Shadows of the Damned...pretty damn awesome! Big time sleeper hit.
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So Shadows of the Damned came out today on PS3 and 360...it is pretty damn awesome!
I've played about 2 hours or so in so far and the game definitely doesn't disappoint. It is not super cutting edge art or anything but it gets the job done and looks pretty great. It is using Unreal for its' engine and is developed by Grasshopper Manufacture. The same people responsible for Killer 7, No More Heroes, and Samurai Champloo Sidetracked...all very stylish games. Shadows of the Damned is full of style too and fun. The combat is pretty robust with melee and shooting and there is an upgrading system for the different parts of combat that you can tailor to your style of play. It has influences from grind house films, culture of death from Mexico (sugar skulls, iconography and symbolism), an amazing soundtrack, lots and lots of gore, pretty macabre and unsettling environments, the bosses are huge and crazy in design and are challenging to figure out, the side kick is a demon who "gave up the demon game" and is now bound to you and morphs into all kinds of things including that he is your weapon for fighting the demons of hell...oh and he speaks with an English accent. Definitely doesn't disappoint and I figured I'd mention the game as it is a sleeper and I figure it will slip past most peoples' radar.
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I've played about 2 hours or so in so far and the game definitely doesn't disappoint. It is not super cutting edge art or anything but it gets the job done and looks pretty great. It is using Unreal for its' engine and is developed by Grasshopper Manufacture. The same people responsible for Killer 7, No More Heroes, and Samurai Champloo Sidetracked...all very stylish games. Shadows of the Damned is full of style too and fun. The combat is pretty robust with melee and shooting and there is an upgrading system for the different parts of combat that you can tailor to your style of play. It has influences from grind house films, culture of death from Mexico (sugar skulls, iconography and symbolism), an amazing soundtrack, lots and lots of gore, pretty macabre and unsettling environments, the bosses are huge and crazy in design and are challenging to figure out, the side kick is a demon who "gave up the demon game" and is now bound to you and morphs into all kinds of things including that he is your weapon for fighting the demons of hell...oh and he speaks with an English accent. Definitely doesn't disappoint and I figured I'd mention the game as it is a sleeper and I figure it will slip past most peoples' radar.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEoJsJGU3jM[/ame]
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Suda has yet to dissapoint,i'm a huge fan of Akira Yamaoka's music, and Shinji Mikami is pretty good too.
So I just bought the game. Can't wait.
P.S. I also crave a decent Devil May Cry like game and this feels like it could be it.
P.S.S "The Underworld has a pub?" Hah!
The truth of the matter is actually that, for a long long time now, Japanese people just like the look of westerners. It's not a marketing thing, even a lot of things like Japanese fashion magazines use American or European models.
YES! Akira Yamaoka's music rocks. I listen to all of the silen hill OST most of the time at work. Is there a OST for this game?
I enjoyed Killer 7. I am not a little more interested in this game hearing it's fun. I might have to pick this up. But not until october or something, i still have to play the new batman and deus ex.
Just seen a review on game trailers. They gave it around 6 and a half or something but discarded what the dude said and judging from what I've seen it can come as high as a 9 for me. Gotta give it a shot
The "designers joke" was very kojima-style funny and
"Just warn me if I have to fuck a horse to open the next door" was priceless.:D
I'm sure it'll pick up.