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    Shadow Complex

    Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Aug 19, 2009

    Reluctant hero Jason Fleming investigates a hidden underground complex to rescue his girlfriend Claire in this Metroid-style action-adventure game.

    somadude's Shadow Complex (Xbox 360 Games Store) review

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    Shadow complex is metroidvania for a new generation.


    I absolutly love this game, it's fun and addictive and even after I finished the game I still feel like playing through it a second time. The best thing about the game is how it brings a dieing breed back to life. It gives you plenty of reason to play through again and again, On top of that, the game plays and looks great with only slight problems in both. I only have a few issues with Shadow complex,one is the cliched story, if the gameplay wasn't as addictive as it is the game just wouldn't be as good. Also there are slight issues with aiming your gun, sometimes it just doesn't aim at what you want it to aim at, but it's only a slight annoyance. Shadow complex is above and beyond almost everything on the Xbox live arcade and it deserves to be played by anyone who likes action games. 
     
    Gameplay 9/10 
    Graphics 9/10 
    Sound 10/10 
    value 10/10
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      Shadow Complex is one of the best XBLA games to come out yet 0

      Shadow Complex(Xbox 360 Games Store) by dudacles on August 26, 2009

         Shadow Complex is awesome. If you've ever played a Metroid game, you should know what playing Chair Entertainment's creation is like. The gameplay focuses on exploring a huge complex and upgrading your character to unlock new areas. The constant sense and desire of progression, along with a pretty solid shooting engine make this game pretty addictive.   Jason comes across the complex by accident. Thankfully, he's been trained by his father to be a supersoldier! Shadow Complex has you t...

      9 out of 9 found this review helpful.

      Updating a classic formula 0

      Shadow Complex(Xbox 360 Games Store) by majormitch on August 25, 2009

      Super Metroid still stands as one of my favorite games ever made, and the 2D exploration style gameplay that is so well associated with this classic has always been one of my favorite sub-genres. Needless to say, when Chair and Epic Games started tossing around words like "Metroidvania" with respect to Shadow Complex I was immediately interested, if not a bit wary of a cheap knock-off. Fortunately, while Shadow Complex has a lot in common with the games that inspired it, the end result is a qual...

      5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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