If it wasn't already a given, Shadow Man is my favorite game of all time. I've owned and played the original on all platforms, including the not so great PlayStation 1 port. It is great to see the game finally remastered in the Kex Engine, giving it smoother controls, updated textures, dynamic lighting and much better physics, among other things. I can tell that Nightdive Studios put a lot of love and care into this game, as they do all of their games. Shadow Man is a beautifully designed open world experience with plenty of immersive story depth, solid voice acting, a great soundtrack, and hours upon hours of gameplay. In the game, you play as Michael LeRoi who becomes endowed with The Masks Of Shadows by a Voodoo priestess called Mama Nettie. This transforms him into Shadow Man, a Voodoo warrior who protects the world of the living (known as Liveside) from threats coming from the hellish world of the dead (known as Deadside). Through a prophetic dream, Mama Nettie reveals to Shadow Man that Legion is ushering in an apocalypse, using Dark Souls (the immortal souls of damned warriors). Legion sends in an army of 5 serial killers to Deadside to construct a cathedral to pain, an asylum that is powered by these Dark Souls, and Shadow Man is tasked with having to stop them. Armed with the power of the Dark Souls and the most powerful Voodoo weapons ever created, Shadow Man must find a way to stop Legion and his army. I've played this game using both an Xbox 360 controller and a keyboard and mouse, and both work great! It's great to see this game being remastered and released for new generations of gamers to experience. I highly recommend this game to anybody that loves the horror genre of video games.
Shadow Man, if you haven't already guesssed, is my favorite game of all time. It has been over 20 years since I first played it, and still haven't found a game that is better. What can I say, Shadow Man has it all, immersive story with plenty of depth, solid voice acting (particulary that of Shadow Man), loveable characters, an eerie atmosphere, creepy sound effects, a great soundtrack, and hours upon hours of addictive gameplay. In this game, you play as Michael LeRoi who becomes endowed with The Mask Of Shadows by a Voodoo priestess named Mama Nettie. This transforms him into Shadow Man, a Voodoo warrior who protects the world of the living (known as Liveside) from the threats coming from the hell-like world of the dead (known as Deadside). Through a prophetic dream, Nettie reveals to Shadow Man that Legion is ushering in an apocalypse, using Dark Souls (the immortal souls of damned warriors). Legion sends in an army of 5 serial killers to Deadside to construct a cathedral to pain, an asylum that is powered by the dark souls of the immortals, and it's up to Shadow Man to stop them. Armed with the power of the Dark Souls and the most power Voodoo weapons ever created, Shadow Man must find a way to stop Legion's army.
