Gotta Love it!
ahoodedfigureon June 3, 2009 at 2:19 p.m.
Always up for metroidvania-style stuff, but still wondering how much Orson Scott Card will have to do with the project.

I agree with Vinny: it reminds me of Flashback.
Trilogyon June 3, 2009 at 2:31 p.m.
@drowsap said:
" sweet i loved castlevania and super metroid and it has vanashing bosses lol but even with the bugs I think ill still  pick this up "
I doubt they will release it with bugs like that. Hopefully anyway.....
Infinityslimiton June 3, 2009 at 2:39 p.m.
Was that cliffy b?
Tiwion June 3, 2009 at 2:44 p.m.
wait was that Jeff yelling GO LIVE DEMO?
Gotta love it
Alphazeroon June 3, 2009 at 3:02 p.m.
Looks like fun.

CliffyB is three apples tall.
Meatsimon June 3, 2009 at 3:08 p.m.
Lol live demo glitched out.
Player1on June 3, 2009 at 3:33 p.m.
@tiwi said:
" wait was that Jeff yelling GO LIVE DEMO?Gotta love it "
I think it was "gotta love live demos". It kinda sorta sounded like Jeff. Its possible. He seems to like to mess with CliffyB as well. So its plausible. 
killdaveon June 3, 2009 at 3:40 p.m.
For a Live arcade game this looks pretty awesome.

Looking forward to finding out more
XRevMaynardXon June 3, 2009 at 3:58 p.m.
That looks pretty sweet. Is there a release date?
uskomatonon June 3, 2009 at 4 p.m.
Well, this definetly looks like something I would pick up.
KillerKahunaon June 3, 2009 at 4:13 p.m.
Oh man I was expecting to see Kudo Sonoda at the end of the video going : "Well BAM, there it is."
deauxon June 3, 2009 at 6:09 p.m.
Dope.  It's great to see a 2D action game get this much attention from a major developer.  Rearmed was great, and Shadow Complex seems like a logical extension of the same idea.
Lind_L_Tayloron June 3, 2009 at 7:58 p.m.
This game is great.  Based on Orson Scott Card, that pretty much says it all.  I can't wait for this one.
Kyleon June 3, 2009 at 8:45 p.m.
I feel so bad for those guys. The game looks friggin' sick, but they get two broken microphones and then the boss glitches out haha. Those guys were probably face-in-hands sobbing after they walked off the stage.
Otzloweon June 3, 2009 at 11:15 p.m.
Looks pretty interesting.
Reeteshon June 4, 2009 at 1:29 a.m.
And he said he would never want to get back to the old days...

Maybe he meant he didnt want to get back to being basement coders. He loves sidescrollers I guess.. nice mash-up of many games! looks quite interesting. Dont quite see the selling point for it. Only the weapons seems different (and ofcourse the levels)
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