Posted on: June 19, 2017
Hanglyman
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Fun But Shallow and Derivative
Shadowgrounds isn't a bad game, exactly, but it's certainly mediocre. As Tyler, a mechanic on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, you must fight off an alien invasion with an impressive arsenal of upgradable weapons. And that's about all there is to it. The controls are a little awkward, but serviceable, though the weird top-down 3D view constantly makes you wish you could see just a little further into the distance. The graphics are dated, early 2000s stuff, and probably a bit cheap even for 2005, but they do the job and there aren't too many issues, aside from a glitch I had that rendered the water incorrectly (I think there was a fix to this, but the game was over before I bothered to find it). The low budget definitely shows when, for instance, vehicles just slide across the ground, their wheels clearly not spinning. The characters are shallow and given very little development or personality, though Tyler himself has a bit of grumbling charm, and the voice acting isn't very good. The sound and music are fine, but nothing special. Overall, the game shows a lack of ambition or creativity, as evidenced by the many obvious tropes taken from other games and movies- Tyler in his orange jumpsuit fighting an alien invasion is reminiscent of Half-Life's Gordon Freeman, the APC you have to reach looks EXACTLY like the one from Aliens, there are enemies that look like Starcraft's hydralisks, the robot enemies look exactly like ED-209 from Robocop... the list goes on. Probably the game's strongest point is the variety of enemy and weapon types. With 10 weapons, all very different and with three upgrades each, as well as enemies that rush you, turn invisible, shoot at you, poison you, are invulnerable from the front, etc., there's a lot of room for inventiveness and strategy. It's fun to play, no question, it just leaves you wishing all the enjoyable combat mechanics were accompanied by interesting characters and a good plot.
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