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If Samus Was To Ever Have A Baby, This Would Be It
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When gamers over twenty reminisce about their favorite video games, you'll commonly hear Super Metroid mentioned. This sci-fi title is often recognized as the finest of the adventure saga known as Metroid. In Metroid games, you typically explore massive planets that are chalk-full of secrets and power-ups, and Super ...
Reviewed by bshirk on Aug. 20, 2009
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Shadow Complex is one of the best XBLA games to come out yet
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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 ...
Reviewed by dudacles on Aug. 26, 2009
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A fresh take on an old genre.
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Introduction:Shadow Complex is a side-scrolling action-adventure in the vein of the Metroid and Castlevania games, and was developed by Chair Entertainment . The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade for 1200 Microsoft Points($15). Players take on the role of Jason Flemming, who stumbles upon a secret underground base -- ...
Reviewed by Icemael on Aug. 25, 2009
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2 out of 2 found this review helpful. |
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Not perfect, but more than worth the 1200 points.
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I'll say it from the outset. Shadow Complex is the best and most value for money game on the Xbox Live Marketplace. This is not to say that it is the perfect game, it is certainly flawed, but you'll get as much fun, time and replay value out of it ...
Reviewed by Captain_Insano on Aug. 26, 2009
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Shadow Complex Review
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Jason Flemming: he is no one, and he his everyone. He is also your main character in Shadow Complex, the last title in the Summer of Arcade line of games for 2009. Created by Chair Entertainment (part of Epic Games and of Undertow fame), Shadow Complex actually takes place within ...
Reviewed by modeps on Aug. 26, 2009
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Metroid Reborn.
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When Shadow Complex was announced a couple months ago, I was somewhat torn by it. It was described as a metroidvania style game, which I like. It's developed by Chair, who made Undertow, which sucked. But the lead designer at Chair also made Advent Rising, which I liked! But Advent ...
Reviewed by emnii on Aug. 23, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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Updating a classic formula
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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 ...
Reviewed by MajorMitch on Aug. 25, 2009
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A beautiful homage to a genre that's been forgotton for too long
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A long while ago, in a time of inferior technology and rustic gameplay elements, the side-scroller reigned supreme. The genre has spawned some of the greatest games of all-time, but like all good things, it went away for a while. Being unable to cope with its absence, Chair ...
Reviewed by infestedandy on Oct. 24, 2009
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Bringing Metroidvanias Into The Modern Era
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Micsoft's "summer of arcade" (so named because of its tendancy to release big-name arcade titles during the summer-months) has been going strong for some time now, and Microsoft has put the icing on the metaphorical cake with the release of Shadow Complex, Chair Entertainment's slick new "Metroidvania" style sidescrolling action-adventure ...
Reviewed by jukezypoo on Aug. 21, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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Shadow Complex: A Review
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Having grown up a PC gamer, that meant that I never really got to play the best of the old-style platformers, Metroid being one of them. Sure, I played a few times but never made it far into the game. So when I saw Shadow Complex, I was a little ...
Reviewed by haggis on Aug. 21, 2009
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1 out of 1 found this review helpful. |
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good but definitely far from great
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Everyone knows what's great about this game so let's cut to what sucks about it: 1. Boss bottles - even on insane they are utterly boring and unimaginative. Regular guys on insane were more challenging than any boss fight. I mean come on that stupid boss that rolls along the ...
Reviewed by JRT_Forever on Oct. 20, 2009
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This game isn't standing in anyones shadow
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Each generation of consoles have brought forward some form of innovation. The consistent improvements are always graphics and capacity, but during the PS1 era we started to see CD players and eventually DVD players manage to find New tech suit, great for when you just don't want to get wet ...
Reviewed by BR4DL3I9H on Oct. 11, 2009
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In a word: Addicting
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Shadow Complex is a title found on XBox Live Arcade, that, realistically, carries more content and polish than many full retail games. This modern day "Metroidvania" style shooter has all the aspects of any good side scrolling action adventure, and brings a new level of production quality to low priced ...
Reviewed by Wess on Sept. 23, 2009
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Madness? THIS. IS. SHADOW. COMPLEX!!!!
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Last year in the Summer of Arcade we got some absolutely brilliant games. Bionic Commando Rearmed, Braid and bringing up the rear, the phenomenal Castle Crashers, my all time favourite XBLA game. This year’s summer of arcade was less good. True we had ‘Splosion men at the start, but ...
Reviewed by Seraphim2150 on Aug. 31, 2009
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Why can't there be more XBLA titles like this?
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To call Shadow Complex just another stake in the “Metroidvania” style would be selling it short. Indeed, you traverse across a 2D plane and scrounge through corridors for items of marginal importance, but pinpointing the game’s parallels to Super Metroid and Castlevania cannot do it justice. Rather, Shadow Complex ...
Reviewed by JacobForrest on Aug. 28, 2009
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An Attempt at a Modern 'Metroidvania'
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The Xbox Live Arcade is renowned for having cheap, short indie games that are produced and played by people to tide them over until the next major gaming release. It is also known for containing innovative and creative concepts. When something like Shadow Complex comes around, boasting that it's taken ...
Reviewed by shaun832 on Sept. 24, 2009
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Jason Flemming vs. The Restoration. Winner Gets Claire
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Jason Flemming is about to embark on the craziest date ever. Shadow Complex Mixes classic Gameplay with Next Gen Production Values that turns into roughly 800 Megabytes of pure fun. The game pays homage in a big way to the Metroid and Castlevania Series while trying a few new things. ...
Reviewed by silver_DewSky on Sept. 12, 2009
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Complex is Simply Great
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Much like side-scrolling games such as Super Metroid, Contra and other games I loved as a kid, Shadow Complex starts as a small, fun little game and unfolds into a massive experience. The game has all the ingredients to be a winner: addicting level design, unique gadgets and weapons, fun ...
Reviewed by burjeffton on Sept. 22, 2009
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Oh Shadow Complex, how can you be this good?
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Ok. So I got a little too exited about Shadow Complex. I also initially thought it was going to be bunk. Lets face it Gears 2 didn’t have the same spark as gears 1 and undertow wasn’t one of the most popular games on XBLA until it was given away ...
Reviewed by BinaryDragon on Sept. 8, 2009
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An Arcade game with Serious Polish and Replayability.
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There is something about buying arcade games lately that leaves me expecting nothing more than a simple, quick title. It’s usually an impulse buy, something to play while I wait for friends to come online or a quick distraction from a busy day. Which is why I was honestly shocked ...
Reviewed by atheistium on Sept. 6, 2009
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Inferiority Complex
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Previously in my Super Metroid review, I had made numerous petty swipes at the critically acclaimed Shadow Complex for imitating the master but missing the point. When I wrote that petty cheapshot disguised as a review for an all-time classic, I was but two-thirds of the way finished playing ...
Reviewed by CanuckEh on Sept. 27, 2009
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Technically astute; artistically unoriginal.
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Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. Boy and girl go spelunking together. Girl gets kidnapped by an evil terrorist organisation planning to take over the world. Boy just happens to have secret service training because his father is a spy. Boy is forced to go after girl and stop said ...
Reviewed by SunKing on Oct. 26, 2009
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Super Metroid all over again
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A long waited addition to the Xbox Live Marketplace is here, Shadow Complex an amzing plot and story, from the creators of Gears of War, is it the dynamic smash hit we thought it would be or should we buy it once the price lowers. Positive: Great Story ...
Reviewed by ChunkyBubb on Oct. 17, 2009
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An excellent combination of the old and new schools
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Nolan North seems particularly fond of portraying the traditional, wise-cracking “everyman” as far as video games are concerned. In Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, he displayed his half-tucked prowess as Nathan Drake. In last year’s Prince of Persia reboot, his very un-prince like character turned out to be a run-of-the-mill thief stumbling ...
Reviewed by Kombat on Sept. 27, 2009
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First game I bought for 360: I made a wise choice
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Shadow Complex is 2.5D sidescrolling shooter released on XBLA a while ago. The game is a tie-in to Orson Scott Card's 2006 novel Empire, which takes place in the not-so-distance future after America has fallen into civil after the assassination of the President and Vice-President. The game starts out with ...
Reviewed by D34dM4n on Sept. 10, 2009
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Shadow Complex Review
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When it comes to side-scrolling games, I don't really know anything, as the closest I've ever come to one is Metroid Prime. But I still enjoyed Shadow Complex immensely due to the exploration, experience system, and leaderboards. You start the game off with a total bad*ss, who has practically every upgrade ...
Reviewed by theoracleofgame on Aug. 21, 2009
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A modern take on a classic genre
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Shadow Complex is an Xbox Live Arcade Game following in the style of classic 2D side-scrolling games such as Metroid, Castlevania, and Super Mario. You play as Jason Flemming, a typical everyman who goes on a hiking trip with a girl named Claire. As you stumble after her (a basic ...
Reviewed by MasterVerhoffin on Sept. 18, 2009
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Lots of Addictive game play, with loads of Replayability
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While downloadable games are usually the ‘bite size’ type, this one is as long as any retail game, longer if you decide to dig deeper. I’m talkin Shadow Complex, another title off the Xbox Live Arcade, it’s goes for 1200 points AKA 15 dollers….and I’m just gonna put it on ...
Reviewed by MasterControl on Sept. 1, 2009
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Almost perfect . . .
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Let me start out by saying that Shadow Complex, as I'm sure you and everyone else with an X-Box 360/internet connection/brain/orsomethinglikethat have heard, is a great game. There's no denying that. When I watched the preview footage it looked like a great game. When I beat the game, I still ...
Reviewed by Philodeliakarta on Aug. 30, 2009
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Shinging a light on Shadow Complex
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I followed the development of this Shadow Complex with huge anticipation. as someone whos first console was the Dreamcast, i never got the chance to experience the much adored Metroid series. That might be the reason why i found Shadow Complex fresh and exciting, at least at first. Shadow ...
Reviewed by MrWiggles on Nov. 5, 2009
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| Game Name | Shadow Complex |
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| Original US Release |
Aug. 19, 2009
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PEGI: 16+
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