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August 23

Coming Down With a Complex

You know, I've never really given in to "what's hot" because I like to sit back and research things and decide whether or not I would like something instead of assuming that it's going to be great. I gave in this time to grab something because I had a mass comment at my 360voice.com blog. . . "Drop everything you are doing and GET THIS GAME!"

Okay, so it wasn't immediate. I still went over to the game marketplace and checked out the screen shots and the 1200 mp pricetag. Hmmm. Okay, so it looks neat. A side scroller, have't seem many of those lately. What the heck. I have the points and I see the person on my friends list so I think I'll rib him a little for his comment and I send "this had better be good, I dropped everything to get it!" I get six exclamation points in response.

Oh, you want to know the name of the game? I referenced it in the title so I was just thinking everyone would know what I was talking about! Silly me. I started playing Shadow Complex. It kept me interested. I took fewer breaks than I usually did and it all started with the big friendly "EPIC Games" screen. Okay, the same guys that are responsible for Gears. I played for three days straight (okay... not straight... apart from work, sleep and food with a few breaks sprinkled around.. and a game or two just to keep me from burning through the Shadow Complex, I played it). There was a couple places I had trouble because being the old man I am I keep messing up the more finess parts of the game like jumping from place to place without actually ... you know... falling to my death.

I got to the final part... sure I didn't come close to the finding of 100% of the items, but that's the thing with a first playthrough... it's the learning the system. From all the arcade games I've downloaded and played, it seems to be the way an arcade game should be made. It was darn near close to being a retail game in my mind. Even going into the game with high expectations, my expectations should have been higher.

In other words. Shadow Complex is a great game and if you haven't played it, even if you don't like this type of game... you should at least try it out. That's how good it is.

5:04 PM | Blog it | Games

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Patrickwrote:

Just completed the game tonight. 7 hours on gaming goodness. I would play through again if Batman wasn;'t waiting in the wings.

Aug. 28

John Bormannwrote:

Shadow Complex is amazing isn't it. It's like they took everything that was cool about Metroid and Castlevania, fused them with a Metal Gear Solid type setup, and made the best one yet. I adore it. And I must admit, I was competing against you Cluskevird. You're the only person on my friends list who's played it, and it kept coming up with how many headshots I've gotten versus you, and the same with hand-to-hand takedowns. I really enjoyed that feature, it was like unintrusively getting leaderboards during play, and it added to the fun. I liked Undertow, but Chair really outdid themselves on this one. It bothers me that there's this big controversy over people boycotting the game because it plays out in parallel to an Orson Scott Card novel, who is openly anti-gay marriage amonst other things. Do I like scientology? No. Does that stop me from seeing a Tom Cruise film, or a John Travolta film - no (though it is probably a poor example). Ahhh. Don't get me started. I just feel sorry for the guys at Chair.

Aug. 23

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