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By William Talley Shadow Complex is one of the finest titles to grace the Xbox Live Arcade to date. It can even give many boxed games a run for their money. The excellent narrative and compelling gameplay make Shadow Complex one of the best Xbox 360 games released this year, be it on disc, or through digital dist...

By Victor Åberg Did you enjoy any of the earlier Metroid games? Then you’re going to love Shadow Complex. Personally I’ve only played Metroid Zero Mission, and I did enjoy that game very much. If you’re one of those gamers who do not like running around on a two-dimensional map trying to find every secret and...

One of (if not the) most beloved games of that bygone era is Super Metroid. While I've not played nearly enough of Shadow Complex to hold it up next to what ... and more »

MTV.com  Australia Movement: Metroid games, at least as I remember them, empower the player to perform acrobatic movement fluidly. The hero in Shadow Complex could run well, but he didn't reliably grab ledges or duck when I needed him to. Nothing another fine-tuning of ...

 Florida games with the cute bitches who could never hold that sword..and the shiti attack-round system tzz man i want to play not to chose an strike or something Next up was Shadow Complex, a sci-fi game that's in the vein of the Metroid/Castlevania style ...

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Gamasutra Microsoft may hit their stride this summer with Shadow Complex, a side-scrolling action game heavily inspired by classic 2D games such as Super Metroid and Castlevania that incorporates game design concepts from the current generation of 3D games like ...

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 CA A cross-section map for the game's first level is highly-reminiscent of the large map screens in 2D Metroid and Castlevania games in terms of scope. "It's huge and non-linear," Mustard said. Size-wise, Mustard expects the game to be about a 1GB ...

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 CA by Richard Mitchell { Jun 2nd 2009 at 6:45PM } Let there be absolutely no doubt that Chair Entertainment's Shadow Complex is heavily inspired by 2D exploration games of yore, namely Metroid and Castlevania. The Xbox Live representative that guided our ...

Telegraph.co.uk  CA Kicking off these titles was the DLC (downloadable content) game Shadow Complex from developer Epic Games (Gears of War)--an action/exploration game very much in the vein of the original Metroid and Castlevania series. Joy Ride will allow you to race ...

The Age We also got a look at Shadow Complex, a brand new title from Epic Games inspired by the Metroid and Castlevania series. MTV.com describes it as “2D Uncharted”. It looks like a next-gen sidescroller, filled with weapons upgrades, giant robot bosses, ...

 Florida game that'll give you a pretty decent chunk of gameplay, and if it's like all the other Metroidvania games, there will be a ton of replayability as well. Since I'm a huge Metroid and Castlevania whore, this'll be a game I'll be watching pretty closely.