Shadow Man (Shadowman) is a licensed Trademark of Valiant Entertainment and is used with their express permission. Shadow Man Remastered and the KEX Engine are the properties of Night Dive Studios, Inc.
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Posted on: September 21, 2021
BoomerNoob
Verified ownerGames: 687 Reviews: 18
Really good
A great adventure title that rewards exploration very much. Fantastic remaster.
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Posted on: January 19, 2023
scotttl04
Verified ownerGames: 1531 Reviews: 28
Fun
A really fun game. As others mentioned, it can hitch at times, but it never caused me to die or anything like that. A bit too long at almost 23 hours.
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Posted on: June 25, 2021
KingShotgunHobo
Verified ownerGames: 437 Reviews: 47
Only for tomb raider and dark souls fans
Lovely atmosphere, mundane but entertaining enough combat, decent story even if kitsch at points and an interesting protagonist. So what made me hate it in the end? The no map, walkthrough aspect. I´m not someone who plays games in one sitting. I also dont like handholding, this game hates handholding and that´s good, but it also fails giving players somewhat the tools to selfdirect. You have several hub worlds, kind of like dark souls, you have to find a certain level of souls to enter certain worlds to progress through portals, how you progress is more open than it first seems, good BUT level design can be very confusing SOMETIMES. Which, together with several portals strewn around several hub worlds, creates A SHIT TON OF BACKTRACKING. Once you forgot where this one portal is, and you dont have a map in the beginning or at all, haven´t played far enough, and you can´t even mark it yourself on a map like in deus ex, you get lost and maybe just instead of backtracking want to look up a walkthrough.The real answer to this is to go full old school and write down all the portals in each hub world on a notepad with pencil and paper. Also, the game can say fuck you sometimes. Some bossfights are garbage. Platforming in this game is MEH. feels like improved early tomb raider bad and in the temple bossfight, you literally have to jump from platform to platform with one shot kill lava all around you . Actually harder than dark souls for me and not entertaining or fun at all. There´s actually more bad than good. I mean the remaster job is godlike, but the actual game didn´t age well. What aged well is atmosphere. And atmosphere alone. The game failed to give me reasons to explore, just mundane collectible shit for powerups and level ups. I wish I would have researched more before buying it. Not my cup of tea. Old school tomb raider and dark souls fans will love it though I´m sure. So be warned, unfair platforming, mediocre combat, and confusing levels. Notepad + Pencil!
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Posted on: April 10, 2024
Amy-Mor
Verified ownerGames: 143 Reviews: 18
One step away from perfection
Shadowman was in 1999 as today a very fascinating action adventure video game and this remaster gives new life to the title so that it can be experienced in the best way with modern hardware. Having said all this, however, we must accept a video game that is as enormous as it is dispersive, with a ferocious and poorly thought-out backtracking, all without the slightest bit of map to rely on, leaving the gamer's memory with the task of having to remember the points to return to. Bottom line: you spend more time wandering around trying to find new passages than actually playing video games. Too bad, because through the inclusion of a mini map, it would have become a top score title even in modern times.
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Posted on: June 4, 2024
I1ariusz
Verified ownerGames: 155 Reviews: 7
Proper Shadow Man version
Loved this game when I was a kid. Now I love it even more. It never got the attention of Soul Reaver series but - in my opinion - was even better. In terms of story and atmosphere there's really nothing quite like it - voodoo, Armageddon, serial killers and victorian London mixed together. Horror title with thriller and adventure vibes. On top of that Zelda inspired design and gameplay with TPP shooter. It was really suprising it wasn't that much of a success. Also - let's not forgett - soundtrack which is extremally good. I would love to see Remake of this game with modern day technology. True gem.
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