Shadow Complex Review

[KQH8]

This game sucks. IGN has a biased opinion on this one.

[samuraistalin]

@KQH8 Uh, look who reviewed it. Erik Brudvig.

[Linkophere]

im gunna wait for christmas cuz if it goes for 600 thenits a STEAL missed my chance earlier but they should mark it down

[killerbumble]

My name is Inigo Montoya, you played the ad while playing the video.

Prepare to die.

[14bebop14]

LOL IGN, spreading the idea games need good graphics to compete in the video game market.

[IROCK3556]

This would be a great game for PS Vita

[XxSinjaixX]

This game is amazing. Get it. I've beaten it like three times and it's still amazing.

[dandanwii]

Hmph... Will never even come close to super metroid epicness... but it looks great.

[djmaster100]

Many developers games are inspired BY NINTENDO AWESOMENESS

[oldskoolrocker1000]

@djmaster100 I dont care what happens. Nintendo will always be the best there is for me. (Besides Hideo Kojima)

[Aldron94]

It's 600 microsoft points for a limited time on the dashboard now :)

[SilentEcho8]

@Aldron94 lol, Yeah I had 1000 points and I bought this for 600 and Perfect Dark for 400. What a deal!

[azsx12az]

Bring on the sequel

[ShyBoy6D9]

$15 expensive for an XBLA title? Yeah, I definitely got into the XBLA scene pretty late. :3

[DamuEmran]

Chair was the developer of the game some of the people did work on advent rising. I hope they make a sequel to both shadow complex and advent rising.

[RideTheLighting93]

1:37 Jesus?

[rnoka]

@RideTheLighting93 leet?

[1Adr1an6]

Must've been a big ass download on the XBL Arcade.

[awsomepants1000]

GET THAT KID SOME SNACKS!

[GlasspipeDreameR]

i have this game and is good...

[kingteb]

do you guys like this more than marvel vs capcom 2?

[GlasspipeDreameR]

like this game shawdow more

i got marvel cap 3

[kyobrovert]

I want this so much but I have no money...

[RetroChris15]

Best downloadable game ever!

[kevindegraaf2]

@residentevilfan1ful then tell me why you watched the review of a game made by epic games. it's funny how a lot of people dig their own graves.

[kill4kill2kil]

1:37 LOL

[Ultrox007]

@kill4kill2kil OH GOD THE HELICOPTER FROM HALF-LIFE! **turns into jesus and runs on water** RUNNING! RUNNING! RUNNING! RUNNING! RUNNING! RUNNING! RUNNING! RUNNING!!!

[kill4kill2kil]

@Ultrox007 lol

[threadysparrow]

@Ultrox007 lol

[maikai196]

I love this game and since this game got over 25 game of the year awards imagine how amazing Gears of War 3 will be.

[fernandofogacabr]

Why Agent Coulson is narrating IGN's reviews?

[TEHSMISH]

have epic games ever made a bad game

[thehalofan002]

This game or Limbo? What do you guys say?

[zsirossexy98]

@thehalofan002 Both.

[678Dylan678]

Finally an ign review I agree with.

[kristarnold85]

Wish this is available in the PSP

[aq4930]

what metroid other m and castlevania lord of shadows should have been.

[MrWyetilord]

@aq4930 Lord of Shadows was great! It was no classic Castlevania, but i thought they did a good job with that game.

[welshwilderbeast]

I hope this'll come to ps3 :( it's just another reason for me to buy a 360 as well

[MultiBlackout2010]

I'm downloading it now cant wait

[DoogenBurns]

Bring it to STEAM!!!!

[SuperBored5]

this is alot like super metroid, which is good

[Slushi9999]

this reminded me of alan wake for some reason...

[13thBaktun]

this needs to be on pc

[ryker666]

What is Nathan Drake doing here? O_o

[Se7enBeatleofDoom]

@ryker666 Shadow Complex is about a retired Nathan Drake returning to adventuring. lol

[aznphil88]

@ryker666

nathan drake's the voice actor, nolan north 

IS IN EVERY GAME!( well maybe not Nintendo games)

[Brandon5l9]

Castlevania needs a new game like this. 2.5D, Exploration based.

[Brandon5l9]

Castlevania needs a game like this

[THATS1CK]

i tried this game out. first 3 minutes was horrible, i just deleted it.

[killerphil17]

@THATS1CK thts cuz you dont do anything the first 3 minutes of the game finish the demo before you judge or noone will care about your opinion

[Goremaster]

haha who could be more shadowy than the U.S. Gov

[zebser1]

I just found out that this game was inspired by Orson Scott Card's book, Empire

[Sye909]

@zebser1 Not just inspired. Its a prequel to the novel (i'm told), taking place in the same universe. It was written by Orson Scott Card as well.

[BattlePigeon]

@Sye909 Meh. After reading the novel AND playing the game, I must say it's loosely inspired at best

[JplaguefromSHUFAILO]

my opinion is if you can freeze a dude and blow him up then its a game worth checking out

[qwertyuiopasdfgh67]

metroid plus metal gear solid

[thetito626]

this game or limbo?

[CheeseFromOuterSpace]

@thetito626 limbo

[EdibleWorm]

@thetito626 shadow complex is quite easy while limbo is difficult (kind of), i'd pick shadow complex reminds me alot of metroid and bionic commando

[manutd689908]

@thetito626 Tough one. But personally preferred Limbo...

[BlazeIgnis]

@thetito626

both :D

[noog0909]

@thetito626 That's hard! Get them both! :)

But, if you like puzzle/shooters like Super Metroid, then get Shadow Complex. If you like trial and error platformers, get Limbo. I love both. :)

[mehlaz0r]

A bit more detail on the textures makes it able to compete with full retail games? It already does that on its own. SHADOW COMPLEX FTW

[d1jal]

HOLY CRAP ITS NOLAN NORTH......the guy who was Nathan Drake in Uncharted! It looks and sound just like him (Nathan Drake, hmmmmmm Epic Games and your originality lol) I'm getting this game now just cause of Nathan Drake look alike

[jerrywalmer]

I want a add on for it :(

[eusousuperior]

I love metroid-like games.

[skullhax]

@iTzzEuphoriaaaaaa Why would you want that?! Do you like paying more for your games?

[Ville9292]

This game is the only reason I´d ever buy an XBOX 360.

[ipopubad]

I have $15 to spend on an arcade game. Should I get this?

[cyphi1]

@ipopubad yes

[Nameless164]

@ipopubad A million times yes.

[Jay4P]

@ipopubad no

[hmt227]

@ipopubad the best arcade game out there ... its as deep as a full $60 game

[GlasspipeDreameR]

@ipopubad get it

[MrMeatbunz]

im not sure of the complete story but i dun think that your saving the country.

I heard that the people at the facility were only planning to destroy sanc fran sisco(sry if i spelt state wrong i am aussie i dun know anything bout us states and am too lazy to look it up.)

[cyphi1]

@MrMeatbunz it's San Francisco

[iTzzEuphoriaaaaaa]

This game should be full priced !!!!!

[DarthBelch0]

Wow, I had no idea this game had such a good review. I would have downloaded it a while back. I will now, though

[ethanmario8]

Definately gonna download this one.

[Muthafuka2k]

I am with you!!!!

[tristan1584]

Every game eopic games makes is always amazing gears of war is awesome, shadow complex is awesome, and bulletstorm looks awsome

[ShAdOw116789]

Epic Games rocks! Who's with me?!

[RIGENSTEIN]

@ShAdOw116789 here brohter

[RaKachar43]

@ShAdOw116789 actually made by Chair Entertainment as well...

[themasteriswatching]

@ShAdOw116789 Yeh, I wasn't too enthused around the Jazz Jackrabit/Unreal 1 days, but since then they've really come into their own, commercially and artistically

[DJLyniv]

@ShAdOw116789 This is not made by Epic Games .. Its made by a german company

[MrWyetilord]

@DJLyniv Chair is company owned by Epic Games.

[TheMrSpartanking]

@ShAdOw116789 Marcus Fenix and I agree.

[TheMrSpartanking]

@ShAdOw116789 Delta Squad FTW!

[EagleHQ]

@ShAdOw116789 The company that made gear's hell yeah

[jackblackSE]

Trine goes Splinter cell! :D

[Ultrox007]

@jackblackSE Metroid goes Metal Gear!

[Razukin]

Damnit, is this game only for the xbox?

[NWNisFUN]

Sorry but this game isn't all that , try playing it on insane difficulty and watch the crappy targeting and aim just repeadedtly get you killed let alone the bugs . It definately doesn't deserve the score it got but it is a decent game . It could be origional but it lacks that and getting infinite ammo eventually makes the game boring along with the awful gold weapons you can have no matter what .

[imbadatnames390]

Great game

[mavishill]

i love this game!! hope there's shadow complex 2 lol

[mangagod]

this would be good on the new 3ds

[1XracecarX1]

so is this game good?!?

[EDDIEinWAR]

this game is like metroid+metal gear+advent rising had a sexy threesome offspring :3 <3

[EDDIEinWAR]

i love this game from begging to end,after i finished it i played it 4 more times....this game is crack! i fucking love it!

SHADOW COMPLEX 2!

same style but bigger and retail plz chair!

[ThatIncredibleJordan]

looks A LOT like super metroid.And If its even 1/8th as good as super metroid then its worth buying, as soon I get some cash...

[RandallDavidson]

Erik Brudvig does the best reviews

[BamChronicles860]

@RandallDavidson i think so too

[100PercentJoseph]

Somehow my whole file got deleted...

NOOOO!

I was really far too.

[imbadatnames390]

great game,reminds me of contra which is always a good thing

[burnleyboy666]

PLEASE HELP.... please reply if u havethe game....... is it a twin stick???

eg: do u move with the left stick and shoot with the right...

i made a game with zombies style

[willieg54]

yes its like that. Its hard at first but it gets awesome fast.

[rricardobro]

this game is totally worth it espeically with the deal of the week on xbox live making a game like this only 5$

5$ for an incredible game is an amazing deal

buy this game noe before the deal is over

[propose86]

im on my 6th playthrough now

[CPUT99]

Can someone please tell me how long this game takes to complete, and also about how long with exploring quite a bit and getting extras, etc?

[tokinblckgie]

@CPUT99

Probably somewhere between 10-15 hours on your 1st playthrough. It's been a while since I've played my 360 so I don't really remember exactly, but it's a fairly long game.

[tokinblckgie]

On second though it's probably more like 8-10 hours long.

[BOYERxBREAKD0WN]

@tokinblckgie Really?, I played through it in 4 hours.

[tokinblckgie]

@BOYERxBREAKD0WN

1st try? Damn. And I thought I was good at these types of games. It took me at least 8 on my 1st playthrough.

[BOYERxBREAKD0WN]

@tokinblckgie I love playing side-scrollers. I've played them since I was a little kid. Then again I didn't bother with most of the items, as I finished with only like 32% or something.

[willieg54]

10 hours if you go straight through but if you want to find everything, much longer.

[INoelNoelNoel]

@willieg54 10 hours my butt, maybe if u get lost for 9 hours. put it like this. if this game had 10 hours of pure gameplay. then metroid prime 1 must have a million. fck it, super metroid must have a million.

[willieg54]

ummm since its getting clearer and clear that you havent played any of those game, or even beating this game. Lol you say the 3 spiders bosses that are the same but then tell me the differences in how to beat them. And also funny that thats the only boss you complained about when you fight one boss twice (if you go for the other components). Also love how you said you beat the game and got a gold gun when the only way to get the gun is to find all the gold bars .

[willieg54]

and funny how you said you beat it the first time in 2 hours when the fastest times on the leaderboards are nowhere near that besides one thats in done in 30 minutes (and that was done on the 5th playthrough with the golden guns unlocked). smh, please dont try to lie to someone who actully has the game and plays it constantly, you'll look like a damn fool.

[INoelNoelNoel]

@willieg54 ohh and for the record, im not saying this is a bad game, its just that i think its extremly overrated, and definatly not what i expected. (for the people that have played super metroid and metroid prime series, you should know what i mean. i can guarantee you, this game will be nutting compare to the upcoming Metroid other M. ohh and for a person like me, that likes to get more bang for there buck, it definatly feels like a waste of cash =P

[rkslayer589]

@INoelNoelNoel Hey, I've played and beaten Super Metroid/Metroid Prime (1/2/3) several times and I loved Shadow Complex. Its not overrated, you're just a butthurt fanboy who dislikes comparing this game to Metroid. Oh, if you think the bosses are easy please have a try beating the game on insane.

[INoelNoelNoel]

@rkslayer589 i reallly highly doubt that you beat metroid prime 1 2 and 3. im not a metroid fanboy, cuz iv only beatn super metroid and metroid prime 1. i dont even have a wii yet, and i bought myself an xbox (becuz of the hype). guess what els i got because of the hype. yeah, shadow complex which didnt seem like it was going so bad...till the game ended. i thought i was at the begining

[rkslayer589]

@INoelNoelNoel I'm not going to waste my time proving to you that I've beaten every Metroid game, lol. I could, but then I'd spoil the entire game series for you. Btw, go get Prime 2, its a GC title and its better (IMO) then the first. Now I know you didn't beat Shadow Complex since the ending is radically different than the beginning. You're either A: Retarded, or B: A liar. I'll go with the latter.

[INoelNoelNoel]

@rkslayer589 well rkslayer my friend,insulting me doesnt make me wrong, and it definatly doesnt make you right. first off, im not a liar cuz well, i have nutting to gain if i do lie . im just expressing my opinion on this game, and thats sumthing u cant change. my gamer tag is BeerHead8 thats proof enough that i have played this game till the end. if the ending is different from the beginning doesnt matter,my point was i was suprised that the ending came so soon.

[rkslayer589]

@INoelNoelNoel Buddy its an arcade game, quick bang for a couple bucks. Of course its short.

[INoelNoelNoel]

@willieg54 its still the same boss reguardless on how you have to kill them, and no thats not the only boss i had a problem with. theres about two bosses that wear a suit similar to the main character's, i can literally and i mean litterly beat them both blindfolded.(iv actualy tried it) all you have to do is shoot missles at it and he'l be dead in less then 10 secs. am i wrong? is he not an extremly easy boss?

[INoelNoelNoel]

@willieg54 ohh and the only boss i even had a slight problem with, was that boss with the long legs. i beat him on my second try. only boss id call a REAL boss. as for the rest, id call em mini-bosses or maybe just regular enemies for some. btw my gamertag is beerhead8, go check if i havent played and beat this game

[ukguy]

love this game,  hope they make a sequel

[ShoeMage]

Yay! This should get Chair Entertainment some money.

My wish for Advent Rising 2 isn't destroyed just yet!!

[tokinblckgie]

@ShoeMage

Advent Rising 2 would be awsome. I heard a rumor that some of the lead developers would like to reboot the series if they had the time/money and all that. I haven't seen any actual stories or comments about it so it's likely not too accurate, but it would be crazy if it were true. They could do so much with an Advent Rising reboot on the 360 nowadays.

[RagDollSam]

this was pretty it's a good time waster if your bored and you can play this within 2hrs so it's a fast game even if you went for all the items, if you know where to go then you can find them all within the 2hrs of playing it.

[willieg54]

lol your bullshittin. 2 hours? lol year right.

[RagDollSam]

@willieg54 well the thing is my first run threw I skipped almost every item you can pick up and was able to go threw it really quick

[grzana2429]

Can anyone please help me ? i want to get this game, but cant find it anywhere ! :(

[RagDollSam]

@grzana2429 Are you serious with this question? I mean really he tells you where to get it right off the bat

[CyberYeoo]

@grzana2429 The arcade section on xbox live.. seriously.. :/

[gww1]

The textures would have been better if there wasn't a 50mb size limit on xbox live.

The entire game is 49 mb :s

[WigglyMalmsteam]

@gww1 XBLA games don't have such a size limit. You're thinking of WiiWare games. I think Shadow Complex is around 1GB.

[INoelNoelNoel]

omg sorry to say this, but in my opinion this was a REAL waste of my cash, this game only lasted like an hour. dont get my wrong the gameplay was good,but the bosses repeated themself.. i fought the damn spider like 100 fkcn times, and there all soo easy!! and theres like a total of 5 diffrent bosses,and most of them dont even feel like there any big deal.i beat this game in like 2 hours.i actualy thought that this might have a chance against upcoming Metroid otherM. i want my money back!

[willieg54]

lol you clearly never played the game or you just got lost and gave up cause you dont fight the damn same boss 100 times or even twice. Hope you felt better about lying on the internet.smh

[INoelNoelNoel]

@willieg54 wth are you talkin about, the spider boss u vs atleast 3 times. there was that first time where u have to throw granades under him (in the demo) then there was the time u had to brake pipes to flood the place so the spider can get water damaged. and the other time where like the spider is like acrosss the room and u have to fire rockets at it. i beat the game and i got most the achieve ments and i have his stupid lil gun in gold.

[BamChronicles860]

@INoelNoelNoel for real i dont beleave u its not that short

[ukstubbs]

i dont use google why must i see their adds

[RagDollSam]

@ukstubbs Just refresh the page and they go away

[Candy5203]

Giving away a couple free 48hr xbox live codes since I don't need them. 1st come 1st served. pm me here on youtube

[Surisis1983]

I liked it better when it was called Metroid :(

[NativePsyko]

How long is the campaign for your first time through? Can anyone tell me plz

[BIGWILL493]

ima give this game a try, but i passed it up cuz ion like games being compared to metroid

[SENATORPAIN1]

why not? this game basicly is metroid.... speed boots high jump, grapling hook,rockets plus much much more. i think its a great game because its more like metroid then castlevania or anything like that o any game like metroid is worth playing to me and if u know of any others do tell.

[BIGWILL493]

@SENATORPAIN1 i played shadow complex, i enjoyed it but i jus dont like games dat try to emulate metroid

[artriedes841]

nice game:)

[xRiseAgainsT27]

I bought this game thinking it was going to be as good as the review...and..well..... Its not. I dont even have my 360 any more so yeah...but im sure im not going to miss this game.

[noog0909]

Definatly one of the best games I've ever played

[seadog1988]

battlefiled 1943 should have beat this game for the downloadable game of the year 2009

[iTzeXile13]

@seadog1988

uhh.... no

[seadog1988]

uhh yes it should have beaten it bf 1943 looks way better than this game

[soulripper31]

@seadog1988

Lol, graphics alone don't make a better game you idiot.

[Wii60info]

yes, perfect another generic fps for the best game of the year thats what we need

[willieg54]

umm its not a FIRST PERSON SHOOTER. lol

[mikepalomino]

F*ck me, this game looks cool. I wish they'd release it for PC.

[lolzalot44]

@mikepalomino seriously. I have an xbox myself, but a game like this deserves to be on all platforms

[giodude101]

@lolzalot44 i think every game deserves to be on all platforms.

[zestytoaster]

@giodude101 well sure they deserve it, but that doesnt mean it should happen. it defeats the purpose of multiple consoles. and that creates problems

[dtanobo]

i dont have a problem with another shadow complex but i gears type version of shadow complex... well gears isnt the brightest most inventive game in the bunch

[kitsune10000]

I found the game a bit easy, completed 100 % in under 6 hours of gameplay.....

[joshsgameroom]

wait i dont get it is this for the ps3 to or just xbox360?

[ViolatedPenguin]

just xbox.

[Terminx666]

Only for the Xbox 360

[virtuafighterman]

i hope they make a 3d sequel like gears of war in shadow complex 2

[dtanobo]

heeelllllllll NOOOO. all we need is another GoW type game...

[virtuafighterman]

wats wrong with another gears of war or a similar shadow complex?

[CollectionOfDeath]

buy this game and support the homophopic troops!

HAHAHAH!

[waddledoo812]

Wow, can't even spell homophobic =/. Pity.

[CollectionOfDeath]

you like it up the butt?

[waddledoo812]

Do I have to in order to spot stupidity? Are you implying that all literate, educated people are gay?