Shadowgrounds
Game » consists of 3 releases. Released May 05, 2006
Shadowgrounds is a top-down shooter set in space where you must defend a colony from an invasion of hideous creatures in primarily dark environments.
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5 (0) 4 (1) 3 (0) 2 (2) 1 (0) 2.0 starsAverage score of 4 user reviews
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That Old Lovin' Feeling 0
It might at first glance sound odd to talk about reviewing an oldie here, for as far as we know it from the music industry oldies can mostly be found in the 50's, 60's or 70's; and this is an era where the roots of Shadowgrounds obviously don't lie. But, in the fast moving world of computer entertainment, even games having been released only 2 years ago must sometimes be afraid to be put rather quickly into the nursing home of gaming history. Shadowgrounds is one of these games that shouldn't be...
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Shadowgrounds - PC Review 0
Shadowgrounds is a science fiction action/adventure game from independent developer Frozenbyte. The title was first released in Europe November 2005, and later released in North America April 2006 by publisher Meridian4. The protagonist is disgruntled mechanic Wesley Tyler, who lives on the desolate moon of Ganymede in orbit around Jupiter. Wesley used to work the security detail on the newly established colony until he asked too many questions about a series of mysterious accidents. Soon after ...
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Shadowgrounds Review 0
Shadowgrounds is Frozenbyte’s shoot-em-up that is advertised as Doom combined with Smash TV. The comparison is more or less correct, as the story and gameplay meet this criteria, but when it comes to the execution and how well this game holds up, Shadowgrounds does not necessarily meet the satisfaction these two games have.The story in Shadowgrounds is as simple as it gets. You are a mechanic working on a colony on one of Jupiter’s moons, and the power goes out. You go on to investigate, leading...
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More fun than I expected 0
I got Shadowgrounds with the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle as one of the games I wasn’t really interested in. I recently reached the ending after 14 hours logged through Steam. I found I had more drive to play this game than I expected to, but one specific issue made it more difficult to actually do that: the saving. Despite this game not even being available for consoles, its only save option is autosaving at the end of each level. And the levels aren’t short enough for that to be enough. There are ...
0 out of 0 found this review helpful.
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