Posted on: May 13, 2025

Megabyte

Games: 558 Reviews: 112

A FANTASTIC example of a great sequel

When people look for a sequel they generally want something bigger, grander, and better then the original, but still keeping the feel that game had. That is exactly what Beyond Shadogate achieves, tweaking the mechanics of the turn based game just enough to be fresh, improving the look just enough to look much nicer while still feeling like it would belong in the NES library along side it's older brother... in fact this "the same but better" could be said about just about every aspect of this game. The only thing I have to knock it at all for is this time felt a lot more linear then the original game did, but I expect that is more the price of the scope the game has of an adventure across the lands instead of residing within a single castle and the need to keep the player somewhat on target while doing so. Overall this was just a fantastic title.

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Posted on: June 25, 2025

Lex_Mandrake64

Games: 24 Reviews: 1

casual puzzler

Recently discovered the original NES version and was delighted to find a modern sequel had come out with all the charm but none of the clunkiness of its predecessor. While I'm not very far in, and I've found some of the puzzles to be a bit easy, most are just right. They're the kind of encounters that make you scratch your head just long enough to feel clever when you figure out the answer.

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Posted on: September 1, 2025

TriggerEXE

Verified owner

Games: 164 Reviews: 4

A Worthy Sequel

If you played and loved the original Shadowgate, you will greatly enjoy this game. There are callbacks to Uninvited and Deja Vu in this game that can feel a bit distracting, but the lore and puzzles, as well as revisiting the actual castle, make the game great and worthy of your time.

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Posted on: September 25, 2024

joeross48

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Games: 73 Reviews: 8

The Price of Nostalgia

The creators of Beyond Shadowgate (BSG) have done a wonderful job re-creating the essence of the old P&C adventure games. Unfortunately, the essence wasn’t all that good. So BSG is littered with mind-numbing fetch quests and unrealistic relationships (e.g., Since when does moving a chess piece or candle holder open an option on the other side of the room? They didn’t have RF communication in days of yore.). And be sure to pay attention to every detail in every room, document and discussion. For if you miss a crucial detail, you will be walking around for a long time, re-reading every document, revisiting every conversation, and clicking on every blade of grass or drawer. That’s another common problem with old adventure game design - - pinch points. I have played PC games for nearly 40 years, and I truly enjoyed the early adventure games. But those games were all we had. Today we have a cornucopia of choices with much better music, artwork, puzzles and overall design. I have played adventure games that I didn’t want to end. But I have also played games where I grinded joylessly to “get my money’s worth”. BSG fit the latter description.

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Posted on: February 22, 2025

nPHYN1T3

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 5

Not what I'd hoped for...

Man I wrote a full review but GOG word limit will not let me post it. Even trying to drastically cut things down is still too much. GOG stop being a crap platform... I'll preface this with the fact I don't like point and click adventures...but I loved ShadowGate. I also backed this game (and the ShadowGate remake) on KickStarter. Since I can't say anything in detail I'll just say the original drew me in because it was dark, mysterious and scary...this is more like a slapstick comedy. I came for the terror wraiths but only got a silly imp... No regrets in helping ZoJoi get this done though so if your into silly point and clicks show them some love and grab a copy...in the mean time GOG increase the word limit for reviews...this sucks!

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