Shadow Complex

Mr E

Time to start the hype on this one. Eurogamer's review is up, and it got

9/10

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One quote from the review made me say "thank f**k"....

In fusing classic game design with contemporary techniques and sensibilities, Epic Games and Chair Entertainment have triumphed where Japanese developers continue to flounder. The result is nothing short of one the best games of this generation.

Can't wait for this now.... Its only 2 days (and 800mb!) away.

super_furry

800mb? Dammit, I'm gonna need a new hard-drive. Anyone know of any deals on a 60gb drive?

Kenny_D

Hmm sounds like I need to top up on ms points

rizzla

Hype's already being goin. Shame on you mod for not using search http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055645053

Straight buy for me though. Heard there's a quick ending in it that's quite funny, can't wait to see that.

Mr E

Whoops.

tman

He even replied to the thread.... Tut tut:p

This is actually the first I've heard of the game, can't bloody wait for it now!
Was thinking of spending my points on trials HD, but this looks so much more up my street

Retr0gamer

**** it. I've no money

Meh I guess I can wait 2 weeks

Flaccus

I bought points just for this. Can't wait either.

Mr E

Reviews are rolling in..... all positive.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/shadowcomplex

Vic Vinegar

Any word on pricing? i'm assuming it'll be 1200 or 1600

Gunmonkey

Pretty much the only game I have been looking forward too (and could afford) for the past month or so. Its a pity nobody has released a decent MetroidVania (love that word) game outside of handhelds until now, I thought thats what XBLA and PSN were for.

kaimera

only watched a vid for this last night;

wow, looking sweet indeed.

rizzla

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

Any word on pricing? i'm assuming it'll be 1200 or 1600

It's going to be 1200 and from what most reviews are saying it could have easily been a full retail game.

Vic Vinegar

rizzla wrote: »

It's going to be 1200 and from what most reviews are saying it could have easily been a full retail game.

Good stuff! definite buy for me.

Kenny_D

Just topped up the points. Have enough now to get this and trials

Adamcp898

rizzla wrote: »

It's going to be 1200 and from what most reviews are saying it could have easily been a full retail game.

Except for the 6-8 hours gameplay time

Vic Vinegar

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Except for the 6-8 hours gameplay time

There's a good few retail games that are 6 to 8 hours long. What's your point?

Retr0gamer

Thats the same length of time it takes to complete super metroid or one of the new castlevanias.

Moiph

Definitely getting this on wednesday, cant wait now!

evad_lhorg

Like metroid? Im there!!

tman

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Thats the same length of time it takes to complete super metroid or one of the new castlevanias.

Yep, tis a healthy length for a game of this type, and I somehow doubt that figure is for 100% exploration/item collection...

Sub

Definately going to be worth the points and the best Summer of Arcade game yet. Shame i wasted 800 points on the fairly awful turtles in time remake because now i need to get another 2100 points card

mailrewop

review up on ign aswel, they gave it

9.4

http://xboxlive.ign.com/articles/101/1014215p1.html

rizzla

It's up for download now. Currently downloading it.

Liathroidi Dana

You know your Birthday sucks when the thing your most looking forward to is a freaking Arcade game...

Who am I kidding, best bday ever!!!

Vic Vinegar

rizzla wrote: »

It's up for download now. Currently downloading it.

Is that through the console or Xbox.com? i was on the site and it isn't there yet... trying to get it cued up for when i get home from work

rizzla

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

Is that through the console or Xbox.com? i was on the site and it isn't there yet... trying to get it cued up for when i get home from work

I did it through the console.

Vic Vinegar

rizzla wrote: »

I did it through the console.

Ah, right. I hope the site updates soon so i can get it there

Mr E

Download link is there now (on xbox.com).

Vic Vinegar

Nice! looking forward to giving this a blast, loads of class arcade games to get through now.

Vegeta

Liathroidi Dana wrote: »

You know your Birthday sucks when the thing your most looking forward to is a freaking Arcade game...

Who am I kidding, best bday ever!!!

Happy birthday

mika27

Cool...wish I left my xbox switched on now

tman

mika27 wrote: »

Cool...wish I left my xbox switched on now

Does it work that way? I was under the assumption that it only picked up stuff that you've added to the queue the next time you sign into live, not if you're already signed in...

Didn't spot a trial link, but that's no problem for me... Can't wait to get home and get stuck into this!

evad_lhorg

downloading trial now. have to go to work so ill get some points in there. home at 7. game finished at 12 never going to happen like that

mika27

tman wrote: »

Does it work that way? I was under the assumption that it only picked up stuff that you've added to the queue the next time you sign into live, not if you're already signed in...

Didn't spot a trial link, but that's no problem for me... Can't wait to get home and get stuck into this!

Not sure actually, I've never tried it when i'm already signed in. I was just assuming that it worked that way

mika27

So anyone played it yet?

J-blk

Playing it now - looks amazing for an XBLA title. Just started though so a bit too early to judge the gameplay, etc...

Gunmonkey

Fairly awesome game, the combat is hard enough at the start when you only have a pistol as the aiming into foreground and background is patchy at best.

But once you get a few unlocks

namely the double jump, missiles and hookshot

it becomes more an exploration game as you search for the last few hidden items. Though when I was on the way to get some of the last ones and accidentaly triggered the nedgame boss fight...oh well, reason enough to start again

I would have paid €30 for this and felt it was worth the cost, for only €12 it actually feels like robbing Chair/Epic.

Mr E

Love it.... really good game.

Anyone see the "Master Challenges" on the Achievement list inside the game?

Jason Bailey: Complete the game at 100% in under 2 hours on any difficulty
ChAIRness: Complete the game at 100% in under 3 hours on Insane
The Insurgent: Complete the game at only 4% with only the flashlight, backpack, grenade, foam and missile
Status Update: Single: Complete the game by

Abandoning Claire to her fate

evad_lhorg

Really loving this. just a bit after getting the assault rifle. Not a clue whats going on story wise really but im loving punching the heads off the bad guys. you get more points that way. have to boot more bombas too, tis good fun.

Basq

Hmmmm... not for me!

Played it for 5 minutes. Got a bit bored and got stuck back into Trials HD.

Not saying it's a bad game.. it looked superb but just not my cup of tea!

Gunmonkey

Mr E wrote: »

Love it.... really good game.

Anyone see the "Master Challenges" on the Achievement list inside the game?

Jason Bailey: Complete the game at 100% in under 2 hours on any difficulty
ChAIRness: Complete the game at 100% in under 3 hours on Insane
The Insurgent: Complete the game at only 4% with only the flashlight, backpack, grenade, foam and missile
Status Update: Single: Complete the game by

Abandoning Claire to her fate

Where are those? In the achievements? Only ones I have left are for getting 100% items, finishing with under13% items and finish all the Proving Grounds.

Plus I am trying to fathom how you finish only getting the 4% items, wonder how you trigger the end boss without getting the armour and such since its tied to the story??

Mr E

Look at the achievements via the ingame menus (where it shows 4 per page). They're on the 4th page.

Scruff

I'm liking it. Havent played this style of game since my Amiga days. Not been playing it long, finding the aiming a bit tricky and imagine my surprise when i found that if you double back you'll find respawned enemies! how old school

rizzla

Finished it today. Excellent game, started going through it on Insane now and the EXP you get is crazy. Going from 19 to 20 on Normal took about 30mins of playtime, going from 20 to 21 on Insane took about 5 mins.

I also did te quick ending, very funny, just leaving the girl to die.

FreeOSCAR

Awesome game, actually dusted off my Xbox just to play this.

evad_lhorg

I have seen a few graphical glitches which are fine but I hear if you get 100% the special ending fails to load proper.

rizzla

evad_lhorg wrote: »

I have seen a few graphical glitches which are fine but I hear if you get 100% the special ending fails to load proper.

Nah it was fine for me, except my guys hair didn't load right it was silver with bits of purple in it

tman

Wish I could manage to find the same amount of free time that some of you guys have... Finished 100% already??!?!?!

Played for a little under an hour last night and love it so far, controls are nice and tight (apart from background aiming) and I love mentally mapping areas that you have to return to when you find another item.

Tis a welcome return of Metroidvania style games to the screen anyway, more like this please!

NunianVonFuch

It's nice and it's fun but the story is a bit bland and the enemies are very similar. Robo-this, robo-that meh. But I'll play through it all as the 2D mechanics are great and this kinda game is all too rare. Someone should just make a game and call it Metroidvania though, it's becoming a brand just by the overuse of its name!

Mr E

Metroidvania - Samus with a whip.
Where do I sign?