Posted on: June 11, 2022

LATESTACORONATA

Игр: 741 Отзывов: 230

Good Gameplay, terrible story (cutscene)

Shadowgrounds is one of those games that I played because I had nothing to play otherwise, and it actually surprised me by having decent shooter mechanics and solid gameplay (a little too repetitive, but in this peculiar case, we can give it a pass). Gameplay wise, as top-down alien shooter, the game does it job by providing a decent roster of enemies, weapons and level layouts to support the two things. Although is clearly not a masterpiece, it does grown a little on you for its fast pace shooting and constant movement. However, for anything else.... welp, soundtrack is ok (actually, some part are pleasantly well done, while the setting and story... is one of those cases ''it's so bad is so good'' ( I actually laughed a lot by listening to the VAs speaking and trying to '''play'' the roles assigned to them and failing miserably). Strangely enough, this counts especially in the cutscenes, while the PDA and other kind of info found in the game are not that bad in setting up the atmosphere... if the atmosphere was not ruined by everything else. Still, the game, despite not being revolutionary ( won't certainly change your life not playing it), is actually worth a try: it's simplicity of gameplay is the very ''meat&bones'' that this game offers Just shut down your thinking process and kill the space bug ( Damn, just realized that the story is basically a 90's B movie about aliens).

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Posted on: October 4, 2023

Megabyte

Владелец игры

Игр: 559 Отзывов: 112

The way this game ends...

...it is tempting to rate this game badly overall, but that wouldn't be fair to the game. Outside of a few specific moments around one specific enemy type (one of the last it introduces) the game is a whole lot of fun, running around and gunning down hoards of alien forces interspersed with slower moments when you are exploring the ruins they left behind to find resources, complete whatever objective you have at the moment, and dealing with the remaining forces still prowling around. Its moody, atmospheric, and just a great time. What holds it back is really just a set of cutscenes aging badly, the game running out of steam and new ideas just shy of the grand finale, and occasional just plain bad ideas (like that enemy I keep mentioning but don't want to spoil and the entire ending cutscene). So it's not so much a bad game as clearly a "first game" and one that time has not been kind to. If you like horror themed action games, you can do FAR FAR worse then to pick this one up.

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Posted on: March 21, 2024

StuntmanMikeL

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Игр: 303 Отзывов: 52

Fun little Eurojank shooter

Shadowgrounds is a top-down shooter with a linear story campaign where you fight hordes of alien monsters on some alien planet. Overall, it's a pretty bog-standard sci-fi premise that only serves as an excuse to put you in a situation where the goal of winning a game is to kill everything in your path and perhaps accomplish a few basic objectives along the way. It may not be overly ambitious or deep, and the story, characters, and voice acting mostly serve as a wallpaper for all the action. But it's a decent game and I had a lot of fun playing through the campaign. Another notable thing is that the game didn't give me too much trouble on a technical front, as it was running flawlessly straight out of the box. The default control scheme plays like a fairly standard third-person shooter, with horizontal aiming strictly following your mouse movements, except for the camera being positioned in an overhead view instead of following your character from behind. An alternate control scheme is available, and it turns the game into more of a twin-stick shooter, but that somehow felt a bit clunky for me and I preferred to play it with the default aiming scheme. Perhaps this works better if you want to play on a controller, which is also possible. Visuals were also a highlight for me. Of course, being a game from almost 20 years ago, some aspects may feel dated, however, the effective use of frame effects and dynamic shadows that are cast everywhere from the beam of your ever-present flashlight creates a very moody atmosphere. I often found myself jumping at literal shadows. It's a good example of how a game that makes good use of the technology of the time, can still look aesthetically pleasing decades later. Personally, I prefer sharp and crisp graphics like these over any game that overuses post-processing effects to cover the imperfections of the modeling or textures.

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Posted on: August 30, 2024

Frontalrex

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Игр: 147 Отзывов: 1

Shadowgrounds

A fun game. Great when you don't want to think much and just want to kill some aliens.

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Posted on: February 9, 2025

Ludeman

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Игр: 44 Отзывов: 2

Shadowgrounds

Fun little game for the price and you can coop on one machine if you have a controler It is still fun SP aswell, over all I think it is a nice evolution of shoter games like these. Grab it its fun.

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