Shadows of the Damned is absolutely bananas! While it's a fairly linear shooter, the game uses light and darkness effectively for some very unique puzzles and boss battles. The meat of the action involves traversing from Point A to Point B, running towards Fleming's castle in order to rescue your loved one.

That underlying story and the atmosphere around it is the secret sauce that makes Shadows of the Damned so unique. Goichi Suda (who goes by Suda51) brings his unique blend of insanity and love of punk to the table. Your character, Garcia Hotspur, is a foul-mouthed demon hunter who carries around a skull named Johnson. Johnson is your partner/melee/weapon. He can actually turn into all of your different guns; the Teether (your machine gun), the Boner (your pistol, and there's a lot of jokes like that), and the Monocussioner (your shotgun). The guns run through typical upgrade paths, with red gems going towards improving your weapons.

I'll write more when I finish the game, which might be soon. It seems like the game runs at around 8 hours, with the rate that I'm passing through the game (though to be fair, I'm playing on the easiest difficulty, so playing on a harder setting may lengthen your experience with the game).

(originally published on gildedgamepad.wordpress.com)

Shadows of the Damned is absolutely bananas! While it's a fairly linear shooter, the game uses light and darkness effectively for some very unique puzzles and boss battles. The meat of the action involves traversing from Point A to Point B, running towards Fleming's castle in order to rescue your loved one.

That underlying story and the atmosphere around it is the secret sauce that makes Shadows of the Damned so unique. Goichi Suda (who goes by Suda51) brings his unique blend of insanity and love of punk to the table. Your character, Garcia Hotspur, is a foul-mouthed demon hunter who carries around a skull named Johnson. Johnson is your partner/melee/weapon. He can actually turn into all of your different guns; the Teether (your machine gun), the Boner (your pistol, and there's a lot of jokes like that), and the Monocussioner (your shotgun). The guns run through typical upgrade paths, with red gems going towards improving your weapons.

I'll write more when I finish the game, which might be soon. It seems like the game runs at around 8 hours, with the rate that I'm passing through the game (though to be fair, I'm playing on the easiest difficulty, so playing on a harder setting may lengthen your experience with the game).

(originally published on gildedgamepad.wordpress.com)

Thanks for the write up. I actually only stumbled onto this game today and I was hooked by the videos I watched. Looks like a pretty good story and I've just ordered it.