Shadow Man Remastered

Tl;dr: Game is worth it, remaster is awesome with new content cut from the original game. DON'T PLAY THE HORROR. I don't remember exactly why I bought this game. But I'm glad I did. A 3D Third Person Metroidvania is a cool concept and I really enjoy it here as well as the story setting. Idk if I should read the comics. I think the gameplay is good and fun though there are a few complaints. First of all no map for levels. Which like, isn't a huge problem but it makes getting around tedious and I struggled to remember the layout of some levels since they tend to look the same. 2nd, getting around is tedious, especially if you go in blind. Enemies respawn after a warp and it can feel like a chore killing them to get around especially since Shadow Man feels slow at points. This is especially bad on The Horror where you'll die and have to trudge your ass back to where you were. SPEAKING OF the horror. What a tedious and unfun difficulty mode. Genuinely think it brings the game down with how unfair it can be. Enemies make mince meat out of you and there's tons more of them. Health is super limited since you start at 5 hp out of 10 and Enemies don't drop more. Which is compounded by the fact health drops despawn unlike MP drops. So you open up the barrels looking for collectibles to raise your health and run out of health use in encounters. Sometimes Enemies can be literally seen poking through the doors. Sometimes they can open it, sometimes not. It's inconsistent. And you end up walking in and dying in a second because they're gonna gang you. If you have the calabash (mine grenade) put it by the closed door. It helps a lot. Despite the horror being a massive chore and frustrating experience. I think this game is great and the remaster itself is awesome. The game looks good and the team went out of their way to add new content as well as scrapped content from the original. That's awesome and I wish more remasters and remakes did that. I would say the game is great. Just... don't play the horror. Do not embrace it.

What an amazing game. I had this as a kid but never beat it. Such a well done remaster.

I genuinely don't understand why I haven't heard a peep about this game before. It's been ages since I've enjoyed a game this much! It's SO over the top edgy SO genuinely, that sometimes I can't help but cry with laughter! It's exactly why I absolutely adore old games like this. We've changed so much creatively with the media we consume and favour, that games like these become almost comical when they're trying to be as serious as they can be. And like, in the same vein it also gives you a new appreciation for the edgy style they're going for as a lost art. Outside of my deep appreciation for the lost art of gorey edge, it's also genuinely impressive how this game got remastered. It runs super smoothly, looks crisp and yet still has that clear retro feel to it.